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shana01 New Member 
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i am a 23 female just graduated from nursing school and trying to work off the studying weight. i have slowly over the last 3 years gained 50 pounds without realizing it. i have been going to a boxing gym 3 times a week doing cardio and weights. i work nights 12 hour shifts 3 times a week. i eat at 5pm and go to work at 12 or 1 am i get hungry again. i know i need to eat but on the days im off i am hungry late also. im finding it difficult to eat "healthy" when im out of the norm and not on a regular eating schedule. any advise would be helpful. thank you Last edited on 2 Sep 2007 07:36 am by shana01 |
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Ohm Senior Member 
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Hi Shana01, beleive it or not you have made the first step towards losing the excess. Just recognising that you need to lose weight is the hardest realisation for most people. My adivce would be to simply identify the foods which are healthy and reasonably low calorie and set your own routine meal times. If you are only eating healthy, low calorie foods foods in moderate and sensible amounts (very important - you can even get fat on lettuce if you eat enougyh of it) and you are burning as many calories as you can through regular prolonged exercise you will be bound to lose weight. The speed of the loss will be entirely governed by your exercise intensity and frequency in conjunction with the number of calories you consume. Try not to be demoralised or discouraged. There are thousands of us who come down from the euphoria of graduation to realise that our graduate wardrobe is several sizes larger than the one we wore on our first undergraduate year. Whatever you choose to do, just keep on doing it. There's plenty of advice on this site. I've lost shed loads of weight. Good luck. Becci x |
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shana01 New Member
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thank you so very much for the encouragement. ineeded that. |
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abnormalapathy Distinguished Member 
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Hi Shana, I used to work nights as well when I was in the medical field, though I worked like 4-5 days a week, so it made it a little easier. I structured my meals the way I would if I worked a day shift because let's face it...if you're eating a large meal at 5 PM but are going to work at 12 or 1 AM you're going to be really hungry...that's like 7-8 hours of not eating. I would probably eat "breakfast" at 12:00 AM and go from there. If you get off work at 6 or 7 AM and are going to sleep, I would eat heavier earlier in the day and reduce calorie intake as I got nearer the end of my shift. On my days off, I'd reverse it. I'm no expert, but it just seems illogical to me to try to eat the way a person with a regular shift would when you're working nights. |
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