My time schedule is similar to yours because I work the evening shift (3pm-11pm) at a hospital. I usually wake up around 1030-1130 am and go to bed around 2am. I eat my "breakfast" within about an hour of waking up then have a snack around 3. My "lunch" is around 6 or 7 and sometimes I have another snack around 9. Then my "dinner" is usually around midnight. I don't usually have a big lunch and big dinner the same day. My DH works a similar schedule so if we are planning on having a big dinner together I will keep my lunch light, like a salad or deli turkey w bell peppers and cottage cheese. Or if I don't have to work and have my bigger meal around "normal" dinner time, I still make sure to have a substantial snack later on. It's just as important to make sure you are eating enough food. Get your 4.5 cups of veggies, 2 cups dairy, and enough protein and good fats everyday. Also try adding in some beans. You may not be eating enough and when your body thinks it is starving it will hold on to fat. The first time I did this I ate a lot. Not like over ate, but ate big salads and lots of other veggies, lots of steak, chicken, cheese, yogurt.... I thought there was absolutely no way the scale was going to go down. But it did! And it will for you too if you keep up with it!
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