lozlo: I worked second shift 3-11 a while back. The thing that really caused me issues was living normal hours on the weekends and then trying to rearrange my schedule for during the week usually dragging on Mon/Tues and turning to caffeine and sweets to keep up. For myself during the work week - I'd eat breakfast when I woke up first thing usually, then lunch right before work and dinner I'd do between 8-9pm. Snacks I found were a way to keep me awake and a bad additive to my diet (I was thin then). If you can snack on protein type items in moderation - almonds, string cheese and the like that might help. I know I turned to sugars - again to get me through the later hours when I'd so like to be sleeping. I was pushing a lot of water at the time to try and help. But I know it's awfully easy when you are tired to just grab the nearest and quickest thing to eat or go thru drive thru.
Do you have a co-worker that you can ask how they fit their meals in? Sometimes those who have done that shift for a long time have some really good ideas that you can take on for yourself. I do know that there were a group of three of us that once a week would make parts of meal - all healthy stuff - we were all single gals - one would do main course, one a salad and one a smart type sweet on the calories (one gal at the time was dieting) all microwaveable for warm up and we'd sit in the cafeteria having a sit-down meal rather than at our desks - which generally would cause all to overeat. Don't know if this helps - but maybe it's a starting point for you.
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