Night Shift Sleevers

[tishissweet 15]

Hey all!

I'm currently on my pre-op liquid diet and my surgery is scheduled on Sept 4th. WOO!

Here is what I foresee as a predicament. I work 12 hour shifts overnight. I live about 35 minutes away from where I work. This is my typical work day. I wake up at 4pm, get ready for work, and grab something to eat. I leave around 5:50 to get to work around 630pm. From there on, I'm quite busy with patients until about 10pm-ish. From then until about 6am I'm pretty sedentary while monitoring my patients. Then, I leave work around 7a to go to the gym for a half hour or so for cardio. I go home and do some weights and then go to bed. Rinse, repeat, etc.

I'm doing the liquid diet, I'm required to do 6-8oz glasses of milk with that Carnation Breakfast NSA stuff and 6-8oz glasses of non calorie liquids like Water, black coffee (ick) or tea. I can also have sugar free whatevers and broth as long as it's less than 15 cal per serving. I

Before work, I'll have a shake. I don't know if I can double my shake and sip on a 16oz one at breakfast since it won't be until after 10 until I have something else. Would that be too big of a serving? I feel like all I do is suck down this stuff. It may just be because I'm not feeling hungry because of my medication (Adderall for ADHD.. also tends to take away my appetite.) I'm on my second day and it's not bad. I'm not having issues with cravings or anything. I just don't know if there is a certain timeframe or order to go by. I don't want to overdo my system with too much at a time.

Are there any night shift sleevers out there that could speak to my concerns? What do y'all do?

[Territravel 217]

I've been working the midnight shift for 9 years now. I'm off three days a week and on my off days I convert back to dayshift. "Crazy, I know". I keep a food journal, it helps to keep up with my input of Protein and calories. Midnight is a new day to begin logging. I don't obsess if I have too many or too few calories in a days time. It's the curse of the shift worker.

[tishissweet 15]

When I journal, I use my bedtime as end of day instead of midnight. I'm 3 on 4 off unless there is OT.

I'm probably just thinking too much about it

[Ready4success 380]

Well, if you think that's crazy, I work a day job Mon, Tues, & Wed-30 hrs a week. My second job is Thurs, Fri, & Saturday-32 hrs on the night shift. I have yet to figure out when to eat, I can barely figure out when to exercise. I always have a shake on the way to work (both jobs) and I have a shake 4hrs later. That usually gets me close to the end of my shift. If I'm going to work out right after work, I have to eat something, so I usually have another. It's always at least 4 hrs before bedtime, so I'm okay with that. I'm still pre-op and I never get everything in. Good Luck!

[Territravel 217]

Well, if you think that's crazy, I work a day job Mon, Tues, & Wed-30 hrs a week. My second job is Thurs, Fri, & Saturday-32 hrs on the night shift. I have yet to figure out when to eat, I can barely figure out when to exercise. I always have a shake on the way to work (both jobs) and I have a shake 4hrs later. That usually gets me close to the end of my shift. If I'm going to work out right after work, I have to eat something, so I usually have another. It's always at least 4 hrs before bedtime, so I'm okay with that. I'm still pre-op and I never get everything in. Good Luck!

LOL, now, that is crazy! Maybe you should keep Protein bars in your purse, for when you have a break.

[gettinMeBack 380]

I work midnights also and I'm going back to work this Friday. I work the same shift 7p to 7a and I'll probably have the same problem. But I think I'll just eat before work but then make my last meal around 11 or 12 then after that just catch up in my liquids the rest of the night if I get hungry.