Working night shift.

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SPARK_COACH_JEN

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4/19/12 9:06 A

You've gotten some good tips already. Here's an article you might also find helpful:

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Coach Jen

BETHARDS

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4/19/12 4:07 A

I work 6p to 6a, I count morning for me as when I get up (0430) snack at 830 meal at 1100 snack at 300am dinner around 700am it works for me.

BLAZINGPRINCESS

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4/19/12 3:32 A

it's just like dayshift, you just tilt your clock a little. i work 1p-1a. I'm up at 10 a.m. and at the gym shortly after. home by 11:15 and leave for work at 12:15.

breakfast: noon

snack: 4ish if the situation allows

lunch: 7 p.m.

dinner: 11 ish if the situation allows at work.

home by 2 a.m. and in bed by 3.

my calorie counting "day" starts when i get up to when i go to bed. since i work all my days in a row, that first nonworking day i usually sleep longer and my calorie count will be down. but it all evens out at the end of the week.

INFINITEJESS84

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4/19/12 1:52 A

Im curious about this too. I'm about to start a job with lots of overnight shift work.

BLUEEYESTATTOOS

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4/19/12 12:32 A

i was recently on a 12 hour day shift, 6am-6pm. i would eat breakfast at 4am, then a snack at 8am, lunch at 11, and another snack at 3pm...dinner at 8pm

SHIFTYD2

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4/19/12 12:27 A

I work 12 hour night shifts (7pm-7am). Anyone else out ther with this schedule? When do you exercise? How do you count your calories (i.e. by the clock? does MN start a new day? or when you go to sleep in the morning?) Just curious what others do in my situation.

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