I tend to be the type that likes to snack at night... which is why it's best for me to get to bed at a decent time so the eating stops lol
Anyways, I've lost 50 + lbs by watching my calories and intense workouts 7 days a week. I've become a fitness junkie and I love my new lifestyle. I have roughly 20 lbs to lose before I'm at my goal weight.
Anyways, so now with working full-time it's a little hard to do all that but it's definitely not impossible. I don't find the working out to be the problem, for me it's the eating ...
at nights I'm always sooooo much more hungier! (days are not the same).
and on slower nights I guess my body is bored so it thinks 'why not eat'
I try to pack healthy snacks but sometimes it's just not enough... I feel starved!
And the last 2 shifts I had to get a bag of chips from the vending machine (nothing else around).
I know all the healthy foods/portion control yadda yadda yadda but what works for you?
so far I have still been losing but I'm scared to gain
I lost over 50 lbs in nursing school. When I work nights, I pack chicken breasts, fruit, something with fiber. I eat when I am hungry, but I do not eat when my shift is over at 8am..I go to bed. I try to eat by volume and not "meal time" when I work nights. I pack a certain amount of food for my 12 hours, and I eat it through the shift.
I'm no dietician, but I get through long stretches by loading up on complex carbs, yogurt, and eggs. When I stick to it, I don't crash. Fruit and yogurt for snacks helps too.
mikala3
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I lost over 50 lbs in nursing school. When I work nights, I pack chicken breasts, fruit, something with fiber. I eat when I am hungry, but I do not eat when my shift is over at 8am..I go to bed. I try to eat by volume and not "meal time" when I work nights. I pack a certain amount of food for my 12 hours, and I eat it through the shift.