Tixnleeches Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Hey all! Just curious how many Night-shifters we have in here. I'm working at a local hospital doing 6pm-6am. Was wondering how you guys manage time; Between working, sleeping, working out, doing cardio, running errands, etc.I'm having quite a hard tiem fitting everything in to the day. Wish it was comprised on 28-30 hours instead of 24. My normal day goes a bit like this. 4:45pm - Wake up (sometimes snooze to 5pm) 5pm - Hop in the shower / get dressed for work. 5:30pm - Try to grab some food as I head out the door. 6pm - Work for 12 hours. 6am - Change into gym clothes at work. 6:10am - Gym time (Lifting and cardio) 7:30am - Finally get home / grab something to eat / shower / get ready for bed 8am - Lay in bed trying to fall asleep with no success. 10am - Cursing at the clock for still moving and I'm still awake. 12pm - Finally fall asleep. 5pm - Wake up for work. (That's one of those snooze to 5pm days) So how does everyone else cope working nights? Thanks for reading!-Tixnleeches Quote Starting: Weight 176lbs | Bodyfat ~19% | Current: Weight 184lbs | Bodyfat ~16.5% | Goal: Weight 190-200lbs | Bodyfat 6-10% Level 2 Human Assassin STR 4 | DEX 2 | STA 3 | CON 2 | WIS 2 | CHA 3First Challenge : Completed.Second Challenge : In progress.Tixnleeches Epic Quest (Life Goals) : In Progress Link to comment
jfreaksho Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 I never did full graveyard shifts after watching my mom do it for years. It took a serious toll on her health- diabetes, chronic heart disease, obesity- it didn't help that she was always eating the vegetable oil and aspartame crap, but lack of sleep really messed with her. How many shifts do you do each week? If you are doing 12-hour shifts, then it shouldn't be more than 4 per week, right? Maybe even three? My best friend works 3x12 each week and just doesn't bother much with exercising on work days, unless he can sneak out during his lunch break. Meanwhile he gets 4-day weekends every week, and has a workout plan that he fits in there. Quote Searching the world for a cure for my wanderlust. Link to comment
Tixnleeches Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 I never did full graveyard shifts after watching my mom do it for years. It took a serious toll on her health- diabetes, chronic heart disease, obesity- it didn't help that she was always eating the vegetable oil and aspartame crap, but lack of sleep really messed with her. How many shifts do you do each week? If you are doing 12-hour shifts, then it shouldn't be more than 4 per week, right? Maybe even three? My best friend works 3x12 each week and just doesn't bother much with exercising on work days, unless he can sneak out during his lunch break. Meanwhile he gets 4-day weekends every week, and has a workout plan that he fits in there. My normal shift is 3 on 4 off one week then 4 on 3 off the next but generally the days off aren't all in a row so I'm playing catch up with sleep / errands and stuff on at least one of my days off. However I tend to pick up a lot of overtime because I need to money, this week I'm finishing my 7 day straight of 12 hr shifts. I really wish I could workout on my lunch break haha Quote Starting: Weight 176lbs | Bodyfat ~19% | Current: Weight 184lbs | Bodyfat ~16.5% | Goal: Weight 190-200lbs | Bodyfat 6-10% Level 2 Human Assassin STR 4 | DEX 2 | STA 3 | CON 2 | WIS 2 | CHA 3First Challenge : Completed.Second Challenge : In progress.Tixnleeches Epic Quest (Life Goals) : In Progress Link to comment
KAllen Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 we change every quarter (the university I work at is on quarter system). You get used to working nights. Nights is easier for me to work out since it's 6am when I work out and hardly any people in the gym. I prefer to work days, but working out is harder since at 6pm at the gym is really really busy. Quote "A sharp knife is nothing without a sharp eye" - Koloth "Ya can't grill it until ya kill it" - Uncle Ted "If it ain't Metal...IT'S CRAP!!!" - Dee Snider Link to comment
Tixnleeches Posted April 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 we change every quarter (the university I work at is on quarter system). You get used to working nights. Nights is easier for me to work out since it's 6am when I work out and hardly any people in the gym. I prefer to work days, but working out is harder since at 6pm at the gym is really really busy. Very true, when I get off work and head to the gym at 6:15am it is completely dead in there. No one hogging the machines / weights I want to use. That is pretty nice, the only part that I'm truly having issue with is that I'm pumped after the gym and don't feel like sleeping. Fast forward to noon and I have to get up in 4 hours to get ready for work. Then again I hate working days lol Quote Starting: Weight 176lbs | Bodyfat ~19% | Current: Weight 184lbs | Bodyfat ~16.5% | Goal: Weight 190-200lbs | Bodyfat 6-10% Level 2 Human Assassin STR 4 | DEX 2 | STA 3 | CON 2 | WIS 2 | CHA 3First Challenge : Completed.Second Challenge : In progress.Tixnleeches Epic Quest (Life Goals) : In Progress Link to comment
ringular Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 I work at night as a security guard at the docks. Only part time since I am studying. And only nine hour shifts. So nothing really too bad. I can do what I want most of the time, just walk around once per hour. I try to avoid to work more than two to three days a week, because after that my sleeping rhythm starts to get weird. 1 Quote Link to comment
saroufall Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 I work the night shift as a home healthcare aid. It's 5 eight hour shifts, but at any point we can be mandated for up to a 16 hour shift. Once home I usually nab about 4 hours of sleep. 1 Quote Level 5 Changeling RangerSTR:13 | DEX:14 | STA:14 | CON:5 | WIS:10 | CHA:5"Success is not final, failure is not fatal."Current Challenge | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 Link to comment
Devil Dog Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 I work for a major trucking company in their Accident Claims Department 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Sunday through Thursday nights. I work out at a powerlifting gym on Monday, Wednesday and Friday so on those days I don't get a whole lot of sleep. I get as much rest as I can on Tuesdays, Thursdays and on my weekends. It is a demanding schedule and I am glad it's just my wife and I and that we don't have children to raise. 1 Quote working out 3 days a week (13/18) 72%72% Link to comment
megtro610 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 I am a flight attendant and I will work the "night shift"/ red eye trans con one night and then an early morning day shit the next day. I have no natural sleep rhythm... It's very hard to find motivation to work out when I am off work and I'm always cheating on my diet because I'm so whacked out Quote Centaur Recruit/N00bAspiring Warrior/ ScoutLVL 0 | STR 0 | DEX 0 | STA 0 | CON 0 | WIS 0 | CHA 0My current challenge: And So, Our Story Begins! Find me on: MyFitnessPal Link to comment
Juni0r83 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 I work a rotating shift that basically means I have no circadian rhythym left. When I'm on nightshift though, I get up at 3, feel sleepy and terrible, shower, eat, get dressed, grab work food (can't call it lunch when I eat it at 1 in the morning) and head out to work to start by 7.Finish at 7, go to the gym and do cardio (always arrange my schedule so I'm not lifting after nightshifts) and then go home and get ready for bed. I'm normally asleep by about 9-9:30.Then start the whole thing over again. Quote Dwarf Warrior I am today what I made myself yesterday, I will be tomorrow what I make of myself today. Current challenge: Juni0r83 works on his Schedule-Fu Previous challenge: Juni0r83 re-evaluates and refocuses Link to comment
KnightOfHvn Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 When I was in college, I worked a stint in a tire factory doing the 7 to 7, Friday through Sunday. Took me forever to get back to normal after the contract ended...I remember some of the other workers and I would sneak out to just sit under the stars because we'd forgotten what the night looked like. Quote --Dreaming frees the soul, energizes the spirit and allows you to do things that would get you thrown in jail if you really tried them.-- Link to comment
Kahzgul Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 I don't work nights anymore, but I did, for 12 years. I worked out before going to work. Wake up at 2 pm, breakfast, hit the gym at 3, work out til 4 or 4:30, head home, shower, change, go to the office at 6. When I got home from work it was right to sleep. This was by far and away my most stable workout routine, it was easy to follow because there is just so little to do when you wake up 4 hours before work, and almost no one was ever in my gym during the 3-4 pm hour, so I had my run of the place. I worked out 6 days a week back then and it didn't feel nearly as hard to do as my current 3 days a week plan (though I also now have a family). Good luck! Quote Link to comment
dcade1987 Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 I'm a PICU nurse and I work 7p-7a for seven straight nights, then I have an entire week off. I like this schedule despite the fact it takes me about 2.5 days during my week off before I can go outside and socialize with friends. I have never had a need to take vacation days, since I just plan any vacays I want to do during my week off. My hospital lets us turn in vacations days for money, so you can see the incentive. I'm bad at giving advice to new nurses when they ask how I cope with the night shift. I've been doing this routine for 6 years now and it's just natural to me at this point. Black out shades to keep light out when you lie down to go to bed at 9:30am? Quote They said I could be anything, so I became a neurotic, anxious, socially awkward, despondent nutbag. Link to comment
Storm00 Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 I work 7p-7a in the ER on Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Then I do clinical during the week. One thing that i do when I do work out is I work out before work instead of after. A lot of times if I work out after work, it is much harder for me to go to sleep, because my body is all hyped up. I am usually asleep by 8am, then I get up at 2pm. Sit around a bit, have my coffee. If I go to the gym it is about 3pm. Then I get home, shower, eat a bit, and go to work. Then Monday morning I usually take a quick nap when I get home about 2 hours or so, then stay up all day Monday, to do clinical on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday during the week. If I do any work out on those days it is after clinical, so its in the evening because I have more time before bed between working out and actually laying down. Quote Link to comment
Jland002 Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Does anyone know of a nightshift group to join in NF? I've been trying to find one. Quote <-JLand->Human/RaiderRangerLvL 1STR-1 STA-2 CON-1 DEX-0 CHA-0 WIS-3First 6WC My Epic QuestMathilda "Is life always this hard, or is it just when you're a kid?"Leon "Always like this." -Leon The Professional Link to comment
Tyburn Lil Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 I'm not sure what time zone you're on, but NF spans continents if that's what you're asking about? Quote Sending vibes of motivation and love to all x Link to comment
Deidara Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 I only work nights. With my current job at a chat hotline, I'm always at the office until close - On Tuesday-Thursday, that's midnight. On Sundays and Mondays, that's 2am (and I work from home on those two days). But until recently I don't do anything to try to cope with the lack of sleep. I've had bad insomnia all my life and am always sleep-deprived, so I've just learned to function that way. So I have one 12hr shift on Sunday, an 8hr shift on Monday, and 7hr shifts Tuesday through Thursday. My normal week day: 8am - my partner wakes me up getting ready for work, I take my allergy meds and try to go back to sleep11am or noon - I finally get the energy to actually get out of bed12pm-12:30 - exercise on Tues/Thurs1pm - breakfast, clean the litterbox, shower, pack some snacks if I remember3:30pm - leave for work if I'm not working from home5pm - start work9:30pm - take a melatonin supplement (dunno if this works, it's been less than a week)1-1:30am - I get home and try to sleep but usually am somehow still up until like 4 Of course if it's a Wednesday, I have therapy at noon so I have to get out of the apartment by 11, and those are my worst days because I'm so tired. Quote 芸術ã¯çˆ†ç™ºã !Goals:Actually stick to this whole foods dietDrop ~5% body fat before surgery Link to comment
Wyld Bill Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Oh I love my night guard job. It gives me time to read and troll the NF forums. My normal day goes like this:1500 Wake up, pack my gym bag, and prep and pack my food for the night.1600 GYM TIME! Favorite hour of the day. Got to get my Crossfit on.1730 Get to work, shower, and dress out.1800 Clock in and start my 12 long hours.1900 Breakfast.2200 Snack.0000 Lunch.0300 Dinner.0600 Go home, shower again, eat again, and play with the dog.0700 In bed for a good days sleep. Quote Be excellent to each other. Link to comment
Hellany Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Night crew here too. I go for a run after work to relieve aggravation and I find it's a great motivator. Quote First ChallengeHellany: level 2 Doppelgänger assassinSTR 5 DEX 2 STA 2 CON 4 WIS 3 CHA 6 Link to comment
Fitz_Hulk Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 I just started doing two nightfill shifts a week at a supermarket and I have uni on those days, too. So my routine is kinda: Sunday 5pm - try to get to sleep 10 pm wake up, eat, make coffee, get ready for work 10.45 pm head in to work 11.30 start work around 3 am - eat a museli bar while working 7 am finish work (MONDAY) 8 am get to bed 10.30 am get up, shower, breakfast 11.15 go to uni 2 pm ish - lunch 5 pm finish uni 5. 30 get home, shower 6 pm try to sleep 10.45 pm get up, eat, make coffee 11.15 pm go to work 12 midnight work 3 am ish eat a museli bar 5 am finish work 6 am get to bed 8 am get up, coffee, breakfast 9.15 go to uni 10 am uni 12 /1 ish lunch 5pm finish uni then I get home, try to eat dinner and hang out with the bf before going to bed at a regular time for uni the next day. I should probably be able to make healthier stuff to eat during both work and uni but at the moment I'm finding it hard to get my shit together. Plus, I am finding it difficult to fall asleep on Sunday afternoons. Help? Quote that girl writes race: awesome/class: ranger I post a lot on instagram "You must do the thing you think you cannot do." Link to comment
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