Another Night Shift Question

Hi everybody! It's been a while since I posted. I'm 1 year and 5 days out from my VSG. I've lost 88.5 pounds so far. It's been a long, slow, and tough battle, and I'm concerned about messing up my already slow progress. I'll be working the night shift from 7 pm to 7 am. I'll be off weekends, so I guess I'll have to bounce back and forth with my sleep cycles. How do I deal with the few days or weeks between now and the time my body gets accustomed to being awake and eating at night? At this point I'm still awake and want to eat in the daytime when everyone else is eating and I can smell the food. How can I avoid it? Should I just set an alarm and force myself to eat every so often at night when I don't really want anything at that time? Any advice is appreciated. Also, any advice for what to eat at night after I'm accustomed to being awake is appreciated as well? Do I just eat the same way I had been eating during the daytime?

I ate at night. I wouuld wake up at 5 pm, cook dinner, eat, and go to work at 730. I would pack a lunch and snacks for overnight. I would eat when I came home in the morning before I went to sleep. I would flip back and forth beteeen eating at night when I worked to eating during the day when I was off.

Hi. Thanks for your reply. Flipping back and forth didn't cause you to gain weight back?

No I have had some weight gain of about 10 lbs. I quit exercising and have become lax on my diet since I switched to a daytime office job.

If you are not hungry and losing slowly, I would not eat. When I worked midnights I found it helped to portion out meals that felt almost snackable versus a full typical meal. For example, rolled ham delii meat around a low fat cheese stick or a greek yogurt with some tvp sprinkled on it. Keep track of your calories. You can eat with the family for their breakfast (your dinner) and the family dinner (your breakfast). You then can take some lighter options for the midnight shift.