Night Shift Employees

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Sleep


You have to get good at sleeping during the day. Blacken your windows and make your room dark, quiet and comfortable. You will be tired, but your sleeping patterns are thrown off for 8-12 hours. You have to be ready when you have time to sleep. Have a small snack an hour. Before sleeping, have a big glass of milk and avoid any caffeine and nicotine if you can.

Workout


I have always found that exercise awakens me. So, I prefer to work out before going to work rather than when you get off work. Take 30-45 minutes before your night shift starts and exercise with weight, calisthenics, and cardio then shower. This will boost your metabolism, and keep you more alert for a while click one of the 'must do's' off your list, and you will see that is very tough to get started on a workout after your shift is complete, and it is also will make your sleep schedule harder to keep by temporarily waking you up.

Eat


Make your lunch. Bring in healthy foods like fruits, vegetables, nuts, water, juices, sandwiches, and other favorite foods. There often is nothing good for you to eat at 2 am. No matter where you are, eat a meal before work, and have a snack 3-4 hours before your night shift and then a light meal as your last meal before leaving work. You should wait until, you get home for next meal

Hydrate


When in doubt drink water. We often confuse hunger with being thirsty (or) dehydrated. So stay hydrated and it will curb your hunger

Diet for Night Shift Goers


Nutrition and staying hydrated is important. Dates, honey, curd, paneer, tofu, whole grains, legumes, etc,.