Fasting bloods when you are nocturnal

I found the first six weeks brutal on nights and much easier on days, and I timed my step ups for the day blocks after that.

Something practical: a cool bag in the locker, and a note in my phone so I do not have to think about it at four in the morning.

The 3am circle here is not a joke. I have used it twice and both times somebody was awake and it mattered enormously.

Something I got wrong was doing it on my first night back. That combination was reliably difficult and moving it fixed it.

My appetite on nights is completely different from my appetite on days, and I stopped trying to make one plan cover both.

Saying it out loud helps other people say it too. Thank you.

Sitting with you on this one.

What worked for me was very simple food on shift, the same things every time, requiring no decisions at three in the morning.

I keep everything at home rather than carrying it, and I built my schedule around being at home on that day. Fewer things to go wrong.