Nighttime Snacks Worse Than We Thought

I found this to be true too but love eating late at night like lots of people but found out if i do something else like a few minutes of exercise, just 50 sit ups or push-ups, it helps take the cravings away to eat late!

I don't think your body/mind can remotely adjust to such a schedule. If you're working the night shift on the weekdays, then you have to keep that schedule on the weekends too. You have to shift everything, including meals and light. Whether you choose morning sleep or afternoon, you need to create a DARK room to sleep in. It should be no brighter than you'd have on a moonlit night, if that. You get paid extra for working the nightshift; use that money to darken a room. Use aluminum foil-covered cardboard sheets or car window dash reflectors -- something you can easily slide in and slide out of the window to keep it dark when you need to sleep. Conversely, on the weekends, you need to do something when you're normally working. Have full spectrum lights to mimic the sun. A big room will give you more freedom to read, write, exercise, develop a hobby, chat online, etc. Your nightshift bonus needs to be able to cover all these extra costs and troubles, or you will be making an uncompensated sacrifice. ....................................... And if you leave that job, just follow the same practices as those suffering from jet lag. Set you new schedule. Eat meals at the appropriate times. Do not snack especially at times when you were having meals before, keep your room dark at night, don't read in bed, and be weary of naps in the daytime. If you need them, keep them short. And get lots of sunshine in the early morning and in the afternoon before sunset. .............. Good luck.

Or, take melatonin around 9 or 10pm (or an hour before you want to go to sleep) each night for about a week, maybe less, and you'll be back on schedule...melatonin does not necessarily make you get drowsy, like say a Unisom, but once you do lay down, you'll go to sleep. I worked in call centers for many years and my shift changed 2-3 times a year. Melatonin always did it for me...