Hey community,
Been a while since I've been on here. 25yo, 162lbs, 5'9
The issue I'm having is that I recently got a desk job but its a graveyard shift. Yeah, weird that a desk job would need a graveyard shift. But I find it convenient because I still need to go to school.
However, my eating pattern (and of course my sleeping pattern) has gotten completely out of wack. I can deal without much sleep, though I know that I won't be able to develop and recover as well I would if I get an adequate amount of sleep.
The problem I'm having is not being sure if I should eat while I'm working. Then I''m not sure if I should eat as soon as I get home. I didn't used to eat late at night before because while I do want to gain muscle, I want to get my body fat to lower than 10%. I'm at about 12-14%,. I don't want to just slim down or else I'd simply run all the time. My goal is to gain some mass, nothing drastic, but mainly to get below 10% body fat.
The problem I have is that i don't want to take in so much food overnight while I'm just sitting here, 11pm-7am. But I know that I also shouldn't starve myself. And when I get home, I go straight to sleep so I don't know if I should eat prior to sleeping, 8am-9am. I usually wake up from 12pm-2pm and thats when I eat. I then eat a snack and then another meal at about 5pm. Banana and a protein shake before my workout at either 7pm or 8pm and another banana and protein shake when I get back. And then the unsure cycle of eating begins.
I have started eating 2 protein bars spread throughout the night. This is nowhere near how I used to eat where I had all 6 meals set. I just don't want to intake much of anything before I go to sleep or while I'm just sitting there doing nothin.
I've noticed that this has diminished my energy greatly when I go to the gym. So thats why instead of just eating all the time, I'm turning for some help. Any help is greatly assisted. Thanks in advance.
Been a while since I've been on here. 25yo, 162lbs, 5'9
The issue I'm having is that I recently got a desk job but its a graveyard shift. Yeah, weird that a desk job would need a graveyard shift. But I find it convenient because I still need to go to school.
However, my eating pattern (and of course my sleeping pattern) has gotten completely out of wack. I can deal without much sleep, though I know that I won't be able to develop and recover as well I would if I get an adequate amount of sleep.
The problem I'm having is not being sure if I should eat while I'm working. Then I''m not sure if I should eat as soon as I get home. I didn't used to eat late at night before because while I do want to gain muscle, I want to get my body fat to lower than 10%. I'm at about 12-14%,. I don't want to just slim down or else I'd simply run all the time. My goal is to gain some mass, nothing drastic, but mainly to get below 10% body fat.
The problem I have is that i don't want to take in so much food overnight while I'm just sitting here, 11pm-7am. But I know that I also shouldn't starve myself. And when I get home, I go straight to sleep so I don't know if I should eat prior to sleeping, 8am-9am. I usually wake up from 12pm-2pm and thats when I eat. I then eat a snack and then another meal at about 5pm. Banana and a protein shake before my workout at either 7pm or 8pm and another banana and protein shake when I get back. And then the unsure cycle of eating begins.
I have started eating 2 protein bars spread throughout the night. This is nowhere near how I used to eat where I had all 6 meals set. I just don't want to intake much of anything before I go to sleep or while I'm just sitting there doing nothin.
I've noticed that this has diminished my energy greatly when I go to the gym. So thats why instead of just eating all the time, I'm turning for some help. Any help is greatly assisted. Thanks in advance.