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When would you eat? 4:20

I have some ideas but wanted to see what you guys would do, if you were in my situation. I work 12 hour nights. Very physical job.

5:00pm - Wake Up 7:00pm - Shift Start 9:00pm - First 10 Min Break 11:30pm - First 30 Min Lunch 2:00am - Second 10 Min Break 4:30am - Second 30 Min Lunch 7:30am - Get Home 9:00am - Sleep

I have fasted for awhile before and am very comfortable hitting my 2000 calories in the 4 hour window. It’s been years since I’ve had a job this structured so I thought I could see what others would do.

TIA :)

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Answer

Honestly it really depends on you and your job. You say it’s very physical. How do you feel doing it in a fasted state?

Personally, I prefer eating later in my “day”. I’ve never been a breakfast person. Back when I was working nights (I wasn’t doing IF back then), I was eating on the same schedule as if I had worked a normal day. So breakfast (if any, rare) when I woke up, lunch about 4 to 6 hours after waking up, and dinner about 4 to 6 hours after that. Didn’t matter if I was having “lunch” in the middle of the night.

I say later in the day, bearing in mind that I don’t like going to bed with a full stomach. So I try to stop eating a few hours before bedtime.

I also don’t mind being active while fasted, as long as I eat enough calories (and carbs) during my eating window. But then we’re talking normal active, running, and weight lifting. Not being a construction worker or something for 12 hours a day with 2 half-hour breaks.

So not having those details, if I were in this situation I would either:

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