Hi there,

after lurking for some time because I wasn't ready to post yet, I'm starting officially.

I have already been cutting down on sweets and managed to drop two kilograms but I need to go further to get out of the overweight BMI category (and hopefully then feel comfortable in my body at some point). As for many people here, I gained weight during lockdown, as normally I would go to my university sports programmes (I do trampolining, ballroom dancing and Jiu Jitsu) and go running. Now I'm writing my master thesis and am basically spending the whole day in front of my PC (I'm writing a simulation). I do try now to get into running again on our treadmill - I could not do it for several weeks due to a sprained ankle.

I will download an app now to track my calories as I'm also plateauing for 3 weeks now but there's a matter coming that scares me a bit:

I'm a particle physics grad student and as such, we have to do shifts at our experiment. They are currently remote (our experiment is in China while we are in Germany), but that means staring 8 hours at a screen (not that it would be much different in person tbh). The problem is, I'm having night shifts from 2am - 10am. I'm currently back to living at home (thanks pandemic) and as I have to be there all the time I can't just go to the kitchen to cook anything fancy.

I'm really worrying about what I could eat/drink that: a) is easy and fast to make (and quiet to make) b) keeps me awake for the night c) doesn't jeopardize the (albeit small but whatever) weight loss I have achieved so far.

Anyone that has had to work night shifts while trying to loose weight that could help?

So far the plan is to stick to tea (I'm not putting any sugar in), pre-made sandwiches and some fruits, but I don't know if that will help me stay awake enough or if I need sugar (think dark chocolate) to do that (I get a stomach ache from coffee and well energy drinks wouldn't be a good choice either).