I also work nights and have throughout my sucessful weight loss thus far. I work 12 hour nights plus half hour they add for lunch plus I was driving 50 minutes each way so 14.5 hours out of my day devoted to work...sleep from about 8:30 am to 2pm or 3pm if i am exhausted and have 2-3 hours before I have to leave for work!!!!
So this is what I do
1. I don't eat breakfast when i get home before I sleep.
2. I eat a meal I call late lunch when I get up or if I'm running late I eat it at work at 7pm
3. I eat a meal at work I call my midnight meal sometime between 10pm and 2am depending on how hungry I am and how busy it is at work.
You could add snacks or mini meals in there...
So the logistics how do i make it work...well I bring lots of legal stuff to work...people laugh at my bag of food...but that way if I'm hungry I have food to eat...no turning to popcorn for me.
When I eat my "late lunch" I make 2 to 3 times the food I need so i can eat it for midnight meal tonight or tomorrow if I am not in the mood for the same food twice in a row...
I make a giant bowl of salad and line the bowl with paper towels and cover with saran wrap and put all the low carb topping I like on it like cucumbers, radiah, green onions, green peppers all except tomatoes...add those when you eat it because they make the salad gushy...then I just grab a handful or 2 and toss in a baggie and grab a bottle of dressing.
Same thing goes with vegies...for instance I like broccoli and cheese I make enough to have extra to take to work tonight or tomorrow...green beans with a little onion and bacon..mmm
I am not very creative through the work week...I keep things simple mainly out of necessity...I like to use the grill for chicken, pork chops, burgers, steak..of course make extras
then add a low carb vegi and salad and i'm set
for the carbo-munching family I just make them a boxed rice or potato side dish and they eat what i do...I don't have time to make 2 dinners.......And if they have pizza I fall back on those extra burger I made or chicken breast on salad
Well sorry so long I hope this may help...If you have any questions or If you just want to talk feel free to stop by my journal...