Schedule from Hell

I am in need of advice for my schedule. I go to school full-time and I work full-time nights. My basic questions are about my meals. I know that I need to be spacing them out ever three to four hours, but at times I am up for 30 in a row, and ten meals a day seems a bit much. Here is my schedule:


Sunday - midnight- sleep

Monday - 9am - wake up, go to class
2pm-4pm - power nap
5pm-6:30pm - workout (cardio, travel time, shower/change)
7pm - Go to work

Tuesday - 7am - get off work
9-11am - class
noon-6pm - sleep
(rest day from workout)
midnight - sleep

Wednesday - 8am - wake up
10am-2pm - class
4pm-6pm - workout ( cardio, upper body set 1)
midnight - sleep

Thursday - 10am- get up
11am-1pm - class
2pm-4pm nap
4:30pm-6:30pm workout (cardio, lower body set 1)
7pm- go to work

Friday - 7am - get off work
10am-2pm - class
2:30pm-4:30pm - nap
5pm-6:30 - workout (cardio)
7pm - go to work

Saturday - 7am - get off work
7:30am - sweet sweet sleep
4pm - wake up
4:30-6:30 (workout, cardio upper body set 2)
7pm every third week, go to work

Sunday - 7am- get off work
7:20am- sleep
2pm - wake up
3pm-5pm workout (cardio, lower body set 2)




Should I be altering what I eat on those days that I am awake, or should I stay with my regular eating pattern. I eat about 2800 calories a day, 45 fat, 275 carbs, 200 protein, lower salt, all whole grain, etc. and I drink plenty of water. I work in a very busy inner city ER and most of the times I don't have to take a lunch, so I usually have about two meal replacement shakes each night. Any advice on anything would be wonderful. Thank you!
 
First determine your calories, then figure out how you want to break them up. Too keep things simple, say you plan on eating 2500 calories and have 5 meals. Obviously 2500/5=500. Therefore 500 calories a meal. Whatever calories you plan on eating, divide that by the number of meals you want to have. Obviously, if your up for 30 hours, your going to want more than 5 meals.

Hope this helps :)
 
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