# Calorie Tracker for Nurses: 12-Hour Shifts, Cafeteria Trays, and a 3am Break

> Photograph the break tray. Log the vending coffee. Ignore breakfast-lunch-dinner labels. A nurse's calorie app has to work on a 12-hour clock, not a 9-to-5 diary.

A calorie tracker for nurses has to log the meal that happens when the break finally happens. Photograph the cafeteria tray or the leftovers from the unit fridge. Log the coffee. Use a weekly calorie average, not three named meals. Apps that ask you about breakfast at 8am were not built for a 12-hour shift.

Khatwa logs the plate when you eat it. The coach answers from leftover calories on this wake cycle. Guided home programs exist for the weeks you will not see a gym. Water sits next to the meal so 4am thirst is not another pastry. Free on iOS and Android.

![Khatwa coach answering from today](https://www.khatwa.se/coach.jpg)

Ask what still fits after a late break. The coach already has the log.

### Log the break you got, not the meal you planned

Photograph the tray in Khatwa. Ask what is left before handover. Free on iOS and Android.

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## Night scale jumps are usually water

Sleep debt and salty cafeteria food move the scale. Keep protein from collapsing into vending carbs. Longer version for inverted clocks: [calorie tracker for shift workers](https://www.khatwa.se/en/blog/calorie-tracker-for-shift-workers.md).

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