Ok, here's my problem. I'm a 35 yo semi-novice boxer and fulltime school teacher. I'm a member of a real boxing and Muay Thai gym. A few years back, I spend some time training at different gym, but I ended up having work schedule change (started working nights) and all the gyms in my area only had night hours. Fast forward to now. I'm back working days, and since mid-november, I've back at the gym 2-3 a week. I am planning on competing in some "gym wars', probably spring or summer. My coach has a great relationship with some Philly (I'm in boston) gyms, he promised that if I'm willing to travel, he have make me some fights down there against other older, rookie fighters looking to get a taste of real competition, guys like me.

That brings me to diet and nutrition, and my work and gym schedule. I work until between 3:30 and 5. My gym opens at 6. On days I train, I usually get to the gym about 6:15 and finish up about 8:15. By the time I get home, it's at least 8:30. I go to bed between 10 and 11.

I think I know what to eat, but I'm not sure when I should be eating it. After work, I have a healthy snack between work and the gym, but by the time I'm done working out, I need dinner. When the hell am I supposed to get one big, good meal when I'm teaching school allday (very little time for lunch) and then going right to the gym. I eat healthy snacks during the day, but after a workingout and not eating a decent meal since 12, salad just doesn't cut it, even if I've had a fairly substantial lunch. I don't need a three course meal, but I gotta eat something that fills me up. I've heard from several sources that eating late is a bad thing when you are trying to cut weight, and I need drop from my current 193 to 178 at least. I should really be at 165, but given my modest goals, 178 might make more sense. I would really rather fight at MW.

Anyway, any help structuring my eating program would be greatly helpful. I'm not in a huge rush to cut the weight, and I know I can make 178 by just ramping the roadwork, but I'll never make 165 with a good plan of attack for my eating. I with I could go to gym at 4, right after work, but it is what it is.