For most of my life I have gotten up at 4:30 am and gone to bed at 9pm or 10pm. Got enough sleep. While I no longer coach football and no longer compete I still get up at the same time and still go to bed at the same time. You absolutely have to learn to prep your food in advanced. You also aren't afforded gourmet meals that taste good. You eat what you need, like taking a medicine. On Sunday afternoon I prepped everything I needed for the work week. Put cooked chicken breasts with a marinade individually in zip lock bags, I put 2 cups of white rice in individual bags, I put fish and red meat in bags, Vegies, fruit, instant oatmeal and even make a daily supply of protein shakes. All I had to do was eat breakfast, put everything for the day in a cold storage bag and head off to work. Every three hours I was warming my food up and eating while I worked. Each week I did the same thing over. Now, I did not compete during football season so summer was always my target.
Meal 1 - 5am - breakfast
Meal 2 - 8am
Meal 3 - 11am
Meal 4 - 2pm
train - 3pm
Meal 5 - 5pm
Meal 6 - 8pm
Bed
OK, do you realize how many calories are burned when training intensely? My weight is 265, I train 90 minutes very intensely, So calculated, I burn an estimated 1272 calories in 90 minutes. These have to be replaced or I will not gain muscle or strength. The body does a very good job of processing the calories that are eaten, especially if your energy needs are high enough. If not it also is very efficient at storing the excess as fat. Believe it or not but at 64. I can drop weight taking in 4500 calories per day. Even eating a 2100 calorie breakfast every day of my life. My wife would blow up like a balloon with that much in one day, I also watched a video where Jay Cutler says he cuts taking in 4500 to 5000 calories per day. Muscle mass, energy needs, body weight, age and metabolism all have a great influence.
https://exrx.net/Calculators/Calories