if you eat something after midnight do you add to todays food diary or yesterdays ?

carolinamccabe31

I have eaten a small snack but was wondering do I add to today's diary or yesterdays diary

Jazzykatt

I add it to the next day.

Laurend224

I look for a weekly deficit, so I'm not terribly worried if I go over on one specific day. I would probably Log it on today's.

MaggieLoo79

I go by sleep. If I haven't gone to bed yet, it's today's food. It's just preference.

segacs

I log it on "yesterday's" diary. I'm a night owl and as far as I'm concerned, my day starts when I wake up and ends when I go to sleep.

blankiefinder

I add it to the previous day but that's just me, my body runs on a different clock than most So for the purpose of my diary, I use a cut off of my usual bedtime, which is well after midnight.

Kalikel

I do wake-up to sleep, regardless of whether the day changes or not. I'm logging MY day of eating.

MysticRealm

I replied to this but it didn't post so I will try again. My day is from wake up, till when I go to bed. If I haven't slept yet, my day isn't over.

jemhh

Midnight =12 a.m. = new day

CanadianCountryGirl1973

I add to previous day (when it rarely, rarely, happens). I don't eat anything after about 8:00.... your body doesn't have the time it needs to process it..... midnight snacking not good!!

LAWoman72

segacs wrote: »

I log it on "yesterday's" diary. I'm a night owl and as far as I'm concerned, my day starts when I wake up and ends when I go to sleep.

This is what I do, too. Though eating after midnight isn't a very frequent thing for me.

TimothyFish

I just add it to the diary and let the app figure out what day it is. The only reason it makes any sense to worry about it is because you don't want one day or the other to go over the limit. But you still ate it, no matter what day you record it on.

Jruzer

As others say, it doesn't matter much.

For me the day ends when I go to bed, whether that's at 11 PM or 3 AM.

cwolfman13

doesn't really matter, weekly totals are what matters.

ooh_barracuda

Doesn't matter, as long as you are consistent with it. I go by 'one waking day'.

maxit

I don't think it matters, but any fitbit stats after midnight go to the next day. I can't remember eating after midnight, but if I did I would do it the same way. It's just easier to keep track of.

elphie754

carolinamccabe31 wrote: »

I have eaten a small snack but was wondering do I add to today's diary or yesterdays diary

Since I work overnights, I consider a day from midnight to midnight since it lines up with my fitbit. If I eat after midnight, it is logged as the next day.

krysmuree

My day starts when I wake up, so if I eat late, I count it for that day, not the next. Just preference.

Lourdesong

It depends if I have calories left from the previous day or not. If I do have calories left, I'd rather log it in the previous day so as not to take away from the calories available to me the next day. Come evening the next day, I might not be too happy and may be tempted to "borrow" calories to eat from the next day after that!

undergloom

I used to log them for the next day, but if I'm ingesting calories after midnight they'll likely be in liquid form and I didn't like the idea of bourbon showing up in my breakfast entry. It just looks weird.
On the other hand, and in practical terms, I think it might be more useful and proactive to count late snacks as food for the next day - especially if it's a somewhat indulgent/"unhealthy" snack that might put you over your calorie limit. That way, you can plan your meals to account for that snack today instead of having regrets about a blown goal yesterday.

angelinhell

Lourdesong wrote: »

It depends if I have calories left from the previous day or not. If I do have calories left, I'd rather log it in the previous day so as not to take away from the calories available to me the next day. Come evening the next day, I might not be too happy and may be tempted to "borrow" calories to eat from the next day after that!

Same! Lol.

cityruss

A logged day is wake up to sleep for me.

bigcle82

jemhh wrote: »

Midnight =12 a.m. = new day

same here for me

scottacular

carolinamccabe31 wrote: »

I have eaten a small snack but was wondering do I add to today's diary or yesterdays diary

The day begins when you wake up, and ends when you go to sleep for the final time (I say final time as you may have a quick sleep during the day time for example). So if you wake up at 7am and get back to bed at 1am, in terms of food intake, that is one day.

Silentfool

MaggieLoo79 wrote: »

I go by sleep. If I haven't gone to bed yet, it's today's food. It's just preference.

Definately this ^^^^^^^

elphie754

scottacular wrote: »

carolinamccabe31 wrote: »

I have eaten a small snack but was wondering do I add to today's diary or yesterdays diary

The day begins when you wake up, and ends when you go to sleep for the final time (I say final time as you may have a quick sleep during the day time for example). So if you wake up at 7am and get back to bed at 1am, in terms of food intake, that is one day.

That is just a preference, not a hard and fast rule.

desika8787

KrissyMuree wrote: »

My day starts when I wake up, so if I eat late, I count it for that day, not the next. Just preference.

same here

Capt_Apollo

47Jacqueline

I log on the same day until I go to sleep. However, it's better if I stop eating after dinner.

cincysweetheart

I go from midnight to midnight. It just keeps things straight in my mind. I work a graveyard shift… so personally I'm always about 8 hours behind the rest of the world (it's still Tuesday night to me)… but keeping it midnight to midnight makes sense with my brain and helps me keep things straight. But that's really a personal choice. I don't know that it makes a huge difference.

carolinamccabe31

Capt_Apollo wrote: »

Haha ok answers my question lol