Today or Tomorrow

Lovemehatemebytchez

So curious question if you eat pass midnight and have not slept yet do you clock it in for the next day? What is everyone's opinions and what do you? Personally, I just log it in that daym since I didn't go to sleep it's still the same day to me.

LazyNightOwl

I work 6pm to 6am and used to log everything I ate from the time I woke up until the time I went to sleep on the date I went to sleep. I got a fitbit a few weeks ago and due to the devices inability to set a different reset time other than midnight I started logging my foods on the days I eat them. It's been weird but I think I'm finally getting used to it. In your situation, I'd do the same thing you did.

courtneyfabulous

A "day" in myfitnesspal is anything between you waking up and going to bed.

Lounmoun

Since I prelog about 8 AM every morning for my whole day I would log everything I planned to eat in my waking hours on the same day.
Doesn't really matter what day you record it. Look at your weekly calories and stay in a deficit.

MsAmandaNJ

I'm rarely up past midnight, I log what I eat from when I wake up until I fall asleep.

janejellyroll

My logs are midnight to midnight, so if I eat after midnight I will log it as the "next day." As long as you're consistently logging it, it doesn't really matter -- just personal preference.

LAWoman72

If I eat past midnight it goes to the next day (or, that day, since it's after midnight).

AnvilHead

Doesn't matter, do it however works best for you. Your body doesn't have a clock inside that stops at midnight, tallies your calories and decides whether you put on or lose weight. Energy intake/expenditure is a continuous cycle with no start/stop points.

cwolfman13

Lovemehatemebytchez wrote: »

So curious question if you eat pass midnight and have not slept yet do you clock it in for the next day? What is everyone's opinions and what do you? Personally, I just log it in that daym since I didn't go to sleep it's still the same day to me.

My opinion is that it doesn't really matter...your body doesn't reset at midnight...I tend to look at things over the course of a week and even months...my net position over time is what is important, not the day to day minutia.

GauchoMark

I agree with @cwolfman13 - it makes no difference as long as you log it.

Personally - a day for me is from when I wake up until I go to sleep, so I would log it on today's log.

Ready2Rock206

Personal preference. I log wake to sleep as a day - even if it were to go past midnight.

jennifer_417

I used to do that...but my schedule tends to change frequently, so for the sake of consistency, I changed so I just log midnight-to-midnight.

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nowine4me

Midnight to midnight, but I try (and often fail) to not eat late night.

JeromeBarry1

I don't nap in the afternoon. Between rising from bed in the morning to retiring to bed in the evening is one day of logging, even if it goes past midnight.

MFD7576

One other point of view is think of your weekly calories (your calories allotment x 7) and just make sure you stay under from week to week. Use Sunday at midnight as a marker. Then take your total amount logged in a week and divide it by 7 for an average daily calorie intake. As long as you are on average on your target calories, you wont see a huge mess up. Dieting is 50% mental so use a tool to keep you focused. If you eat a lot in 36 hours without sleep, just make your next few meals light.

That being said, midnight to midnight is also a good tool to use while you go day to day

ShammersPink

I log each day as everything I consumed between getting up and going to sleep. It's not unusual for me to eat or drink something after midnight.