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    Is it cheating if I add midnight snacks to next day's diary?

    Posts: 55 Member
    edited February 14 in Food and Nutrition
    It's my time to go to bed now, and I've reached my goal for the day. However, I'm still kinda hungry and therefore am having trouble sleeping.

    Is it ok to add my midnight snack to next day's diary? So that I don't mess up my daily/weekly numbers.

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    • Posts: 2,148 Member
      As long as they get tracked somewhere I really don't think it matters.

      Just don't let yourself get into 'oh i'll put THIS thousand calories on tomorrow's, so tomorrow i only get 600, oh no that's too little, so i'll put 1200 on the NEXT day'...etc
    • Posts: 487 Member
      Don't worry about it. As long as you're not going drastically over with the snack and your weekly average is intact.
    • Posts: 1,221 Member
      I just look at weekly averages, so I wouldn't worry about it.
    • Posts: 348 Member
      Funny, I just had that same thought last night. It felt like it should count against current day so I didn't.
    • Posts: 1,054 Member
      It doesn't really matter, but you're being slightly unfair to yourself. It doesn't matter what your diary says, all that matters is what you actually do. So...put it where you want, but you did actually eat it.
    • Posts: 681 Member
      Is it after midnight when you eat it?
    • Posts: 72 Member
      OMG that is brilliant...I have lost track of the number of times I went to bed with a growling tummy...
    • Posts: 1,870 Member
      Is it after midnight when you eat it?

      LOL! Last week I woke up ravenous in the middle of the night, wondered this same thing, then looked at the clock. It was after midnight so I ate. I did leave the empty container at my computer desk so that I would remember that I needed to log it. I am still doing great!
    • Posts: 681 Member
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      LOL! Last week I woke up ravenous in the middle of the night, wondered this same thing, then looked at the clock. It was after midnight so I ate. I did leave the empty container at my computer desk so that I would remember that I needed to log it. I am still doing great!

      That's legit.
    • Posts: 2,148 Member
      Sometimes I wake up hungry and eat and log it for the next day because I've already closed out.

      Sometimes, on the other hand, I start eating dinner that I've already measured and logged, get partway through, and realize that I'm full. Often I'll just leave it logged and finish it off for breakfast the next morning.

      I don't really see the difference as long as I log everything I eat in one and only one place.
    • Posts: 55 Member
      Is it after midnight when you eat it?

      Well yeah, and it's just an apple, no big deal. I just hope this helps me get a good sleep!
    • Posts: 1
      It's only cheating if you don't count it.
    • Posts: 241 Member
      Nope. As long as they are being logged accurately. As far as I'm concerned you can push whole meals ahead as long as you are logging everything and not getting more than, say, 48 hours ahead.
    • Posts: 7,463 Member
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      OP log it on the next day...your body wont know.
    • Posts: 98 Member
      As long as they get tracked somewhere I really don't think it matters.

      Just don't let yourself get into 'oh i'll put THIS thousand calories on tomorrow's, so tomorrow i only get 600, oh no that's too little, so i'll put 1200 on the NEXT day'...etc

      Lol, that is exactly what I do when I try to pull that. It usually evens out though if I am really eating less during the week.
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