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When do you start a "new day"? Midnight or sleep?

MyHighestPraise
MyHighestPraise Posts: 87 Member
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I'm often up when midnight comes and goes. MFP starts a new day at midnight, but I can't decide if I want to track my food and exercise based on the day ends at midnight or when I go to sleep and start the new day when I wake up.

Thoughts?! :)
Catherine

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  • Papillon22
    Papillon22 Posts: 1,160 Member
    If I eat after midnight, I log it the next day. It doesn't really make a difference, I think the weekly totals are what matter.
  • terrigrace
    terrigrace Posts: 199 Member
    I work alternating night and evenings shifts and often find myself snacking in the middle of the night. I plan a snack for two am or so and log that on the day before. Then if i eat anything after that I log it as the next day.
  • anorangie
    anorangie Posts: 975 Member
    My sleep patterns have been wacky lately, so to keep things simple and consistent, my new MFP day starts at midnight.
  • 120weeks
    120weeks Posts: 242 Member
    My new day starts after I wake up! Pre-workout snack or breakfast are my first cals for the day. If I am going to be up late and partying until 3am that night, I plan for it. One time I had to travel at night and needed extra snacks after midnight plus there was a big time change but I logged those cals for the previous day.
  • bsinno
    bsinno Posts: 344 Member
    if im eating past midnight its because im drinking...and logging is probably the LAST thing on my mind!
  • PLUMSGRL
    PLUMSGRL Posts: 1,134 Member
    Sorry, I usually eat dinner around 9-10 pm, so I don't get hungry when I wake up~
  • AprilRenewed
    AprilRenewed Posts: 691 Member
    When I wake up, THAT is a new logging day! :)
  • MyHighestPraise
    MyHighestPraise Posts: 87 Member
    Thanks y'all!! :) I have been letting midnight be my switch, but I think I'm going to start letting it be sleep.

    Catherine
  • SpazzyMal
    SpazzyMal Posts: 276 Member
    I always consider it a new logging day after I wake up, not at midnight. I'm like this with everything else in life, too. It's not a new day unless I've been asleep, I don't care what you say!
  • autumnk921
    autumnk921 Posts: 1,374 Member
    I agree with starting a new day after sleep b/c your body is at rest for those few hours and it seems like your body kind of knows that after that break from moving around and such that it is a new day...At least that is how I see it.. :)
  • Cilenia
    Cilenia Posts: 208 Member
    My new day starts when i wake up after sleeping. Tho it rarely happens for me to be up after midnight anyway

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