The best way to track calories that go into next day
kiittenforever
Posts: 478 Member
Hey all,
my sleep pattern and schedule is different. I wake up between noon and 2:30pm and sleep at 5 or 6am at the moment. Is it best to just track all calories I eat before my day is over and I go to bed in one day or track into the next day once midnight is here and the food journal automatically changes?
my sleep pattern and schedule is different. I wake up between noon and 2:30pm and sleep at 5 or 6am at the moment. Is it best to just track all calories I eat before my day is over and I go to bed in one day or track into the next day once midnight is here and the food journal automatically changes?
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I count whatever I eat between waking up and going to sleep as the same day, regardless of the time.0
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I've been eating and exercising late (12am) and going to bed late (3-4am), so I still log those workouts and meals as the day prior. It doesn't matter when I eat or work out, my sleep cycle determines which day it counts as When I wake up, it's a new day, no matter the time.0
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Same thing happens to me, I hate when it switches over after midnight! I still count until I go to bed as the same day, though.0
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Im a third shifter... 3 - 12 hour shifts so I sleep some nights then work others... Because of my completly odd sleeping and eating schedules I go strictly midnight to midnight. It seems to be working. I think the main thing is that your consistent.0
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hey there I do the same thing as you Sleep at 5 6 am and wake up between noon and 2...I changed my time zone i am in mountain time and i changed mine to hawaii time it helped out so much i truly recommend you do that then come 2 3 am thats when i eat dinner lol its still all in the same time zone. I hope this helps.0
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I go to bed pretty late, and have a snack before bed, but I count it towards the next day since it is actually the next day regardless of whether I have chosen to stay awake to some ungodly hour. It makes no difference to my mind which day I log it for in the end and it just counts as my breakfast since I am never up for any of that.0
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I log whatever I eat from when I wake up, to when I go to sleep, regardless of where the sun is at.0
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Each day will balance the other out. Look at like an average over the week. Your reports tab can run those reports.0
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I'd count between waking up and sleeping as 1I day... if you are alotted 1640 cals and you eat more after midnight (say 300 cals) if you are already at your 1640 for the day and add the 300, your actually consuming 1940 cals a day...0
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