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tracking /exercising for night shifters

vpsorrels
vpsorrels Posts: 35 Member
edited January 9 in Health and Weight Loss
I need suggestion on how to track / exercise working night shift. I work 7p-7a and am cunfused on whens the best time to exercise and how to track. Because I eat at different time, I feel like Im tracking all the time. Please help.

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  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Pick any 24 hr period and make it your day. If you sleep when you get home the maybe exercise when you wake up. MFP lets you adjust your meal schedule any way you want it. As long as you track some way that makes sense to you it's all good.
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
    I track midnight to midnight.
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    In the grand scheme of things, it doesn't much matter... so it really comes down to what is the most convenient for you and what approach you'll be the most consistent with.

    Start your day when you wake up, end it when you go to bed, regardless of the time or date. Your body can't tell time... all it knows is how much work you're asking it do and how many calories you're giving it to do said work. Whether you log them today, tomorrow, at 10am or 10pm, doesn't matter. The numbers will still workout the same at the end of the week.
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