Does 3am cookies count as yesterday or today?

goldandgreen
goldandgreen Posts: 4 Member
in Food and Nutrition
New member seeks advice on whether or not to add the first food to her calorie tracker

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  • thebigcb
    thebigcb Posts: 2,210 Member
    Doesn;t matter, as long as you count it.

    It will count regardless of the time you eat.
  • Marmitegeoff
    Marmitegeoff Posts: 373 Member
    After midnight goes into today.
  • LiviLou2011
    LiviLou2011 Posts: 437 Member
    if i had calories left for yesterday i would put it on there..
    if not i would put it on todays..since 3am would be today..
    but it doesnt really matter, i guess its just a personal thing.
  • ferrytrip
    ferrytrip Posts: 497 Member
    Today
  • lnd2011
    lnd2011 Posts: 70 Member
    Working 3rd shift I put it on today
  • CATindeeHAT
    CATindeeHAT Posts: 332 Member
    After midnight goes into today.

    This ^^^^
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Why are you eating cookies at 3 am?
  • thebigcb
    thebigcb Posts: 2,210 Member
    Shes stoned
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    I would put it in "yesterday"

    today starts with breakfast.

    if your yesterday cals were already maxed out.... DONT EAT IT!
  • 2essie
    2essie Posts: 2,847 Member
    If I haven't been to bed when I eat it goes on that day for me. If I have been to bed and get up to eat (which I don't) it would go on a new day. That is what I would do, but why eat at 3am unless you are a night worker. Just go to bed and forget the cookies.
  • crackdmirror
    crackdmirror Posts: 20 Member
    I work nights (7p-7a) so I actually changed my diary from breakfast/lunch/etc to 4-hour blocks starting at midnight (so, MN-04, 04-08, etc). If 3a is a common time for you to eat, perhaps changing your meal classification is a good idea.
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    our body changes days at exactly 2:17 am. So these would count towards today.


    come on people
  • Amberonamission
    Amberonamission Posts: 836 Member
    our body changes days at exactly 2:17 am. So these would count towards today.


    come on people
    How do SOME PEOPLE not know the basics like this??? :D
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    I count them for 'today', simply because I hate adding to a food log once I have already clicked the "Complete Entry" button.

    but those things drove me crazy in the beginning, too.
  • SheilaN1976
    SheilaN1976 Posts: 266 Member
    After midnight goes into today.

    ^^^ Agree
  • troubleonline
    troubleonline Posts: 7
    If it was before you went to sleep I would count as yesterday.
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    I always count it as sleep to sleep.

    This way I can get a cheeky half hour cycle ride in before bed to make up for over-eating in the day :).
  • JewelleryByMandy
    JewelleryByMandy Posts: 43 Member
    I work nights too and get my food around midnight. To me, after midnight is the next day so this food goes there.
    Better actually as the 1st night can go onto next days counting and not added to the day waiting to go to work which would make it quite high!
  • JewelleryByMandy
    JewelleryByMandy Posts: 43 Member
    I always count it as sleep to sleep.

    This way I can get a cheeky half hour cycle ride in before bed to make up for over-eating in the day :).

    But then what happens when you have days off? seems abit odd to do it that way. (i work nights and try to get my supper in after midnight so i can count it there as i'll be in bed most of that day so wont be eating much anyway)
  • philOHIO
    philOHIO Posts: 520 Member
    Whether it goes in yesterday or today isn't the point as much as WHY it happened in the first place and how can you change this type of behavior. If you have the munchies, try an apple, or a greek yogurt. Put your focus and energy into more productive things on how to change the behavior.
  • csuhar
    csuhar Posts: 779 Member
    Normally, I wold say 3 AM cookies count for today, but that's mostly just so I can keep each days' timeframe looking the same with a midnight-to-midnight setup rather than for any particular health beneifit. I have, however, occasionally left the timeline a little loose for things like exercise that starts one day and ends on the next and any post workout snack, but that rarely pushes more than 30 minutes beyond midnight.
  • geoffers12
    geoffers12 Posts: 31 Member
    Just the fact that someone is asking this question makes me so happy!

    Cookies are my kryptonite.....

    G
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member

    But then what happens when you have days off? seems abit odd to do it that way. (i work nights and try to get my supper in after midnight so i can count it there as i'll be in bed most of that day so wont be eating much anyway)
    Sadly I find it hard to break a waking pattern; so if I go to bed late, still tend to get up at the same time.

    Presuming you meant days off from work.
    Days off from eating much - if I could do that, I wouldn't be here :P.

    In the end, hours are arbitrary way of measuring a day - for me it makes more 'sense' to follow my body's cycle.

    Only problem is I use a motoactv to measure calories burnt, which means a bit of messing about as that gives me a daily figure.
  • shelbyfrootcake
    shelbyfrootcake Posts: 965 Member
    I always count it as sleep to sleep.

    This way I can get a cheeky half hour cycle ride in before bed to make up for over-eating in the day :).

    Ditto. Without the cheeky cycle rides.

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