When does your daily diary end?

tiffanyalther
tiffanyalther Posts: 27 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Do you end your daily diary at midnight or after you go to sleep and wake up lol?

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  • jovalleau
    jovalleau Posts: 127 Member
    I usually log everything but snacks in the morning, and when the day is over, if I hadn't logged the snacks, I put them in and "complete" the entry, which is usually around midnight.
  • walleymama
    walleymama Posts: 174 Member
    I end my diary at midnight. On the odd occasion when I'm up past that I add any "midnight snacks" to the next day's log. Unless, that is, I still have that many calories left over from the day before, in which case I add it to that.
  • CSJAN12014
    CSJAN12014 Posts: 46
    I 'End it" during my evening cuppa... that way i can psychologically stop myself having snacks etc cos' i already finished for the day!
    Unless of i'm out etc in which case it's always before i go to bed, otherwise i might 'accidentally' forget stuff :-)
  • jkdarby
    jkdarby Posts: 53 Member
    I measure my days from the time I wake up to the time I go to bed. I recently switched to night shift, so I am eating breakfast at about 2, lunch around 8 PM and dinner after midnight. So, I just log everything that I eat from that "day" whether it's after midnight or not.
  • dtimedwards
    dtimedwards Posts: 319 Member
    I don't end it, but I always start fresh with breakfast.

    Any late night eating (or drinking) gets logged for the previous day, because that is when I "budget" for it. Because my activity is logged automatically from Bodymedia, the walk home from the bar gets counted toward whatever calendar date it occurs.
  • ddpiel
    ddpiel Posts: 52
    I work night shift so I have started using the 12A to 1159P time frame. It works best for me.
  • laurelobrien
    laurelobrien Posts: 156 Member
    before sleep
  • glin23
    glin23 Posts: 460 Member
    At midnight.
  • darkrose20
    darkrose20 Posts: 1,139 Member
    At midnight. I'm a night shift worker, and sleep sometimes comes at 8am other times at 2pm. Imagine a day of eating from 2pm to 2pm the next day on only 1200 cals. NOT happening, so Midnight starts my new day.
  • andiechick
    andiechick Posts: 916 Member
    I 'End it" during my evening cuppa... that way i can psychologically stop myself having snacks etc cos' i already finished for the day!
    Unless of i'm out etc in which case it's always before i go to bed, otherwise i might 'accidentally' forget stuff :-)

    ^^^This
  • majica8
    majica8 Posts: 210 Member
    Depends. I "complete" it before midnight most nights but occasionally still add to it after if I snack late, assuming I have the calories left. If I don't then I log them in the next day although I don't like doing that really.
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    Do you end your daily diary at midnight or after you go to sleep and wake up lol?

    I know why you ask. I used to eat through to 2am and it was annoying that when you added an item, it'd appear on the next day's entry.

    I've changed my eating habits though so stop eating before midnight for three reasons:
    1) It gives the acidity levels in my mouth a chance to neutralise before I brush teeth (bad to eat then brush teeth as the enamel is softer ie it can be worn out)
    2) Going to sleep on a full stomach can result in acid reflux while you sleep (fine in a way as you won't feel any pain but regular acid reflux increases the risk of oesophageal cancer in the lower tract)
    3) I was getting fed up of turning into a gremlin and destroying my town.
  • Skeletalbeauty
    Skeletalbeauty Posts: 1
    Lunch.
  • cwaters120
    cwaters120 Posts: 354 Member
    I 'End it" during my evening cuppa... that way i can psychologically stop myself having snacks etc cos' i already finished for the day!
    Unless of i'm out etc in which case it's always before i go to bed, otherwise i might 'accidentally' forget stuff :-)
    Ditto. If, for some reason, I eat something before midnight (waking up for a snack or just plain staying up late, I can always "add more entries" and close it again. Anything AFTER midnight goes on the fresh log that is for the next day.
  • JennetteMac
    JennetteMac Posts: 763 Member
    When I go to bed with my cup of coffee and final treat (usually a flump or little chocolate.) That signals the end and sleep. :yawn:
  • astartig
    astartig Posts: 549 Member
    a day is a day until I go to bed and then I wake up and start a new one.
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    My diary is everything I eat from the time I wake up until the time I go back to sleep. I am not ruled by the clock.
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  • CAS317
    CAS317 Posts: 267 Member
    Do you end your daily diary at midnight or after you go to sleep and wake up lol?

    The "day" isn't over until I go to bed. I work night shift so I go to bed at 8am.

    Same here...I work nights, 7P to 7A. So my day ends at 7A. I even changed my time zone on MFP so that my 24-hour day ends at 7A. That way I don't have to flip to the right day when I go to log.
  • tiffanyalther
    tiffanyalther Posts: 27 Member
    Do you end your daily diary at midnight or after you go to sleep and wake up lol?

    I know why you ask. I used to eat through to 2am and it was annoying that when you added an item, it'd appear on the next day's entry.

    I've changed my eating habits though so stop eating before midnight for three reasons:
    1) It gives the acidity levels in my mouth a chance to neutralise before I brush teeth (bad to eat then brush teeth as the enamel is softer ie it can be worn out)
    2) Going to sleep on a full stomach can result in acid reflux while you sleep (fine in a way as you won't feel any pain but regular acid reflux increases the risk of oesophageal cancer in the lower tract)
    3) I was getting fed up of turning into a gremlin and destroying my town.

    See I work from 11am Monday morning until Tuesday morning at 11:30am so its hard to go that 11:30 hrs without eating
  • chezzamanezza
    chezzamanezza Posts: 48
    My diary ends just before bed
  • KateK8LoseW8
    KateK8LoseW8 Posts: 824 Member
    I end it at around 8:30 PM. I'm finished eating by 8, I add any water I've had since then, and add two more cups because that's my usual before bed.

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