If I stay up until midnight, can I eat tomorrow's breakfast

ContinuousEffort
ContinuousEffort Posts: 136
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
If I stay up until midnight, can I eat tomorrow's breakfast then or do I have to sleep first? Has anyone ever considered this before? When do the new food calories start?

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  • rjnandjosh
    rjnandjosh Posts: 168
    At midnight the day changes on the calorie counter so I don't know but sometimes I eat breakfast before bed.
  • sarahsmom1
    sarahsmom1 Posts: 1,501 Member
    why would you want to do that?
  • dragonbug300
    dragonbug300 Posts: 760 Member
    If you really wanted to, you theoretically could. I always consider the time before I go to sleep for the night all part of the same day (so if I go to sleep at 1am, everything I ate before then was for the previous day).
    Breakfast is meant to energize you in the morning, though, so I can't imagine why you'd want to eat it before going to sleep.
  • Crystal817
    Crystal817 Posts: 2,021 Member
    o.O

    It would defeat the purpose of "break-fast". But sure. Do whatever you want.
  • ZachyABaby
    ZachyABaby Posts: 235
    If you really wanted to, you theoretically could. I always consider the time before I go to sleep for the night all part of the same day (so if I go to sleep at 1am, everything I ate before then was for the previous day).
    Breakfast is meant to energize you in the morning, though, so I can't imagine why you'd want to eat it before going to sleep.

    QFT
  • Shannon023
    Shannon023 Posts: 14,529 Member
    If I stay up until midnight, can I eat tomorrow's breakfast then or do I have to sleep first? Has anyone ever considered this before? When do the new food calories start?

    No, go to bed. :laugh:

    As much as you can, stick to a routine. :smile:
  • jen2bhottie
    jen2bhottie Posts: 48 Member
    I count everything I eat before I go to bed and usually put the real late food in an extra snack section. This doesn't happen very often, just when I'm up late studying or after I go out with friends.
  • maygans
    maygans Posts: 196 Member
    If I stay up until midnight, can I eat tomorrow's breakfast then or do I have to sleep first? Has anyone ever considered this before? When do the new food calories start?


    Whenever you want them to start. Weight loss is cumulative and there isn't a master set of "rules" for everyone to follow. I personally don't go to sleep until anywhere from 10PM-3AM (yes it varies that much), and usually I'm eating a snack somewhere in there before I go to bed. I also (personally) keep track of what I've eaten from when I wake up to when I've gone to bed again, but everyone is different.
  • Cytherea
    Cytherea Posts: 515 Member
    For me, I consider the new day to begin after I've gone to sleep and once I've woken up. So even if it is past midnight, the things that I eat I put on the day before (after MFP switches it over).

    But sometimes, I eat a little bit more one night, and it puts me over my calories for the day. So I'll add that to breakfast of the next day, and then eat less the next day because of it. Your body doesn't reset like a clock, it is a much more fluid thing. So as long as you don't do this continually (meaning that you really are just eating more than your calorie allotment every day), you will be fine. :smile:
  • ContinuousEffort
    ContinuousEffort Posts: 136
    Thanks everyone! I think I'll go to bed. Breakfast is important. This is hard, I'm new at it.
  • WalkingGirl1985
    WalkingGirl1985 Posts: 2,046 Member
    I'd rather have a late night snack and log that into my diary the next day after 12am rolls around..
  • helloiloveukitty
    helloiloveukitty Posts: 448 Member
    I will do this but ONLY if I stay up til 4 or 5 AM (and have breakfast then, not right at midnight) and don't intend to just eat and immediately go to sleep,
  • sue26
    sue26 Posts: 412
    if its after midnight its the next day, whether you call it breakfast or late night snack:smile:
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