Eat after midnight???

I log in the next morning.

I log everything before bed on the same day. Whichever you choose, just be consistent.

Good luck with the late night cravings. I find logging all my food earlier helps. As does good, old-fashioned self-control. It gets easier in time! And by "in time" I mean, for me, in 3 months. haha All my best!

Lately, I really hate it when people give you crap if you don't eat at the 'normal' hours. I'm sorry but its stupid.
normal hours are not always the same for everyone. like my grandmother who thinks that 8am is the time everyone should be awake .... yet she doesnt work. hasn't really ever 'worked' under someones thumb as the rest of the world mostly does... She doesn't understand working late and not being able to go to sleep right away or ... staying awake or not waking up early and eating breakfast.

just make sure you don't eat at least 2to 3 hours before you go to bed and you'll be fine and stay within your limits.
not everyone lives the same life just as not everyone can lose weight the same way.

I have horrid hours too so I pretty much have to go day by day. and as soon as I stopped listening to that stupidity ... because it meant starving myself because i wouldn't have an opportunity to eat before 7 and I'd either binge it later or eat awful foods... I started to actually lose weight once I realized how bs that is.

Eat an hour within waking up and stop eating at least 2 to3 hours before you conk out for the night and you should be happy and fine.

and if you have protein it should help the craving for more which in turn should help from spiraling out of control as ... it happens.

I'm a night owl. insomniac rampant world I live in... I usually count it all in one day until i fall asleep unless the sun comes up lol

The whole concept of time, is a paradox. It was an invention by man to sort out day by day life. Its not bad... Its just.. stupid to think that your body can actually tell what time it is and if you eat past a certain time it magically rebels.

Sounds quite silly if you really think about it.

just listen to you.

I changed my time zone to Hawaii so it doesn't turn to tomorrow until 4 AM my time.

great! thank you!

I log everything as one day until I go to sleep. I don't finish work til midnight alot of the time and like to have a small snack or protein shake when I get back.
The only exception is if I'm up all night, then I would probably count everything past about 5am as the next day.

I'm 3 months away from finishing school to become a Holistic Nutritionist. Just so you have a better idea where this info is coming from.

About 3 hours after sunseet, our metabolism naturally slows down. Our bodies work in circadian rhythm. Have you ever eaten late at night just before bed, and then woken up feeling hungry? This is because our metabolism has slowed down so much that the food eaten right before going to bed still isn't digested.

So despite going to bed right after or staying up to work an overnight shift. . . . Your body when you go to bed at 3,4,5,6,7 am is still working to digest the food you ate at midnight.

Personally because your body is still working to break down and digest that food, the next day, I would count it as the next day, not so much because of the technicality of eating at 11:55pm vs 12am.


Hope this helps.

ps. I know it's easier said than done, but if you are going to eat late at night, I would say after 9 or 10pm, try to stick with foods that is easier on the body to digest. I.E Don't mow down on a steak, as even at the peak of our metabolism our body is going to work hard to digest. So stick with fruits and veggies. If you're having a meal, have a salad or soup. Something to be kind to our digestion.

you can eat at any hour..its a myth that you shouldnt eat late at night. it doesnt store as fat, as your body still burns calories when you sleep.

i work night shift, so my hours arent normal. i eat constantly throughout the day and night. constantly. so as a third shifter i log from midnight to midnight.

you can eat at any hour..its a myth that you shouldnt eat late at night. it doesnt store as fat, as your body still burns calories when you sleep.

i work night shift, so my hours arent normal. i eat constantly throughout the day and night. constantly. so as a third shifter i log from midnight to midnight.

You're right your body does still burn calories, however at a significantly slower rate as your metabolism slows down at night. Even if we are used to the night shift, our metabolism doesn't change. It will stil slow down and not burn the food you've eaten later at night than if it would had you eaten earlier in the day.

I log it in previous day, as in "my day" not, 24h day:)

My general rule is that a new day doesn't start until I've slept. Even if it's 1am, if I haven't been to bed yet still counts as the same day. It really doesn't matter when you eat I always eat snacks in the evening/at night.

Personally, I log it for the next day, and stay within my goal, you're eating it either way so how you log it doesn't matter.