Can anyone answer this question?

nope! That would have been for yesterday. Count it as an added bonus :]

Post on yesterday's diary, don't carry over to today

You can roll it over if you want. I do a weekly average, zigzagging my calories from day to day, and just make sure the weekly average is at or slightly below my calorie goal. I use the iPhone app and it has a display for that and does the math for me.

They were definitely for that day. In fact, it is also very important that you "eat back" any calories that you burn working out. Otherwise your body might enter a starvation mode. Just stay at or close to the calories required total for that day including the excercise. Good luck.

so your saying last night at 10 PM after burning those calories I should of ate them back last night?

I dont think so, but some will say different. We dont need a ton of energy (food) right before bed

It is your net calories over time that matter. There is no switch in your body that says, “sorry it’s midnight nothing else counts.” So if you are over your calories by 200 on Monday, Under 200 on Tuesday, then spot on the rest of the week, the net outcome is the same.

There's nothing magical about a 24 hour period. It just makes it convenient for us to add and subtract calories and exercise in a daily time frame. Some people do the math on a weekly basis. Some on a per-meal basis. Just go with what works for you. You're not in a contest with rules where you're competing against other people, you're just in it for you and what works for you is all that matters. Some days I'm over my goal, some days I'm under my goal. I just hope the days I'm under 1) outnumber the days I'm over, and that 2) I'm under by more than I'm over, if you get what I mean. It's a long term journey and one day either way isn't going to make or break it.

Good luck, and stick with it!

Thanks, I just want to hit my goal of losing 2 pounds a week so my biggest question was if I roll over the calories from yesterday is that going to affect my weight loss and it sounds like in the long run it wont.

You don’t look big enough to lose 2lbs per week; typically only obese individuals can accomplish that. You should focus on .5 to 1lb per week. And I am referring to weight in body fat; water, stomach, and bowel content will fluctuate and contribute to your weight on the scale.

I was under the understanding that eating before bed is unhealthy. am i wrong?

yes.
I eat before bed every night.
Usually cottage cheese or a protein shake.

Theres no reason for it to be unhealthy.