after midnight eating

MJohnson1211
MJohnson1211 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
So heres my qustion, if its after midnight and you eat, lets say like dinner for you, do you log on current day or former day since my fitness pal changes over at midnight?

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  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    I count a day as from when I wake up until I go to sleep.
  • abatonfan
    abatonfan Posts: 1,120 Member
    I count my days from wakeup until wakeup the next morning. I often wake up at 3AM and have to eat to treat a low blood sugar, but that ends up getting logged in the previous day's food diary.

    The big thing is to make sure it is logged somewhere. Where doesn't matter.
  • ultrahoon
    ultrahoon Posts: 467 Member
    I count my days from wake to sleep regardless of the time of day. I used to occasionally eat something past midnight and log it on the next day, but it just lead to me *always* doing that, so I accepted I just like to late night snack, and a 'one waking period' rule made more sense.
  • ModernRock
    ModernRock Posts: 372 Member
    Depends on if I hit my calorie goal yet or not. If I'm under, then I put it on the same day. Otherwise, I switch over at midnight and fewer calories available when I wake up.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    I log waking up to going to sleep.

    It doesn't really matter how you do it, as long as you are consistently creating an energy deficit over a sustained period of time.
  • MJohnson1211
    MJohnson1211 Posts: 2 Member
    Thank you for your input. I have been doing it in next day but it messes with my calories for the next day and i end up with super low calorie defficet the previous day. Because sometimes dinner is after midnight.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,260 Member
    I would log it as the new day. I go strictly by the clock. 12 a.m. = new day for me. I'm not up that late very often though (9:30 bedtime for me.)
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