snack after midnight-to which day do you add calories?

Before I go to sleep, its the day before when I wake up thats next day. However if because of baby I am not going to get any sleep its the next day.

But as I always snack and drink the same each night it makes no difference.

Do I feel sleepy/trying to go to sleep = day before or am I wide awake and active = next day, because I will not next beable to sleep until partner takes over after work.

As long as you are consistent. I don't think it matters. Either count 24 hours from 12:00 A.M. to 11:59 P.M.
Or count sleep cycle to sleep cycle...

Even though my journal says "8 PM - 12 AM", if I eat it before I go to bed, I'll record it on the previous day. Not that it matters though because it's all based on total calories for the week!

I found it works well if I eat a lot or drink a lot late at nite, I go back to a day the week before where I was under my goal and put it there. What the heck, its the same month.

Folks...It doesn't matter what you put down or where you put it down....SCALE DON'T LIE!...GEEZ.

While I would generally agree that the big picture is more important than the day-by-day, I can't help but point out that what you're doing is, well, stupid.

Let me prove my point with an exaggeration. Bill and Frank both consumed 42,000 calories last month. Bill was always between 1200 and 1600 calories per day. Frank often consumed 4000 calories a day and then fasted the next day. They both met their monthly calorie goals. Would you say they that Frank completed his goal with just as much success as Bill?

Oh, and didn't even mention the word metabolism.

I found it works well if I eat a lot or drink a lot late at nite, I go back to a day the week before where I was under my goal and put it there. What the heck, its the same month.

Folks...It doesn't matter what you put down or where you put it down....SCALE DON'T LIE!...GEEZ.

While I would generally agree that the big picture is more important than the day-by-day, I can't help but point out that what you're doing is, well, stupid.

Let me prove my point with an exaggeration. Bill and Frank both consumed 42,000 calories last month. Bill was always between 1200 and 1600 calories per day. Frank often consumed 4000 calories a day and then fasted the next day. They both met their monthly calorie goals. Would you say they that Frank completed his goal with just as much success as Bill?

Oh, and didn't even mention the word metabolism.

I'd say they're both screwing themselves because no man should be eating that few calories. Aside from that I'd merely say bill was more consistent. Fasting a few times a week is rather unnecessary but in terms of weight loss we can't make any conclusions.

I'd say they're both screwing themselves because no man should be eating that few calories.

Well, that's rude. Bill and Frank are dwarfs.

Aside from that I'd merely say bill was more consistent. Fasting a few times a week is rather unnecessary but in terms of weight loss we can't make any conclusions.

Hmm. Well, I'm not going to search the net for studies about that, but I can't honestly imagine that the human body, after tens of thousands of years of evolution, would respond positively to gorging itself on a regular basis, only to starve itself just as often.

That's funny

I work nights and find it difficult to go through the night without having something to eat! If its after midnight though, I do include it in that days calorie count.

I wait with cookies in hand and when the clock strikes 12 I go mental.

But really, I count from midnight as the next day because I tend to be up late and sleep late in the day.

I also do midnight-midnight. I workout late at night before bed, so I often log my exercise for the previous day even if it's after midnight when I finish. But my post work-out snack I log in the current day. Just do what works for you and keep the logging consistent so you don't trip yourself up. And as someone previously said, as long as your calorie deficit is where it should be by the end of the week then you're all good and still should be losing the same amount of weight.

I always consider a day from the time I wake up to the time I go to bed. But I'm sure everyone here has their own way of recording it.

Same here.

I do midnight-midnight, im a law student so my sleep cycles are erratic, how i count my cals; i find myself more consistent that way. I arrive home 10pm-11pm I eat an egg or an apple or anything that doesnt make me go over my calorie goals (and less because its late). Sometimes i eat my breakfast after midnight like 12:05 and wake up around 10-12pm.(i cant sleep till 3am, because of studying)

What works for you is whats best for your peace of mind

I worry more about weekly averages than day to day intake. But for what its worth i track it on the following days intake that way im more self conscious of what goes on my plate that day to keep my weekly average under the required amount for maintenance.

I log stuff 4-1/2 years later. Just like posting in this thread.