Eating at 1 am

poopydoop13765
poopydoop13765 Posts: 86 Member
edited November 17 in Food and Nutrition
In calorie counting should this be the next day or the current?

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  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    Six of one, half a dozen of the other really! If you have calories left for the previous day, may as well put them there, if not, add them to the current day. As long as you're sticking to an overall deficit that averages out over the week, you're all good.
  • tiptoethruthetulips
    tiptoethruthetulips Posts: 3,371 Member
    Is it breakfast or a snack before bed?

    If a snack before bed I would count it as current.

    If its a regular thing, it doesn't matter which day as long as you count it consistently on either the current or the next day.
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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,419 Member
    Your choice. Your body doesn't care if it's 11:56PM or 1:03AM.
  • comeonnow142857
    comeonnow142857 Posts: 310 Member
    it doesn't matter, log it on one of them
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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,419 Member
    What do you mean?
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  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,093 Member
    poopydoop13765 wrote: »
    I am trying to maintain, will it make me gain if I eat at my calorie goal the next day and still log the food I ate during 1 am for that day?

    If you are within your calorie goal both days, or your average over the two days is within your goal, why would it make you gain?
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    poopydoop13765 wrote: »
    I am trying to maintain, will it make me gain if I eat at my calorie goal the next day and still log the food I ate during 1 am for that day?

    Calories are calories no matter which day you log them on. Your body doesn't pause at midnight, tally up calories for the day and decide whether you lose or gain weight. Nor does it "reset" at midnight and start fresh for the next day. Weight gain/loss happens on a continuous, ongoing basis, not on any set time schedule.
  • comeonnow142857
    comeonnow142857 Posts: 310 Member
    edited April 2017
    poopydoop13765 wrote: »
    I am trying to maintain, will it make me gain if I eat at my calorie goal the next day and still log the food I ate during 1 am for that day?

    which day you log the food on will have absolutely no effect on whether you gain or not.

    your average maintenance/calorie balance over time will.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,743 Member
    poopydoop13765 wrote: »
    I am trying to maintain, will it make me gain if I eat at my calorie goal the next day and still log the food I ate during 1 am for that day?

    It might help you to go by weekly calories instead of day by day.
  • sheermomentum
    sheermomentum Posts: 827 Member
    it doesn't matter, really. Pick one, and be consistent with that choice. It will work out in the end. If it works for you, you could just average things out over a 24 hour period, or a 7-day period. It doesn't matter.
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