Question

QUESTION: How should you track the food you eat if it's after midnight?  

Answer 1

I start my days at midnight (when I track). So, if I eat something at 1 am, I'll track it on the new day.  

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@disagree agree

Answer 2

As long as you do it the same way all the time - it doesn't matter.  

Answer 3

I eat from 11am to 7

Answer 4

My day starts at midnight. No matter what. I do it that way because I'm a 3rd shift worker

Answer 5

On the app it switches at 11:59:59

Answer 6

For me (and I work overnights) anything eaten after midnight starts the next day. I restart my tracking at midnight.  

Answer 7

Each day is new tracker for me

Answer 8

It’s a new day!  

Answer 9

The next day! Also, don’t eat after midnight!  

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@overexert some people work third shift so even though it’s 1 am it’s their 1 pm.  

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@ivied I used to work from 11-4am- not easy!  

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@overexert I used to do 10 p to 7 a. You are not kidding that it’s not easy.  

Answer 10

For me, If I’m still awake it’s still the same day in my opinion. unless you‘re a shift worker. The scale will figure it out either way so whatever works for you!  

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@carmel that’s how I approach it too. The day ends when I go to sleep

Answer 11

I’m a night shift worker But even if I wasn’t After 12 midnight is a new day And I’ve lost 35lbs so it still works. I eat a slice of toast, a piece of fruit and a small 90 calorie drink between 12-1am. Then breakfast around 4-5am. Lunch 12-1 and dinner 5-6pm. Apple and water at 10pm

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@unwatched when do you sleep? I work same hours 12-8. I sleep from 10/11am to 5/6pm. I’m not up for lunch

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@taimi, I make it home at 8:30 am. I shower then go to bed. I don’t wake up until about 12 noon or 1 pm. I work 12 hr shifts times three days. It’s ok for me to eat small at work because I’m up walking  the unit and doing physical things.  

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@unwatched wow! You don’t get much sleep. I guess if it’s been working for you you can’t go wrong. Keep it up.  

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@taimi, after I eat my lunch I go for a walk then go back to bed until like 5pm. So I’m getting about 6- 7 hrs on the days I have to work my night shift

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@unwatched maybe I should try something like yah because I don’t sleep thru, I stay in bed though and try to go back to sleep. Maybe if I get up and go for walk have dinner then go back to sleep for a while that might be better

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@taimi , yeah it doesn’t hurt to try and see if it works. I love working night shift. At my job there’s less food temptations and less people which I like.  

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@unwatched glad to chat with another night shift worker. I agree, nightshirt is awesome.  

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@unwatched When do u sleep? I also work overnights. Lost 40 lbs but struggling lately. My last meal is around noon. Then I have a snack st midnight. My breakfast at 400am.  

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@southdown3287 I sleep  after my shower  before 9am. I work 7pm to 7:30 am. So I eat my dinner between 5-6pm. At 10pm I eat an apple and drink water with sliced lemon  After midnight is a new day for me so I can have a slice of whole wheat toast, a few strawberries and my favorite mini Dr Pepper soda(90 calories). I always eat my breakfast between 4-5am while at work. I don’t want to eat once I’m home in the morning then go to bed. That cause weight gain. I wake up by 12-1pm, eat my lunch of some sort then go for an hour walk. Once back I go back to bed until 5pm. If I have a really tiring night and I’m exhausted from work I might not be able to go for my walk and sleep straight through. But usually my night shift job is smooth

Answer 12

Whichever day you have more points available. lol

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@amenra I was just about to say that.  

Answer 13

Next day

Answer 14

I work midnights so I try and eat before midnight

Answer 15

I track from the time I wake up to the time I go to bed. If I woke up and eat in the middle of the night I would count it as the next day if it was after midnight. But if I was still awake and then ate after midnight I would count it as today. Normally i would say midnight to midnight. But say it is New Years Eve, I am out, it is after midnight I count it as the Eve, not the Day. I dont count the next day until I've slept

Answer 16

For me next day it’s going into another day

Answer 17

Use a food diary. Are you a night shifter?  

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@roughneck no.  

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@epispastic Have you tried fasting after dinner?  

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@roughneck I have to be careful about that due to hypoglycemia  

Answer 18

As a snack

Answer 19

You better ear only a few points because you still have under 24 hours

Answer 20

Just be consistent how you record. I’d count it as the next day

Answer 21

My work shift starts at midnight so it makes sense for me to start each day at midnight with tracking

Answer 22

I track it for whatever day it’s on

Answer 23

My day is from when I wake up until when I go to sleep. Since I work 3pm-1am, I track everything on the same day. So like yesterday was Friday. When I got home, at 1:15am, I had my egg burrito and tracked it on Friday. That makes more sense in my mind.  

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But let’s say I wake up from sleep in the middle of the night hungry, I track that on the next day, because I’ve already gone to bed. If that makes any sort of sense lol

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I work 7p to 7a. I use the paper trackers or make my own and count everything I eat from when I get up until I go to bed. It works for me.  

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@diller in the app, you can click onto the day before and still add or delete things. So you don’t have to use paper if you don’t want to.  

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@jamima35 Makes perfect sense to me. That’s exactly how I do it. From when I wake up until when I go to bed for the night it’s on one day. No matter what time it is. But if I go to bed at 1 AM and wake up at 4 AM and just need a little snack, it goes on the next day

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@jamima35 Thank you for the info. I'll try the app again.  

Answer 24

Did anyone see? I think its free

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@reynaud I wish! My middle of night - sleep walking snacks kill me.  

Answer 25

If I had points from the prior day I'd use the day before. If I was already at my max I'd put it on the next day.  

Answer 26

I always use sleeping as the point, meaning if I eat it before I have slept it goes on the previous day if I eat it after I wake up from sleeping and goes on the next day

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@bemire34 that’s a good rule of thumb.  

Answer 27

After midnight I count as next day. But it doesn’t really matter as long as you are consistent with a cut off time.  

Answer 28

Next day.  

Answer 29

I struggle w limiting myself. From eating after a set time. Hard for me.  

Comments

It helps me to brush my teeth right after our evening meal (as soon as I finish the clean-up)

Answer 30

I’m usually not up after midnight!  

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@genna Smedberg then you didn’t need to reply ‍♀️

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@zerk612 Dionne neither did you‍♀️

Answer 31

The next day

Answer 32

YOU decide when to start and end YOUR day. I choose midnight to midnight but you might choose another time frame.  

Answer 33

Dont eat until breakfast  

Answer 34

I work over night so I track midnight to midnight. After 12 am I track with app. Easier that way. 1 am I eat fruit for snack 4 am a boiled egg for snack 7am I eat breakfast 7pm I eat lunch at 11 pm I eat dinner.  

Answer 35

The nice part about WW it’s a 24 hour cycle you decide. I have many friends that start their day with dinner It works great

Answer 36

Based upon my work schedule, when I worked nights, if I was still up, I'd count after midnight as the same day. Now, I work days, so I track after midnight as the next day. I agree, be consistent and track right away, so there's no food memory loss. I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one with this problem. The struggle is real!  

Answer 37

Next day

Answer 38

Next day

Answer 39

Don’t track  

Answer 40

Aren’t those free? Lol usually for that coming day.  

Answer 41

As a snack the next day.  

Answer 42

I track in between sleeps, So if I eat before I go to bed for the night, regardless of whether it's after midnight, it's part of the day I just had. I start tracking the next day when I wake up for the day.  

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@rhetorician . That is exactly what I do.  

Answer 43

I track from when i wake up till i go to bed .  

Answer 44

I track after midnight as the next day

Answer 45

Me too!  

Answer 46

I credit the points to the day that just passed. My DAYS are based on when I wake to when I go to sleep.  

Answer 47

Quietly  

Answer 48

I track it as that day until I go to sleep.  

Answer 49

Not if it's pizza after drinking booze !  

Answer 50

I always thought after midnight starts your next day

Answer 51

The next day. If you notice the WW app automatically changes to the next day ay midnight.  

Answer 52

WW is based on a 24 hour program according to the group leader at my workshop. So from 6am to 6am counts for all of the points you eat in that time period.  

Answer 53

New day

Answer 54

DON'T lol

Answer 55

Next Day.  

Answer 56

Next day

Answer 57

I track as next day

Answer 58

Just track when you eat anything - it will put it in proper place.  

Answer 59

Next day

Answer 60

Sleep walking no points lol

Answer 61

Food eaten between midnight and 6 am is free  

Answer 62

The majority says it’s officially “ the next day. ” So after 12 midnight is a brand new day

Answer 63

My husband (doing his own thing with a trainer) and I count a new day is only after you've sleepy

Answer 64

I mark it for that day! I consider my next day when I wake up next day! It all works out anyway! Just keep tracking everything!  

Answer 65

I track midnight to midnight

Answer 66

When I was on night shift I tracked 7pm to 7pm

Answer 67

Same as day eaten

Answer 68

When I work I work nights. As om midnight I count it as next day.  

Answer 69

Yes next day.