Does the time you wake up affect your calories? - 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community

bunnythesAINT · 07-01-2010, 01:51 PM

Okay so this isn't about counting calories itself but it has to do with it:
So when does the day 'start' and 'end'? Like today I woke up at one in the afternoon and besides that being horrible for my sleep-clock, would it affect how many calories I eat tomorrow? Like if I got up at 8:00 in the morning tomorrow and had breakfast, would I be eating for 'yesterday' instead of that day because I woke up so late and therefore my 'morning' is my 'evening'?
Does anybody get what I'm saying? Sorry if this is like a dumb question but it's been bugging me.

roxmysox · 07-01-2010, 01:55 PM

My "day" goes from wake up to sleep, regardless of the amount of time between the two.

Onederchic · 07-01-2010, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by roxmysox

My "day" goes from wake up to sleep, regardless of the amount of time between the two.

Same for me.

LandonsBaby · 07-01-2010, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by roxmysox

My "day" goes from wake up to sleep, regardless of the amount of time between the two.

Me too, for the most part. Now, say I wake up super hungry and can't sleep at 4am. If I eat a snack I'll count that for the next day. But otherwise I just go from whenever I get up to whenever I go to bed.

ImpalaHoarder · 07-01-2010, 03:26 PM

I eat my goal amount of calories regardless of when I wake up. Of course, frequently if I sleep really late it means I'll be up basically all night, so I keep that in mind and try to space my calories for the day out so that I eat some during the later times I'm awake.

bunnythesAINT · 07-01-2010, 03:37 PM

Okay thanks for the replies =].

celigirl88 · 07-01-2010, 06:59 PM

It doesn't affect me. The thing is, I don't eat first thing when I wake up. And then I get busy so I kind of "forget" to eat. So if I get up at say 10, I literally won't eat till like 3 or 4, and at that time my mom is making dinner so I usually just eat dinner. Probably not the best thing to do but it's just my schedule. Other days, I could wake up at noon, and eat an hour later and be good till later on like say 7 or 8. Since I started watching what I've been eating and doing this whole portion control thing, I don't eat as much and get full off of little things so I don't eat as much because of that.