How often do you usually eat a day?

Tatarataa

Hi,

I was wondering how often you usually eat a day? Do you have set mealtimes or something like an eating rhythm (eg like eating every 3 hours)?

rabe99199

I eat every 2 to 3 hrs sometimes more with bout 200 cals each time. I find that im less hungry then when im binge eating on a day. I can eat 1000 cals and be hungry 30 mins later

Machka9

10:30 am - small snack
1 pm - lunch
4 pm - small snack
6 pm - small snack
8 pm - dinner
10 pm - small snack

Pretty much that every week day.

Nerruse

3 meals, 2 coffee breaks (not including breakfast) and occasionally if I have the calories for it, a small snack. I do tend to eat around the same time every day. Breakfast around 8-9, lunch between 11-1, coffee at 2ish, dinner between 6-7 and second coffee between 7-8, accompanied by said snack (I guess dessert) if I'm having it. It's not so much an eating thing so much as an "I can't work out properly within 2 hours of eating" thing. I workout from 4:30 or 5 (depending on the day) until 6 every single day so I've just kind of arranged my schedule around that.

When I'm back into maint/recomp I'll probably add a midmorning snack and 'dessert' will be whatever I have left on my macros for the day.

It's taken me awhile to work this all out. I can't have a snack with my afternoon coffee or I cramp up on my runs, so I try to make lunch my highest carb meal. I also drink as much coffee as I do because it has a good filling effect for me, especially at night when I'm traditionally a snacking fiend. Water throughout the day as necessary but not within an hour of my workouts or I'll be stopping for a bathroom break halfway through.

It's all about finding what works for you and just keep working at it until it's part of your lifestyle.

glasshalffull713

I used to have a morning and afternoon snack, in addition to breakfast lunch and dinner, but now I just eat the three main meals. I think I was spreading my calories out, eating just enough to get by until the next snack/meal, and as a result I was never fully satiated. I have found that just eating a decent sized meal I am full enough to make it to the next meal without a snack. Especially if the meals are protein rich.

Lounmoun

I eat when I am hungry. That is usually every 3-5 hours while I am awake.
Meal#1 7-10 AM usually
Meal #2 11AM- 1PM usually
Snack #1 around 3-6 PM
meal #3 around 7-8 PM
snack #2 between 9 PM and midnight

ElizabethKalmbach

I eat twice. About 300-700 calories around 11am and between 1200-1500 around 6:00pm. I don't generally snack.

Liftng4Lis

2-3 meals, plus snacks. Depends on how busy I am.

Hollywood_Porky

4-5 meals - each 300-800 calories.

claptrap_beepboop

Once. Around 4:30-5:30 PM, about 1300-1400 calories.

Wellll, I guess you could count the butter coffee I have at like 5-7 am.

AlabasterVerve

I eat two meals a day, breakfast or lunch depending on when I'm hungry, and then dinner around the same time each night. Sometimes I include a third snack/small meal if I think I need more calories.

When I log my calories it's no big deal how many times a day I eat since I'm counting calories but it's very important for when I don't log. If I'm only eating two meals a day, even if they're huge, it's almost impossible for me to go over on my calories as long as I'm eating proper food.

Merkavar

During the week I have
Breakfast at 730ish
Lunch at 1230ish
Dinner at 630ish
And maybe a snack like yogurt at 9ish

On the weekend all bets are off. I might sleep till 12, stay awake till 4am in the morning. Might go to the gym with out having breakfast so the first meal I have is like 1pm. More of a eat when I am hungry.

daniebanks

7:30 - breakfast - carb loaded
10am - morning snack, usually protein - eggs etc
12pm - lunch
2pm - snacks - protein bar, yogurt etc
4:30 - snack
6pm - dinner
+ casein before bed

Lol .. I hate that hungry feeling.

LAWoman72

Usually three times a day. Weirdly, the more often I eat, the more often I want to eat. When I stick to three meals, or two large meals and a snack, I don't feel hungry in between, perhaps because I'm not constantly thinking about what my "next snack" is going to be.

North44

7am breakfast
11am lunch
2pm snack
6pm dinner

Cortneyrenee04

Like every hour/1.5 hours...! During my work day, there isn't much time to eat so I just have a little food at a time. I've been using my lunch break to walk an then I have a huge dinner usually!

UltimateTrashBae

Generally, I eat three times. Breakfast at 10am, lunch at 3pm, and dinner at 7 or 8pm. Sometimes, I skip lunch so I have enough calories for a big dinner.

SkinnyMiss053

3 times a day. NoSnacks, NoSeconds, NoSweets, except sometimes on days that start with S. (I do the NoS diet)

So I make sure my 3 meals are filing enough and delicious enough to carry me through to the next.

Varamyr38

Four times a day.

12:45 am - 5 am
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
9:30 pm - 11:45 pm

Check out my diary if you want. It's public.

DawnieB1977

When I'm at work I have breakfast around 6am as I need to leave at 7:20. Then I eat according to school break times (the joys of teaching). We have break time at 10:30 then lunch is at 13:20. After that I don't usually eat until I get home, which isn't until after 5 sometimes. Yesterday we had a meeting, then I went straight to the gym, and wasn't home until 6:40. Today we don't have a meeting so I'll go to the gym 4-5 then collect my kids as my husband is on late shift, so I won't be home until 5:30.

Brisbane2015Guy

I eat steamed vegetables (broc. and cauli mostly) and coffee during the day and have a decent size dinner. 90% of my calorie intake would be from one meal - dinner.

RaeN81

6 times a day, sometimes more. 200-300 cals each time usually.

jorinya

Usually three times a day. Breakfast @ 8-9 am, although I'm up around 5.30 (just have water, later coffee). Lunch @ 2pm. Dinner @ 6-6.30pm. Snack if I'm hungry between lunch and dinner. That's it really.

tameka333

Seriously think I over eat reading everyone's comments!
Between 6-7am breakfast
Snack around 9.30-10.30
Lunch between 12-1.30
Snack again 3-4pm
Dinner around 6.30-7.30
Then done for the day

tpilews

Sometimes I only eat once, but mostly I eat twice a day with some small snacking, usually late at night.

Allelito

I'm actually currently experimenting with this to find out what would be ideal for me.
I used to eat 6 more or less equally small (calorie-wise) meals/snacks, but I never really felt satisfied, so lately I've tried mixing it up a bit.
I've tried having a small breakfast, fairly big lunch, small snack, medium dinner, and then snacks for the rest of my calories. The big lunch seems to do good for me as I'll feel full/satisfied for much longer.

kickassbarbie

6am, 11 am, 5pm,
Little snacks or mini meals 200ish calories.

1pm and 8pmish
meals of roughly 400-500 calories

10.30pm
Last snack (hot chocolate and whipped cream and mini Marshmellows. Everytime.)


I'm a constantly slightly peckish person so little and often works better for me. I did try 3 meals a day but I just gravitate towards the fridge or the cookie in starbucks anyway between meals.
What ever works for the person!

Chewitz

Whenever I'm hungry

But have 3 meals a day... no set times

kpodaru

i used to eat 5x/day but since cuting out grains, i'm just not that hungry anymore so now it's 3x/day. i also eat at set times - 7am, 1130-1145am, 530pm and have since 2012.

Sued0nim

Tatarataa wrote: »

Hi,

I was wondering how often you usually eat a day? Do you have set mealtimes or something like an eating rhythm (eg like eating every 3 hours)?

breakfast at 6
snack at 9.30
lunch at 12
after work snack at 3
supper at 6
grazing all night long (all night, all night long... c'mon sing it with me .. all night lo-ong, all night, all night long)

47Jacqueline

Not enough. I try to get three meals in, but I'm really bad at snacks. If I skip a meal, I end up grazing all evening.