How often do you usually eat a day?

forgtmenot

I usually eat breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, dessert. I usually eat breakfast around 8-9am, lunch around noon or 1pm, snack around 3, dinner around 6:30-7:00pm and dessert around 8-9pm.

avskk

I eat pretty frequently, but it's mostly small stuff -- a ~150kcal breakfast, a ~100kcal pre-workout snack (if it's a gym day), a ~300kcal lunch, a ~500kcal dinner, and then maybe a 100-200kcal bedtime snack. Except for the past few days, during which I just drank all the wine and ate all the pizza with no apparent regard to timing or calories. Whoops.

Shanairah1991

Two meals, not including coffee, sometimes with one snack.
I have my morning coffee at 7am at work,
Lunch at noon,
Dinner between 6-7.

Sometimes I have a snack around 4 because I work in a daycare and seeing everybody eating snack makes it hard to say no some days.

AngryViking1970

4 times a day, usually:

Breakfast snack @ 9ish
Snack snack @ 11:30-12

I consider both of these nibbles as snacks because they're around the same 150 calorie mark.

Lunch @ 1:30-2
Dinner @ 7ish

feisty_bucket

Twice a day on rest days, three on lifting days. About 1000 calories per meal, all within a 4 hour window, but sometimes a little longer. No snacking.

Need2Exerc1se

Twice usually. I don't have set times or a set number but 2 meals a day feels natural to me. It's not a weight loss thing though, I ate this way when I gained weight.

Addiewe

glasshalffull713 wrote: »

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.

Yes, this. Recently switched from eating several times a day, to three: a smaller breakfast (under 300 cal) a larger lunch (around 700 cal) then a med dinner (around 500 cal). Usually lunch and dinner include a sweet treat. I rarely snack anymore, I'm just not hungry during the day until it is mealtime. My energy levels also seem to have increased.

shrinkingletters

There's too many kinds of answers and they're all personal to what works for each individual.

Just find what works for you.

Me? I can't "snack" or "graze". I prefer my three squares, and plenty of tea breaks. I will sometimes allow space for a sweet in the evening.

MisterZ33

monday to friday - 6 meals / day
saturday / sunday - 4 meals

Sweepypie

I stick to three meals a day!

dawniemate

Breakfast 5.00 am toast
12.00 dinner sandwich .fruit .
4pm..lunch protein. .veg..yoghurt


That's me ....

BlueSkyShoal

Breakfast between 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM - I always eat breakfast, because I tend to make baaad lunch decisions if I don't. (I used to never eat breakfast . . . That changed when I started trying to lose weight.) I usually have a homemade smoothie.

Lunch between 11:00 and 12:00 - I found a healthy fast food place, like "brown rice with yummy veggies and fruit on top" healthy, and I usually go there for lunch. (Costs an arm and a leg, though.)

Sometimes I have a snack between lunch and dinner, this varies a lot depending what I have on hand. Often a hardboiled egg or some carrots. Sometimes a mini container of ice cream.

Dinner between 7 PM and 11 PM - I tend to be a late eater. Dinner is kind of "whenever."

lizzocat

usually 3 meals and a snack or two.

breakfast- 9:30ish
lunch- 12 or 1
snack- 3ish
dinner-6 or 7

sometimes I'll eat a snack after dinner if I'm hungry