How many calories do you average for dinner?

NH_Norma
NH_Norma Posts: 332 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Dinner is always my biggest meal and I wonder how many calories others consume during their evening meal. For me, 500-750 around 6-6:30pm and I have some kind of snack around 8pm and go to bed around 10.
Not necessarily looking to change right now but curious. :)
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  • kami3006
    kami3006 Posts: 4,979 Member
    I pretty much have the same numbers as you OP, with a snack at 8pm.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    200-400, 500 on a good day. I get hungrier during the day than at nighttime and it's easier for me to deal with hunger at night than during the day.
  • annette_15
    annette_15 Posts: 1,657 Member
    3-400 if I cook for myself, 500 or so if I'm cooking for DH and I... I prefer a small dinner and lots of snacks after instead :D
  • pinggolfer96
    pinggolfer96 Posts: 2,248 Member
    edited October 2015
    800-1000

    If I'm running behind on my macros I sometimes feast and end up having a 1800-2200 meal to hit my macros lol
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,487 Member
    During the week I balance all at 300 - 400 calories as I eat more during the day.

    On weekends these dinners can 2/3 of all my calories usually.
  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    800-1500 as it tends to be my one large meal of the day (although sometimes I eat the 1500-calorie dinners in 2 servings a few hours apart, but I don't always log them as separate meals).
  • CrabNebula
    CrabNebula Posts: 1,119 Member
    300-500 most days of the week. On Friday, can be upwards of 2000 calories.
  • forgtmenot
    forgtmenot Posts: 860 Member
    300-500 which is what I average for every meal. Sometimes breakfast is a little lower than the rest, but not much.
  • goldthistime
    goldthistime Posts: 3,213 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    200-400, 500 on a good day. I get hungrier during the day than at nighttime and it's easier for me to deal with hunger at night than during the day.

    Me exactly.

  • emilyjmarino
    emilyjmarino Posts: 2 Member
    I'm 500 - 700 on average. sometimes less
  • SmashleyBak
    SmashleyBak Posts: 12 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    200-400, 500 on a good day. I get hungrier during the day than at nighttime and it's easier for me to deal with hunger at night than during the day.
    I'm so envious of you! My hunger and snacking habits are far worse at night, can't burn off any of it
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    I save most of my calories for night. Dinner (and ice cream if room) is about 900-1000 calories.
  • cocates
    cocates Posts: 360 Member
    I'm in the same range as you. I tend to have 40% of my calories for dinner. Sometimes, that includes a drink or a nighttime snack, but not always. I think it's mostly because I'm not sure (haven't calculated/weighed) what I'll make for dinner, so I like to have a little buffer.
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    Around 1000.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    Usually 1600-1800, not counting dessert.
  • jodidari
    jodidari Posts: 95 Member
    Around 300-500 on week days, 400-800 on weekends
  • BackupFridge
    BackupFridge Posts: 105 Member
    It's individually my biggest meal - 500.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    During the week about 800-1000, on the weekends 1400-2000. I eat only one other meal/snack. Most of my calories are consumed at dinner.
  • nordlead2005
    nordlead2005 Posts: 1,303 Member
    Anywhere from 500-1000 calories typically. To put it into perspective, lunch is anywhere from 400-800, and then there are snacks either during the day or after dinner. Ultimately I don't try to allocate calories to a certain meal other than bare minimums so I don't have to skip one.
  • misterdale67
    misterdale67 Posts: 171 Member
    500-700 as an average.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Pretty much the same. Around 600-800 calories, depending on exercise and whatever...but usually in the 700 neighborhood. I tend to eat a very small breakfast of about 200 cal, and then 400-600 at lunch and the rest of my calories at dinner.

    I don't snack at all (personal preference, not a targeted plan type of thing). I just include snack-type stuff, sweets, whatever, in with my 3 meals.
  • rsclause
    rsclause Posts: 3,103 Member
    Depends whether I count the Scotch before, the wine during and the beer after.
  • yesimpson
    yesimpson Posts: 1,372 Member
    700-800.
  • ohmyllama
    ohmyllama Posts: 161 Member
    My typical meal is 110 calories :) my main meal is breakfast!
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    SmashleyBak wrote: »
    Francl27 wrote: »
    200-400, 500 on a good day. I get hungrier during the day than at nighttime and it's easier for me to deal with hunger at night than during the day.
    I'm so envious of you! My hunger and snacking habits are far worse at night, can't burn off any of it

    Why can't you burn it off??
  • NH_Norma
    NH_Norma Posts: 332 Member
    rsclause wrote: »
    Depends whether I count the Scotch before, the wine during and the beer after.
    #myhero
  • NH_Norma
    NH_Norma Posts: 332 Member
    Thanks everyone! I don't have a target calories per meal but that seems to be how it works out most days. :)
  • chaparra71
    chaparra71 Posts: 44 Member
    110 calories? How is that possible? :o
  • patrikc333
    patrikc333 Posts: 436 Member
    1100 to 1500 on standard running days, 2000 on long run sundays

    it's my biggest meal of the day when I get all my cal/macros hit
  • ohmyllama
    ohmyllama Posts: 161 Member
    chaparra71 wrote: »
    110 calories? How is that possible? :o

    Well, I don't want to give anyone any bad ideas lol. But, in my case, I consume the most calories in the morning, so I don't see a smaller dinner as harmful.
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