Struggling a bit, should i have a bigger lunch and breakfast?

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  • ilex70
    ilex70 Posts: 727 Member
    blues4miles wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    candylilacs wrote: »
    I think mid-afternoon snack of protein. An apple and jif-to-go!

    Breakfast like king, lunch as a farmer, and dinner like pauper. Breakfast is 500-600 calories!

    I just want to add that this does NOT work for me. I'm the exact opposite.
    ASKyle wrote: »
    Ditto. I don't eat breakfast. If I eat breakfast I will still want the same amount of calories for lunch and dinner.

    Same as you lovely ladies! I eat very little during the day (when I am not hungry and can control it better). Coffee for breakfast, protein bar/protein shake for lunch, and save 800-1000 calories for dinner. If I eat dinner to full I am less likely to overeat.
    MommyL2015 wrote: »
    candylilacs wrote: »
    I think mid-afternoon snack of protein. An apple and jif-to-go!

    Breakfast like king, lunch as a farmer, and dinner like pauper. Breakfast is 500-600 calories!

    If I eat breakfast like a king, the rest of my day follows like a king. Absolute failure of a plan for me. If I don't do the exact opposite, I end up eating waaaaay too much. No breakfast at all, or just some coffee, a 200-ish calorie lunch and the rest of my calories after 6.

    Here too. Start eating = keep eating.

    On the upside if I NEED to eat more for some reason I know how. Oatmeal for breakfast...done and done...hungry all day.
  • eileensofianmushinfine
    eileensofianmushinfine Posts: 303 Member
    increase your protein and fat content. I have 4-6 oz of protein at every meal and almost never get hungry/cravings.
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
    maea5040 wrote: »
    Afura wrote: »
    Have you tried getting a afternoon snack in (something with fiber and/or fats), if it is like @janejellyroll asked? Or is it just that you have no willpower when you get home?

    Ill usually have baby carrots as a snack, but I also have no willpower when i get home.

    Personally, I ate about 300 calories for breakfast, 300 for lunch, 2 100-150 calorie snacks and whatever was left for dinner when I was losing. I ate about 1500/cals per day.

    I had no will power either so I would save folding the laundry and cleaning the bathroom and kitchen for after dinner. I didn't want to get food on my clean laundry and I won't eat while i am using Lysol disinfectant. :smile:

    Good luck figuring it out.

  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    edited April 2016
    maea5040 wrote: »
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    How tall are you and how much weight do you want to lose?
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    How tall are you and how much weight do you want to lose?

    I'm 5'3, 168 lbs, and would like to lose 30 pounds

    Change your weekly weight loss goal to 1 pound per week and enjoy those extra calories.

    Scooby says the # 1 reason people fail to lose weight is overly aggressive goals:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOjsmqo1x8k
  • Cortneyrenee04
    Cortneyrenee04 Posts: 1,117 Member
    I would do the same thing. I would add in some more protein and fats for snacks. With your baby carrots, have some hummus, nuts or avocado... or another boiled egg. Steamed veggies will fill you up, too. You could have them at breakfast or when you get home and you'll be too full to binge. 1200 is super low for losing 30 pounds. You could try 1400 and see how that feels. You'll still lose :)
  • youngandaspiringxo
    youngandaspiringxo Posts: 74 Member
    I eat most of my calories for breakfast and lunch/snack. Then when I get home I just have a light 200ish calorie dinner. I found that works best for me otherwise I binge at night.
  • skinnydahl
    skinnydahl Posts: 3 Member
    You should add another snack that has protein! Try a protein shake when you want to binge. I also like hard boiled eggs and Greek yogurt as snacks & find them filling!
  • starwhisperer6
    starwhisperer6 Posts: 402 Member
    It is interesting to me how different everyone is. I can't eat breakfast either or it is over for the day unless I am going to be too busy to even see food for the rest of the day. Only coffee until about 2pm, then a 500 calorie lunch, and then the other 1000 or so after I get home from work till I go to bed.
  • Afura
    Afura Posts: 2,054 Member
    starwhisperer6 wrote: »
    It is interesting to me how different everyone is. I can't eat breakfast either or it is over for the day unless I am going to be too busy to even see food for the rest of the day. Only coffee until about 2pm, then a 500 calorie lunch, and then the other 1000 or so after I get home from work till I go to bed.

    Geez I wish. I try and save the largest of my calories for dinner, but I wake up hungry usually, then have to wait for an hour to eat (thanks thyroid pills), so I'm usually really hungry by the time breakfast hits, then 3hrs later I'm hungry again. :sweat:
    As you can see, OP, we're all a little different! :lol:
  • blues4miles
    blues4miles Posts: 1,481 Member
    Afura wrote: »
    starwhisperer6 wrote: »
    It is interesting to me how different everyone is. I can't eat breakfast either or it is over for the day unless I am going to be too busy to even see food for the rest of the day. Only coffee until about 2pm, then a 500 calorie lunch, and then the other 1000 or so after I get home from work till I go to bed.

    Geez I wish. I try and save the largest of my calories for dinner, but I wake up hungry usually, then have to wait for an hour to eat (thanks thyroid pills), so I'm usually really hungry by the time breakfast hits, then 3hrs later I'm hungry again. :sweat:
    As you can see, OP, we're all a little different! :lol:

    I sort of cheat and use coffee as an appetite suppressant. But sometimes my dinners are so amazingly overdone that I am still sort of "full" by mid-afternoon. That's why I know I've overdone it. But a cup of coffee will take the edge off of the morning hunger for me. I figure no worse than plenty of other people using other crutches to avoid overeating...and unlike weight loss pills, not dangerous and something I plan to continue for the rest of my life.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Afura wrote: »
    starwhisperer6 wrote: »
    It is interesting to me how different everyone is. I can't eat breakfast either or it is over for the day unless I am going to be too busy to even see food for the rest of the day. Only coffee until about 2pm, then a 500 calorie lunch, and then the other 1000 or so after I get home from work till I go to bed.

    Geez I wish. I try and save the largest of my calories for dinner, but I wake up hungry usually, then have to wait for an hour to eat (thanks thyroid pills), so I'm usually really hungry by the time breakfast hits, then 3hrs later I'm hungry again. :sweat:
    As you can see, OP, we're all a little different! :lol:

    Yeah. Even when I have a 'cheat meal' and eat 1000 calories or more for dinner, I'm hungry within an hour of waking up.
  • lemonychild
    lemonychild Posts: 654 Member
    Most likely your 1200 cals is too low for u
  • phyllis731
    phyllis731 Posts: 58 Member
    I'd definitely eat more during the beginning of your day. Make sure to stay hydrated, too.
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