How many calories do you leave yourself for supper?

Amy4President

I give myself about 500 calories for dinner. I also workout after work at 4:30 so I'll have about 150 calories before I hit the gym in the form of a soy protein shake. BUT if something comes up last minute and I miss my workout, I still have enough for dinner anyway.

Just_Scott

I'd agree with the 300-1000 range rarely go over with this--

willnevergiveup

I have about 380 calories budgeted for dinner tonight. It's one 4 oz lean hamburger patty, a huge salad without dressing and fresh strawberries with Splenda and a couple tablespoons of whipped cream. I'm a carb counter and it comes to 15 net carbs so I'm happy with that.

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AlongCame_Molly

I usually leave about 700-1000 for dinner. I'm not really a breakfast person, so it has been very easy to do.

This. I like to have a nice meal with my husband when he gets homes, so I keep it light throughout the beginning of the day.

Afura

600-ish, though pre-workout I have 347. Dinner tends to be my heavy meal, usually around 600-800 calories, especially on Friday night (steak night baby!). Breakfast is my light meal, not on purpose, but 2 hard boiled eggs and coffee with creamer, and I'm set.

littlewhittles

I try to have 1,000. Yup. I usually eat between 600-900 during the rest of the day, then work out so I can get back to 1,000. It's my bigger meal since I usually eat with family and friends, so it's nice to have the cushion.

zyxst

My dinner/supper (never understood the difference - same to me) is as many calories as I am hungry or fit into however many calories I have left in the day. Could be 300. Could be 1000.

No, there's a difference. In many places, supper is a light snack after dinner. But, some people use the word supper instead of dinner. So, when people say supper, I like to know what they mean.

My evening meal is 800-900 cals. I eat pretty light during the day.

From what I understand, supper is always an evening meal. Dinner is either the noon or evening meal, depending on how formal it is. Blame my German/Irish blood.

AmyRhubarb

I like to have at least 800+ cals for dinner. But I usually eat & log breakfast, then do my best to plan and log that night's dinner right away. That helps me figure out lunch and snacks, and the possibility of drinks with dinner and/or dessert. :bigsmile:

PepperWorm

5-800 calories.

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Tysonlovesweights

growing up in a rural area, "dinner" was at lunch time, and "supper" was about 6 or so, whenever my father got home from work, but for many folks, there is no difference, they both occur at 5-6 pm and are interchangeable. whatever your preference semantically, I eat usually around 600+ at my 6 pm feeding, mostly meat and veggies, my "big" carb meal is typically breakfast. also, like many others on here, I tend to not "save any calories, but mostly eat whatever is left in my day. the bonus for me is that my schedule works best when i work out at night, after my kids go to bed, so on my gym days, if I have eaten more than I planned durign the day, I can add in some extra cardio or whatever, to keep my net cals in check.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

I do 500 for breakfast, 300-400 for lunch, 600 for dinner, and the rest (400-500) for after-dinner snacking.

kathleenjoyful

I work out after work, so I'm often not home until 8-9pm. I often leave myself 700-900 calories for dinner and snacks in the evening. This is the opposite of a lot of "wisdom" about diet and weight loss, but it suits my lifestyle (I'm not a morning person so don't go to the gym before work), and I'm still losing over 1kg (2.2lbs) a week.

Katkamm77

I bought Bob Greene's book, The Best Life Diet, at Goodwill. I only bought it for a couple of the recipes but, started actually reading it*. He states. "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper". Don't eat anything less than 2 hrs. before you go to bed. His thinking is your body needs fuel during the day, while it's working, not so much at night while you're sleeping. If you eat your calories early, your body has time to burn them off before they turn to fat.
That being said, I never used to eat breakfast (I wasn't hungry). We always eat a big meal for dinner because that's when my family is all together. Since I started MFP I now eat breakfast, a hearty lunch and, while my family eats a big dinner, I don't. Once I get my act together and lose more poundage, I will eat what they eat, just smaller portions and cutting out the excessively, "bad for me" stuff.

*I will decide, once I finish the book, whether or not I agree with his plan. In the mean time, I'm enjoying the recipes.

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OCTOBERLISA

1000 calories

Michellekutz1

I eat the largest portion of cals for dinner too

fatfrost

I get panicky if I don't have ~1000 left for dinner. Most of my dinners are between 800-1200 calories.

I'm the same way. 1000 calls is usually right if I don't plan on drinking. 1500 if I do.

GormanGhaste

I usually eat an early dinner, around 900.

dunnodunno

It depends. I use up a lot of my calories for Breakfast, Lunch, & snacks. Some days I'll have 500-600 depending on what I am eating for dinner other times it could be 200-300.

ThatSoundsHard

Most of my dinners are between 800-1200 calories.

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VpinkLotus

Because I usually get my biggest workout in around 4:00 before dinner, I don't really think about it that much. My numbers before my workout don't really matter that much to me. If it's looikng like I won't have too many left for dinner, then I'll workout just a little harder. I don't really leave myself any specific number.