How do you typically break up your calorie allowance

Stewie_Mc

Was wondering how people tend to split their calories over meals, I recently upped my allowance from 1500 to 1650 to allow for a snack but I've been try to go by

Breakfast =400
Lunch =400
Dinner = 700
Snack =150

I tend to find I get hungry before bed so the extra allows for that snack at night

thiosulfate

Depends on what I feel like eating that day.

Am I going to spend 800 calories on half a pizza tonight? If so, it's something like

Meal #1: 250
Meal #2: 250
Meal #3: 250
Meal #4: 800
Snack: 150

If I'm not trying to save up for a huge meal, it's more like

Meal #1: 250
Meal #2: 400
Meal #3: 400
Meal #4: 500
Snack: 250

girl_inflames

Breakfast = 200 calories
Lunch = 200 cal
dinner = 600
snacks = 200
total 1200

Megansmith112712

Generally each meal 400 calories and snacks all together about 400n calories.

So breakfast 400
Snack 200
Lunch 400
Snack 200
Dinner 400

daniip_la

Unless I'm reserving calories for a meal out, I tend to eat half my daily calories before dinner (breakfast, lunch, maybe a snack) and the other half for dinner, dessert, and a nighttime snack.

Carpercia

I start eating. And u stop eating when I meet my goal.

shrcpr

300 x 5 is my preference.

chimaerandi

I eat like a snake, my wife always teases, so it's:

No breakfast
very small lunch (200-350 c)
huge dinner (800-1,200c)
snack (200 c about)

I DOUBT this would be ideal for most people, but it works for me.

alyssa0061

chimaerandi wrote: »

I eat like a snake, my wife always teases, so it's:

No breakfast
very small lunch (200-350 c)
huge dinner (800-1,200c)
snack (200 c about)

I DOUBT this would be ideal for most people, but it works for me.

This is me!

blackaheep4288

I personally eat all day. It usually is something like this:

Snack 100
Snack 100
Meal 300
Snack 100
Meal 400
Snack 100
Snack 100
Meal 800


2000 total calories is what I aim for. I try to prepare everything in the morning and have it all set aside ready to be eaten so I'm not digging through fridge.

lindalee0315

My biggest meal tends to be breakfast, but that's a new habit--my coach has drilled it into me. 430 calories for breakfast, then 4 meals throughout the day, average tends to be about 250-300 calories. I just got a bump in macros, though, so now I've got to eat more. I will be at nearly 2000 calories a day for the first time in my adult life. I do tend to plan ahead, though. If I know I'm eating out, I look at the menu in advance figure out what the macros are going to be, and then plan the rest of my day around that special meal. It's not ideal in terms of muscle building, but it's also not the worst thing you can do either!

Maxematics

I only eat within an 8 to 10 hour window, usually 8. I wake up by 5 am, but never eat my first meal until around 9 or 10 after I've had a cup of black coffee, exercised, showered, and have gotten ready for the day. My calorie breakdown varies but it's usually:

• Meal 1: 600 to 900 calories
• Meal 2: 200 to 500 calories
• Meal 3: 100 to 200 calories or skipped completely
• Meal 4: 300 to 600 calories
• Meal 5: 300 to 500 calories

Everything changes based on how big the prior meal was, but I'm 5'3", 109 pounds, and I eat 1700 to 1900 calories per day on average. I'm trying to maintain but I'm still losing weight, so I've been trying to hit 1900 minimum every day this week which still leaves me with a 250+ daily deficit but I really can't fit in any more food so I have to adjust a bit more.

Ready2Rock206

Personally - this is my usual day

rainbowbow

breakfast: 100
lunch: 250
snack: 50-100
Dinner: 800-ish

dlkfox

I'm on 1200 calories a day. I eat the majority of my calories after 5pm. Exercise calories will add on to Dinner.

Breakfast 150
Lunch 300
Snack 150
Dinner 400
Evening Snack 200

teetertatertango

Breakfast 400
Lunch 400
PM Snack - sometimes
Dinner - whatever I have left

STEVE142142

I'm still losing weight but very slowly somewhere in between half a pound a week and maintenance . These are the values mfp gives me based on my current weight.

Maintenance approximately 2,500 calories
Lose 1/2 pound a week approximately 2250 calories

Breakfast. 400-500
Lunch. 400-600
Dinner. 400-600
Snacks all thru the day is the rest of the balance

The weird part is when I first started my lifestyle change I thought I would die on 1800 calories a day but now it's like 2500 I'm not even motivated to eat that much sometimes exciting how your life changes

justinlrhodes989

Lunch: 900ish
Dinner: 1000ish
I eat both meals in about a 5 hour window.

st476

I eat 1200-1300 calories a day.
Typically it's around 250-300 for breakfast, 500 for dinner, 200 for dinner, and 200-300 for snacks.

saires_au

Depends on the day but
Breakfast 250
Lunch 400-500
Dinner 400-600
Snacks 200-400
I have my snacks when I'm hungry

arditarose

Breakfast-300
Lunch-300
Snack-300
Dinner-300
Dessert 1-200
Dessert 2-200

Or something similar. I'm weird.

ObsidianMist

I try not to go over 300 calories for breakfast, use just under half of what's left after that for lunch and save the rest for dinner. then if dinner ends up being something lower in calories I'll have however much dessert I can fit in with however many calories are left.

ejb499

2000 calories per day

Breakfast: 350-400
Lunch: 300-400
Dinner: 800-1000
Snacks: 200-400

adoette

The only time I ever bother with timing my calories is on a work day.

Meal 1- 600 ish
Early snack: 150
Late snack: 150
Meal 2-3 even split of leftovers or one is skippped.

I often end the day with a bit leftover and I like to use it for a pat on the back well done for not murdering anyone snack. Which is usually peanut butter on bread. Yum

toe1226

breakfast 400
snack 250
snack 250
dinner 600
snack 250

lulalacroix

Meal 1 300-400
Meal 2 400-600
Snacks, etc 400+

sardelsa

Lately it's been something like this:
Breakfast: 400
Lunch: 500
Snack: 200
Dinner: 1200
Dessert: 400

laur357

Morning Coffee - sometimes black, sometimes 30 calories

Meal 1 (mid-day) - 500ish

Meal 2 (evening) - 750ish

WJS_jeepster

laur357 wrote: »

Morning Coffee - sometimes black, sometimes 30 calories

Meal 1 (mid-day) - 500ish

Meal 2 (evening) - 750ish

almost exactly what I do! I try to push lunch to 1:00 pm or so and then dinner around 6:00. If I have some exercise calories to eat back, I try to have around 900-1000 for dinner.

biggsterjackster

Breakfast 200
Lunch 800
Afternoon snack 200
Dinner none

jorae08

Breakfast: 300
Snack: 200
Lunch: 400
Snack: 100
Dinner:400-600 *depending on my activity for the day, more activity makes me hunnnnnnngry!*

My goal is about 1400cal/day