How do you typically break up your calorie allowance

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  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    Roughly: morning, 750. Evening, 700-1000, depending upon the day.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I didn't make a rule about it but this is how my meals usually work out.
    Breakfast- 200-300
    Lunch- 300-500
    Dinner- 500-600
    Snacks- 100-300
    My goal is 1200 calories and I eat a portion of exercise calories.

  • willworkoutforwine
    willworkoutforwine Posts: 64 Member
    My goal is 1500/day on a sedentary day:

    Breakfast: 150-200
    Snack: 100
    Lunch: 500
    Dinner: 600
    Snack: 100-150

    If I want a bigger dinner, I'll exercise and/or skip my evening snack.
  • Intentional_Me
    Intentional_Me Posts: 336 Member
    All depends on the day but I tend to do this

    Breakfast: 0
    Lunch: 500 or less
    Dinner: 500 or less
    Snacks: 400 to spend from 12p-10p
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    I do break up meals mostly, but there are times I just do a boatload of calories in one meal, like a big breakfast, then eat whatever is left at the end of the day.
  • brrrrito
    brrrrito Posts: 39 Member
    i eat 1200.
    breakfast - under/around 200, usually over night oats
    lunch and afternoon snack - usually around 300 - 400, usually a half sandwich and lots of raw veggies (i need variety/volume)
    dinner - 400 to 500 - usually a 'regular' dinner meal as my boyfriend isn't dieting
    snack - whatever's left!
  • OdditiesAbound
    OdditiesAbound Posts: 14 Member
    I tend to be busy all day at work and not really think about being hungry unless I'm stuck in meetings all day and bored, and even then I'm stuck and can't do much about it. And then at home when I have more free time to think about it, I get ravenously hungry, so I usually save the bulk of my calories for dinner/evening snacks.

    I have a 1600 daily budget, so it's usually like this:
    Breakfast- 140 calorie granola bar
    Lunch - 450 calorie sack lunch (sandwich, apple, grapes, cheese stick, etc.)
    Dinner - ~800-850 for a usual dinner

    The remaining 150-200 are used for small snacks if I'm still munchy after a few hours, or I "bank" them in case I get a little carried away during the weekend.

    It makes it so I can have a bag of popcorn and an apple in the evening if I feel like it, and the couple of nights I don't feel like it means I can go a hundred or so calories over on Sat/Sun and not feel bad about it, because I know I'm still in my weekly deficit.

    It's been working out well for me, I don't ever really feel deprived.
  • RandiNoelle
    RandiNoelle Posts: 374 Member
    Breakfast: 250 (cereal or oatmeal with fruit and soymilk)
    Mid-morning snack: 100
    Lunch: 300
    Afternoon snack: 100
    Supper + dessert: 450

    Total calories: 1,200
    I occasionally will eat back 100 - 150 of my exercise calories in the evening
  • idrinkalotofwater
    idrinkalotofwater Posts: 251 Member
    Breakfast: 80

    Lunch: 700

    Dinner: 400
  • fr33sia12
    fr33sia12 Posts: 1,258 Member
    Mine is different everyday, it depends on what I'm eating and when I'm hungry.
  • jimshine
    jimshine Posts: 199 Member
    As long as I have been an adult, I never had a routine of eating more than one meal a day. So now I tend to eat the majority of my allowance at dinner. I allow 300 calories for coffee and banana in the morning and 150ish for a late night snack. The rest is for supper.

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