Calories per meal?

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  • avskk
    avskk Posts: 1,789 Member
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    My most common breakdown is 300/500/700, plus snacks and wine, but it does vary a little. Yesterday I was around 700 for each meal, and some days I hit more like 300 for each. I'm trying to eat according to my hunger level instead of external rules.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,967 Member
    edited September 2017
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    I like to do 700-800 for lunch and dinner. Plus probably 50 ish calories for coffee (half and half and sugar) depending on how much I drink that day. I don't eat snacks or breakfast. Except sometimes I'll have chocolate before bed like 85 calories worth.
  • JennJ323
    JennJ323 Posts: 646 Member
    edited September 2017
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    Usually around 200 for breakfast, 400 for lunch and 600 for dinner (I'm not really a snacker so I don't bother allotting calories for snacks, if I have some leftover at the end of the day I may have something small before bed). It varies, but that's what I'm usually around, sometimes a little less. My calorie goal is 1200 for the day, so it works out nicely.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,742 Member
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    200 breakfast
    400-500 lunch
    500-800 dinner

    No snacks.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
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    1500-2000 for the one meal a day - call it breakfast or dinner, usually 9-10 pm.
  • shimmer_glo
    shimmer_glo Posts: 103 Member
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    Normally I just have coffee for breakfast, eat about 300 calories at lunch and then save the rest for the afternoon and evening when I'm most hungry. My goal is 1300 a day.
  • ejbronte
    ejbronte Posts: 867 Member
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    About 300 to 400 per meal.
  • FeelingAlive
    FeelingAlive Posts: 117 Member
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    Breakfast is usually under 200, which is also about 2-3 hours after I have woke up. Lunch is 300 and dinner around 700. If I don't meet the 1200/day I'll add in a snack, but I don't normally snack. My calorie goal is 1442, but I'm usually around 1200-1300.
  • 2writteninshadows2
    2writteninshadows2 Posts: 7 Member
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    Breakfast: 450-500kcals: usually porridge, yogurt and fruit.
    Lunch: 500kcals: something easy such as a wrap, sandwich, soup, etc.
    Dinner: 500-600kcals: something hot with the family, like Shepherd’s pie.
    Snacks: 400-500kcals: one mid-afternoon which is usually crackers, spread and vegetables and one after dinner which is usually fruit, oats/nuts and yogurt.

    I’m a maintainer, but I haven’t quite sustained a meal balance yet. My total goal is 2000-2100kcals
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,811 Member
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    0 - 600 for breakfast
    500 - 700 for lunch
    700 - 1200 for dinner
    0 - 1000 for snacks

    There's nothing special about eating first thing in the morning or calorie timing in general - we all have loads of energy in our bodies already.
    My son has a very physical job (builder) and his breakfast is often a glass of milk and a couple of spoonfuls of peanut butter, light and late lunch (such as a sandwich) and then eat a huge meal in the evening.

    Breakfast is one of my tools for maintaining my weight, when I need to eat more I have a bigger breakfast, when I want to cut some calories I skip it. I enjoy it but don't need it.
  • nickssweetheart
    nickssweetheart Posts: 874 Member
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    It varies among ranges.

    breakfast: 300-500
    lunch 400-600
    dinner 700-1000
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
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    Breakfast - 300
    Second breakfast - 350
    Elevenses - 250
    Lunch - 600
    Afternoon tea - 200
    Dinner - 800
    Supper - 500
  • SuzySunshine99
    SuzySunshine99 Posts: 2,984 Member
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    300 for breakfast.
    300 for lunch.
    1100 for dinner, wine, dessert.

    200 in snacks/more wine if I go to the gym.
  • riffraff2112
    riffraff2112 Posts: 1,757 Member
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    breakfast 500
    lunch 300
    Dinner 600
    snacks 500
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
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    bpetrosky wrote: »
    Breakfast - 300
    Second breakfast - 350
    Elevenses - 250
    Lunch - 600
    Afternoon tea - 200
    Dinner - 800
    Supper - 500

    Awesome! You win the internet!
  • mrsbarnett1012
    mrsbarnett1012 Posts: 63 Member
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    bpetrosky wrote: »
    Breakfast - 300
    Second breakfast - 350
    Elevenses - 250
    Lunch - 600
    Afternoon tea - 200
    Dinner - 800
    Supper - 500

    Gotta love eating like a hobbit!
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,384 Member
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    Breakfast - 0
    Lunch - 400-500
    Dinner - 800-900

    :)
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
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    I use pretty wide ranges, I just make sure the meals balance to hit my calorie goal for the day.

    Breakfast: 100-500 calories

    Lunch: 300-800 calories

    Dinner: 250-1,000 calories

    Snack: 0-300 calories
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
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    I don't really do meals. If I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, then I'll have 250 cals or so after my mid-day workout, then I start eating when I get home form work, and keep eating until my remaining 1800ish cals are used up.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,576 Member
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    During the week it's usually something like

    Breakfast: 0
    Lunch: 250-350
    Dinner: 1000 - 1400
    Snacks: 0 - 150

    Much higher and much less organized on the weekends.

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