How far apart are your daily meals?

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  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
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    Is there supposed to be a time period between each meal??

    I eat all day long.. that's why there are times listed in my meal labels.. So i can see what times I am hungrier and if i'm over eating.. perhaps switch up what I eat to something more substantial and less calories.

    I co-workers tease me because every time they come in my office I am eating something differernt. LOL
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
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    15-60 minutes. I eat ALL day. Sometimes I wait about 3 hours before starting just because I don't get a chance to eat before I get to work. I eat right up until bedtime.
  • chelseascounter
    chelseascounter Posts: 1,283 Member
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    Usually 2 - 3 hours. I eat 1 or 2 snacks between breakfast and lunch/lunch and dinner
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
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    I eat based around my schedule, including my lifting timing, and preference.
  • colortheworld
    colortheworld Posts: 374 Member
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    I eat when I'm hungry. If I'm not, why not save the calories for something bigger when I am?
  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
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    I'm not even going to bother separating if I'm hungry. As long as they are not every 30 or so minutes, I will stuff my mouth, granted I stay within my calorie range lol. If I'm done for the day, water will have to do.
  • Gkfrkv
    Gkfrkv Posts: 120
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    I eat when I'm hungry. I usually have some plan on what I'm going to eat during the day, but when I eat it all depends on when I'm hungry.
  • burbacka1132
    burbacka1132 Posts: 19 Member
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    I found that I need to eat every 3 hours or so during the day...or else I get hungry (and cranky). Ask me how I know?!

    7am: breakfast
    10am: Meal 1
    1pm: Meal 2
    5pm: veggie/fruit smoothie
    7pm: dinner

    Sometimes a small snack too...
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,867 Member
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    whenever...it just depends on my schedule...I don't have set eating times...also, it doesn't matter.
  • emobarbie7
    emobarbie7 Posts: 75
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    Breakfast at 6am 300 cal
    work out
    snack at 9am 200 cal
    lunch at 1130 400 cal
    snack at 2/3 200 cal
    dinner at 530 400 cal

    Aprox
  • licountrygal
    licountrygal Posts: 6 Member
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    Breakfast around 7am-730am
    snack 10am
    lunch 130pm
    snack 430pm
    prework out 530pm
    dinner 730 pm
  • avskk
    avskk Posts: 1,789 Member
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    Mine are kind of widely spaced because I try not to eat unless I'm genuinely hungry. This (usually) means I have lunch around 11AM and dinner around 7PM. If I get legitimately hungry in between I will have a small snack at about 3PM (maybe twice a week), and about once a week I feel hungry near 10PM so I'll snack. Basically, my body tends toward intermittent fasting and I listen to it.
  • Joehenny
    Joehenny Posts: 1,222 Member
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    TWICE A DAY
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,811 Member
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    Typically 23 miles.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
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    I never timed them. No point to it. Sometimes I eat 12 hours apart, sometimes I'm hungry half an hour later. I only pay attention to macros and calories, as that is all that matters.

    Also, if you aren't eating from 5pm to 5am, you aren't eating every 3 hours.

    yeah, but anything consumed after 5pm instantly turns to fat...

    LULZ.

    I'm with that guy... tend to eat when I"m hungry or when I can. I try to push my food back as long as I can- I try not to eat till 10 or later- for various reason- but sometime I eat right when I get here at 8.

    I tend to eat around 9/10 AM- yogurt/protein/fruit 285 calories
    Then 1130/1200ish Whatever chicken/steak I brought in- 5 oz meat 5 oz veggies
    Snack around 1 ish.
    usually a few pieces of small chocolate here and there
    Espresso beans by 2
    2 hard boiled eggs by 3/4
    off to 2nd job.

    sometimes I eat- sometimes I don't.

    then I have a big ole meal when I get home at 1130 PM.
  • FerretBuellerr
    FerretBuellerr Posts: 468 Member
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    Mon-Fri:

    Breakfast - 6:30
    Lunch - 12:30
    Dinner - between 5:30 - 7:00

    Evenings I take a fitness class dinner is divided into 2 snacks - one at 5:00 and one whenver I get home.

    Weekends are a mess, but I normally eat 3 regular meals plus one snack in the evening.
  • SweetestLibby
    SweetestLibby Posts: 607 Member
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    My M - F schedule goes:

    Wake up at 5:30am
    Breakfast
    Snack
    Lunch
    Snack
    WORKOUT
    Snack
    Dinner
    Snack.
    Bed at 11 ish

    I end up eating every 3 hours or so. Why? Because I like snacking.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    I'm trying to eat every 3 hours, 5 times a day. Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack and dinner. Breakfast at 5 am and dinner no later than 5 pm.

    on week days breakfast at 7, snack at 10, lunch at 12, snack at 3, pre workout snack at 4.30, dinner at 7ish
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,867 Member
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    I've also never been able to figure out how people have dinner at 5 PM and that's their cut-off...if I'm lucky, I'm leaving the office at 5 PM...then I have an hour commute home...then I still have to make dinner, etc. I don't know...I usually eat dinner around 8:30ish. A 7:00 PM dinner would be pretty early for us.
  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member
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    I normally eat three meals a day and snack as I get hungry. I don't have a set schedule though...on my days off when I sleep in I tend to only eat two very large meals. I used to save at least 1,000 calories for my evening eating, but I started working at an office job and get bored during the day, so I snack while I'm working and then eat a smaller dinner when I get home.

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