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What meal do you eat the most calories?

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  • BenjaminMFP88
    BenjaminMFP88 Posts: 660 Member
    I have pretty spread out meals. I usually eat 30-40% of my calories between 0700-1200 (breakfast/snack) and another 30-40% from 1200-1500 (Lunch). I rarely eat anything substantial after that for dinner, usually just some fruit/veggies and/or a protein shake.
  • chezjuan
    chezjuan Posts: 747 Member
    Dinner is usually my biggest meal, and about 1/2 of my intake comes in the evening.

    I currently eat around 2700 calories a day due to my workout schedule, etc., but I followed the same proportions throughout my weight loss.

    I have about 400-500 for breakfast, 500 or so for lunch, maybe 400 in snacks at work (generally a morning snack and an afternoon snack), a pre-workout snack of 100 - 200 calories, about 700-900 for dinner, with the rest as dessert and beverages (beer, chai, juice, egg nog (now that it is in season), etc.).
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,354 Member
    Supper. Usually 1000 calories or so.
  • verptwerp
    verptwerp Posts: 3,628 Member
    My dinner ....... is between 500-600 calories, maybe a bit more ...... it's usually after a gym workout & I'm hungry ......

    Breakfast & lunch are about 350 calories each ...... snacks are 100 each ........
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    I eat 5-6 times a day. Anywhere from 1800-3000 calories for dinner depending on the day.
  • bacitracin
    bacitracin Posts: 921 Member
    Usually breakfast or lunch, and skip dinner. I dunno how those IF people are able to skip breakfast but eat dinner. I'm famished in the morning, usually. Also, there's a good amount of research showing that skipping breakfast leads to higher cardiovascular disease risk factors (at least in middle-aged men, of which I am one) whereas skipping dinner leads to lower CVD rates.
  • WhiteRabbit1313
    WhiteRabbit1313 Posts: 1,091 Member
    I usually eat the least for breakfast (200 calories +/-), then evenly for lunch and dinner, unless I go out to eat for one of those meals.
  • Lunch or dinner depending on my work schedule.
  • twixlepennie
    twixlepennie Posts: 1,074 Member
    I've just switched how I'm eating, going from IF and 2-3 big meals/no snacking, to 6 small 'meals' spread out through the day. Doing this in order to get in enough calories/hit my macros. The mid day meal is usually the highest (usually a large salad and a protein). The rest are smaller-a protein bar, cottage cheese and fruit, eggs etc.
  • eksero2k
    eksero2k Posts: 83 Member
    lunch in the weekdays, dinner during the weekends.
  • sirvivor007
    sirvivor007 Posts: 45 Member
    My green breakfast shake is always the biggest unless I have a cheat meal and dine out for dinner.
  • lil_lizt
    lil_lizt Posts: 275 Member
    Dinner as I don't really get hungry until 4/5pm
  • F00LofaT00K
    F00LofaT00K Posts: 688 Member
    All of my meals are usually between 200-300 calories but sometimes they're more. I eat 600-900 calories of meals and then the remaining 680-380 I use up on snacks. I like to have a couple snacks throughout the day and I'm a big fan of snacking at night!
  • Jenni129
    Jenni129 Posts: 692 Member
    I save supper for more calories. I keep breakfast and lunch light since I sit on my rear in an office at work every day.
  • SkinnyMel78
    SkinnyMel78 Posts: 434 Member
    dinner
  • Trissyboo
    Trissyboo Posts: 69 Member
    Lunch is definitely my biggest meal of the day. I can consume anywhere from 500 to 700 calories for lunch. I do not do a lot of carbohydrates for dinner so my calories tend to be a little less at dinner time.
  • VelvetMorning
    VelvetMorning Posts: 398 Member
    If I eat too early in the day I feel starved throughout the day and usually over do it. I tend to wake up at about 2 PM daily, so I guess its just like a "late" breakfast (lol) but I eat almost all of my calories at dinner and have a few snacks after the fact.
  • Deipneus
    Deipneus Posts: 1,854 Member
    Randomly changes from day to day.
  • I actually usually eat the most calories in snacks. It works and it keeps me from bingeing.

    I think this is the answer to my problems here !
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