How often do you eat?

dezb64

I eat 4-6 times a day. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner being the larger meals and snacks in between that. I have just hit maintenance so I am still trying to figure out how many calories I should eat.

lumiereducoeur

Eat when you're hungry, lol. Stop complicating it.

True dat! That's how I do it too - just make sure you're not mistaking boredom or thirst for hunger, haha.

lauriebeakley1

I don't mean this to sound snarky but if I'm hungry, I eat. It's that simple. I'm in losing mode, I stay in my calories & it works for me. Simple.

njitaliana

I don't get up till 9 AM,and I go to sleep around 11:30 PM. Since I'm not up that many hours, I space my meals out to approximately every four hours. I have breakfast, lunch, dinner and an evening snack.

Kathy_Noring

Thanks for chiming in, all. It's not that I think there's some magic in eating a certain way, I am just curious about how others do it. Just trying to glean ideas.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

Ah I see.

I eat a lot. I like to have something every couple of hours. Usually it's something like this

Breakfast 1: carb
(workout)
Breakfast 2: protein
Lunch
Snack
Dinner
Snack
Snack
Snack

:laugh:

Dewymorning

I eat three large meals (400-600 calories, or more) and three small snacks (150 calories-250 calories).

Blue801

I usually get hungry in the afternoon so I save most my calories for the afternoon & evening. I usually just do 2 meals right now while losing. If I get hungry I snack. I log my 2 meals for the day so I know how many extra calories I have for snacks or meal addons.:drinker:

sjbtiger

I eat three large meals (400-600 calories, or more) and three small snacks (150 calories-250 calories).

This is pretty much what I am doing as well and I'm sort of losing but mostly recomping.

madonetwo

I eat three meals and 3 snacks a day. This levels out my blood sugar and helps me keep from getting too hungry. If I don't have a protein rich snack before driving home my car tries to drive through McDonalds or similar places. The late morning snack keeps me full till lunch.

SephiraRose

I eat 3 meals a day at varied times and 2 small snacks. Try to stay within 1200 calories and usually don't eat back my exercise calories.

sloth3toes

The 3 basics. Snacks as necessary.

lharri0209

Maintenance mode here. I eat 3 meals each day and 2 snacks. I also work out 2-3 times each week. I leave extra cals for at night when I get hungry, which is often. I'm a night owl.

Cheeky_and_Geeky

Pretty close to maintenance.

I eat breakfast around 8am
Lunch at 12
Snack at 2-3
Dinner at 5
Snack at 7

ashleycde

*Edit* Double post. Darn internet.

ashleycde

Ah I see.

I eat a lot. I like to have something every couple of hours. Usually it's something like this

Breakfast 1: carb
(workout)
Breakfast 2: protein
Lunch
Snack
Dinner
Snack
Snack
Snack

:laugh:

I'm laughing so hard at this right now because if I had to map out my meals, it would look so much like this. Except there may be more snacks before after dinner!

daw0518

I'm losing, and I eat whenever I want, pretty much. The beginning of my day is pretty structured - I eat breakfast, I take something with me to campus for lunch, but then when I get home after classes it kind of just turns into a free-for-all. I do most of my eating in the evenings & at night. If it fits in my calories, I eat it. If I had to count, I would say I eat 3-4 times a day, but a lot of my evening 'snacks' could probably be considered meals, so I just don't know.

Aeramis13

This is a personal question, regardless of "phase". Seriously. Some days I skip breakfast completely. If I do eat breakfast, i choose high protein options because it makes my day easier. I snack all through the afternoon until I head to the gym to work my *kitten* off, followed by protein and then dinner and evening snacks. What's your real question?

crystalflame

I've gone through losing phases and maintaining phases (and accidental gain phases, oops). I'm doing a very slight, slow cut right now. I've always eaten when the timing's convenient and when I feel like it. Usually 3 meals plus a snack during the work week and 2 really large meals on the weekends.

brevislux

Maintenance.
I eat every 3 hours, about 300 cals for each meal. I find it hard to eat large quantities in one sitting and don't like feeling full, so I rather eat smaller meals throughout the day to 3 large meals.