Daily Food Schedule

Steezburt

I was just curious to know everyone's food schedule, if you have one. I, myself have set alarms for times that I should eat breakfast, lunch and dinner and 3 snacks inbetween those. I find that this helps me, and I wanted to share a pin I saw on Pinterest that breaksdown what you should eat in the mornings, afternoons and evenings (put I can't post a pic) so i'll write it out.

Breakfast: 7:00am
Snack: 9:30am
Lunch: 12:00pm
Snack: 3:30pm
Snack: 5:30pm
Dinner: 7:00pm

Do you go by a eating schedule? If so, how long and has it helped you lose weight at all? Thanks

idkimfathelp

Will actually start for serious tomorrow, but my eating schedule is sporadic. The most normal would be:

7AM - breakfast

12:30 PM - lunch

And the rest is magic. May or may not eat dinner. Also, will most likely sit in front of fridge and graze at around 12 AM post study session. And, no it has not helped me lose weight at all.

TavistockToad

during the week i have a set schedule...

7am breakfast
10am morning snack
12pm lunch
3pm afternoon snack
4.30pm pre workout snack
6.30-7pm dinner

on a weekend i eat whenever i am hungry.

meal timing has nothing to do with losing weight, you just need a calorie deficit for that!

josray2

I work overnights...is there a way to adjust the times schedule?

rainydays5

I eat at a schedule for the most part but it is completely unintentional. I am a mother to 5 kids and a full time college student. It is hard to put an exact time as to when I will eat but my schedule is something like this.

6:30-7:15am--Breakfast
9-10 am--Snack
12-1pm---Lunch
3:30pm---Snack (this is when the kids come home from school so that is more my "alarm" to have a snack)
6-7pm---Dinner (sometimes it is a little earlier)
8-8:30---Snack (depending on how long it takes to get the little ones in bed)

I have tried to live without the last snack but found that if I do I crave foods even more.

appy85

I really don't have a schedule per say, I follow my body it tells me when I need to eat. But an alarm might make me stop what I am doing at work and eat the snack that I from time to time miss. I really haven't even been taking my meal prep too terribly serious. Every night before I meal prep for the following day. It hasn't posed a problem because I really don't have a life and right now I am off everything but weight training so I get that done and have nothing to do at home but get ready for the next day.

rainydays5

I work overnights...is there a way to adjust the times schedule?

Make up a schedule that works for you. Put 2-3 hours in between the times you want to eat a meal/snack and see how it works for you.

SezxyStef

I don't have alarms but typically eat my breakfast 30mins after I am done my coffee cause I get hungry.

I may or maynot have a snack before lunch

I eat lunch between 12 and 1 most days cause I am hungry

snack at 3 or shortly there after

Dinner is based on when I eat my snack or exercise...I prefer to eat before 7pm but that is due to hunger not timing...

My schedule remains the same for weekends except for the actual times as I may sleep in on weekends therefore it gets pushed back by that amount of time.

lilmisfit1987

I try to work on breakfast as soon as I wake up because I have gallstones and it helps reduce the risk of having a problem with them. Usually my 5 year old wakes me up between 8-9. I don't really have a snack between breakfast and lunch because I never feel hungry then, but I find myself hungry at night when I get off of work so I try to have a light snack then. Since my breaks rotate at work and I never get to eat at a solid time for dinner either.

Breakfast 8-9am
Lunch 12pm
Snack 2:30pm
Dinner 5:30-7:30pm
Snack 11PM

On my days off...

Breakfast 8-9am
Lunch 12pm
Snack 3pm
Dinner 6pm
Snack 9pm

bebrooksie

I follow this pretty much to a "T" on weekdays:

Breakfast - 7:00 AM
Lunch - 12:30 PM
Dinner - 6:00 PM

Snacks may or may not make it into my day and my weekends tend to shift since I will wake up a little later. If I have snacks it consists of sugar-free jello, cheese, coffee or a lot of water, lol.

williamshl10

I get up at 7:30am, and try to eat or drink some calories by 8am. I work a desk job, so I nosh on my breakfast from 8-10am. By 11am, I have my snack, eating it slowly until 12. Then at 2pm, I have my lunch. Eating it until I leave work at 4pm. Go to the gym, pick up kids and am eating dinner HOPEFULLY by 6pm. Then I usually have enough calories left over that when my husband comes home at 11pm, i have a bowl of cereal or ice cream. I know it's not really healthy, yet. But it definitely helps getting into this lifestyle knowing i can still have cereal or ice cream, just not so much!

Operation_Shred

0600 - Breakfast

1000 - Snack

1200 - Lunch

1430 - Shake

1730 - Snack

2100 - Dinner

2200 - Shake

jnb143

I guess this is my schedule
Monday-Friday Wake up around 5-530 am - gym for 45 mins-1hour
Breakfast around 8-830am
Snack (if I'm hungry) 11am
Lunch 1230-130
Snack 530pm
I try to eat dinner aroun 7-8pm

Weekends are always different for me. I sleep in a bit and then follow the sameish routine above.

Of_Monsters_and_Meat

archaichoney

6AM
Pre/Post workout
12PM
2:30PM
4:30-5PM
7PM

leggup

Weekday Schedule

Breakfast 8-8:30 ish
Lunch 11-11:30 ish
Dinner 5:00-5:30 ish
Post workout snack: 7 pmish

usmcmp

1:00pm breakfast/post workout
3:00pm snack
6:30pm dinner and dessert

LolBroScience

2:00 PM - Meal 1
8:30 PM - Meal 2

meeulk

Breakfast: 8am
Snack: 10am
Lunch: 12pm
Snack: 3pm
Dinner: 6pm
Snack: 9pm

Unless it's gym day (where I workout from 6-7 and get home at 730pm), then I have a smoothie or something around 8pm.

laurie04427

8am
11am
1pm
5:30pm
7:30pm

350 calories per meal average is what I aim for.

BerryH

Ideally mine is:
7am - breakfast
10am - confirming snack
12.30pm - lunch
3pm - afternoon snack
7pm - dinner

But usually it's:
7am - 10pm EAT!!!

BarbellApprentice

Cutting:
10AM - Pre Training
1PM - Post Training/Lunch
4PM - Quest bar
8PM Dinner

Bulking:
Cutting schedule + 7AM breakfast

a_stronger_me13

3:30pm - Snack
7:30pm - HUGE meal

craftywitch_63

I have to eat by a schedule because I'm diabetic.

0600 Breakfast (weekdays AND weekends)
0930 Morning snack
1130 Lunch
1430 PM snack
1800 Protein shake (this is about 1/2 way into my workout time. I have to have something or my blood sugar drops dangerously low)
2000 Dinner

My breakfast is the largest meal of the day, dinner is the smallest. Same with the snacks.

seattlerain

7:30AM Breakfast (Protein Shake)
11:00AM Snack
2:00PM Lunch
4:00PM Snack (Quest Bar)
6:00PM Dinner

somefitsomefat

My schedule is pretty much the same as the OP, though I'm a little more loose with the times. I'm one of those people that's always hungry so 2-3 large meals doesn't seem to work for me.

ttknowles01

My eating schedule is pretty unintentional as well, but here it is:

Breakfast 6:30 AM (after 5 AM workout)
Snack 1: 9 AM
Lunch: 12 PM
Snack 2: 3 PM
Dinner: 5:30/6 PM
Snack 3: 6:30 PM

seltzermint555

Breakfast 7:00 AM
Lunch 11:30 AM
Dinner 5:30 PM

On weekends everything's 1-2 hours later except for dinner, which is never past 7 PM

I have not planned this out with a lot of thought but this fits my schedule for sleep, work, and when I feel hungry.

For awhile I incorporated a small snack (fruit, Clif Z bar, or nuts) around 3 PM, but I find that I prefer having those "snacks" as a dessert-type end to my lunch. Now I drink hot tea at 2-3 PM.

The only MAJOR variation I've tried is eating several mini-meals instead - at roughly 7 AM, 10 AM, 1:30 PM, 5:30 PM, and 8 PM. I felt weird, like I was never quite hungry or full and the cooking and planning for that was tedious and strange. If it works for others, great...but I'll stick to my three meals and no snack. That is how I feel most satisfied!