what meal do you consume most calories?
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LadyKim66
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Hi everyone!! Got a general question, hubby and I have a debate.. at which meal do you eat the most calories? Is it better to have heaviest meal in the morning or at night?
always looking for insights..
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Kim
always looking for insights..
add me if you like.
Kim
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Dinner. I can't stomach a heavy breakfast and I don't have enough time at work for a big lunch. I also like a big dinner because it keeps me full until I go to bed.0
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Doesn't matter as calories do not tell time.
My meals usually are about 500 calories each leaving 500 for snacks.
For me tho I try to eat more carbs during the day to help with my workout vs after my workout is done.1 -
My evening snack is the biggest, typically.
But that said, it's personal preference. Meal timing and frequency depends on the individual. Everyone is different. It has no bearing on weight loss in the grand scheme. Do what makes you feel best and maintain a deficit.0 -
Usually Lunch is my biggest meal, but it can also be Dinner.
I try to do about 500-600 calories for Lunch and Dinner. Sometimes it's higher, sometimes it's lower.2 -
Dinner ! Breakfast is usually really light with light snacks and during the day I usually don't have lunch so I snack a little more0
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Dinner!!!
It is easier to control my choices for breakfast and lunch and allows me to have a "normal" dinner with the hubby.0 -
My biggest meal is dinner, except for today, in which case it's breakfast. I've also eaten 2500 calories one day and 1200 the next, because hey, calories can't tell time.
So OP, who was right, you or your husband?2 -
my biggest meal is always dinner and bedtime snack if I have one. I just plan my day around it.0
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I don't think there is a better/worse answer - unless it matters for the individual. Such as does eating a big meal at night keep you awake?
Usually my dinner is larger but some days the sum total of my snacks is more than that. Depends on how the day plays out.1 -
Weekdays:
Breakfast: 50-200 calories
Lunch: 500-600 calories.
Dinner: ~800 calories.
Weekends:
Breakfast: 0
Brunch: 309674520947 calories
Dinner: A hangover.6 -
Great discussion.. I am seeing it is just a personal preference. I tend to think more during the day, hubby says evenings. But i guess my thinking is that during the day I am more active so I would want more then. After dinner I tend to veg out and definitely not active so I don't want it all just to sit there.. LOL. I don't know. still new to this and trying to find my way.0
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Great discussion.. I am seeing it is just a personal preference. I tend to think more during the day, hubby says evenings. But i guess my thinking is that during the day I am more active so I would want more then. After dinner I tend to veg out and definitely not active so I don't want it all just to sit there.. LOL. I don't know. still new to this and trying to find my way.2
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Dinner!!!
It is easier to control my choices for breakfast and lunch and allows me to have a "normal" dinner with the hubby.
Pretty much this.0 -
Hi everyone!! Got a general question, hubby and I have a debate.. at which meal do you eat the most calories? Is it better to have heaviest meal in the morning or at night?
always looking for insights..
add me if you like.
Kim
My biggest is usually my meal post workout....
on the order of 1,000 calories or more.0 -
Whatever works for you. I usually have a light breakfast (150-300 calories), a light lunch (300-400 calories), a small snack after work, and then the rest of my calories at dinner, around 8 pm. If I do a long bike ride (more than 2 hours), I will usually have a few hundred calories during the ride, too.0
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Since meal timing doesn't affect weight loss, the amount of my calorie consumption varies from day to day.0
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Lunch0
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Weekdays:
Breakfast: 50-200 calories
Lunch: 500-600 calories.
Dinner: ~800 calories.
Weekends:
Breakfast: 0
Brunch: 309674520947 calories
Dinner: A hangover.
This is remarkably close to my diet plan.0 -
In all seriousness, it seems to vary by the day. I was starving after my workout this morning (probably because I hit the gym last night, too) so I had a bigger breakfast than usual. Typically, dinner is a little bit bigger than my other meals. Because, wine.0
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Hi everyone!! Got a general question, hubby and I have a debate.. at which meal do you eat the most calories? Is it better to have heaviest meal in the morning or at night?
always looking for insights..
add me if you like.
Kim
My biggest is usually my meal post workout....
on the order of 1,000 calories or more.
^Same for me.
Like to eat big after training.0
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