Biggest meal of the day?

SlowlyLosingLolita

Mine is almost always lunch. In the morning, I get sick if I eat too much so my breakfast is usually pretty light. Same with dinner. If I eat too much too soon to trying to sleep I get a really upset stomach.

msrjmcp

I am just wondering does it matter? I would think that as long as you have not gone over your recommended calories to achieve weight loss, why would it matter? Logically it makes sense in my mind that if you body uses fat as an energy source when there is a shortage of calories coming in then you would want have your body going to that fat during the day when you are active and have the calories that you consume used when you are less active. But of course that is just how my (il)logical mind works. I'm certainly no doctor or expert in nutrition science. lol ;D

dave4d

I am just wondering does it matter? I would think that as long as you have not gone over your recommended calories to achieve weight loss, why would it matter? Logically it makes sense in my mind that if you body uses fat as an energy source when there is a shortage of calories coming in then you would want have your body going to that fat during the day when you are active and have the calories that you consume used when you are less active. But of course that is just how my (il)logical mind works. I'm certainly no doctor or expert in nutrition science. lol ;D

For most people it doesn't matter, but we are all different, and have different reactions to different things. That's why some diets don't work for everybody. I've noticed, even the experts disagree on a lot of things relating to nutrition. Find what works for you, then do it..

msrjmcp

I am just wondering does it matter? I would think that as long as you have not gone over your recommended calories to achieve weight loss, why would it matter? Logically it makes sense in my mind that if you body uses fat as an energy source when there is a shortage of calories coming in then you would want have your body going to that fat during the day when you are active and have the calories that you consume used when you are less active. But of course that is just how my (il)logical mind works. I'm certainly no doctor or expert in nutrition science. lol ;D

For most people it doesn't matter, but we are all different, and have different reactions to different things. That's why some diets don't work for everybody. I've noticed, even the experts disagree on a lot of things relating to nutrition. Find what works for you, then do it..

Makes sense to me! I agree with you! Everyone is different and each individual needs to find what works for them!

lisa35120

I've heard it should be breakfast, because you burn a lot more calories during the day when you're active.

Mine is almost always dinner though. I barely eat in the morning or afternoon. If I ate a big breakfast I would have no calories left for dinner and I LOVE to cook in the evenings... so it just works out best for me this way. I always try to eat by 8 though.. I was eating at 10 or 11, pretty much right before bed, so that's an improvement for me!

jcl1981

dinner is always my biggest but not always the most calories, i eat lots of veggies so sometime 4 cups of broccoli is loads of food and i pair it with a lean protein but i eat and equal amount for breakfast calorie wise but the food itself is smaller.

Eve1972

Breakfast for me. I try to keep Dinner the smallest of the three...

katberz

I know the common wisdom is to keep breakfast as your biggest and work backwards but I just can't do it. I will always have a big dinner regardless of how big breakfast and lunch were. I guess it's a psychological thing so I've given up fighting it. Small breakfast, small lunch and big dinner. It's what works for me.

TwiFan5

I physically can't eat a big breakfast, I fill up on 3 weetbix, milk and sugar at about 7:00 - 8:30 am and that keeps me going until 12:00 - 1:00 pm where I eat a sandwich or a sandwich and fruit or chocolate then dinner at about 5:30 - 8:00 pm with snacks in between.

ashkaps

Tend to eat 3 meals a day with 2-3 snacks of fruit/nuts in between. Seeing as I do my workout after work usually around 5-6pm my biggest meal is dinner so I can eat back some of the calories that I have burned. I don't think it really matters so long as you are not starving yourself throughout the day!

christinathompson1

mine is lunch!

Ezada

Me personally depends on the day. Some mornings I wake up HUNGRY so I have a big breakfast. Normally I am hungry in the morning when I had a light dinner and worked out so my body is telling me it's hungry then, so feed it! Some days I eat a really big dinner at night and wake up slightly peckish but not in big breakfast mode, so I eat what I feel is appropriate.

Like this morning, I had a fairly light dinner last night and didn't work out, this morning I am so hungry, I ate twice the normal calories I eat. Odds are my lunch will be slightly bigger, my dinner will be medium depending on if I snack today.