Ratio for breaking up your calories per meal?

mablesyrup

Do you wing it? Or do you plan a set amount of calories for each meal?

What's a good ratio to break your calories up for breakfast/lunch/dinner and an afternoon snack?

I haven't been planning well and usually end up with what I end up with for dinner- today I was out running errands and ended up going for chinese food for lunch- when i came home and logged the calories- i'm left with 300 and some for dinner. *ooops*

mablesyrup

Do you wing it? Or do you plan a set amount of calories for each meal?

What's a good ratio to break your calories up for breakfast/lunch/dinner and an afternoon snack?

I haven't been planning well and usually end up with what I end up with for dinner- today I was out running errands and ended up going for chinese food for lunch- when i came home and logged the calories- i'm left with 300 and some for dinner. *ooops*

mrsyac2

I like to keep my calories per meal in ranges 300-500 per meal.

Not to mention I eat the same thing everyday for breakfast and lunch which i am not bored with at all.

Breakfast raisin bran with 1/2 banana with 1/2 cup of milk - (depending on how much cereal and what kind of milk it ranges) 285-400 calories

Lunch- Turkey and Cheese sub/hoagie (i call them hoagies others call them subs lol) with a half a bag of baked bbq chips 450 calories

Dinner whatever we are having

SHBoss1673

For meals I try to do 500 or less, for snacks I try to stay around 300

But that's me, I'm a pretty big male, smaller women might want to be a little lower then that.

tomyhealth

I wing it most of the time. I am kinda boring I have the same breakfast every morining which is 325 calorie. My snacks are always 60 to 100 calorie bags. Most of the time I do drink water for my lunch. I guess after thinking about this I kinda do plan out my day. Sorry thats not much help to you.

Do you post all your meals at the end of the day or after each meal? I post after each meal so by lunch I know what kind of workout I need to do after work.

calicowgirl0582

I try to keep my meals to around 300 and snacks no more that 100, but then again, I drink alot of starbucks, soda, etc., so that's where my calories add up (although I gave soda, coffee, and expresso up for lent, so maybe I will drop a decent amount more over the next 40 days!)

wildkat318

300 calories is about I what I usually spend on breakfast so maybe you can have breakfast for dinner? I eat every three hours (5 mini meals) and divide them pretty evenly among my 1450 calories. I'm never hungry, have great energy and feel very satisfied. I personally don't eat my exercise calories (but it seems most on this site do) but if I feel like or snack or something in the evening, I'll have one, knowing I'm covered.

I plan and log my meals in advance and generally have about the same thing during the week, makes it stress free. I mix it up a lot on the weekends and will cook and plan menus for the upcoming week so everything is on hand and I don't have to worry about it.

This is just what works for me, your mileage may vary! Best of luck! :drinker:

RedHotRunner

I try to stay under 300 for breakfast and lunch, then 400 for dinner. I need to have a snack every few hours and those are normally around 100 calories or so.

shannahrose

breakfast 200
lunch 400
snack 200
dinner 400
snack 200

sometimes i go over on dinner, but i just make up for it by eating less after dinner. and if i exercise, i might add 100 calories to lunch and dinner or something.

davesrig

Yah, kind of the same idea as everyone else except I take it one step farther...I will log everything that I know I will be eating in advance which allows me to know how many calories I have left. I will even log my workouts in advance (obviously a little risky if your plans change) which will allow me to make sure I have enough energy for the workout but yet don't over eat.
At the end of the day I can make any adjustments to the log as necessary. Big thing is I don't want to be surprised at the end of the night in a negative way due to my lack of planning.

Mangoaddict

Breakfast - 200-300
Lunch - 300-350
Dinner - No more than 400

Snacks between 100-120

Hope this helps!

Anna_Banana

Breakfast - 200-300
Lunch - 300-350
Dinner - No more than 400

Snacks between 100-120

Hope this helps!

This is about how mine range. I usually have 3 or 4 snacks a day.