One large meal and several small ones

BrienJD · February 2012

Opinions please. Is it alright to eat small meals throughout the day and have a nice large dinner?

I LOVE

dinner, it's my favorite meal of the day and I like a large one (not so large that I go over calories though)

I eat 100-200 cals for breakfast

100-350 cals for lunch

Usually have two fuits for daytime snacks

and then if there is any calories left over from dinner, I have some sweets. ie chocolate candies, chips, popcorn etc My cals and carbs are usually pretty good coming in under...fats and sodium are a "little" :embarassed: e high bur overall I seem to be losing weight right now. Am I sabotaging future weight loss though?? I can get breakfast in (egg and sausage, grits, cereal, or oatmeal etc) lunch is my problem. I am usually doing something and blow right through lunch. Sometimes I can sneak in a sub or homemade sandwhich, but usually it's a slimfast or something like that lately.

Thoughts?

honeydoozy · February 2012

I'm like you - I love food, and like to really enjoy a good meal. Since I'm so busy during the day, it's easy to shortcut those meals and look forward to something nice at the end of the day.

I've been doing a protein shake with fiber for breakfast and lunch (each about 250-300 cals depending on what I put in), a few 100-200 calorie snacks, and a thoughtful dinner. So far, so good.

For me, the key has been eating *something* nutritious every 3 hours or so.

Sublog · February 2012

Opinions please. Is it alright to eat small meals throughout the day and have a nice large dinner?

I LOVE dinner, it's my favorite meal of the day and I like a large one (not so large that I go over calories though)

I eat 100-200 cals for breakfast

100-350 cals for lunch

Usually have two fuits for daytime snacks

and then if there is any calories left over from dinner, I have some sweets. ie chocolate candies, chips, popcorn etc My cals and carbs are usually pretty good coming in under...fats and sodium are a "little" :embarassed: e high bur overall I seem to be losing weight right now. Am I sabotaging future weight loss though?? I can get breakfast in (egg and sausage, grits, cereal, or oatmeal etc) lunch is my problem. I am usually doing something and blow right through lunch. Sometimes I can sneak in a sub or homemade sandwhich, but usually it's a slimfast or something like that lately.

Thoughts?

Its fine if you can hit your macro/micro-nutrient goals with this eating plan.

Rayman79 · February 2012

No sabotage here. As long as you stay under maintenence cals over a period of time you will lose weight - even if you only eat them in one or two meals a day.

If you are not a big breakfast person, you might even want to look into a program like intermittent fasting (IF). There's a group on here dedicated to it, and you'll find a lot of useful info on the leangains website if you are interested!

msespresso · February 2012

If that is an eating pattern that works for your life, then that is what you need to work with to lose weight! Personally, I try to eat one larger meal in the day (usually dinner, but it varies) and several snacks/small meals that are around 200 calories. It sounds like a good protein shake might be a good lunch option for you, they're easy and satisfying and very handy when you're busy!