Just Curious

milove1029

Does anyone else plan their dinner on what calories they have left?

jasperann

Most of the time. But sometimes I plan dinner first and then plan the rest of my meals around what I want to eat for dinner.

kealambert

yes, sometimes

usually my meals are pretty close in what i use for ingredients, so it's not hard to figure how many calories they're going to be taking up

for example, my breakfast is almost always the same, and lunch is just a variation on a few things, or just leftovers from the dinner before, so I know roughly how many cals it's going to be

atx7

No, I plan all of my other meals and snacks around what's for dinner. I tend to log my dinners 2-3 days ahead of when I actually eat them.

StephC74

Sort of.... mostly I try to save higher calorie meals like pizza and lasagna for days when I know I will be working out and have a few more calories to budget for dinner.

eljulia

i often reassess what i thought i'd be making for dinner if i went a bit higher than usual during the day. That's one reason i like the calorie counting part of this, because i can know either "oh! i can have a little bit more of that" or "dang, better be cooking really low calorie tonight."

aj_31

I usually try and plan my whole day around dinner because I usually eat a higher calorie meal.

BlueInkDot

Generally I eat what I feel like eating through the day, then based on what I have left, I decide what I have at the end of the day, and it always works out okay because if I have 300 calories left I only want a snack, and if I have 600 calories left I want something big cuz I'm hungrier. :P

katrina1501

yes i definately do and adjust accordingly.

sweettthings

Sort of. I have vague calorie goals for breakfast and lunch (little breakfast/big lunch or big breakfast/little lunch), and usually have about the same amount of calories left for dinner. Sometimes if I've eaten more than usual during the day I'll decide that I need to skip the pasta or potato with dinner, but usually I'll just eat what I want and then not have a dessert.

If I know I'm going to be going out for dinner, I'll eat lightly the rest of the day, but that's about as much thinking as I put into it.

milove1029

Thanks guys for the replies!!!