cals per meal

sean93

i have a daily limit of 1600 cals so how many cals per breakfast, lunch and dinner and then any snackswould you recommend??


thanks sean

Kityngirl

It depends on how you eat. Every couple of hours is recommended but I prefer to have a 'lunch' and a 'dinner' meal so I roughly divide my 1390cals up into 6 meals/snacks:

8am - 200 cal
10 am - 200 cal
12-1 pm - 300-400cal
2-4 pm - 150cal
7 pm - 300-400 cal (depending on how much I had for lunch)
evening snacks allowance - 140cal

abatres7

Every one is different. Listen to your body and eat as required. Not because you are bored etc.. I like to do the 3 meals at 400 and the rest on snacks in between meals

bethrs

I'm sure someone will disagree, but I was always raised with a big dinner that everyone sat down for, so I budget alot of my calories for dinner. I eat a very reasonable (filling) breakfast usually around 150 to 200 calories (oatmeal or something) and then a decent lunch (around 300 or so). And then snacks and dinner. I'm not a huge snacker though. I'll eat a little fruit or something occasionally. I eat an early dinner and exercise at night, so I'm not eating 600 calories and sleeping on it or anything.

That's just how I've been doing it.