Calorie consumption through the day

srrmtfit

Hi all,

My daily target is 1700 calories. By mid-afternoon, I have usually consumed 1000 calories (400 - breakfast, 400 - lunch, 200 - snack). I still will have 700 calories to go plus whatever calories I have burned in exercise.

I'm interested to find out how your calories consumption goes through the day and what has worked or not worked.

Thanks!

carlybarley22

I stick to 1200, but usually get an extra 200+ with exercise. I try to stick to around 250 to 300 per meal, and my snacks (2 a day usually) are about 100 to 200 calories a piece.

SideSteel

Hi all,

My daily target is 1700 calories. By mid-afternoon, I have usually consumed 1000 calories (400 - breakfast, 400 - lunch, 200 - snack). I still will have 700 calories to go plus whatever calories I have burned in exercise.

I'm interested to find out how your calories consumption goes through the day and what has worked or not worked.

Thanks!

I eat very little until about noon-1pm, then I typically have about 1/3rd of my calories, give or take. Then I eat a buttload of food at night up until I go to bed.

Here's the bonus piece of info: Given the same TOTAL INTAKE for the day, you can partition those calories however you want and it will not make a difference in total weight loss.

s50s

That's about what mine looks like but I don't get that many. I think you should have another snack or add 50-100 each meal. Just a suggestion.

srrmtfit

Thanks for the reply. I've been thinking that I should consume most of my calories early in the day and gradually taper down consumption towards the night/sleep time.

SoDamnHungry

I eat a small breakfast, lunch, and snacks, then have a larger dinner and eat the rest of my calories after that.

SideSteel

Thanks for the reply. I've been thinking that I should consume most of my calories early in the day and gradually taper down consumption towards the night/sleep time.

You should base this on personal preference entirely. Given the same calories, it makes no difference in terms of total weight lost.