Breakfast being the largest

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I heard that breakfast is suppose to be the largest meal and dinner the smallest. Is this true? Also, are you really suppose to eat 5 small meals? What's the lattest you should eat?

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  • kaervaak
    kaervaak Posts: 274 Member
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    Nope, none of that matters at all. Meal timing is irrelevant to nutrition. Just do what works for you.
  • lilpoindexter
    lilpoindexter Posts: 1,122 Member
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    What he said.
  • Ral263
    Ral263 Posts: 318 Member
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    agreed, it's whatever works best for you. I run 6+ miles every morning, so I can't imagine not having a huge breakfast after that, but then I hate having a ton of food at dinner because I sleep 3 hours after I eat, usually. So that's what works for me-- but then I am sure there are a ton of people who can't stomach a big breakfast because they aren't active in the morning.

    A calorie is a calorie, regardless of the time it's eaten. However, I tend to think that big breakfasts keep you from overeating the rest of the day. But I think that everyone has a different metabolic rate, eat different things, are active at different times...etc. That'll all factor into it I suppose.