How many calories is your typical breakfast, lunch, dinner?

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iorahkwano
iorahkwano Posts: 709 Member
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How many calories is your typical:

1. Breakfast
2. Mid-morning snack
3. Lunch
4. Mid-afternoon snack
5. Dinner
6. Night snack
etc...?
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  • lublue
    lublue Posts: 123 Member
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    My meals tend to be around 300 max and snacks 50-100.
  • Guamybear
    Guamybear Posts: 1,061 Member
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    all depends... my breakfast and lunch are pretty close together so I don't usually have snack till afternoon..
  • JustANumber85
    JustANumber85 Posts: 644 Member
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    I like to stick around 300cals for break/lunch/dinner and then around 100 for snacks. ETA: today is an off day due to exercise.

    for today:
    break=260
    snack=270
    lunch=224
    snack=326
    dinner=641
    snack=202
  • sharleengc
    sharleengc Posts: 792 Member
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    Breakfast = 200
    Lunch = 300
    Dinner = 600

    Leaves me about 200 left over for snacks, desert or a little bit more for one meal
  • glitteredgrave
    glitteredgrave Posts: 194 Member
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    500 for breakfast, 400 for lunch, and 300 for dinner. Whatever calories I earn back for working out I use as a snack.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
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    Roughly 300 each for breakfast and lunch, 100 each for morn and afternoon snacks, and about 500 for dinner.
  • caseythirteen
    caseythirteen Posts: 956 Member
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    Breakfast is usually around 350, snacks are around 150-200 each (morning and afternoon), and lunch is in the 300-400 range. Once that's all done, dinner will depend on what's left but typically around 600. I shoot for 1750 a day.
  • WVmom24
    WVmom24 Posts: 266 Member
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    I try to keep my breakfast and lunch under 300 calories, and my snacks under 100 calories each. I like to have a substantial dinner so depending on how many calories I've had during the day I can usually afford about 800 calories at dinner.
  • Sabrina__26
    Sabrina__26 Posts: 78
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    It varies but usually breakfast is around 400-500 calories, lunch is around 400-600 and dinner is around 100-200. I tend to have 1-2 snacks per day which are around 150-200.
    Yesterday I had:
    Breakfast: 407
    Lunch: 664
    Dinner: 121
    Snacks: 188
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
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    Breakfast plus mid morning snack... around 500 calories

    Lunch plus afternoon snack... around 600 calories

    Dinner plus evening snack... around 1200 calories

    I :heart: maintenance.
  • 00Melyanna00
    00Melyanna00 Posts: 221 Member
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    During the week, since I have to eat lunch at the office, I usually have larger breakfasts (400 cals) and dinners (about 400 cals) and a small lunch (300 cals, max), with few 150 cals snacks during the day (more or less).
    At the week end, when I know I'll eat bigger main meals - I have a very light breakfast and no snacks, or very small snacks. This is to counter-balance my mum's cooking on Sunday and pizza, or dinner out with friends on Saturday.
  • iorahkwano
    iorahkwano Posts: 709 Member
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    Thank you for all your replies! I've been thinking of the "Eat more during the day, less at night" thing. A lot of sources say to have a big breakfast, medium lunch and small dinner but I find that difficult. I have no appetite in the morning so I eat a small breakfast, medium lunch & big dinner. I don't know if I could eat a 100-200 cal dinner :s

    Right now I've been having what seems like low cal snacks all day instead of 3 meals and 2 snacks. I wanted to seehow others split up their daily allowance of calories.
  • Sabrina__26
    Sabrina__26 Posts: 78
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    Thank you for all your replies! I've been thinking of the "Eat more during the day, less at night" thing. A lot of sources say to have a big breakfast, medium lunch and small dinner but I find that difficult. I have no appetite in the morning so I eat a small breakfast, medium lunch & big dinner. I don't know if I could eat a 100-200 cal dinner :s

    Right now I've been having what seems like low cal snacks all day instead of 3 meals and 2 snacks. I wanted to seehow others split up their daily allowance of calories.

    I would just do what works for you. If you feel like having most of your calories in the evening, (I know most people do), then just do that. As long as you're not going over your calories than you should still lose weight.
  • _stephanie0
    _stephanie0 Posts: 708 Member
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    9am - 350
    1pm - 350
    3pm - 350
    5pm- 250
    8pm- 350
    10pm - 250


    Ish ;)
  • VpinkLotus
    VpinkLotus Posts: 849 Member
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    This is a super old thread I found when searching this topic. Bump becuase i am really interested...
  • gennarosepope
    gennarosepope Posts: 6
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    Breakfast: 450
    Snack: 200
    Lunch: 500
    Snack: 200
    Dinner: 600
    Snack: 200

    I am a recovered anorexic at a very healthy weight for about a half a year now. Anything less than 450 is not a meal but a snack, so I've been told. Anything less than 200 calories is a frivolous spontaneous munch. Feed your bodies, guys. 1200 is total starvation. You will get sick or gain it back because you are starving yourself, not meeting your needs, and your body will force you to compensate.

  • gennarosepope
    gennarosepope Posts: 6
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    LorinaLynn wrote: »
    Breakfast plus mid morning snack... around 500 calories

    Lunch plus afternoon snack... around 600 calories

    Dinner plus evening snack... around 1200 calories

    I :heart: maintenance.

    YES.
  • gennarosepope
    gennarosepope Posts: 6
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    lublue wrote: »
    My meals tend to be around 300 max and snacks 50-100.

    This is a starvation diet.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    edited October 2014
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    1. Breakfast- 600
    2. Mid-morning snack-- none
    3. Lunch-- 300
    4. Mid-afternoon snack-- none
    5. Dinner-- 500-700
    6. Night snack-- 250-400


    eta: DAMMIT Zombie thread. :grumble:
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
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    gennarosepope wrote: »
    lublue wrote: »
    My meals tend to be around 300 max and snacks 50-100.

    This is a starvation diet.

    Depends on how many meals/snacks there are

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