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Largest meal of the day??

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  • alschultz33
    alschultz33 Posts: 199 Member
    Mine is generally dinner. I bring my breakfast and lunch and snacks with me to work every day and I can only fit so much into my lunch box :wink: . I also like to leave at least 500 cals for dinner since it's generally my most unpredictable meal.
  • moreORless50
    moreORless50 Posts: 261 Member
    prob dinner most times but it all depends on what i fancy at breackfast and lunch
  • foodcallsme
    foodcallsme Posts: 94
    My largest meal of the day is breakfast. I eat breakfast twice... like first I have eggs and then a mid-morning breakfast of oatmeal or raisin bread. Lunch is a light meal and dinner has protein and veggies. The double breakfast keeps me from snacking and gets me off to a great start. I have one snack after dinner such as a luna bar and a cup of decaf coffee or caffeine-free tea. For the decaf coffee I bought the dunkin donuts coffee that you can make at home and now it's a special treat for me. I have it with skim milk and 2 splendas.
  • Webona293
    Webona293 Posts: 39 Member
    mine is usually lunch or dinner but I was told it is best to "eat breakfast like a king and dinner like a pauper"
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Mine is nearly always the evening meal. Occasionally on the weekend it may be in the middle of the day if we go to a cookout, party or other gathering with food. The evening meal usually consists of half or more of my daily intake.

    It would be a very rare day that it would be breakfast. I rarely eat breakfast at all.
  • Kelly_Runs_NC
    Kelly_Runs_NC Posts: 474 Member
    What is usually your largest meal of the day? Mine is dinner.But I am thinking I should make it breakfast

    If you exercise, it should be the meal immediaetly following. It should also be 75% carbs and 25% protein. Save the healthy fats for later.
  • Klopford
    Klopford Posts: 129
    Dinner's always the biggest. I still live with my parents and they have a large say in what we're having for dinner. So I eat light at work just to make sure whatever our dinner plans end up being won't put me over.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    What is usually your largest meal of the day? Mine is dinner.But I am thinking I should make it breakfast

    If you exercise, it should be the meal immediaetly following. It should also be 75% carbs and 25% protein. Save the healthy fats for later.

    Why?
  • raquel_soto
    raquel_soto Posts: 11 Member
    i should make it breakfast but it's normally lunch or dinner.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Mine is dinner. And I know that's probably not the best idea. Oh well...it's when I'm most hungry cuz it's right after I workout. Hasn't hindered my weight loss so I'm not too concerned about it.

    There is nothing wrong with having your largest meal as dinner (unless is affects your sleep).
  • Shadowknight137
    Shadowknight137 Posts: 1,243 Member
    My biggest meals are typically breakfast and dinner - just after I wake up nd just before I go to bed. Never really seen the point of stuffing myself at midday; just makes me sleepy, and I'm never really all that hungry come lunchtime. Guess it doesn't really matter when your biggest meal is, though I lilke going to bed with a full stomach.

    On workout days, though, my PWO meal is the largest. That meal is either just a bigger dinner or an added extra meal whenever I do the workout.
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