how do you spread your calories out

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  • MrsDougNOLA
    MrsDougNOLA Posts: 18
    Breakfast: 200
    Lunch: 300
    Supper: 500
    Snacks: 200
  • bgelliott
    bgelliott Posts: 610 Member
    Roughly how I break it up with slight fluctuations here and there.

    Meal 1 - 220
    Meal 2 - 130
    Meal 3 - 250
    Meal 4 - 150
    Meal 5 - 450
    Meal 6 - 100
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    I just eat until I'm out.
  • Enigmatica
    Enigmatica Posts: 879 Member
    I adjust depending on activity and energy level, but on average:

    550-700 cals in the morning (I usually run 5 miles or so before dawn)
    500-800 cals in the afternoon (depends on where my energy level is)
    500-600 cals in the evening

    Note I use a BodyMedia to track calorie burn, and I'm in maintenance mode, not trying to lose weight.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    Breakfast - 300 - 400 calories (includes a protein shake and coffee)
    Snack - 200 (smoothie)
    Lunch - 200 - 300 calories (often peanut butter or other protein)
    Snack - 100 to 200 calories (fruits, veggies, or smoothie)
    Supper - 400 - 600 calories (complex carbs)

    With exercise, that theoretically leaves me enough to have some unbuttered popcorn or a beer after supper and still be at a mild calorie deficit.
  • AlabasterVerve
    AlabasterVerve Posts: 3,171 Member
    My calories aren't consistent day to day because I eat when I'm hungry until I'm satisfied but these numbers seem about right to me:

    Breakfast is 500 - 800 calories.
    Dinner is 500 - 1,000 calories.

    And sometimes I have a 0 - 400 calorie snack after dinner, which going by what some other people are eating might be considered a mini meal, but it's something like dip and vegetables, cheese & pepperoni or fruit so I consider it a snack.
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