What times do you eat?

MadamUnique
MadamUnique Posts: 173
in Food and Nutrition
Right, basically.. I've had breakfast already. Lunch is soon and then dinner. But I'm just curious to if I should be eating them at certain times or something. So just want to know how you's eat! So.. what times to you eat and why? ♥

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  • auntygill
    auntygill Posts: 108 Member
    Eat whenever you want , it wont make a difference at all to your weight loss.
  • nikkinz
    nikkinz Posts: 30 Member
    Meal 1 at 7:30 Breakfast shake
    Meal 2 at 10:30 Egg white omlette and oatmeal
    Meal 3 at 1:30 Salad with protein
    Meal 4 at 4 Trail mix or cottage chesse with berries
    Workout 5-6
    Meal 5 at 6:30 Protein veg and carb
    sometimes a meal 6 at 9 Greek yogurt or Cottage cheese maybe popcorn
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    Eat whenever you want , it wont make a difference at all to your weight loss.

    Totally this. All the research indicates no benefit to meal timing or frequency. Let your preference and your sense of well being drive your meal times.
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    Meal 1 at 7:30 Breakfast shake
    Meal 2 at 10:30 Egg white omlette and oatmeal
    Meal 3 at 1:30 Salad with protein
    Meal 4 at 4 Trail mix or cottage chesse with berries
    Workout 5-6
    Meal 5 at 6:30 Protein veg and carb
    sometimes a meal 6 at 9 Greek yogurt or Cottage cheese maybe popcorn

    Glad this works for you and likely helps your satiety but in the big picture it has no effect on weight loss other than for you, you prefer it as and it helps you to stay on plan. Others are different. If I ate that often, there is no way I could stay within my calorie goal. It's all individual preference. There is no metabolic advantage.
  • nikkinz
    nikkinz Posts: 30 Member
    QUOTE:


    Meal 1 at 7:30 Breakfast shake
    Meal 2 at 10:30 Egg white omlette and oatmeal
    Meal 3 at 1:30 Salad with protein
    Meal 4 at 4 Trail mix or cottage chesse with berries
    Workout 5-6
    Meal 5 at 6:30 Protein veg and carb
    sometimes a meal 6 at 9 Greek yogurt or Cottage cheese maybe popcorn



    Glad this works for you and likely helps your satiety but in the big picture it has no effect on weight loss other than for you, you prefer it as and it helps you to stay on plan. Others are different. If I ate that often, there is no way I could stay within my calorie goal. It's all individual preference. There is no metabolic advantage.

    Its definitley about satiety. I noticed if I went longer in between meals I was more likely to over eat. I only answered because you asked not because I feel my way is better. Its just what works for me
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    QUOTE:


    Meal 1 at 7:30 Breakfast shake
    Meal 2 at 10:30 Egg white omlette and oatmeal
    Meal 3 at 1:30 Salad with protein
    Meal 4 at 4 Trail mix or cottage chesse with berries
    Workout 5-6
    Meal 5 at 6:30 Protein veg and carb
    sometimes a meal 6 at 9 Greek yogurt or Cottage cheese maybe popcorn



    Glad this works for you and likely helps your satiety but in the big picture it has no effect on weight loss other than for you, you prefer it as and it helps you to stay on plan. Others are different. If I ate that often, there is no way I could stay within my calorie goal. It's all individual preference. There is no metabolic advantage.

    Its definitley about satiety. I noticed if I went longer in between meals I was more likely to over eat. I only answered because you asked not because I feel my way is better. Its just what works for me

    Totally valid!
  • ToFatToBeSick
    ToFatToBeSick Posts: 113
    8am, 10am, Noon, 2pm and 4pm for the most part. Every so often I'll eat later in the evening if I have calories left. I have to make sure I hit my calorie goal dead on since I'm pregnant. I can't really go under by much.
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    Eat whenever you want , it wont make a difference at all to your weight loss.

    This. I don't have set times, I eat when I'm hungry. Which is usually lunch time, dinner time and sometimes a snack in between or a snack after dinner.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    Generally when I'm hungry, which always lands at lunchtime and dinner. I make damn sure I eat something small before my workouts, which are usually in the morning. (I get sick otherwise.) An orange or something. I have very calm mornings, so I don't need a lot of energy until my day picks up - which coincides with lunch and dinner. Then I need more fuel to get me through.

    I can't stick to rigid feeding times. I can never keep up with my hunger that way and my schedule generally shifts from week to week.
  • Jerodhold
    Jerodhold Posts: 87
    Meal 1 - 5:30-6:00 am
    Meal 2 - 8:30-9:00 am
    Meal 3 - 10:30-11:00am
    Meal 4 - 12:30pm
    Meal 5 - 4:00 or 5:00pm
    Meal 6 - Whenever the wife finishes cooking haha
  • GenesisandEden
    GenesisandEden Posts: 338 Member
    I don't specifically plan when I eat but I usually get hungry:

    5am
    8
    11
    2pm
    5
    8pm
  • Kath1391
    Kath1391 Posts: 138
    Usually 9:30,2:30,5:30,8:30 and if I have calories left over i'll have a small yoghurt about 10 :)
  • jello1369
    jello1369 Posts: 36 Member
    On work days I start work at 6 am but most days, even days off, I typically eat...
    Morning Coffee no later than 7-7:30am
    Breakfast around 7:30-8:30
    Work Out Day Snack 10:30 (usually an apple)
    <Work Out 11:00-11:45>
    Lunch 11:00ish or 12:00ish if it's a work out day
    Snack around 2:00-2:30
    Snack (if I'm hungry or I know it's going to be a late dinner) around 4:00-4:30
    Dinner, really depends on the day and what kids are home that night. 5:00-7:30pm

    I know it doesn't really matter when you eat, but when I eat fewer calories while dieting I have to eat smaller meals more often during the day or else I'm just sluggish and don't feel all that great.
  • JessicaRobin67
    JessicaRobin67 Posts: 275 Member
    I eat breakfast at 6:30
    morning snack 9:30
    Lunch around 1130-1230(depends where I am)
    afternoon snack 130-230(depends when I ate lunch)
    Supper at 5-6pm
  • AlohaKeAkua
    AlohaKeAkua Posts: 92
    Eat when your body tells you too. If your tummy is rumbling, it's not good to let it go like that for too long or you might over eat or your body might store too much of what you eat, bc it's afraid your not going to feed it again. I stay under my calorie goal by quite a bit eat day, but I feel like I am constantly eating. It works for my metabolism. Each person is different. I just recommend not eating too too close to bed time. I've read that your tum should rest for a bit and have a chance to digest before sleeping. Then shock your system awake the next morning with a big glass of water. Water first thing in the morning is awesome!
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  • BHetrick
    BHetrick Posts: 26 Member
    It's been 1 month for me now.

    My eating window is 1pm to 7pm. I'm intermittent fasting. Two weeks of this and I've lost 15 pounds. Prior to that I was eating my 3-4 meals throughout the day and I had only lost 4 pounds over 2 weeks.

    Same calories, same workout. All I did was change my eating time.
  • honeyandmilk
    honeyandmilk Posts: 160 Member
    Eat whenever you're hungry. I used to be a stickler for meal times (9am breakfast, 12am lunch, 3pm snack, 6pm dinner, 9pm snack) and would honestly get upset whenever I didn't eat at those times. Now that I realize how utterly ridiculous and disordered that was, I eat when I'm hungry, but still try to eat every 3-5 hours.

    Now my day usually looks like this: 10am breakfast, 2pm lunch, 4-5pm snack (sometimes), dinner anywhere from 6-8pm, and maybe a snack before bed around 11pm.
  • KenosFeoh
    KenosFeoh Posts: 1,837 Member
    8-ish
    11-ish
    2-ish
    after 5

    Plus a bedtime snack more days than not.

    I set myself a schedule for mealtimes because my problem was constant grazing. Now when I find myself in the kitchen, I ask "is it mealtime? No? Get out of here!"
  • honeyandmilk
    honeyandmilk Posts: 160 Member
    Eat when your body tells you too. If your tummy is rumbling, it's not good to let it go like that for too long or you might over eat or your body might store too much of what you eat, bc it's afraid your not going to feed it again. I stay under my calorie goal by quite a bit eat day, but I feel like I am constantly eating. It works for my metabolism. Each person is different. I just recommend not eating too too close to bed time. I've read that your tum should rest for a bit and have a chance to digest before sleeping. Then shock your system awake the next morning with a big glass of water. Water first thing in the morning is awesome!

    You don't go into "starvation mode" in a few hours. Also, it doesn't matter when you eat, so unless you have digestive issues, it's fine to eat before bed time.
  • VorJoshigan
    VorJoshigan Posts: 1,106 Member
    The times when I am hungry.
  • junipearl
    junipearl Posts: 326 Member
    My exact eating schedule depends on when I get hungry and how busy I am during the day, but usually follows something like this:

    800 - breakfast
    930/10ish - snack
    1130 - lunch
    130/2ish - snack
    500 - pre-gym snack
    800 - dinner

    then usually some sort of snack after dinner as well lol basically I eat all day long
  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    Eat when your body tells you too. If your tummy is rumbling, it's not good to let it go like that for too long or you might over eat or your body might store too much of what you eat, bc it's afraid your not going to feed it again. I stay under my calorie goal by quite a bit eat day, but I feel like I am constantly eating. It works for my metabolism. Each person is different. I just recommend not eating too too close to bed time. I've read that your tum should rest for a bit and have a chance to digest before sleeping. Then shock your system awake the next morning with a big glass of water. Water first thing in the morning is awesome!

    I think you meant well and were trying to be helpful in your post. That being said, there is a lot of misinformation. Unless you go several days without food, there is no adaptive thermogenesis or down regulating of metabolism that would cause your body to store too much of what you eat. As a matter of fact, your metabolism slightly increases in the first 48 hours of a fast.

    Eating too close to bed time can interere with digestion and interupt sleep but, other than that, has not impact given that calorie targets were met. You stomach doesn't need any more rest than it get's from sleep.

    Lastely, a big glass of water doesn't "shock" your system in any bit the slightest way. The effect on weight loss is negligible to nonexistant. If you are thirsty in the morning, drink. Simple as that.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Typical work day during the week:

    7:30 a.m. - cup of soy milk, sometimes with protein powder, sometimes not
    11:30 a.m. - low sodium V8
    2:00 p.m. - lunch - typically leftovers or a sandwich wrap
    7:00 p.m. - cup of almond or soy milk with protein powder (post exercise)
    9:00 p.m. - dinnner (big meal of the day)
    10:00 p.m. - handful of cocoa almonds

    On days I don't work it varies a lot, but usually only eat once or twice.

    But I eat like this because it fits my schedule and keeps me from being hungry, not because I believe it holds any advantage. Eat to fit your own schedule.

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