HOW MANY TIMES A DAY DO YOU EAT?

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  • ChangingAmanda
    ChangingAmanda Posts: 486 Member
    3 meals - breakfast, lunch, dinner
    4 snacks - am, early mid-afternoon, late afternoon/pre-workout, late pm
  • TedStout
    TedStout Posts: 241
    When I am hungry. Always. Works for me.
  • cleotherio
    cleotherio Posts: 712 Member
    7:30 am - breakfast, about 250-400 calories
    12:00 - lunch-400-500
    2:00 - snack 100-200
    4:30 - snack 100-200
    6:30 - dinner 400-600
    8:00 - post-dinner treat/snack 150-300

    This is generally my schedule with my usual ranges. I eat about 1850 per day.
  • jfrankic
    jfrankic Posts: 747 Member
    Meal/nutrient timing is irrelevant. Eat when it works for you.

    I pretty much eat all day long. Like constantly. Most of my meals are smaller because I like to snack. It works for me.

    I have other friends who prefer IF or like to eat a more structured meal plan.

    Do what feels right for you.

    I'm one of her IFing friends. I usually eat a large lunch and an even bigger dinner. Throw in a snack or two if I'm hungry. I have NO trouble eating 2,200 calories in my 8 hour window. I used to eat 6x per day and much prefer IFing. Do what works for YOU. And don't put eating rules on yourself. Today, I didn't eat until 12:30. But if I'm hungry (real hunger....not from boredom or emotional reason), then I'll eat whenever that is, regardless of time.
  • jamielynas
    jamielynas Posts: 366 Member
    pretty much constantly these days
  • jennb44
    jennb44 Posts: 81 Member
    9:00 a.m. Breakfast

    10:30 a.m. Snack (not everyday)

    11:30 a.m. Lunch

    2:00 p.m. Snack

    5:30-6 p.m. Dinner

    7-8 p.m. Snack (only if I am still hungry)
  • themommie
    themommie Posts: 5,033 Member
    I ususally eat 5xs a day

    breakfast
    lunch
    snack
    dinner
    snack

    I use to eat 1 or 2 times a day but i took in alot of cals all at once now I have learned to eat smaller amounts through out the day and it really makes a difference in my energy level and weight loss
  • AndrasLOHF
    AndrasLOHF Posts: 14 Member
    Usually 2 heavy calorie meals a day. Anything else is just a snack to meet minimum intake on macros. More of IF/LeanGains style
  • virginiejaubin
    virginiejaubin Posts: 497 Member
    Breakfast: ± 250 cals;
    Lunch: ± 400 cals;
    Snack: ±150 cals;
    Dinner: ± 400 cals.

    Thats 4 times a day, plus 1 coffee between breakfast and lunch.
  • smacmillan86
    smacmillan86 Posts: 153 Member
    When I am hungry. Always. Works for me.

    ^^ This
  • sa11yjane
    sa11yjane Posts: 491 Member
    I eat too many times a day and that is probably why I am overweight!
  • onedayatatime12
    onedayatatime12 Posts: 577 Member
    Sometimes 4 times, sometimes 6 times (small snacks-meals)
  • trisH_7183
    trisH_7183 Posts: 1,486 Member
    Breakfast-8am

    Lunch-12noon

    Dinner-5-5:30 pm

    Snack -7/8 pm

    Whatever works for you,stay with it. Used to be so hungry by 11am......because I didn't eat breakfast. It's a learning experience.
    Good luck & keep in touch.
  • TattedInStilettos
    TattedInStilettos Posts: 331 Member
    Three times a day... 3 meals nomore than 300 calories and 3 snacks nomore than 100 calories. ..
  • SDkitty
    SDkitty Posts: 446 Member
    When I am hungry. Always. Works for me.

    ^^ This

    Same here. Your body knows when you need to eat. I pay attention to what I'm craving and try to feed what my body needs, whether it be salt, sugar, water, there's always a fairly healthy option :flowerforyou:
  • Showcase_Brodown
    Showcase_Brodown Posts: 919 Member
    I tend to eat 5 or 6 times each day. (Small balanced ones).

    Keeps the metabolism racing.

    Eating more meals in a day does not speed up your metabolism... sorry, I couldn't let that slip through.

    I usually eat twice, sometimes a small snack before a workout. I do a 2pm-10pm eating window.
  • janepatricia2
    janepatricia2 Posts: 40 Member
    i eat 3 times a day, My breakfast being my mail meal, so i am generally not hungry until lunch , I have stopped eating between meals, and do not eat after 8pm, hopefully i will get somewhere with losing weight. .:bigsmile:
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,711 Member
    Breakfast 300 cals around 8am
    Lunch 400 cals around 12.30
    Snack 200 cals around 4pm
    Dinner 400 cals with glass of alcohol 100 cals around 6.30
    Dessert 200 cals around 8.30
    Add to that 100 cals for semi skimmed milk for tea, coffee.

    I like to keep the 200 in hand for my dessert at 8.30 as otherwise I would be starving at bed time, which is 11.30.

    That makes 1700 in all which I nearly always stick to. My base line is 1240 and I exercise 450.

    I am nearing goal and weight loss is down to 1lb per fortnight, but that is OK by me as it's not a race!
    I enjoy my food and am a good cook which makes life easier!
  • footiechick82
    footiechick82 Posts: 1,203 Member
    whenever I'm hungry... a lot!
  • mkanak
    mkanak Posts: 38 Member
    6-7
  • kaddydaddy
    kaddydaddy Posts: 60 Member
    One big *kitten* dinner.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,416 Member
    2 X.

    Once about two hours after waking.

    Again six hours later.
  • __Di__
    __Di__ Posts: 1,658 Member
    Historically, I have been a horrible eater. Could go all day without eating (my metabolism was DEAD), and then other days I would eat all day. I was never a breakfast eater (except on weekends), and sometime would skip dinner out of sheer laziness in not wanting to prepare it.

    Now, I have not become perfect by any means whatsoever...a LONG, LONG way from it. BUT, with the help of the MFP tracking system and my MFP supportive "friends," I have been looking forward to logging each accomplishment.

    I started this journey on 4/12/13.

    I have been eating breakfast every day. Now that I have become more active and my metabolism is responding, I find myself actually getting HUNGRY! So to keep from binging on crap (hubby's FAVORITE pasttime that I used to willingly participate in), I am eating 6 times per day. My day looks like this:

    7:30 a.m. Breakfast

    9:30 a.m. Snack

    11:30 a.m. Lunch

    2:00 p.m. Snack

    5:00 p.m. Dinner (still lazy, but try to eat a WW or Lean Cuise meal)

    7:00 p.m. Snack (optional -- I usually pass this one up)

    I drink 1.5 gallons of water per day. My weight requires at least 105 ounces per day.

    WHAT DO YOU FIND WORKS FOR YOU??? 3 meals a day? 6 meals a day? More? Less? I am interested in learning how people are divying up their menus.

    Dee :)

    In my food diary here on MFP, I have columns for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. The "snacks" is for stuff like my daily milk allowance for tea and coffee and any fruit I may have had extra. I do not stick rigidly to times of the day due to me working various shifts.
  • JulieAnn72
    JulieAnn72 Posts: 795 Member
    Looking at my diaries, I think I tend to eat 5 times a day: breakfast (8am - 9am), lunch (11:30-12:30), snack (whenever I'm hungry in the afternoon), dinner (5:30-6:30), snack (8-10pm).
  • taylorckt1
    taylorckt1 Posts: 263 Member
    I do 5 meals per day....I don't plan snacks but if I chose to have one or two, I log them under a snack tab I created and eat them when and if I want...I am generally never hungry if I am eating my meals approximately 3 hours apart. I attempt to get in 8 to 10 glasses of water per day as well.
  • momzeeee
    momzeeee Posts: 475 Member
    Usually twice a day-11am and 6pm.

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