How many calories do you leave yourself for supper?
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getting_fit86
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Hello,
I'm just wondering how many calories you guys usually leave yourselves for supper. I work all day and have a small breakfast and lunch to allow myself AT LEAST 600 calories for supper and a bed time snack.
Just curious - for me its really mind over matter. If I have 600 calories I think "wow I can eat a lot of supper!" and feel like I have a bit more cushion.
I'm just wondering how many calories you guys usually leave yourselves for supper. I work all day and have a small breakfast and lunch to allow myself AT LEAST 600 calories for supper and a bed time snack.
Just curious - for me its really mind over matter. If I have 600 calories I think "wow I can eat a lot of supper!" and feel like I have a bit more cushion.
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I'm the same way. I typically try to give myself at least 500 calories and if I have more than that, I usually treat myself to a beer or a glass of wine. My dinners are usually chicken or steak with a bit of rice or steamed veggies, so that's *plenty* of calories there. Of course, the other day, I ended up with so many extra calories, my boyfriend and I treated ourselves to Culver's Custard! :drinker:0
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I do the exact same thing, especially if I'm going out to dinner or something special. Usually, I save between 500-700 calories for dinner.0
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Actually, I'm pretty much the opposite, I'll try to get most of my calories in the breakfast and lunch, so I don't have to have dinner. I find not having dinner or a light dinner, if my earlier meals were too light, I sleep better.0
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best case scenario for me is 50% for dinner and evening snacks0
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For myself I try for a 300 cal bfast, 400 cal lunch, 600 cal dinner and 2-3 small snacks under 100 calories each. Plus daily cardio. Oh and I stop eating after 7p.0
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I get panicky if I don't have ~1000 left for dinner. Most of my dinners are between 800-1200 calories.0
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I eat the bulk of my calorie at breakfast so I have a good chance to work them off during the day. I really eat a big meal at night and NO food after 5P0
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Tonight I have 637, which seems like a lot to me. I usually eat a large breakfast, medium lunch, and a small dinner. This week has been off though!0
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I usually leave about 700-1000 for dinner. I'm not really a breakfast person, so it has been very easy to do.0
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wow that's alot of cals before bed!
you should look at this site: http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/
at the very bottom it will break down how many cals each meal should be depending on how many you want to eat (I eat 6 meals) and they are all around 300 cals. I try to load up at the beginning of the day to burn the most then lessen through the night...
think the old saying, Breakfast like a King, Lunch like a Lord and Dinner like a Peasant.0 -
btw are you meaning dinner then a meal after that - like late night?0
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Hello,
I'm just wondering how many calories you guys usually leave yourselves for supper. I work all day and have a small breakfast and lunch to allow myself AT LEAST 600 calories for supper and a bed time snack.
Just curious - for me its really mind over matter. If I have 600 calories I think "wow I can eat a lot of supper!" and feel like I have a bit more cushion.
I usually leave about 300 because I make my lunch my big meal of the day.0 -
I like to have 1000-1200 calories for supper. .0
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wow that's alot of cals before bed!
you should look at this site: http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/
at the very bottom it will break down how many cals each meal should be depending on how many you want to eat (I eat 6 meals) and they are all around 300 cals. I try to load up at the beginning of the day to burn the most then lessen through the night...
think the old saying, Breakfast like a King, Lunch like a Lord and Dinner like a Peasant.
Le sigh. Meal timing is a myth0 -
I'm a reverse eater, 600kCal breakfast, 400kCal lunch, 300kCal dinner and a 150kCal buffer for snacks0
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I only save calories for dessert. I'd skip dinner if I had to.0
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I have about 700 calories for my dinner and evening snack. It works out well for me because the evening is when I'm most likely to binge!0
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Anywhere between 0 and 2000+.
ETA:Le sigh. Meal timing is a myth
Oh, and ^this.0 -
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