How many calories do you leave yourself for supper?

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.

I have used this method for most of my weight loss, and doing so has not affected this process for me one bit. I tried doing smaller meals and snacks when I first started, and I was completely miserable. If that method works for you, then that's wonderful. You need to do what works for you!

But, I'll stick to having my coffee for breakfast, a reasonable lunch, snacks if needed, and a big @ss dinner, because that is what works for me. Also, I'm not a hangry b*tch anymore, so my family thinks this method is awesome, too!

I'm not a night snacker. I'm not really a snacker, unless i'm in the kitchen rumbling around, being bored. I work at 6 am, so I'm usually asleep by 9. I eat about 200 calls for breakfast -- which is a banana and peanut butter or something grab and go during my work week. I eat it before my work day starts. I eat lunch sometime between 1030 and 1130, whenever I get my lunch break. It's anywhere between 300-500 cals. Usually salad, leftovers. I find I get hungry between breakfast and lunch -- but that could be because I serve breakfast to my residents around 8 and then 9, so I'm around foodstuffs. Haha.

Then I have about 500-700 calories left for dinner. We eat about 5, and once or twice we have built in desserts. Sugar free jello with whipped cream, fruit or the like. I have two 7 year olds that think you should eat dessert after EVERY meal. lol.

I plan my meals a week at a time, for grocery shopping, so I know the calorie counts and serving amounts with how much leftover calories I have for each day so I can use for more servings, ice cream, so forth. If I'm not so rigid in my meal plans, I have leeway to cheat EVERYDAY. I still do unexpected potlucks, dinners out, surprise desserts from the hubby. But my schedule gets me right back on track.

I read somewhere that a good rule of thumb is 3-4-5 -- for a 1200 cal diet eat 300 breakfast, 400 for lunch, 500 for dinner.

i leave a majority t for evening. Why.?.cause that is when i can overeat. It actually motivates me to exercise so i can go into the evening with more than 1000 so i have what i need in case i slip up.

Same, usually 600 calories or more.

At the least, I try to give myself 400-600cal. My meals tend to go on the light side as I have 4-5 meals a day (yes, snacks count as meals in my mind), so that gives me plenty of leeway if I want to make soup, or stirfry, or eggs, or whatever comes to mind.

I'd agree with the 300-1000 range rarely go over with this--

I usually leave about 700-1000 for dinner. I'm not really a breakfast person, so it has been very easy to do.

This. I like to have a nice meal with my husband when he gets homes, so I keep it light throughout the beginning of the day.

I try to have 1,000. Yup. I usually eat between 600-900 during the rest of the day, then work out so I can get back to 1,000. It's my bigger meal since I usually eat with family and friends, so it's nice to have the cushion.

I like to have at least 800+ cals for dinner. But I usually eat & log breakfast, then do my best to plan and log that night's dinner right away. That helps me figure out lunch and snacks, and the possibility of drinks with dinner and/or dessert. :bigsmile: