How do you spread out your calories?

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  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
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    mine varies but here's the range

    breakfast: 300-350
    snack: 200
    lunch: 350-450
    snack (not always): but 100-150
    dinner: 400-500
  • GormanGhaste
    GormanGhaste Posts: 430 Member
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    typical day:
    500 breakfast
    700 lunch
    900 dinner
  • PriceK01
    PriceK01 Posts: 834 Member
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    I never really dibbied it up that way, I just eat. Some days I have to go lighter at dinner, or cram in some extra food before bed, so maybe I should?
  • TribeHokie
    TribeHokie Posts: 711 Member
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    I'm at 1200 right now, eating back exercise calories if I'm hungry for them.

    I roughly follow this:

    Breakfast: 200
    Lunch: 300
    Afternoon snack: 100
    Dinner: 400-500
    Post dinner snack: fill in to eat up to daily goal

    I know there are a million "why you should/shouldn't have a 1200 calorie goal" threads, but seeing everyone's responses to this one really shows me that a lot of people here target over 1200. I'm definitely paranoid about upping my cals but my mindset has slowly been coming around to accepting that I don't have to lose 10 lbs a month to be a success. But that's for another discussion...
  • tmpecus78
    tmpecus78 Posts: 1,206 Member
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    2:00pm (20%)

    4:00pm (20%)

    8:00-10:00pm (60%)
  • Wabbit05
    Wabbit05 Posts: 434 Member
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    200-300 breakfast
    200 snack
    300-400 lunch
    200 snack
    400 dinner
    0-200 snack
  • meadow_sage
    meadow_sage Posts: 308 Member
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    I try to eat 5-6 times per day. With breakfast, lunch and dinner being heavier. Snacks about 200.
  • arl1286
    arl1286 Posts: 276 Member
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    When I'm with my parents it's a little different because they do more for dinner than I do, but when I'm on my own (which is most of the time), I aim for something roughly this:

    1500 total
    breakfast: 400
    lunch: 500
    dinner: 300
    snacks: 300 (usually one between lunch and dinner and one after dinner)
  • KenosFeoh
    KenosFeoh Posts: 1,837 Member
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    As little as possible in the morning so that I have calories available after 2:00 PM when my appetite kicks in. Then I want to eat anything and everything.

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