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    How far apart are your daily meals?

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    • Posts: 6 Member
      Breakfast around 7am-730am
      snack 10am
      lunch 130pm
      snack 430pm
      prework out 530pm
      dinner 730 pm
    • Posts: 1,787 Member
      Mine are kind of widely spaced because I try not to eat unless I'm genuinely hungry. This (usually) means I have lunch around 11AM and dinner around 7PM. If I get legitimately hungry in between I will have a small snack at about 3PM (maybe twice a week), and about once a week I feel hungry near 10PM so I'll snack. Basically, my body tends toward intermittent fasting and I listen to it.
    • Posts: 1,222 Member
      TWICE A DAY
    • Posts: 19,809 Member
      Typically 23 miles.
    • Posts: 17,525 Member
      show previous quotes

      yeah, but anything consumed after 5pm instantly turns to fat...

      LULZ.

      I'm with that guy... tend to eat when I"m hungry or when I can. I try to push my food back as long as I can- I try not to eat till 10 or later- for various reason- but sometime I eat right when I get here at 8.

      I tend to eat around 9/10 AM- yogurt/protein/fruit 285 calories
      Then 1130/1200ish Whatever chicken/steak I brought in- 5 oz meat 5 oz veggies
      Snack around 1 ish.
      usually a few pieces of small chocolate here and there
      Espresso beans by 2
      2 hard boiled eggs by 3/4
      off to 2nd job.

      sometimes I eat- sometimes I don't.

      then I have a big ole meal when I get home at 1130 PM.
    • Posts: 468 Member
      Mon-Fri:

      Breakfast - 6:30
      Lunch - 12:30
      Dinner - between 5:30 - 7:00

      Evenings I take a fitness class dinner is divided into 2 snacks - one at 5:00 and one whenver I get home.

      Weekends are a mess, but I normally eat 3 regular meals plus one snack in the evening.
    • Posts: 607 Member
      My M - F schedule goes:

      Wake up at 5:30am
      Breakfast
      Snack
      Lunch
      Snack
      WORKOUT
      Snack
      Dinner
      Snack.
      Bed at 11 ish

      I end up eating every 3 hours or so. Why? Because I like snacking.
    • Posts: 35,719 Member
      I'm trying to eat every 3 hours, 5 times a day. Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack and dinner. Breakfast at 5 am and dinner no later than 5 pm.

      on week days breakfast at 7, snack at 10, lunch at 12, snack at 3, pre workout snack at 4.30, dinner at 7ish
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      I've also never been able to figure out how people have dinner at 5 PM and that's their cut-off...if I'm lucky, I'm leaving the office at 5 PM...then I have an hour commute home...then I still have to make dinner, etc. I don't know...I usually eat dinner around 8:30ish. A 7:00 PM dinner would be pretty early for us.
    • Posts: 2,131 Member
      I normally eat three meals a day and snack as I get hungry. I don't have a set schedule though...on my days off when I sleep in I tend to only eat two very large meals. I used to save at least 1,000 calories for my evening eating, but I started working at an office job and get bored during the day, so I snack while I'm working and then eat a smaller dinner when I get home.
    • Posts: 119 Member
      Every 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
    • Posts: 61 Member
      Every three hours beginning at 7 a.m.:

      7:00 a.m. Breakfast
      10:00 a.m. Snack
      1:00 p.m. Lunch
      4:00 p.m. Snack
      7:00 p.m. Dinner
    • Posts: 3,550 Member
      I eat at a set schedule on days I am at work, but only because I am OCD like that.

      5:30-6:00 AM - Breakfast
      9:00 AM - Snack
      11:00-12:00 - Lunch
      2:00 PM - Snack
      4:30-5:00 PM - Simple carb snack if running
      7:00 PM - Protein shake if lifting
      (Work days I usually don't usually eat dinner since I get home later and need to get things prepared for the next morning for work.)

      On days I don't work then I don't have a set schedule...but dinner is usually around the same time (5-6 PM).
    • Posts: 1,915 Member
      During the work week:
      Breakfast: 7:15a
      Snack: 10:00a
      Lunch: 12:00p
      Snack: 3:30p
      WORKOUT: 6:00p
      Dinner: 7:30ish (whenever I'm done cooking)

      Sometimes I'll have an ice cream sandwich for dessert or a snack before bed if I'm a little hungry

      The weekend depends on what we're doing but it usually ends up being 3 bigger meals.

      I pretty much follow your logic but I don't care about eating between certain times. I hate going to bed hungry (can't sleep) so I'll eat something late to avoid that.
    • Posts: 54
      I eat whenever I want to eat/whenever I have time to eat.

      Usually that ends up being three meals and some snacks.

      Yup. This.
    • Posts: 2,757 Member
      I eat all day.
    • Posts: 427 Member
      For convenience I have my body on an eating routine. I usually eat breakfast at around 9ish, lunch is at 1ish, and dinner its whenever I get home and make it anywhere from 5-7ish. Eating at relatively the same times every day really helps me with snacking which is one of my problems. But, if I am hungry outside of the times I usually eat I drink 8 ounces of water at least and wait 20 minutes to see if its actually hunger or just wanting to eat because of boredom. If I am still hungry then I will give it a small snack.
    • Posts: 747 Member
      On week days I normally eat breakfast at around 8:30 (when I get to the office), lunch at 11:30 or noon, and dinner any time between 7:00 and 10:00 PM (depending on my workout schedule, after work commitments, etc.). I snack in between when I am hungry, but do not have specific "snack times" except for when I get home from work - I generally have something light prior to working out (or cooking dinner).

      On weekends, I eat when I am hungry with no specific meal timings, however I do still have three larger meals with snacks interspersed.
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