What are your meal times?

Makoce
Makoce Posts: 938 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I know meal timing/frequency is irrelevant to weight loss as long as you hit your goals/macros, BUT I'm just wondering out of curiosity what your guys' meal times are :)

Mine are:

Breakfast: 11AM
Lunch: 2PM
Dinner: 5PM
Snacks: 7, 8 & 9:30PM

So really every 3 hours for meals.
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  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    Lunch: 1-1.30pm (sometimes earlier depending on my work schedule, but preferably 1pm)

    Tea (dinner): 7-9pm

    snacks: after tea (no cut off)
  • Ignaura
    Ignaura Posts: 203 Member
    Pre-workout meal - 5:45AM
    Breakfast - After working out
    Lunch - somewhere between 12:30 and 1:30
    Snack - whenever I'm hungry, usually around 5PM
    Dinner - Whenever it is ready, usually around 9:00PM
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    still working on it, but so far

    breakfast : 9:30-10 AM
    lunch : 1 PM
    dinner : 9 PM

    there's usually some snack between lunch and dinner especially mon-fri. not because i'm hungry but because my coworkers and i are always sharing delicious snacks. right now i'm trying not to look behind me because on the shared table there are 2 jars of nutella and several lattemiele cookies :sad:
  • TapouTFTW
    TapouTFTW Posts: 72
    Bfast = 7:00 to 8:00
    AM Snack = 10:15
    Lunch = noon
    PM Snack = 3:00
    Supper = 6:00 to 7:00

    If I am doing something like lifting or a DVD program, I have a pre & post workout supplement. If I am just going out for a jog or cardio, then I don't. I personally cannot eat anything before heavy exertion, I either get bad cramps or just throw up. I can get back to it after throwing up, but bad cramps just send my work out into a tail spin. I am also not great at taking fluids while doing cardio on the move. I just have never gotten the nack for it. I have to stop, drink and then go.
  • jos05
    jos05 Posts: 263 Member
    post gym snack 6:45 am-ish
    breakfast 10am
    Lunch 1230pm
    afternoon snack 3pm
    late afternoon snack 5:30
    dinner 7pm
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Breakfast 7 AM (usually more like 7:10-7:15)

    Lunch - between 11:30-12

    Dinner - between 5:30-6 usually

    I don't really snack. I am more likely to tack other foods and/or treats onto my lunch or dinner. I usually don't eat after 7.
  • DamianaKitten
    DamianaKitten Posts: 479 Member
    Meal... times? :laugh: Meal time is whenever I decide to cook, or my husband gets desperate and reheats something from the fridge. heh
  • mamahannick
    mamahannick Posts: 322 Member
    Breakfast anywhere from 5:30-9:00 AM depending on schedule (weekdays before work it's much earlier than on weekends).
    Lunch: 11:30-12:00 PM
    Snack: around 2:00 or 3:00 PM
    Dinner: around 6:00 PM
    After dinner snack if I'm hungry: anywhere from 7 PM-9ish PM
  • VeggieGal777
    VeggieGal777 Posts: 51 Member
    I aim to eat my main meal at 5PM
  • bwogilvie
    bwogilvie Posts: 2,130 Member
    On my current weekday schedule, it's usually:

    7:30-8:30 am: Breakfast (depends on when I get up and whether I am reading/working/waiting for my wife to get up).

    12-1 pm: Lunch (usually sometime during that range)

    5:30-7:30 pm: Snack and cocktail (or mocktail if I'm being good); exactly when depends on whether and how long I exercise.

    8 pm: Dinner (right after Jeopardy)

    Weekends are more variable; sometimes I'll make a big breafast and then just have a light afternoon snack. Sometimes I'll pound out 40-50 miles on my bike, or more, and then have a big snack.

    On weekdays, breakfast and lunch usually add up to about 500-600 calories; my goal right now is 1400 net, so I get most of my calories in the evening. Seems to work!
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Breakfast - 830am
    lunch 12:00pm
    Dinner 6:30pm usually

    Snacks at 5pm and all night after dinner.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Breakfast - usually around 8 AM as I bring it with me to work and I eat it at my desk

    Lunch - usually around 1 because I use my lunch hour to ride my bike or otherwise exercise and I just eat my lunch at my desk

    Dinner - usually around 8:30 PM as I don't usually get home from work until 6:15 or so and around 7:30 on gym nights. Usually the wife and I are scrambling to get dinner on the table for our two boys so that we can get them in by 7:00 (youngest) - 8:00 (oldest). We eat after they go to bed so we can have some peace and frackin' quiet.

    I usually have 2-3 snacks during the afternoon as well.
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    Meal 1: Usually around 12 or 1 pm

    Meal 2: Around 4 or 5

    Snacks when I want them after
  • popo312
    popo312 Posts: 78 Member
    Varies greatly. I work 7-7 rotating days and nights. So I eat whenever is convenient at the time. No set schedule for lunch at work, sometimes whenever you want and others if your lucky. Just depends on how the day is due to the nature of the work you don't know what your getting from day to day.
  • amblight
    amblight Posts: 350 Member
    Depends on if I have morning or evening classes!! So they might be:

    6:30am breakfast
    9:45ish small snack (a fruit or carrots or something of that size...)
    12:00 Lunch
    3:00pm small snack (a fruit or carrots or something of that size...)
    6:pm Dinner
    8:30 maaaybeeee I'll sneak in a small snack here, but I'm trying to cut that out

    OR

    11am Brunch
    2:30pm small snack
    6pm dinner
    8:30 - again, the soon-to-be-no-more snack

    ^ Those are really the days I manage to cut some calories! I still get up early, but then I just take my time to enjoy coffee for some time before even thinking of breakfast
  • ztaitaifufu
    ztaitaifufu Posts: 77 Member
    varies a lot with me i basically just eat when ever i'm hungry - usually ends up being every couple hours from when i wake up until about 5 - 7 pm (leaving 5+ hours to digest so i can sleep well... my appetite isn't the same day to day so some days i only eat 2x or so and others i'm eating upwards of 7x.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    It all varies depending on when I work (retail, no set schedule other than weekends), when I get up, etc. Dinner is usually between 6:30-7, though, except Thursdays when I can't eat until 9:30 or later.
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    9am, 1pm, 7pm, 10pm.
  • Modern_Warrior
    Modern_Warrior Posts: 163
    Breakfast = 8:30
    Mid-morning snack = 10:30
    Lunch = 13:00
    Pre-workout snack = 16:30
    Workout = 18:00 to 19:00
    Post workout snack = 19:05
    Dinner = 20:30
  • SeahorseDolphin
    SeahorseDolphin Posts: 131
    I eat a huge dinner around 8:30pm. That's my only meal besides a small pre or post workout snack. It works well for me otherwise it's too hard to stay under my calorie goal.
  • mmm_drop
    mmm_drop Posts: 1,126 Member
    Breakfast: 8am (It's a smoothie and I usually start drinking it around 8 and finish about 9)
    Snack: 11 am (ish)
    Lunch: 1 pm (ish)
    Snack: 3 pm (ish)
    Dinner: 6 pm (ish)

    Sometimes a snack(or usually a dessert) after dinner, any time between 6 and I fall asleep.
  • Shawshankcan
    Shawshankcan Posts: 900 Member
    Meal 1: 4am
    Meal 2: 6:30-7
    Meal 3: 9:30
    Snack: 11:30
    Meal 4: 14:30
    Meal 5: 17:30-18:00
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    I eat 5-6 x's daily I have to have the feeling of fullness or the minute I get hungry nail down the fridge.
  • echoslug
    echoslug Posts: 73 Member
    Breakfast: 7:20
    Snack: 10-10:30
    Lunch: 12
    Snack: 2:30-3
    Snack (optional): 4
    Dinner: 6-7
  • KristinaB83
    KristinaB83 Posts: 440 Member
    No real set times... But from the time I wake up and eat, I usually eat something every 3-4 hours or so.
  • 970Mikaela1
    970Mikaela1 Posts: 2,013 Member
    lunch 12
    dinner 7-8 ish
  • ModernNerd
    ModernNerd Posts: 336 Member
    It's more of an all-day grazing:) if I don't eat every two hours or so I either feel faint or find myself inhaling a bag of M&Ms at the soonest opportunity
  • mumtoonegirl
    mumtoonegirl Posts: 586 Member
    breakfast 7:30
    lunch 12:30
    afternoon snack 3:00
    dinner 6:00
    workout 8:00-9:00
    post workout protein smoothie when I get home from the gym
  • homeyjosey
    homeyjosey Posts: 138 Member
    breakfast/lunch/dinner roughly 8pm
  • Foodiethinking
    Foodiethinking Posts: 240 Member
    Generally:

    Breakfast: 8am-10:30am
    Lunch: 11am-2:30pm
    Small snack: 2pm-4pm (if wanted)
    Dinner: 6pm-8:30pm
    Snack: 2am-3am

    (all depend on lectures for the day and what time I'm hungry in the evening)

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