Calories Before Dinner

I generally have two smaller meals and one big meal. Sometimes it's lunch, sometimes dinner.

Generally, breakfast and lunch will be about 500 cal each, and dinner will be 500-800, depending on how I snacked during the day.

My calories for the day are 1600. So it really depends. Sometimes I'll eat cereal and skim milk for breakfast (150 cal) and then eat a 1000 cal dinner! :P

I usually eat approximately half my calories before dinner, and half my calories at dinner. So usually about a 700/700 cal split.

About 1,000, give or take 200.

Depends on how many calories you want to consume throughout the day, and when you do your workout. If you do your workout in the morning or afternoon, then you will probably eat a little more for energy and recovery after your workout. If you are doing your workout in the evening before dinner, which is best if you do an evening workout, because then you won't be full before the workout. Lets say for example you are eating 1500 calories a day, you want to spread that out over at least 5 meals. So you can eat 300 calories per snack or meal. But if you are doing your workout in the evening I would suggest upping the calories for your dinner after the workout to 500. So for one snack just have a 100 calorie snack. Same goes for the morning, if you are working out after you get up then you probably will not eat before the workout, unless you wait an hour or two and have a pre workout meal. So, eat a meal after your workout around 400-500 calories within 90 minutes, if you have a protein shake right after the workout. If you don't have a protein shake, then eat within 30 minutes of finishing the workout. Hope this helps!

My net goal is 1750 per day. I tend to eat the same throughout the day no matter whether it's a cardio day or not (generally 800-1000 calories). The difference is the extra calories from the cardio - so my dinners range from 700-1200, or I might eat a second dinner which consists of a banana w/ peanut butter or ice cream or whatever. Or sometimes I save calories for the weekend.

But to answer your question more closely: I typically eat 800-1000 calories throughout the day and hoard the rest for dinner.

Most days, I eat 800-1000 calories before dinner. Dinner is usually between 600-900 calories. I often exercise in the evenings. Depending on how big dinner was or how much I work out, I may have a small snack (200-400 calories) before bed--I usually reserve enough calories for a beer, at least. If breakfast, lunch, and dinner were all pretty light, and I get in a decent workout, I sometimes will have a fairly large "fourth meal".

I know a lot of people say that you shouldn't reserve the bulk of your calories for the end of the day, but that's how it works out best for me--especially on weekdays. On weekends, especially if we're at home, breakfast can be a lot bigger for me. I've basically maintained by "goal weight" for nearly a year now (with some expansions and contractions around vacations and holidays), so it seems to be working!