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Calories at breakfast?

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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    Anything from 250 to 700, but I'm much happier over 300. It totally depends on what's in the breakfast too though.
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    Breakfast: 90-150
    Mid-morning snack: 90-150
    Lunch: 450-575
    Dinner: Everything that's left

    On Sundays I eat 90% of my calories during brunch. =)
  • Kakibot
    Kakibot Posts: 29 Member
    My breakfast is usually between 400-500 calories, if I go under that I am usually just too hungry all day.
  • lilawolf
    lilawolf Posts: 1,690 Member
    If you are hitting your cals and are satisfied then it doesn't matter. I prefer a small breakfast and a big dinner.
    Breakfast: 2-300 cals
    Lunch: 4-800 cals
    Dinner: 700-1000 cals
    Snacks: 50-200 cals
    Alcohol and desert: 0-700 cals :drinker:

    I net anywhere from 1200-2500 depending on the day and the exercise. My average right now is 1700.
  • nikkiworld2
    nikkiworld2 Posts: 75 Member
    I think you're on the right track. The old adage used as a guideline for when someone is trying to lose weight: (Paraphrasing) Eat like a king at breakfast, a prince at lunch, and a pauper at dinner. I eat about 300 - 400 cal's. for breakfast.
  • nikkiworld2
    nikkiworld2 Posts: 75 Member
    Yeah true. Idk I've just always felt fuller throughout the day if I eat a big meal first thing. And I'm always FAMISHED when I wake up lol
    Yup, that's the idea. Break - fast, you are breaking a long fast. You absolutely need to eat breakfast. That's where people on diets usually fail, by skipping the most important meal of the day. You want to front-load your calories. If you do that, as you said, you feel fuller throughout the rest of the day, thereby reducing your chances of overeating.
  • EvanKeel
    EvanKeel Posts: 1,903 Member
    Yeah true. Idk I've just always felt fuller throughout the day if I eat a big meal first thing. And I'm always FAMISHED when I wake up lol
    Yup, that's the idea. Break - fast, you are breaking a long fast. You absolutely need to eat breakfast. That's where people on diets usually fail, by skipping the most important meal of the day. You want to front-load your calories. If you do that, as you said, you feel fuller throughout the rest of the day, thereby reducing your chances of overeating.

    There are very few absolutes when it comes to nutrient timing and frequency. This is not one of them. By all means, if a large breakfast helps you keep hunger under control go for it, but it's not everyone's most important meal of the day.
  • SugaryLynx
    SugaryLynx Posts: 2,640 Member
    Yeah true. Idk I've just always felt fuller throughout the day if I eat a big meal first thing. And I'm always FAMISHED when I wake up lol
    Yup, that's the idea. Break - fast, you are breaking a long fast. You absolutely need to eat breakfast. That's where people on diets usually fail, by skipping the most important meal of the day. You want to front-load your calories. If you do that, as you said, you feel fuller throughout the rest of the day, thereby reducing your chances of overeating.

    There are very few absolutes when it comes to nutrient timing and frequency. This is not one of them. By all means, if a large breakfast helps you keep hunger under control go for it, but it's not everyone's most important meal of the day.

    ^This. I do not get hungry until about noon and I wake up at 6-7am. I have had no issues on sustainability because for ME, I break my fast at lunch. Do what works best for you
  • Bounce4
    Bounce4 Posts: 288 Member
    breakfast is my smallest meal but I like a big supper.

    Whatever works for you - it's all good :)
  • mickey9694
    mickey9694 Posts: 74 Member
    It's about 500 calories give or take for breakfast. After that, I'm stuffed for a few hours. I'll grab some peanut butter or another snack midday, I'll put that at about 250 calories roughly. Then dinner time, about 400 calories. I probably eat another 300 calories in random snacks. So I'm taking in about 1500-1600 calories, a day.
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