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    At what times do you eat?

    Posts: 256 Member
    edited March 1 in Health and Weight Loss
    At what time of day do you eat your meals? For me it's:

    9:30 -10ish- Breakfast

    Workout

    1-1:30 Lunch time

    4:00ish- Snack

    7:30- Snack

    9:30- Dinner

    I have to eat a late dinner on most day's due to work :(

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    • Posts: 4,252 Member
      9-10 AM: Breakfast

      12 PM: Snack #1

      2 PM: Lunch

      4 PM: Snack #2

      6-7 PM: Dinner

      10 PM: Snack #3
    • Posts: 37
      Breakfast - usually 7-7:30 a.m. (except on weekends - then a bit later)
      Lunch - Noon
      Dinner - 7:00 p.m.

      Snack or sweet - whenever the mood strikes and I have enough calories for it.
    • Posts: 308 Member
      All freaking day long, it seems. Generally though:

      9:30am Coffee

      11:30am Some sort of breakfast or protein shake

      1:45 - 3pm Lunch

      5pm Snack

      8pm Dinz
    • Posts: 49,147 Member
      Whenever. Personally I don't have set times of eating, but ensure I get in the right amount of calories and macro/micros needed on a daily basis.

      A.C.E. Certified Group Fitness and Personal Trainer
      IDEA Fitness member
      Kickboxing Certified Instructor
      Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
    • Posts: 399 Member
      4:30am breakfast

      8am- snack

      11am- lunch

      2pm- snack

      4-5pm dinner

      and then depending on if my blood sugar is dropping too low 8pm snack before bed
    • Posts: 970 Member
      Weekdays:
      7:30ish - Breakfast
      10ish- snack
      12:00 - lunch
      2ish - afternoon pick me up
      After 7 - dinner

      Weekends:
      11ish - breakfast (post long-run feast or just regular portion)
      2ish - lunch
      evening - dinner

      I'm really not rigid and eat whenever I'm hungry. Some days I feel like i eat all day long.
    • Posts: 9,603 Member
      I so rarely eat an actual meal these days I pretty much just graze.

      I eat when I'm hungry or just feel like putting something in my mouth, so no special time. :)
    • Posts: 120 Member
      Every 2-3 hours with a cup or 2 of water
    • Posts: 256 Member
      sort of like me some days!
    • Posts: 1,267 Member
      About every three hours is average for me. I can go longer but don't like being hungry. I drink a ton of water during the day too. I try to keep each "meal" under 300 cal and I eat back my exercise calories.
    • Posts: 303 Member
      I used to have set times, now it's pretty flexible. But I usually have breakfast between 7 and 9AM, a little snack maybe, lunch around 12:30PM, another snack, and dinner around 4-5PM. On days that I stay up later, I tend to have a snack after dinner too. :)
    • Posts: 663 Member
      Whenever I'm hungry, basically.
      I have breakfast anytime between 6-8am, a snack around 11, lunch at about 1pm, dinner between 5:30-7, a small snack around 8pm.
      So yeah... all the time.

      Edit: I also occasionally snack between lunch and dinner if dinner will be closer to the 7 mark.
    • Posts: 35
      Weekdays:

      8:00 AM - breakfast

      12-12:30 pm - lunch

      3:00 pm - afternoon snack

      7:30-8:00 pm - dinner


      Weekends:

      11:45 am - brunch

      3:00 pm - afternoon snack

      6:30 - 7:30 pm - dinner
    • Posts: 349 Member
      I eat when I'm hungry.
    • Posts: 2,561 Member
      To preface this, I don't eat at these times because I think it'll help me lose weight. I eat at these times because that's how my schedule is and I like my daily routine.

      5:00AM - Quest bar (on lifting days, 4x/week)
      Workout
      7:45AM - Protein smoothie
      8:30AM - Breakfast
      12:30PM - Lunch
      3:00PM - Snack
      6:30PM - Dinner
      7:30PM - Dessert (if I can fit it into my goals)

      Now, that's weekdays. Weekends are not nearly as predictable.
    • Posts: 52 Member
      I'll eat breakfast anytime between 9 and 12, lunch between 2 and 4, then dinner around 8 or 9, with a snack around 10:30 pm. I like to push eating later to try to combat the late night snacking urges :)
    • Posts: 1,693 Member
      Whenever I feel. Some days I eat breakfast at 8am, sometimes at 12 pm. Lunch is anywhere from 11 to 2 or 3. Sometimes I skip lunch. Dinner is usually around 5. Snacks I typically eat around 9 pm when the kids are down and after my lifting.
    • Posts: 43 Member
      Weekdays:

      Breakfast 8:15 - 8:45

      Lunch 12:30 - 1:30

      Dinner 6:30 - 7:30

      Snacks whenever hungry
    • Posts: 22 Member
      6:30-Protein Shake...Just so I can have something in my system within an hour of being up
      8:00-Snack/Fruit
      9-9:30-Breakfast
      11:00- Snack
      1:00pm-Lunch
      3:00pm Snack
      6-7:00pm-Dinner

      This is only during the week while at work...The weekends are a little different
    • Posts: 99 Member
      7 - Quest bar or something light
      9- Breakast
      12: Lunch
      2: Snack
      7: Dinner
      9: Tea or light snack
    • Posts: 104 Member
      8:30/9:00 - Breakfast
      12:30/1:00 - Lunch
      3:30 - Snack (this is when i start to crave chocolate)
      6:00 - Dinner
      Like cjacobs81 this is at work during the week on the weekends it is totally different. All depends where we are and what is going on.
    • Posts: 10,322 Member
      I eat breakfast around 8:30 and lunch around 12:30. Then I eat around 2500 calories between 7pm and 11pm. I may sprinkle a snack in there somewhere if I am going on a long ride after work. Since meal timing is irrelevant for the most part, I don't worry about it too much.
    • Posts: 514 Member
      breakfast 8-9am

      lunch 11am

      snack 2pm

      snack 5:30pm

      dinner 7:30-8pm

      ETA: this is not because I am on a schedule, its more of my routine within my and when my body naturally gets hungry since Ive been doing it so long
    • Posts: 98 Member
      I eat around my work schedule, so it entirely depends. I was working 6-12 most days, but now my schedule is going to be even more random. My daughter wakes me up at 7-730 so we'll usually eat breakfast by 8, and then we aim for lunch around noon, and dinner around 5:30 if at all possible with a snack usually after I exercise at around 230 or so.
    • Posts: 1,719 Member
      9am - light breakfast, if any
      12pm - lunch
      4pm - snack
      6pm - dinner
      9pm - snack
      11pm -12am - dinner #2
    • Posts: 10,740 Member
      M-F

      Breakfast 7:15 AM
      Lunch 11:40 AM
      (occasional small snack at 2 or 3 PM if I have a smaller than usual lunch)
      Dinner 5:30 PM

      Weekends

      Breakfast between 7-10 AM
      Lunch around 1-2 PM
      Dinner anywhere from 5-8 PM
    • Posts: 1,235 Member
      8:00 - Morning coffee
      9:00-10:00 - breakfast
      11:30 - Snack
      1:00 - lunch
      3:00 - snack
      5:00 - 7:00 - prepare and eat dinner
    • Posts: 87 Member
      Breakfast - 7:30 - 8:00 AM
      Lunch - 11:00 - 11:30 AM
      Snack - 2:00 PM
      Dinner - 5:00 - 6:00 PM
      Possible snack / dessert - 7:30 PM
    • Posts: 8
      9:00 a.m. - breakfast
      11:00 a.m. - snack
      2:00 p.m. - lunch
      5:00 p.m. - snack
      8:00 p.m. - dinner

      I try not to eat for 2-3 hours before bed. I'm hungriest in the morning and afternoon anyway.
    • Posts: 4 Member
      Weekdays:

      830-9am Breakfast
      10-1030am Snack
      12-1230pm Lunch
      2-3pm Snack
      6-7pm Dinner
      8-1020pm Snack


      Weekends:
      Breakfast whenever I get up and then I follow the same sort of time schedule (Meals or snacks every few hours or so) as I do during the week
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