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At what times do you eat?

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  • caracrawford1
    caracrawford1 Posts: 657 Member
    7:00am breakfast. At work (teaching)by 6:30am.
    11:00am lunch
    3:00pm workout 1hour
    5:00pm 2nd job, tutoring children. No time to eat.
    7:30pm--home, walk dogs 3-5 miles.
    8:30-45--feed dogs
    9:00pm--finally feed myself. I know I should probably have a snack in between. I havnt overeaten even with the huge gap in meals, but I do feel hungry. Being busy just means I ignore/forget it.
  • tesstcool
    tesstcool Posts: 38 Member
    Breakfast: 10-11am
    Snack: 2pm
    Lunch: 530pm
    Dinner: 800pm
    Snack:12am

    I work 315pm-1145pm so all my food is a tad late.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    There's never a set time. My job schedule fluctuates during the week, and even when I can grab breakfast on the weekends depends on when my coworkers decide to take their breaks/when I can get my tasks done.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Breakfast: about 7 on weekdays, usually later on the weekends (sometimes brunch).

    Lunch: around noon, sometimes later.

    Dinner: 9 pm on weekdays, usually earlier on the weekend.

    Snacks: not really, but I often have dessert immediately after dinner.
  • bluecat145
    bluecat145 Posts: 144 Member
    9:30-10:00 (Breakfast)
    2:00-3:30 (Lunch)
    6:30-7:30 (Dinner)
    10:30 (Snack)
    My meals are spaced out 4-5 hours. My snack is where I make up for unused calories so far that day. I usually exercise before lunch and occasionally before dinner.
  • dunnodunno
    dunnodunno Posts: 2,290 Member
    Whenever I want.
  • bangbangchoochootrain
    bangbangchoochootrain Posts: 118 Member
    This summer I have a schedule so I eat breakfast at around 7:00 am, Lunch at 11:30, and dinner between 5:30 and 6:00. I normally have a snack sometime around 10:30, like a banana or an egg.

    During the school year (on week days) I will eat breakfast before class (last year that was around 8:00, this year no 8:30s so probably closer to 9:00), Lunch at around 12:30, and dinner at 5:30. If I had straight 8:30-12:20 classes, I would have a snack at around 9:50 or 11:00, which would be in between class periods. Sometimes if I had worked out, or ate too much at lunch and wasn't hungry for normal dinner with my friends, I would have "second dinner" at around 9:00, but then again I also gained ten pounds last school year so probably not something to emulate lol. Not to mention weekends where all bets were off and I could eat any where from once to four times a day.
  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    Whenever I feel hungry.

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    It hasn't stopped me from reaching my goals.
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,947 Member
    When I'm hungry.
  • Cc215
    Cc215 Posts: 228 Member
    Some mornings I'm hungry - and I'll eat breakfast when I get to work - other days I'll skip it and eat at lunchtime.

    Lunch depends on when it fits in at work.

    Dinner is usually late. My evenings are busy - so I often don't eat until near midnight. The last one used to bother me - and I put it down to part of the reason I got so big. But since doing this I've still eaten at this time and lost. I now just eat however many calories I have left for the day and stop. I know now that it wasn't the time I eat - it was how much I are at this time (it was often a takeaway meal as it was late and I couldn't be arsed to cook! It still is sometimes - but now it's only if I have the calories left).
  • tabicatinthehat
    tabicatinthehat Posts: 329 Member
    It varies. I try to keep three hours between eating, but if I'm starving, I'll eat.
  • Rogiefreida
    Rogiefreida Posts: 567 Member
    All day long according to everyone around me.

    Srs though, I eat about every 3-4 hours. Not for any reason other than I seem to eat too much if I eat 2 or 3 meals a day, but I do better if I eat 5-6 small meals a day.
  • Kitty582
    Kitty582 Posts: 5 Member
    this is my normal "timeplan"
    04:30 am: Proteinshake
    09:00 am: Snack
    12:00 am: Lunch
    03:00 pm: Snack
    06:00 pm: Dinner
  • BrotherBill913
    BrotherBill913 Posts: 662 Member
    I eat when I'm hungry.

    ^^ This...
  • ConnorS879
    ConnorS879 Posts: 47 Member
    Breakfast: 6:30

    Meal 2: 10:00

    Lunch: 13:30

    Training: 16:15

    Post Workout Shake & Fruit: 18:00

    Dinner: 18:30

    Meal 6: 21:30
  • rmbecker10
    rmbecker10 Posts: 8 Member
    My eating schedule is so wacky, especially since it is summer time. I am in a local 24/7 gym, so I hit the gym around 12 am and come home around 2 am. I eat about a third of my calories post workout.

    I usually skip breakfast and eat lunch around 4 pm. Dinner is around 9.

    Crazy schedule, but it's been working :P
  • bekkyhadley
    bekkyhadley Posts: 15 Member
    On a weekday it tends to be;

    Breakfast - 8am - 8:30am

    Snack - 10:30 am - 11am

    Lunch - 12 noon

    Snack - 3pm

    Dinner - 6pm - 6.30pm

    I work before breakfast twice a week at the gym and once or twice a week before dinner at home.
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