Calorie Question

I space my calories out throughout the day. Typically I would eat

300 calories for breakfast
300 calories for lunch
200 calorie snack
500 Calorie dinner

You shouldn't be waiting to get really hungry just like you shouldn't be eating past the point of satisfaction. It doesn't aid in losing weight. Just eat in regular intervals to keep your blood sugar level and maintain a healthy deficit.

I eat oatmeal in the morning with a chocolate milk (only because I have to take a vitamin but i need to get a lower calorie chocolate milk )

then at lunch i eat a salad with 1.5oz of dressing which totals 230 calories

then at dinner i have whatever i prepare for me and the kids


I used to have snacks and stuff but I found myself munching and going over my calories every single day :explode: :mad: :noway:

I eat enough to fill me up but not stuff me (so high fiber/protein) which is better than me trying to find ways to eat 5-6 meals a day and go over my calories--

I like to snack at night as well....but if I space my calories throughout the day, I find that I don't need the night time snacks as much.

It may take you a little while to get a pattern down, but once you do it will be pretty easy to plan your day and space your calories out.

I am not a huge breakfast eater, but I have to have something, so I typically have between 250 and 300 calories for breakfast, anywhere between 300 and 500 for lunch and then whatever is leftover for dinner and a snack, so usually between 300 and 700 for dinner depending on what I have left and what I have planned for dinner.

Of course on the days that I work out I can add a little more to each meal, or add more to dinner and a snack. I do try to be more conservative with my calories through out the day because I would rather dinner be my largest meal of the day. I also work out after work so it's easier for me to save the calories for diner just in case I don't get around to working out. It can also be a good motivator to work out if you realize you don't have many calories left for dinner, then you HAVE to unless you want to go over your calories for the day.

I definitely like dinner to be my largest meal also ... and for some reason I just like lunch/ dinner food better than breakfast foods. Except of course when I was eating eggs bacon toast and all that jazz :grumble: I guess oatmeal and toast aren't exactly the most appealing foods to me

i love oatmeal i eat it everyday- i buy the quaker instant fruit and cream oatmeal 130 calories ( actually less calories than the weight control go figure) I eat 1 packet in the morning and drink my chocolate milk and I am good to go until lunch time--

I eat a big breakfast and typically blow 400-600 calories on it because for 1) I think it's the most important meal of the day; 2) I usually exercise in the morning so need that fuel; 3) I love my cereal!

I also use about 400 calories a day on snacks and then split the remaining calories between lunch and dinner.

Dinner is almost always the smallest meal of the day for me.

Same here!! I love eating a lot in the morning-- it helps me focus in my morning classes (and I really love oatmeal with raisins and donuts and cereal and other delicious breakfast foods... which I don't eat all at once haha.). I'm usually not really hungry at night either.