How many calories is your typical breakfast, lunch, dinner?

iorahkwano
iorahkwano Posts: 709 Member
edited October 23 in Food and Nutrition
How many calories is your typical:

1. Breakfast
2. Mid-morning snack
3. Lunch
4. Mid-afternoon snack
5. Dinner
6. Night snack
etc...?
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  • lublue
    lublue Posts: 123 Member
    My meals tend to be around 300 max and snacks 50-100.
  • Guamybear
    Guamybear Posts: 1,061 Member
    all depends... my breakfast and lunch are pretty close together so I don't usually have snack till afternoon..
  • JustANumber85
    JustANumber85 Posts: 644 Member
    I like to stick around 300cals for break/lunch/dinner and then around 100 for snacks. ETA: today is an off day due to exercise.

    for today:
    break=260
    snack=270
    lunch=224
    snack=326
    dinner=641
    snack=202
  • sharleengc
    sharleengc Posts: 792 Member
    Breakfast = 200
    Lunch = 300
    Dinner = 600

    Leaves me about 200 left over for snacks, desert or a little bit more for one meal
  • glitteredgrave
    glitteredgrave Posts: 194 Member
    500 for breakfast, 400 for lunch, and 300 for dinner. Whatever calories I earn back for working out I use as a snack.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Roughly 300 each for breakfast and lunch, 100 each for morn and afternoon snacks, and about 500 for dinner.
  • caseythirteen
    caseythirteen Posts: 956 Member
    Breakfast is usually around 350, snacks are around 150-200 each (morning and afternoon), and lunch is in the 300-400 range. Once that's all done, dinner will depend on what's left but typically around 600. I shoot for 1750 a day.
  • WVmom24
    WVmom24 Posts: 266 Member
    I try to keep my breakfast and lunch under 300 calories, and my snacks under 100 calories each. I like to have a substantial dinner so depending on how many calories I've had during the day I can usually afford about 800 calories at dinner.
  • It varies but usually breakfast is around 400-500 calories, lunch is around 400-600 and dinner is around 100-200. I tend to have 1-2 snacks per day which are around 150-200.
    Yesterday I had:
    Breakfast: 407
    Lunch: 664
    Dinner: 121
    Snacks: 188
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Breakfast plus mid morning snack... around 500 calories

    Lunch plus afternoon snack... around 600 calories

    Dinner plus evening snack... around 1200 calories

    I :heart: maintenance.
  • 00Melyanna00
    00Melyanna00 Posts: 221 Member
    During the week, since I have to eat lunch at the office, I usually have larger breakfasts (400 cals) and dinners (about 400 cals) and a small lunch (300 cals, max), with few 150 cals snacks during the day (more or less).
    At the week end, when I know I'll eat bigger main meals - I have a very light breakfast and no snacks, or very small snacks. This is to counter-balance my mum's cooking on Sunday and pizza, or dinner out with friends on Saturday.
  • iorahkwano
    iorahkwano Posts: 709 Member
    Thank you for all your replies! I've been thinking of the "Eat more during the day, less at night" thing. A lot of sources say to have a big breakfast, medium lunch and small dinner but I find that difficult. I have no appetite in the morning so I eat a small breakfast, medium lunch & big dinner. I don't know if I could eat a 100-200 cal dinner :s

    Right now I've been having what seems like low cal snacks all day instead of 3 meals and 2 snacks. I wanted to seehow others split up their daily allowance of calories.
  • Thank you for all your replies! I've been thinking of the "Eat more during the day, less at night" thing. A lot of sources say to have a big breakfast, medium lunch and small dinner but I find that difficult. I have no appetite in the morning so I eat a small breakfast, medium lunch & big dinner. I don't know if I could eat a 100-200 cal dinner :s

    Right now I've been having what seems like low cal snacks all day instead of 3 meals and 2 snacks. I wanted to seehow others split up their daily allowance of calories.

    I would just do what works for you. If you feel like having most of your calories in the evening, (I know most people do), then just do that. As long as you're not going over your calories than you should still lose weight.
  • _stephanie0
    _stephanie0 Posts: 708 Member
    9am - 350
    1pm - 350
    3pm - 350
    5pm- 250
    8pm- 350
    10pm - 250


    Ish ;)
  • VpinkLotus
    VpinkLotus Posts: 849 Member
    This is a super old thread I found when searching this topic. Bump becuase i am really interested...
  • Breakfast: 450
    Snack: 200
    Lunch: 500
    Snack: 200
    Dinner: 600
    Snack: 200

    I am a recovered anorexic at a very healthy weight for about a half a year now. Anything less than 450 is not a meal but a snack, so I've been told. Anything less than 200 calories is a frivolous spontaneous munch. Feed your bodies, guys. 1200 is total starvation. You will get sick or gain it back because you are starving yourself, not meeting your needs, and your body will force you to compensate.

  • LorinaLynn wrote: »
    Breakfast plus mid morning snack... around 500 calories

    Lunch plus afternoon snack... around 600 calories

    Dinner plus evening snack... around 1200 calories

    I :heart: maintenance.

    YES.
  • lublue wrote: »
    My meals tend to be around 300 max and snacks 50-100.

    This is a starvation diet.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    edited October 2014

    1. Breakfast- 600
    2. Mid-morning snack-- none
    3. Lunch-- 300
    4. Mid-afternoon snack-- none
    5. Dinner-- 500-700
    6. Night snack-- 250-400


    eta: DAMMIT Zombie thread. :grumble:
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    lublue wrote: »
    My meals tend to be around 300 max and snacks 50-100.

    This is a starvation diet.

    Depends on how many meals/snacks there are
  • 970Mikaela1
    970Mikaela1 Posts: 2,013 Member
    Breakfast 12
    Lunch 600
    Pre workout 250
    Dinner 1300
  • crisb2
    crisb2 Posts: 329 Member
    1. Breakfast: 0 cals
    2. Mid-morning snack: 0 cals
    3. Lunch: 0 cals
    4. Mid-afternoon snack: 900 cals
    5. Dinner: 100 cals
    6. Night snack: 300 cals
  • zeal26
    zeal26 Posts: 602 Member
    Yesterday was pretty typical for me (rounding down/up)

    Breakfast: 280
    Morning snack: 80
    Lunch: 160
    Afternoon snack: 120
    Dinner: 330
    Evening snack: 320
    Coffees & Teas: 50
  • missjones513
    missjones513 Posts: 345 Member
    Breakfast - 200 to 300
    Lunch - 300 to 400
    Dinner - 500 to 600
    Dessert - under 200
    Snack - under 200

    I try to stay around 1,500 a day
  • asdowe13
    asdowe13 Posts: 1,951 Member
    Breakfast - 500-600
    Lunch - 500-600
    Dinner - 500-600
    Snacks - 500-600 Spread throughout the day

    Isn't losing weight fun?
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    I avoid snacking. Just my thing. Not that it never happens, but I avoid it.

    So:

    Breakfast: 300-350 calories
    Lunch: 500-550 calories
    Dinner: 600-650 calories

    Basically, I try to eat 2/3 of the calories I intend to by the time I've finished lunch, but I don't make each meal the same size.
  • lexbubbles
    lexbubbles Posts: 465 Member
    edited October 2014
    Breakfast: 261 (bran flakes, dried dates, and semi skim milk)
    Lunch: 150-200 (either a can of tuna or about 100g chicken breast with some salad cream and cucumber)
    Dinner: ehhhh somewhere around 400-500
    Snacks: About 400-500 spread over the day. Today was a hard boiled egg (61), greek yogurt (81), 2 home-baked low cal chocolate cupcakes (with frosting - 232), and some lemon sorbet (69).

    On days that I do BJJ/Kickboxing I have a 300-400cal protein shake as well, and on Tuesdays I normally get a pumpkin spice latte en route to the university library.

    ETA: awww yiss today is Tuesday. PSL TIME!
  • 50sFit
    50sFit Posts: 712 Member
    edited October 2014
    1. Breakfast = 1000
    2. Mid-morning snack = 200
    3. Lunch = 1000
    4. Mid-afternoon snack = 200
    5. Dinner = 1000

    I have a very active life and eat well to reach goals. No starvation misery here...
    My dairy is open...
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  • in_the_stars
    in_the_stars Posts: 1,395 Member
    hmmm... it varies. Yesterday was 486, 725, 300, 557, 150 - breakfast, lunch, afternoon, dinner and dessert was just a glass of milk.
  • DeadsAndDoritos
    DeadsAndDoritos Posts: 267 Member
    edited October 2014
    Breakfast: 150-350 (small on weekdays, large on weekends)
    Lunch: 200-500 (large on weekdays, small on weekends)
    Pre-dinner snacks: 50-250
    Dinner: 400-600
    Post-dinner snacks: 50-150
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