How many times do YOU eat a day?

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Sigra
Sigra Posts: 374 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I personally didn't have a set amount of times, I just packed my lunchbox with tons of healthy food like grapes, strawberries, blackberries, a low-cal fat free yogurt, and my lunch. Through out the day I every 1 1/2 to 2hrs apart I would snack (times would very depending on when I woke up in the morning and ate breakfast). However this doesn't seem to be working for me since I'm not losing any weight.

I'm curious for all of you out there who have had success with weight loss, how many times a day/when during the day do you eat? And maybe even a general example of what you chow on during the day!

:) Hit me!
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  • doobabe
    doobabe Posts: 436 Member
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    7 times.
  • rhiannon1979
    rhiannon1979 Posts: 166 Member
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    5-6 times a day.

    I have breakfast before I leave for work (7-ish). I usually eat baby carrots and a string cheese as an a.m snack (10-ish), then lunch a couple hours later, then some fruit or something around 3 or 4 in the afternoon. We usually eat dinner around 6.
  • sdirbder
    sdirbder Posts: 159 Member
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    3 meals with small snacks in between, I think it helps me be less hungry at meal times.
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
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    When I feel hungry, really. Usually 4 times a day, I guess.
  • cardbucfan
    cardbucfan Posts: 10,396 Member
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    I eat approximately 6 times a normal day. (Weekends lately are really up in the air!)

    6:00 a.m. toast with almond butter, coffee, water
    10:15 (post workout) egg whites, some form of breakfast meat (turkey bacon, turkey sausage or canadian bacon) coffee, water
    12-1 lunch -varies, leftovers, salad, soup, sushi, around 400 calories usually
    3:30- after school snack (with my kids) most days it's an apple with peanut butter
    7:15 dinner-widely varies
    8:30-snack depends on how many calories I have left but it's usually something sweet

    Hope that helps! I also drink water all day long.
  • Mrs_TrimWaistFatWallet
    Mrs_TrimWaistFatWallet Posts: 486
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    I eat 5-7 times depending on how much I work out. Right now, AHHHhhh SO HUNGRY.
  • TurtlesRule
    TurtlesRule Posts: 53
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    Twice I don't have time :frown:
  • torregro
    torregro Posts: 307
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    5 times a day, 300 calories per meal
    10/20/30.....10 grams of fat, 20 grams of protein and 30 grams of carbohydrates.
  • Melis25Fit
    Melis25Fit Posts: 811 Member
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    6
    Breakfast 6:30am
    Snack #1 9:00am
    Lunch 11:30am
    Afternoon Snack 2:30pm
    Dinner 5:00pm

    Sometimes something light around 7- such as lite kettle corn or a banana.
  • Janworkingitout
    Janworkingitout Posts: 434 Member
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    Too many!
  • Vkoons3
    Vkoons3 Posts: 122 Member
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    I usually eat something small about every 2 hours if I can and then my dinner is a little bit larger but I try and drink a ton of water in between and with everything I eat this way I don't get hungry and want to eat more than I should
  • mawhite717
    mawhite717 Posts: 202 Member
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    i usually eat 4-5 times a day. 3 small meals and a snack or 2.
  • Lazyboy09
    Lazyboy09 Posts: 190 Member
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    5-6
  • Michelle_J
    Michelle_J Posts: 362 Member
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    about 5. Usually 2 & 1/2 to 3 hours apart. But I start about 7 in the AM, kick that metabolism up early
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
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    breakfast
    fruit as a snack
    lunch
    yogurt or fruit as a snack
    snack before gym
    dinner after gym
    snack after dinner if I have room in my calories.

    All snacks are whole foods and not processed.
  • katekrise
    katekrise Posts: 178 Member
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    5 times....3 small meals with a snack between lunch and dinner and one after dinner.
  • TrainingWithTonya
    TrainingWithTonya Posts: 1,741 Member
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    6-8 times a day.
  • TaneeisFitforLife
    TaneeisFitforLife Posts: 433
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    I'm a grazer so I eat almost all of the time lol
  • MyaPapaya75
    MyaPapaya75 Posts: 3,143 Member
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    I eat 3 meals a day with the option for two snacks one mid day one late night if needed
  • sm0113
    sm0113 Posts: 89 Member
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    i'm trying this new thing : eating when i'm hungry!
    i know it sounds silly, but before i would just eat because it was lunch time and that's what you're suppose to do! now i'm actually going to let my stomach decide when i eat. before i open the fridge i think about if my stomach is hungry, or if i am just going to eat because it's noon and that's what everyone does.
    it's working for me so far!

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