How often do you usually eat a day?

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  • noclady1995
    noclady1995 Posts: 452 Member
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    5 times a day
    7am - breakfast (meal 1)
    9:30 - meal 2
    12:30 - meal 3 (lunch)
    3:00 - meal 4
    6:00 - dinner (meal 5)
    Plus a protein shake after my workout, depending on when I do it. I don't usually eat anything else after dinner.
  • taentea
    taentea Posts: 91 Member
    edited May 2015
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    My breakfast is shortly after I wake up (anywhere between 5am and 11am). 99% of the time it's 2 scrambled eggs and a bit of raw veggie(s) on the side. If I'm not in hurry, I spoil myself with a cup of black coffee and a little portion of ice-cream or chocolate. I'm no addict, so this whole coffee thing is a treat to me and I skip it easily if in hurry.

    My dinner happens around 8-10pm and contains 100-120g of cottage cheese, mashed banana and some berries on the top. Then I cut myself an apple and a carrot and munch on the pieces for the rest of the night. If I go to bed early or run out of calories, this latter part gets skipped.

    I usually have at least 1 lunch, sometimes 2, and one or more coffee/tea breaks. I know my breakfast and dinner calories by heart now, so I use the remaining budget throughout the day depending on how I feel or how busy I am.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
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    2-3 times. Breakfast around 8:15, lunch at 2, sometimes dinner around 7-8 sometimes no dinner - depends on my hunger.
  • Lexicpt
    Lexicpt Posts: 209 Member
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    Usually 2 meals and a snack or two.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,876 Member
    edited May 2015
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    Breakfast
    Lunch
    Afternoon snack 1
    Afternoon snack 2
    Afternoon snack 3
    Beer
    Dinner
    Desert
  • Naaer
    Naaer Posts: 212 Member
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    I usually eat twice a day, and have a couple of coffee breaks...This seems to work for me...
  • kamakazeekim
    kamakazeekim Posts: 1,183 Member
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    I graze all day on fruits and veggies and at night I try to eat a protein. I hardly ever eat an actual "meal."
  • Anji002
    Anji002 Posts: 10 Member
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    I eat 4-6 times a day. It is the only way I can get in all my protein!
  • rachylouise87
    rachylouise87 Posts: 367 Member
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    ok on workdays -
    5.30am breakfast
    10am - snack
    12.00 lunch
    3pm - snack
    5.30 dinner

    non workdays
    7.30-9am breakfast
    snacks whenever
    lunch 1-2pm
    snack whenever
    dinner - 6.30-7pm
    snack later maybe
  • kellyjellybellyjelly
    kellyjellybellyjelly Posts: 9,480 Member
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    Around six times.

    Breakfast
    Morning Snack
    Lunch
    Afternoon Snack
    Dinner
    Later Snack

    Sometimes not in that order
  • anuhealani1
    anuhealani1 Posts: 15 Member
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    Twice a day. Once at around 11 AM and again at around 6 PM on weekdays. Once at around 12-1 PM and again at around 7-8 PM on weekends.
  • sapphire1166
    sapphire1166 Posts: 114 Member
    edited May 2015
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    I'm back on the MFP wagon, but my routine looks the same as it did when I was on MFP for a long time.

    6:30 am- two boiled eggs
    7:30 am- black coffee
    9:15 am- small snack (usually grapes)
    11:30am- lunch (usually a small amount of meat, fruit, and a soda)
    1:00pm- small snack (pudding, pistachios, etc)
    3:30 pm- small snack (fiber bar)
    7:00 pm- dinner (my "big" meal of 500 or 600 calories)
    9:00 pm- bedtime snack (chocolate nearly every time)

    So yeah, I eat a lot through the day. But don't usually go over 1400 or 1500 calories.
  • NewMeSM75
    NewMeSM75 Posts: 971 Member
    edited May 2015
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    3 meals; 2 snacks.

    Breakfast around 7.
    Morning snack - 9
    Lunch 11
    Afternoon Snack - 2
    Dinner around 6:30.

    Weeekends are different
  • BigLifter10
    BigLifter10 Posts: 1,151 Member
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    Before I started really caring about what I ate, I would eat twice a day (lunch and huge dinner). For the past (almost) four years now, I have my appropriate balance of carb/protein/fats every 2-3 hours. I am never overly hungry now and I feel energized throughout the day. I still wish I could eat just once a day, basically because it's a hassle, but I am much healthier overall now, so I persist!
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,627 Member
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    typically 3 times a day (B,L,D) but sometimes i will have a snack in the afternoon or evening.
  • DeterminedFee201426
    DeterminedFee201426 Posts: 859 Member
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    I dont have not set times but i eat 6 meals perday with like 2-3 snacks more than likely
  • CrabNebula
    CrabNebula Posts: 1,119 Member
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    I eat very slowly. I started breakfast at 8am and finished the last of my oatmeal at around 9:15am. I started lunch at 12pm and finished at just short of 1pm. I got my protein shake at 2pm. I am still drinking it now at nearly 3:30pm. At 5, I'll get some hot cocoa. At 6, I'll eat dinner. When I get back from grocery shopping around 9:30-10pm tonight, I'll have something for dessert.

    Tomorrow will be a repeat of the day, but at dinner time...oh ho ho, bets are off on Friday binge night. I will probably crack open a beer the second I get home, fire up the grill, start making the pizzas, and eat until I pass out around 10-11pm. Man, I love Fridays.
  • rainbow198
    rainbow198 Posts: 2,245 Member
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    Usually 2 big meals, no snacks and it's lovely!
  • dalem48
    dalem48 Posts: 86 Member
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    GuitarJerry wrote: »
    Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

    THIS!
  • alyci
    alyci Posts: 50 Member
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    I eat between 3-5 times a day.
    9am Breakfast
    12 Lunch
    3 Snack
    6 Dinner
    9 Snack

    If I have a large dinner I do not need the night time snack. If dinner was light I find myself needing something(200 calories or less) between 9-10pm because my body says to eat something or I will go eat all the things. And weekends I almost always skip breakfast because of sleeping in.

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