How much calories for evening meal?

samrichards22 · January 2016

Hi on average how many calories do ppl spend on there evening meal??

19Remco80 · January 2016

I don't think you can speak of an average. Personally, I registrate my diners in the MFP-app and it depends on the amount how much I have spare for the other meals. For losing weight, it's only important to lower your calories on daily base and not specific on a specific meal.

Maybe not exactly the answer you're looking for, but I think it's different for each individual.

kommodevaran · January 2016

I spend around 1/6 of my calories on my evening meal - half for dinner, and the rest split between breakfast, lunch and evening meal. My total "allowance" is around 1750-1800.

How much YOU should eat at each meal, is up to you. Which meal(s) do you prefer to keep small, and when do you like to eat more? Do you need to fuel workouts? Do you eat family meals? Only you can decide what is right for you.

TavistockToad · January 2016

this evening's meal is about 1000 cals.

usual is anything between 600 -1000.

Dreysander · January 2016

Depends on the day. Most times I try to keep it under 500, usually it's around 300ish. Lunch is usually my largest meal.

amusedmonkey · January 2016

Dreysander wrote: »

Depends on the day. Most times I try to keep it under 500, usually it's around 300ish. Lunch is usually my largest meal.

Same

rosebarnalice · January 2016

I usually eat about 15% of my calories at breakfast, 25% at lunch, 20% in snacks and 40% at dinner

cbelc2 · January 2016

I usually have 300-400 left for my evening meal. I like to save 50 for a tangerine or a square of dark chocolate.

abatonfan · January 2016

Dinner is anywhere from 200-600 calories (depending on what I ate earlier), while my bedtime snacks are around 200-300 calories.

Lounmoun · January 2016

Dinner for me is 300-700 calories... 500-600 being most common.
It isn't a strict rule just how it works out for me.

CaffeinatedConfectionist · January 2016

I know this varies a lot from person to person. For me, I do much better have one large meal rather than many small meals, so my evening meal is typically between 700-900 calories (though I also follow it up with a ~150-200 calorie bedtime snack like half an hour later, soooo...)

GillianSmith2 · January 2016

I usually average
300 for breakfast
300 for lunch
600 for dinner
200 for snack
However if i am going out for a special occasion i save some either from each day or exercise calories and spend them all on the one meal

yirara · January 2016

Looking back at when I was still dieting I'd say
breakfast 220
lunch 350-380
snack veggies and/or piece of cheese: 40-100kcal
dinner and snack: 790-700kcal

deluxmary2000 · January 2016

GillianSmith2 wrote: »

I usually average
300 for breakfast
300 for lunch
600 for dinner
200 for snack
However if i am going out for a special occasion i save some either from each day or exercise calories and spend them all on the one meal

Same, except I'll usually do 100 for snacks and 400 for lunch. If it's a day where I run or do Crossfit, I eat back about 2/3 of the exercise calories and it usually goes to dinner.

DonaldBlinks · January 2016

My breakdown is about 1/3 of my total calories for breakfast and lunch (combined), 1/3 for snacks and 1/3 for dinner.

richardgavel · January 2016

My breakdown is roughly 1/3 each for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Usually they are all within 100 calories of each other, tho dinner is usually the biggest as I usually having to play catch up to get to my gross calorie goal...still getting used to eating more now that I reduced my weight loss rate from 1.5 to 1.0 per week.

kettiecat · January 2016

My evening meal is between 500-800 calories. It's my only true "meal". I've been that way most of my life not eating much all day then one very large nighttime meal.