Meal timmings

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sonu0902
sonu0902 Posts: 48 Member
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If you have breakfast at 7.30am what time do you have lunch and dinner

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  • Vegplotter
    Vegplotter Posts: 265 Member
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    Most people eat three meals a day and a couple of snacks mid morning and mid afternoon. A big breakfast means you can go longer without food. A small meal won't fill you up for so long. But we are all different.
    I'd advise to find a routine that works for you, if you don't like to snack make sure you are eating plenty of complex carbohydrate, liquid foods and protein that will keep you full and satisfied for longer.
  • dhimaan
    dhimaan Posts: 774 Member
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    Depends on my hunger level. There is no strict time. It changes day to day.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
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    I'd be ready for lunch by 11:30!
  • sonu0902
    sonu0902 Posts: 48 Member
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    Yes I do usually have lunch around 11.15 which would be a wholemeal sandwich with salad and lean meat slice then dinner around 5.30-6pm but I found I was getting constipated (tmi) sorry. So now I will try salad with protein . I'm on 1200 cals a day.
  • Jewlz280
    Jewlz280 Posts: 547 Member
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    Constipation can be from not enough liquid or not enough fat. On 1200 cals, that's what most people end up cutting out. Add some fat back in and that should help.
  • sonu0902
    sonu0902 Posts: 48 Member
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    Thanks any ideas for meal plans
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
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    Ah, meal timings.

    When I was obsessive about weight loss, As a rule I would eat like this:

    8AM: Breakfast
    10AM: Small snack
    12: Lunch
    4PM: Dinner

    Meal timings don't matter for weight loss - but having a rigid schedule such as as the above, for me - made 'eating' such a 'thing'. BECAUSE I had such a time-table, I would be constantly clock watching or thinking about my next 'meal'. Things worked out a whole lot better for me when I listened to my stomach and ate as and when I felt necessary for ME.
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
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    sonu0902 wrote: »
    Thanks any ideas for meal plans

    Eat what you want... just less of it.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,426 Member
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    sonu0902 wrote: »
    If you have breakfast at 7.30am what time do you have lunch and dinner

    I tend to eat every 3-5 hours because that is when I get hungry.
    I eat breakfast about 8 AM, lunch around noon, snack about 3-4 PM, dinner at 6 PM, snack about 9 PM. These are pretty normal meal times for most people I know.
    You should eat when you are hungry or whatever schedule suits your lifestyle.
  • lightenup2016
    lightenup2016 Posts: 1,055 Member
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    No morning breakfast for me. I eat around 1pm, snack around 4 or 5, dinner around 7 or 8pm, and a glass of wine after dinner. It works for me!
  • Angierae75
    Angierae75 Posts: 417 Member
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    I eat when I'm hungry. Today, that meant I got up at 7:30 but am just now eating breakfast. Sometimes I eat around 8 before I leave the house.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,022 Member
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    On work days I eat breakfast around 8 and lunch at noon. Dinner time depends on what is going on that evening. On the weekends I just eat when I am hungry or when my husband is hungry. For the most part I say just eat when you are hungry. I can't eat lunch before noon when I am at work so if I needed a snack until the am I would plan to have one, but I don't usually feel hungry until lunchtime.
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
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    Breakfast: 6:30-8 am or not at all
    Lunch: 11/11:30
    Dinner: 4:30 pm
    Snack, sometimes: 6 pm

    If you're eating at a deficit, it doesn't matter when you eat those calories.
  • your_pal_crusher
    your_pal_crusher Posts: 4,437 Member
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    leggup wrote: »
    Breakfast: 6:30-8 am or not at all
    Lunch: 11/11:30
    Dinner: 4:30 pm
    Snack, sometimes: 6 pm

    If you're eating at a deficit, it doesn't matter when you eat those calories.

    Breakfast is the most important meal! :wink:
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    jennifer_417 wrote: »
    I'd be ready for lunch by 11:30!

    10.30 for me! That's why I wait and have breakfast at 8.30ish so I can make it through till 12 to eat lunch!!
  • workinonit1956
    workinonit1956 Posts: 1,043 Member
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    I don't eat breakfast, just hot tea with cream. I eat my first meal around 1 pm, an afternoon snack if I want something and dinner around 7.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,442 Member
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    your_pal_crusher wrote: »
    leggup wrote: »
    Breakfast: 6:30-8 am or not at all
    Lunch: 11/11:30
    Dinner: 4:30 pm
    Snack, sometimes: 6 pm

    If you're eating at a deficit, it doesn't matter when you eat those calories.

    Breakfast is the most important meal! :wink:

    Um, nope. Debunked.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
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    your_pal_crusher wrote: »
    leggup wrote: »
    Breakfast: 6:30-8 am or not at all
    Lunch: 11/11:30
    Dinner: 4:30 pm
    Snack, sometimes: 6 pm

    If you're eating at a deficit, it doesn't matter when you eat those calories.

    Breakfast is the most important meal! :wink:

    Nothing personal, but I see red whenever I see or hear this statement
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    I eat my meals pretty far apart on a normal day -- 6 am for breakfast, 12 for lunch, around 9 for dinner, sometimes even later. It's just personal preference, though.

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