Do you eat your heavier meals early or late

rikkejanell2014
rikkejanell2014 Posts: 312 Member
edited November 14 in Food and Nutrition
Question for everyone. I usually do dinner with more calories.
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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Both
  • neldabg
    neldabg Posts: 1,452 Member
    edited January 2017
    As of right now, I generally eat my smallest meal in the evening. Sometimes it may just be a protein bar or some chocolate. I get in my exercise early in the day, so I have bigger meals to fuel properly. Unless I get super super busy, I'm not one of those people who can do cardio and just fast until later.
  • happyauntie2015
    happyauntie2015 Posts: 282 Member
    It varies for me depending on how hungry I am
  • Nikki10129
    Nikki10129 Posts: 292 Member
    I have a bigger breakfast and lunch generally and a late dinner that's usually lighter
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    My personal preference has always been to eat the majority of my calories later in the day.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,165 Member
    I eat about half my calories for breakfast and lunch and the other half plus my exercise adjustment for dinner and a snack after dinner.
  • eday79
    eday79 Posts: 86 Member
    I have a small breakfast on training days but I have a BIG breakfast on other days as it's usually breakfast & lunch together and smaller meals throughout rest of day
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    I eat most of my calories after 7pm
  • ajwcyclist2016
    ajwcyclist2016 Posts: 161 Member
    I try to eat evenly through the day
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Usually early. Today late. On my work week days I have a big breakfast which is usually a bit more than I have for dinner followed by a small lunch. On weekends I usually try to have my meals more evenly allocated.
  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
    our biggest meal is dinnee and usually late.. like 10-12. Its my favorite meal and work out at night before dinnee.
  • TonyB0588
    TonyB0588 Posts: 9,520 Member
    Middle of the day for me.
  • siraphine
    siraphine Posts: 185 Member
    Depends, day to day.

    My days usually consist of a small breakfast (smoothie or yogurt), a large lunch, and a small dinner or snack-meal in the evenings. If I feel particularly munchy, I will skip breakfast and have a smaller lunch in the early afternoon. This leaves me with plenty of calories for the rest of the day so I can have a huge dinner.
  • Nicklebee93
    Nicklebee93 Posts: 316 Member
    Oddly enough my meals have been pretty comparable in calories between breakfast/lunch/dinner. But in general my dinner is the biggest- i eat kind of early compared to others (at 5) and don't eat afterwards..
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    edited January 2017
    Late, usually. I do shift work and often work 3-9, and exercise after that. Then, I take a bath, relax, and eat my "main" meal of the day. I've tried eating smaller meals throughout the day before, but what usually happens is either:
    A) I forget / don't have time to eat
    B) Somehow end up causing my chronic digestive problems to flare up due to eating food that doesn't agree, forgetting to take my enzymes, or just because my stomach hates me
  • earthnut
    earthnut Posts: 216 Member
    Late. I generally don't have much control over my dinner, so i allot it as much calories as i can so i don't go to bed hungry.
  • rainbow198
    rainbow198 Posts: 2,245 Member
    Middle of the day. I'm not hungry early in the morning or at night.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Late.
  • cross2bear
    cross2bear Posts: 1,106 Member
    I tend to eat most calories at night, when I am at home and food is more accessible. That way I have basically saved calories during the day for the dinner and evening snacks I usually have planned.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Depends on the day...yesterday I went out for a brunch and that was my heaviest meal...we kept dinner light and had soup.
  • AmandaDanceMore
    AmandaDanceMore Posts: 298 Member
    I tend to eat a little, often, so my "meals" tend to be around the same amounts. I also have a funky schedule, so that is often just easier for me to snack on and off all day. If I DO eat proper meals, my heaviest tends to be dinner, but sometimes it's lunch if I'm working the evening shift at work. Occasionally I'll have a late and big brunch.

    TL;DR, it depends
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    Middle
  • Tedebearduff
    Tedebearduff Posts: 1,155 Member
    rikkejanell2014 wrote: »
    Question for everyone. I usually do dinner with more calories.

    I try and get my carbs in me after the gym (I workout in the morning) so my breakfast is 7-9 oz of chicken and 1 serving of this rice thing I make (it's just rice and veggies)
  • robininfl
    robininfl Posts: 1,137 Member
    Lunch, I do big lunch. Smaller breakfast and supper. I can more easily skip breakfast or supper, too, without really suffering. I'm thin and have consistently confounded my co-workers over the years because they see me eating enough for two or three people at lunch, but I am more restrained with the other meals.

    Occasionally I'll have a big breakfast and light lunch, or not eat much in the day because supper will be big, but 90% of the time the mid-day meal is the big one for me, and that is what feels best.
  • bobbi55
    bobbi55 Posts: 15 Member
    I have a larger dinner. I have a very physical job so I find it easy to eat a smaller breakfast and lunch and have a nice relaxing larger dinner.
  • md78245
    md78245 Posts: 16 Member
    Late
  • kschwab0203
    kschwab0203 Posts: 610 Member
    I usually eat more than half my calories in the evening.
  • jennybearlv
    jennybearlv Posts: 1,519 Member
    I've been doing a big brunch and a slightly bigger dinner lately.
  • __TMac__
    __TMac__ Posts: 1,669 Member
    I'm happy to eat a small breakfast and lunch, but start to feel deprived if I can't have a substantial dinner. So I have 40-50% of my calories for breakfast and lunch, and the rest for dinner and a snack.
  • jennypapage
    jennypapage Posts: 489 Member
    depends on my hunger level and what i have available. sometimes i'll have a light breakfast and a big dinner, and on other days i will eat 2/3 of my calorie allowance for breakfast, and a very light dinner.when there are leftovers, i will usually have them as breakfast.if i have to cook,it will be a big afternoon meal and nothing for dinner.Every day is different really.
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