Maintainers - how many meals a day?

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  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    2 meals, a largish-dessert, and snacks.
  • swim777
    swim777 Posts: 599 Member
    HappyGrape wrote: »
    I go between 3 and 5, but mostly 4. I wonder long term maintainers - what do you prefer? 3 bigger meals? 3 meals plus 1 or two snacks? what and why do you prefer this


    I do best with two light meals, a heavier dinner, and two snacks. I'm not really hungry in the am and even at lunch, but it snowballs at night, if I skip meals. I have an ice coffee mid afternoon (100 calories), and a fiber one bar or peanut butter on a sandwich thin after dinner. If I do eat heavy on Sunday, or we are going out, I may skip breakfast because I can do that a day and manage. If I do it three days, I start feeling deprived. Just something I'm learning to ward off the restrict/ binge cycle.
  • jrwms714
    jrwms714 Posts: 421 Member
    Depends on what you call a meal. If you include snacks, probably 5. Mostly I eat 3 a day ... but they are small. Breakfast: egg and banana before the gym. Lunch: FF yogurt with some kind of fruit and 2T of almonds. Dinner: fish or some protein (I don't eat meat or chicken), veggie or salad, some kind of healthy carb. Throughout the day, I fill in with a treat of some kind, and usually some Skinny Pop (totally addicted to that), a handful of unsalted nuts, etc. I have a very small appetite and often don't eat all my gym cals back.
  • edwilts
    edwilts Posts: 5 Member
    I eat 3 meals - typically around 7am, noon, and 6pm. I eat fruit or some sort of snack at 9-10am, 3pm, and around 8pm and get to bed around 10 or 10:30. It's going to be different for everybody. Meals are around 400-450 calories for breakfast, around 500 for lunch, and 600 for supper. Snacks tend to be in the 100-150 range.

    This works for my schedule and lifestyle and what it's been for most of my life. Many other people eat at different times and sizes and find it works for them. I don't think that there is a "right" answer here.
  • erica_today
    erica_today Posts: 185 Member
    Usually 3 meals maybe a snack if I feel like it but I just eat when I'm hungry.
  • nvpixie
    nvpixie Posts: 483 Member
    For maintaining, I eat 2 to 3 meals and possibly a snack.
    Breakfast is the meal I either skip or eat low cal. I like big lunches and medium sized dinners so I often do IF to keep my calories in check.
  • 88olds
    88olds Posts: 4,534 Member
    3 meals. 2-3 snacks

  • raleighgirl09
    raleighgirl09 Posts: 691 Member
    edwilts wrote: »
    I eat 3 meals - typically around 7am, noon, and 6pm. I eat fruit or some sort of snack at 9-10am, 3pm, and around 8pm and get to bed around 10 or 10:30. It's going to be different for everybody. Meals are around 400-450 calories for breakfast, around 500 for lunch, and 600 for supper. Snacks tend to be in the 100-150 range.

    This works for my schedule and lifestyle and what it's been for most of my life. Many other people eat at different times and sizes and find it works for them. I don't think that there is a "right" answer here.

    Could not agree more - it is highly individual.
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