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How many calories do you eat during the day?

leanitup123
leanitup123 Posts: 489 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Usually try to hold off on eating bulk of my calories until later in the day... Usually. Today, it's only 2:30 and I'm at 1,100 calories. OOPS.

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  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Typically around 300, then the rest in the late evening.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    600-800 through the day, leaving 1000-1200 for dinner/dessert.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    About half my calories before dinner, then the rest after. Usually about 1000 cal each or so, depending on my allowance that day.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Usually about 1,000, leaving 1,000-1,200 for dinner.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    600-800 through the day, leaving 1000-1200 for dinner/dessert.

    Yep, pretty much this, except 800-1000, instead of 600-800.
  • sosteach
    sosteach Posts: 260 Member
    I am at a 1200 calorie a day goal. I usually eat half of those during the day and save half for dinner.
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    600. That gives me 600 to last from five til midnight. *slams head on desk repeatedly*
  • JEE2015
    JEE2015 Posts: 146 Member
    I'm about 300-400 each meal and I eat a lot.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited August 2017
    I don't really have a "usual"...I'm generally around 2800-3000 for an entire day, but it just depends on the day as to when I eat them...right now I'm actually probably closer to around 2600-2800 per day total.
  • alcomer
    alcomer Posts: 101 Member
    200 bf, 400 lunch, 500 dinner and 100 for snacks. 1200 a day, and it's tough!
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,801 Member
    edited August 2017
    It averages about 400 calories before I start the bulk of my eating around 10:30 pm (which is usually about 2000 calories during the week....less on the weekends).
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    600-800 through the day, leaving 1000-1200 for dinner/dessert.

    This is similar to my pattern, though my calories are slightly lower. The highest I eat is 1800. Usually 500-600 for my first meal and the balance is dinner/dessert. I eat 1700-1800 calories, though on a rest day, I might do 1500.
  • OliveGirl128
    OliveGirl128 Posts: 801 Member
    I have an IF window from around 10 or 11am to 6 or 7pm. So all my calories are eaten within that window and my biggest meal/calorie intake is usually between noon and 1pm.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    edited August 2017
    So far today, 4:20 p.m., I'm at 981 calories, with a little bit lighter breakfast and little bit heavier lunch than usual. That gives me a little over 600 for the rest of the day. Easy. Dinner is to be a pizza with pork belly, veg, and cheese and I'll have a cup of kombucha with it.

    If I want more I can put in some cardio time for it.
  • __TMac__
    __TMac__ Posts: 1,669 Member
    I usually have three small, equally sized meals at approximately 8am, 12pm, and 3pm, which add up to 600-800 cals. That leaves about 1000 for dinner. If there's anything left, I have a snack at 10-ish.
  • TeethOfTheHydra
    TeethOfTheHydra Posts: 63 Member
    edited August 2017
    I eat 250 - 400 cals each @ 7am, 11am, 3pm, 6:30pm, 9:30pm. I might eat an apple or a hard-boiled egg in between one meal if I get unusually hungry. 1650 total is my goal and I exercise daily.
  • VeronicaA76
    VeronicaA76 Posts: 1,116 Member
    Anywhere from 1500-3500 depending on exercise. If my ex happens to piss me off, I run, sometimes I push myself way to hard because I am that angry (still better to be sore for two days than in jail for murdering him).
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    2100 cal/day usually 3 meals 500-800 each, less for lunch and/or dinner if I plan to have a 4th meal/snack.

    Adjust meals to conform to cal/macro goals as the day progresses. Add cardio to burn cals if it looks like I'm going over.
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  • ChelzFit
    ChelzFit Posts: 293 Member
    500 cals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, plus 250 cals for three snacks. I get low blood sugar so banking my calories for the end of the day never works for me :neutral:
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    It varies for me, depending on my activity. If I am cycling or hitting the gym, I will have between 600 and 800 calories during the daytime and then the other 1600-1800 after 6pm. If it is an inactive day, it is more like 400 calories during the daytime and the other 1400 in the evening.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I usually eat right at 200 for breakfast, around 400-500 for lunch, and the rest for dinner (between 600-800). No snacks.

    On weekends I get a LOT more exercise and my meals are more like 350/700/800.
  • kokonani
    kokonani Posts: 507 Member
    I eat my entire days worth during the day. 1500-1600 cal in one sitting.
  • kellyjellybellyjelly
    kellyjellybellyjelly Posts: 9,480 Member
    I usually eat anywhere from 1,000-1,100 of my calories during the day (around 200-300 for my first meal & then maybe 700-900 for my lunch to fuel my work activities). I then eat around 400-600 for my dessert be it ice cream, protein ice cream, cookies, chips, etc. when I get home from work.

    So far I've found that helps me.

    On my days off I'll sometimes eat most of my calories in the morning & then fast the rest of the day or spread out my calories & just graze.
  • jamacianredhair
    jamacianredhair Posts: 230 Member
    JEE2015 wrote: »
    I'm about 300-400 each meal and I eat a lot.

    Same. I have 5 meals a day average 380 per meal.
  • mabearof6
    mabearof6 Posts: 684 Member
    I typically don't eat till after 3pm. Most of my calories are consumed from 5pm-8pm. Usually 1000 calories between 3 and 8. I'm up in the middle of the night with our daughter, and leave calories to snack while I'm up.
  • ona1990
    ona1990 Posts: 58 Member
    I try to stay under 600cal split between breakfast and lunch, about 500-600cal for dinner and 100-200cal for snacks/dessert if I'm still in goal (under 1,400 for the whole day)
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    Typical day:
    Breakfast: 200
    Lunch: 300-400
    Dinner: 400-500
    Bedtime snack: 300-500 (depending on what I have left at the end of the day)
  • sydneypo
    sydneypo Posts: 28 Member
    I have a desk job, not currently working out but walking, and trying to create a deficit for gradual weight loss. Calories- I usually do 300 bfast, 250 lunch, 150 snack, 300 dinner. Lots of veggies/fruit/protein and daily fiber and general vitamin supplements. I'm currently down 12 lbs in the last 30 days and never hungry, just craving the salty foods I like. :smile:
  • carljsimonsen
    carljsimonsen Posts: 3 Member
    Right now, my daily goal is < 1950. Typically, 3-400 for Breakfast; 4-500 for Lunch; 6-700 for dinner; That leaves me between 350-650 for snacks, or slightly larger meals depending on the circumstances. I am in the process of reducing my daily intake, I started at 2000, am now at 1950 (after 3 weeks) and am working my way down to a goal of 1750 - which I will probably do in 2-3 steps. In my first 40 days I have lost about 5 pounds.
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