Anyone else spread out their calories like this?

I eat my biggest meal at lunch time, around 1PM. I hardly ever eat before noon, just my coffee. I have a fairly large lunch, a little more coffee at work, and then dinner. I work swing shift at a hotel, so I don't have a lot of time to eat during work, but we have eggs, yogurt, bagels and the like for our breakfast stuff, so I usually can cobble together something decent.

Jruzer wrote: »

This is almost exactly how I break down my meals. That's what I prefer.
Yesterday I did 250 Breakfast / 300 Lunch / 500 Dinner / 1500 Evening Snacks

Ha, you sound like me! Not quite as extreme as having 1,500 calorie meals + snacks in the evening, but yes, I generally try to save around half of my calories just for dinner and the inevitable post-dinner snacks. It's hard to eat a lot during the day anyway because of work, so that makes it easier.

My highest-calorie 'meal' of the day on MFP is invariably the one called 'snacks'

yep most of the time my dinners are 800+ calories.

I dont eat alot in the day though.
I dont tend to eat breakfast, usually first meal of the day is anywhere from 11.30am to 3pm ( even if it is breakfast oats I eat lol)

then I have a big dinner and a bedtime snack.
Im defo a night eater. I even have days when I dont eat until after 6pm (just having coffee - black no sugar and water during the day) then have dinner at 8/9pm and go bed with snacks

I think it might be because I have really bad insomnia and night eating gives me something to do but I make sure everything is logged and accounted for no matter what time of day I eat it

Most of my calories happen at lunch, or at dinner if going out. My main meal is always in the neighborhood of 800-1000, sometimes (way) higher. Sometimes I feel very snacky and most of my calories go into snack. That's the beauty of calorie counting; you get to do whatever you want in whatever way you want and still lose weight if you're within calories. Not being bound by unnecessary rules was liberating for me.

CindyWard2 wrote: »

Dinner is always my biggest meal of the day. I usually eat between 1350 - 1500 calories per day and dinner is typically almost 1/2 of those calories. This was last night's 810 calorie meal...

That's what I'm talking about!

I've been skipping breakfast and having a light lunch so I can eat a big dinner for decades.

If you have energy throughout your day and aren't tempted to eat extra food you haven't budgeted for, then it's great! For myself, I feel best with a 500 calorie breakfast plus a substantial early snack, then a smaller lunch and a snack sized dinner. Sometimes I even skip dinner if I'm going to bed early. The main thing is to do what makes you happy and likely to stick with your goals!

rheddmobile wrote: »

CindyWard2 wrote: »

Dinner is always my biggest meal of the day. I usually eat between 1350 - 1500 calories per day and dinner is typically almost 1/2 of those calories. This was last night's 810 calorie meal...

I never thought to use eggs for buns! I'm diabetic and don't like most low carb bun alternatives I've tried and regular buns spike my sugar, so this is definitely something to try. Thanks!

It's not eggs for buns...it's two pieces of whole wheat toast with avocado, bacon and fried egg on top...and fried potatoes of course!!

Nope, most of my calories are lunch and snacks. Last meal of the day tends to be the smallest. Brekkie is usually bigger than my last meal of the day/night.