When do you eat the bulk of your calories

mc62412 wrote: »

When do you eat the most of your calories ? At any specific time of day ( breakfast, lunch or dinner ).
Does it really make a difference when you eat the bulk of your calories ? My diner tends to be higher then the rest of my day.

To the extent that it matters, in objective terms, IMO the biggest reason is in how it affects one's compliance with a sensible calorie level. There's some (kind of poor-quality) research suggesting that calories earlier in the day are "better", and someone may trot that out, but the methodology really is problematic (there's a discussion of it over in the Debate secion somewhere).

However, personal calorie compliance seems to be a bigger factor, as a practical matter. People who like big meals, for example, tend to benefit from Intermittent Fasting (IF). Some people find a solid breakfast helps them avoid evening cravings (I do; I assume the mechanism has something to do with fatigue-induced hunger, and my body rhythms). There are a lot of happy breakfast skippers, or people who save calories for evening/bedtime snacks.

Personally, I usually eat fairly even-sized meals (sometimes 2, sometimes 3), but if I vary from that, it's based on factors in my day's schedule (small breakfast before AM workouts, for example) . I eat snacks randomly, usually something small and protein-y if I'm feeling hungry when a mealtime isn't close on the horizon. (I've found I'm better nipping that hunger in the bud, vs. letting it grow).

This is what I think is true about priorities, in an objective sense:



If you do some experimenting, you'll figure out what works best for you.