Percentage of daily goal - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

twoscimitars
twoscimitars Posts: 272 Member
edited October 2024 in Food and Nutrition
What percentage of my daily goal of calories, etc, should I have in each meal/snacks? For instance - should my breakfast have the most calories, and lunch the least? What's a good breakdown?

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  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    What percentage of my daily goal of calories, etc, should I have in each meal/snacks? For instance - should my breakfast have the most calories, and lunch the least? What's a good breakdown?

    It's all personal preference, you could even skip breakfast and have larger lunches and dinner
  • twoscimitars
    twoscimitars Posts: 272 Member
    One thing I know for sure is that skipping breakfast is not a good thing. If I don't eat breakfast my metabolism basically shuts down.
  • EmilyJ1979
    EmilyJ1979 Posts: 144 Member
    I tend to eat the majority of my food before noon most days because that's when I feel hungriest as I work out in the AM. Everyone is different though.
  • annabellj
    annabellj Posts: 1,337 Member
    What percentage of my daily goal of calories, etc, should I have in each meal/snacks? For instance - should my breakfast have the most calories, and lunch the least? What's a good breakdown?

    It's all personal preference, you could even skip breakfast and have larger lunches and dinner
    does that work for you? idk if my trainer is correct, but he now wants me to eat more at breakfast so it gets burned off and doesnt sit there. does it really matter? i am finding though that my body feels better throughout the day when i eat more breakfast, i just skip my afternoon snack
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    What percentage of my daily goal of calories, etc, should I have in each meal/snacks? For instance - should my breakfast have the most calories, and lunch the least? What's a good breakdown?

    It's all personal preference, you could even skip breakfast and have larger lunches and dinner
    does that work for you? idk if my trainer is correct, but he now wants me to eat more at breakfast so it gets burned off and doesnt sit there. does it really matter? i am finding though that my body feels better throughout the day when i eat more breakfast, i just skip my afternoon snack

    It really doesn't matter if you eat most in the morning, noon or night. But if you feel better eating breakfast, by all means continue doing so
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    One thing I know for sure is that skipping breakfast is not a good thing. If I don't eat breakfast my metabolism basically shuts down.

    Skipping breakfast or eating it has no effect on metabolism. It may lead to you being hungry, and making poor food choices, but metabolically speaking it doesn't make a difference.

    Personally i skip breakfast without fail, have a smallish lunch, then a big dinner! :D
  • NewVonnie
    NewVonnie Posts: 683 Member
    One thing I know for sure is that skipping breakfast is not a good thing. If I don't eat breakfast my metabolism basically shuts down.

    Skipping breakfast or eating it has no effect on metabolism. It may lead to you being hungry, and making poor food choices, but metabolically speaking it doesn't make a difference.

    Personally i skip breakfast without fail, have a smallish lunch, then a big dinner! :D

    Ditto! My only breakfast is my coffee. :smile:
  • gp79
    gp79 Posts: 1,799 Member
    I suggest doing whatever will allow you to stay on your diet and lose weight (or whatever your goal is). It doesn't matter when you eat as long as your meeting your goals at the end of the day / week. If you're really not a breakfast-person and are eating an AM breakfast because "they" say it's the most important meal of the day, yet you're eating late at night and blowing your entire day, then consume the majority of your calories later in the day. Just do what works best for you.
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