Poll: How many meals a day do you eat?

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  • devilwhiterose
    devilwhiterose Posts: 1,157 Member
    4.

    Breakfast
    Early Lunch
    Late Lunch
    Dinner

    Small snacks in between all that.
  • rmartin72
    rmartin72 Posts: 1,085 Member
    Three Meals a day. I feel I need to eat 5 very small meals per day not sure though.
  • mrsdizzyd84
    mrsdizzyd84 Posts: 422 Member
    Three meals a day with two snacks nestled in the midst:

    Early - Meal
    Mid morning - snack
    Noon - Meal
    Mid afternoon - Snack
    Evening - Meal
    And occasionally when I need it a late evening/pre-bedtime snack.

    Total: 2,550 calories / day.

    This for 1800-2000+ calories a day. If I could cut the number of meals/snacks down I would, but my stomach can only hold so much. Honestly, I feel like I don't even have a chance to get hungry anymore. LOL.
  • Troll
    Troll Posts: 922 Member
    i eat 2 big meals at about 500 cal, and 4-5 small ones
  • MariFitBody
    MariFitBody Posts: 287 Member
    7 -8 meals depending how hungry I am. I snack a lot and Im always hungry.
    Pre breakfast 4am -5am

    Breakfast 8am

    Snack 9am

    Lunch 11am

    Snacks (2) 1pm - 3pm

    Dinner 6pm

    Post w/o 9pm

    About 2200 cals a day
  • MehiraDeOro
    MehiraDeOro Posts: 117 Member
    It depends on the day for me,I eat breakfast, then at one of my jobs I'm allowed to eat while working so I usually eat when I first get there, then another meal about halfway through my shift, and another when I get home.

    So usually 3-4 meals a day and various snacks, very rarely I'll only eat 2.
  • iuew
    iuew Posts: 624 Member
    3, with a snack / dessert after dinner.
  • Spanaval
    Spanaval Posts: 1,200 Member
    Really depends. Sometimes, 3, sometimes less. There are days when I tend to just snack.
  • Nelski
    Nelski Posts: 1,607 Member
    I eat 4-6 times a day. A few days a week I usually do intermittant fasting, so basically just skiping breakfast so I will eat around noon then most likely a snack around 3 or 4 before I workout, then a protein shake after I work out if I do strength training, then dinner around 6 or so then usually a snack 8 or so.
    Days I don't IF just add breakfast to that around 6am.
    It's hard to say how many calories are alotted for each time because it changes, you could look at my diary to get an idea. Just depends what I'm eating and how hungry I am at the moment. On average I eat 1600-1900 a day with higher days on the weekend.
  • 81Katz
    81Katz Posts: 7,074 Member
    Meals 3 but never huge meals, also 2-3 snacks if needed.) It starts like this, I have breakfast, a mid-morning snack, later lunch, then dinner, sometimes a small snack a bit after dinner. If I don't have the mid-morning snack then my lunch is sometimes earlier then I might have a snack late afternoon a bit before dinner, then no snack after dinner.

    *Basically, on average at least 5 times a day I eat. :wink:
  • reztib
    reztib Posts: 151 Member
    4-6, most times 5.
  • elfo
    elfo Posts: 353 Member
    Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, and sometimes a lite late snack if I had an early dinner (5-6)
  • AmandaPandah
    AmandaPandah Posts: 222 Member
    Four meals.

    Breakfast
    Lunch
    Dinner
    Night snack (usually a sandwich)

    Then I'll have fruit or something in between sometimes.
  • ickybella
    ickybella Posts: 1,438 Member
    I eat a lot. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, plus 2 protein shakes plus two snacks.
  • JoniBologna
    JoniBologna Posts: 653 Member
    5-6. 3 "meals" and 2-3 "snacks".
  • XxXHillaryXxX
    XxXHillaryXxX Posts: 32 Member
    Around 6-8.
  • BeccaB1981
    BeccaB1981 Posts: 456 Member
    I eat at least 6 times a day. My typical schedule is:

    7:30 Breakfast 200-300 cals
    10:00 snack 100 cals
    12:00 snack 100 cals
    2:00 lunch 300-400 cals
    4:30 snack 150 cals
    7:00 dinner (cals depend on what I have left for the day)
  • redcat17
    redcat17 Posts: 267 Member
    5-6

    Three meals and two or three snacks, depending on the calories throughout the day.
  • Sharyn913
    Sharyn913 Posts: 777 Member
    I use my juicer for my morning "breakfast" before I leave for work and the rest of the day I eat what I want when I want, as I get hungry. I have family dinners each night as well.

    Nothing is strategically planned as far as how many times I eat or how many calories as each meal. I follow what my body is telling me. Although, after dinner (6-7pm-ish) I do try to keep my calories and snacking to a minimum!
  • chachita7
    chachita7 Posts: 996 Member
    3 complete meals + 2 snacks (one mid monrning/ one mid afternoon)
  • phoenix8633
    phoenix8633 Posts: 137 Member
    I have 3 meals a day and 2 snacks a day (healthy of course)!
  • thistimeismytime
    thistimeismytime Posts: 711 Member
    Meals 3, Snacks 3. I eat every 2-3 hours. :smile:

    ^^This!! Food, glorious food!! I don't wanna go too long without you!:bigsmile:
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    It depends by what mean by "meal". I have seen posts on here where people say they eat 5-6 meals a day and like to keep them at 300 calories. I call that a snack, not a meal.

    During the week I eat tlike this:

    Breakfast: 103 calories so not a meal
    Morning Snack: 0 - 80 calories
    Lunch: 250 - 350 calories usually
    Afternoon (pre-workout) snack: 200 - 300 calories
    Dinner: 900-1300 calories
    Dessert: 0 - 150 calories

    The only thing in that list I consider a meal is Dinner.

    On the weekends I may graze all day and never have a meal, or I may only eat only one big meal and no snacks. Or I may go crazy and eat 2 huge meals. Weekends are wild cards for me.
  • DominiqueSmall
    DominiqueSmall Posts: 495 Member
    I eat 6 meals a day
  • 4thehardman
    4thehardman Posts: 731 Member
    Breakfast
    Pre-lunch snack
    lunch
    pre workout snack
    postworkout snack
    dessert
    pre dinner dessert
    dinner
    dessert
    high calorie self distruction
    fruit
    midnight snack
    I'm working on it!
    :) jk xx
  • BGSchultz
    BGSchultz Posts: 12 Member
    6
  • Nelski
    Nelski Posts: 1,607 Member
    Breakfast
    Pre-lunch snack
    lunch
    pre workout snack
    postworkout snack
    dessert
    pre dinner dessert
    dinner
    dessert
    high calorie self distruction
    fruit
    midnight snack

    This is my dream day. :ohwell:
  • angie_sample
    angie_sample Posts: 190
    i eat 5 times a day. It works for me. :)
  • runlaugheatpie
    runlaugheatpie Posts: 376 Member
    on workdays:
    something within 30 min of waking
    breakfast about 1.5 - 2 hours later
    sometimes a snack
    lunch
    snack
    something on the way home
    dinner

    I work 2+ hours from home which makes a long day for me - since a couple of months I'm eating this way with limited carbs (no bread, pasta, rice) and mostly protein/veg/fat for the rest and it actually keeps my hunger down more than when I was eating grain-based carbs.


    on weekends it's about 3 or 4 meals max but if I run there could be another snack in there.
  • sherripaxton
    sherripaxton Posts: 14 Member
    5. Breakfast, snack at 10:30, lunch, snack at 3:30 and dinner at 6. Cup of herbal/green tea before bed.

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