What time do you have your 1st and last meal of the day

FYI, meal timing doesn't matter.

meal timing (ie: last meal at xx time or xx amount of hours before bed) doesn't matter.
but eating healthy and more often does matter, in a sense, as it speeds up your metabolism.

This is a fallacy, I'm afraid.

The title says it all really. But does it matter when you do? We get up around 930am at the moment (have 2 young children so i am sure this will change), i am normally eating breakfast by 10am then we have dinner at 530pm and i sometimes have a snack at 730pm. We go bed around 10/11pm. Just wondering about everyone else? And does it make a difference to your weightloss

Breakfast around 7:30, usually after biking or running. Dinner around 9, after the sun goes down, and it's too dark to work outside.

I recently read an article that said your body burns calories optimally if you have 12 hours or more between eating your last meal for the evening and your first meal of the next morning, so I have been trying to do that. Something about the glycogen stores in your body.... wish I could remember where I read it so I could be more clear....

53o a.m. GOOD MORNING
7 a.m. Banana
10 a.m. Plain Greek yogurt
12 pm salad with turkey or chicken
2 p.m. popcorn
4 p.m. fruit
6 p.m dinner (whatever hubby cooks- portion control for calories to finsh day)
11 p.m. NIGHT NIGHT

Well my rule of thumb for what the best times for eating is simple, but does have its variables. From the time I get up, I don't let a half hour pass without eating my first meal. Just a quick analagy. A baby needs to feed a minimum of every three hours (taking into account every babie's needs are different) Like a baby, I make sure I eat every 2 1/2 to three hours and don't miss a meal. You wouldn't skip a meal when it comes to your baby...why would you skip a meal when it comes to you?

Now the big question is, what time should we stop eating at night? Ask yourself this, if your baby is awake between 7:00 p.m to 12:00 a.m do you not feed your baby in that five hour window because it's late and maybe she/he is meerly colic or whathave ya? Ok, I get that babies are babies and have different needs than us, but are they really that different from us? If you are working on a paper, or working late at the office and don't make it home until 10:00 p.m. do you still not eat? My logic is this...if you are still using your brain, exerting your body in an effert to complete a task which needs to be done late at night, why wouldn't you fuel your body at that time also? You're still burning calories because you are still active! Without the proper fuel, how can one function no matter what time of day it is.

Again, my rule of thumb is no matter how long your day takes you, don't let three hours go by before eating a meal. You can make the proper, educated choices and still be on your way to that goal weight! Hope this helps and good luck to everyone on their weightloss journey!

I am up at 5:45 am everyday, eat breakfast at 6:30 and my last meal of the day is usually between 7-8, no later than 9.

Breakfast is usually around 7am. Dinner is usually around 6pm.

I work 9-5.

6:30 a.m. get up
7 a.m. walk dog 30 mins
8 a.m. breakfast
11 a.m. mid morning snack
12:30 pm lunch
3 p.m. afternoon snack
5:30 p.m. evening training for an hour (while OH does evening dog duty)
6:30 p.m. sometimes post workout protein
7:30 p.m. dinner
10.30 p.m. lights out