i've been wondering this for a long time it seems, so i figured i might as well ask. what times does everyone eat?? what times are you waking up and going to sleep as well though?
i wake at 7am and usually sleep at about 11pm or even 12am.
i have a strange schedule, where i have lots of small obligations during the day.
i usually eat breakfast about 730-8am.
i eat about 11am.
again about 230-330pm.
if i can about 5pm a small snack.
then dinner about 730pm.
lately, i'm trying not to eat after 730pm. but sometimes i get hungry after that. but i hate eating before bed.
anyway, curious what your habits are...
edit: also, how do you distribute your calories throughout the day??
x calories = breakfast, x calories = lunch.... etc etc
*Mon and Wed....yeah I know, it sucks...
-wake at 4:45, at breakfast 5
-sucker at 10am
-lunch at 1:45
-dinner at 9pm
*Tue and Thur
-wake at 6:30, eat breakfast at 6:45
-lunch at 1:30
-dinner at 7pm
*Friday
-wake at 4:45 eat breakfast at 5am
-eat lunch at 3pm
-eat dinner at 9pm
Weekends vary...And I can't ever eat dinner before 7 it seems...I honestly need to start eating snacks.
ETA: I give myself about 500 cals per meal but I go under that often since dinner is soup and crackers which is about 300 cals and then I don't eat snacks. So I have to be careful of that.
Last edited by caligirl98; 12-10-2008 at 01:50 PM.
I wait until I'm hungry. I used to be very good about eating right when I wake up and stop before 8pm, but for me it's all about taking as much of the stress out of dieting so I stick to it as long as possible. I'm a perfectionist by nature, so I can't let myself get started trying to make things perfect, or I will never stick to it.
Plus, I find that I eat less and am hungry less often this way.
M-F
B-6:45 am (around 400 cals)
S- 9:45 or 10:30 depending on when hungry (140 cals)
L- noonish (400 to 500 cals)
S- 3:30 ish (100 to 200 cals)
D- 6 (500 cals)
sometimes I'll have another snack around 9 if I'm hungry. ( 100 to 200 cals)
My calorie intake is anywhere from 1800 to 2200 per doctor's request.
Weekends are different. I try to make sure I eat at least 5 times and stick to my cals.
Last edited by Here we go again; 12-10-2008 at 02:05 PM.
ok i agree with you about the eating only when hungry. i used to be really big on eating structured meals so that i wouldn't get really hungry and freak out and binge.
but i'm usually hungry in the AM, even if i eat something small, like just an apple.
sometimes i try and just eat really small snacks, and never be full and never be hungry either. but i've heard that grazing all day isn't the best for you. and you need to allow your body proper time to digest the previous food before ingesting more food.
i never know what's a proper amount of calories to consume either. i get really confused and downright discouraged most of the time. its tough trying to lose weight.
I eat at specific times but occasionally adjust if I'm hungry or not.
Breakfast: 6:30-7:30 am
Post morning work out snack 9:30-10:00 am
Lunch: noon
afternoon snack: 2:30-3:00 pm
Dinner 5:00-6:00 pm
Post evening work out snack 7:00-8:00 pm
Breakfast at 10 am
lunch after a workout at about 2:30 pm
And dinner after another workout at about 7:30-8 pm :-D if i get hungry after i just grab some jello.
I find the more that I have a structure the better I do. My body gets use to eating at specific times, on the weekend I change it up a lot just b/c I'm not at work and either really busy or not doing anything. lol
If I'm really not hungry, I'll just have half what I normally, b/c if I don't have anything I don't feel good. I do have flexibility with in my structure.
Everyone is so different. It's taken me 5 months to find what works for me and I'm always tweeking it.
Weekends are a free for all for me, I eat & get up whenever the mood hits me! But during the work week I follow the following:
wake up @ 5:30
eat breakfast @ 7:00
lunch @ 12
Wed & Thursday I have school after work, so I usually grab a snack around 5:30 and then eat around 9 when I get home.
Mon, Tue & Friday I eat dinner around 7-7:30
Sometimes, if I have calories left, I have a snack at night around 9ish.. I'm in bed by 10 most days... I need 8 hours of sleep & seeing as how I get up so early, that means early to bed!
i tend to eat pretty regularly when at work, but less regularly when off (i cant say wknds as im in retail)
breakfast: 7am, eaten in car on way to work usually 300-350 cals
Snack: 10.30am small 100 cals or less
Lunch: 12.30/1pm usually a large lunch, its my main meal i guess
snack: 4pm
dinner: 7.30-8pm
Monday - Friday wake up at 6 and go to bed between 10 and 12
(I don't know what calories these are so I'll just put what I eat.)
Breakfast at 6:45 (usually cereal or eggs with fried balogna and a peice of toast)
Small meal at 10:15 (usually a campbels soup, or a small portion of last nights left overs, sometimes an apple a tube of yogurt and a granola bar)
Lunch between 1:30 and 2:00 (generally tuna salad with melba toast or celery, depending what I'm eating for dinner and what I had earlier in the day)
Veggies at 4 (sometimes with dip)
Supper at 5:30 (whatever the mom makes, always healthy foods)
Very light low cal snack at 8(smart pop with vinegar, or cucumbers with low fat plain yogurt, garlic, and mint, apple with peanut butter, celery etc)
On weekends it all changes because I don't go to school and I sleep in.
Seems to be working, I'm glad I didn't have to trial and error before finding what works for me.
Last edited by Beautiful Ace; 12-10-2008 at 02:46 PM.
During the week I usually go to bed between 10-11 and wake up at 6:45.
Breakfast @ about 7:30 (150-250 cals)
Snack around 10:30 (fruit or yogurt < 100 cals)
Lunch 12:30-1 (250-350 cals)
Snacks @ 3:00 and 5:00 (100 cals each)
Dinner around 8:00, after the gym (usually about 400 calories)
On the weekends I will go to bed later and wake up by around 8:30.
Breakfast @ about 9 or 9:30 (300-400 cals-- bigger on the weekends)
Usually go to the gym around 11:00
Lunch @ 1:30 (250 cals)
Snack @ 4:00 (100 cals)
Dinner @ 7 or 8:00 (500 cals) plus a few glasses of wine (250 cals)
M-F I wake up b/w 5-6 am (depending on what time i have to be in at school) and go to bed b/w 9:30-10 pm.
Breakfast @7- usually 250-300 calories
Lunch @ 12:00- usually 300-400 calories
Snack (sometimes) at 3:00- 100 calories
Dinner (6:00 usually)- usually about 300 calories
Snack (7:30)- usually around 200- 300 calories
times you eat your meals
usually 300-350 cals
