When do you eat most of your food?

I tend to eat a lot in the morning and eat lighter as the day goes on.  I'm wondering if its ok to eat most of my food earlier in the day, I know I should space it out but I'm always really hungry in the morning and I am better able to work out in the evening when I've already eaten most of my food for the day.

When do you eat most?  When should you eat the most?

I tend to do the opposite, i.e. I eat very light for breakfast and eat more as the day goes on. I think I try to "save" my calories, so in my head I can justify having some ice cream at night if I have the calories left over!

The answer to when you are supposed to eat is, of course, 5-6 small meals throughout the day, although who has the time to do that I would like to know!

It's the exact opposite for me too. I have to constantly remind myself to eat a good amount earlier in the day, or else I can last until 5 or 6 not feeling hungry at all.

But at night it's a different story altogether. I tend to get super hungry, regardless of how much I've eaten throughout the day, around 9 or 10 (yes, after dinner!)

So I end up munching on baby carrots and apples until I go to bed!

I used to be the one to eat a small breakfast so I could eat more during the day, but I am trying to change that. I want to eat more for breakfast so I can get off of thinking about food all day long. Plus, I read about that study where a group that ate a 600 cal breakfast high in protein and carb shed more body fat and lose more weight then a group eating a small breakfast. I am not saying I totally believe it but it would be cool to do a study of my own on it.

I eat largest meal at dinner. 

 My husband jokes about how I could have possibly lost 100+ lbs when all he ever sees is me eating LOL

~H~

Dinner is my main big meal, I watch carefully what I eat for breakfast and lunch. I love a big dinner and am starving at that time of day so I save up for that.

Breakfast! I'm always RAVENOUS during the day, but never hungry at night.

Original Post by vmcbutterfly:

I used to be the one to eat a small breakfast so I could eat more during the day, but I am trying to change that. I want to eat more for breakfast so I can get off of thinking about food all day long. Plus, I read about that study where a group that ate a 600 cal breakfast high in protein and carb shed more body fat and lose more weight then a group eating a small breakfast. I am not saying I totally believe it but it would be cool to do a study of my own on it.

 I read that same study and the reasoning behind it makes sense.  However, I tend to eat half my calories before 4pm and then the other half between 5-7pm.  When I eat alot in the morning I'm starving all day long an end up binging on junk.  I guess i'm weird since eating alotin the morning is supposed to have the opposite effect and make you feel fuller and therefore eat less the rest of the day.

i eat half of my daily calories for breakfast, but i eat breakfast at like 11:30-12 noon.

on most days, i eat A LOT in the morning :]

it depends on what i'm doing that day though

 

I really strongly dislike eating large amounts later into the day and at night, so I tend to eat the most around mid-morning and noon.

i have a HUUUUGE breakfast in the morning.

and then i have three small meals throughout the day.

 

i usually exercise later on in the day so eating a lot later on in the day isnt such a great idea.

i tend to eat more later in the day, out of habit. i enjoy having an emptier stomach throughout the day, i despise feeling full so it's easier for me to spend a few hours with a full stomach, go to bed, and wake up with an empty one. breakfast is really light, i snack a bit throughout the day, and then enjoy putting the effort into making a lovely dinner. i don't like eating before i have to go out and do things.

I tend to eat most of my calories for dinner.  I am rarely hungry before 5, some days not until 7pm and have to make myself eat anything for breakfast or lunch.  So I eat at least 2/3rds of my calories after 5pm.   Some days I do get hungry earlier than that and eat then.  I figure my body knows what it needs and just act accordingly. 

This is what my trainer told me:  Eat more earlier in the day starting with a good breakfast, and then have a lighter lunch and dinner.  It is important to have a light snack in between meals to keep your metabolism at a good level and to prevent ravenous pantry invasions!  Good luck!

I am trying to eat in the morning and at night because I work 48 hours a week, 8 hours a day (no breaks.  none.) so I don't eat while I'm at work.  I guess I do pretty well at it because I eat about 600 cals before 2 and then when I get home at 10, I eat only a little bit because I'm so tired.

I eat 80% of my calories before dinner.  About 33% before lunch (breakfast and snack); 47% in lunch and afternoon snack; 20% for "dinner", which is actually  fresh produce and a protein shake, pre and post workout, respectively.  This has worked very well for me.

Original Post by dawniecampbell:

I tend to do the opposite, i.e. I eat very light for breakfast and eat more as the day goes on. I think I try to "save" my calories, so in my head I can justify having some ice cream at night if I have the calories left over!

 

Ditto on that ice cream!

i eat a really good breakfast everyday so that im not munching on crap throughout the day. in fact, i eat most of my calories before 2pm. i just have a snack and light dinner after that.

I have breakfast at about 8 am every morning (A couple of servings of fruit, raw vegetables, coffee), lunch at around 11 o'clock (big salad with some vegetarian protein), second lunch at 14 (fruit, vegetables, maybe tofu) and after that I have my post-workout protein shake with fruit sometime after I get home from the gym, it depends on the day. No snacks in between, just lots of water and occasionally coffee if I'm working (a mathematician's prerogative).

Basically no food passes through my lips after 6 pm. Most people I know, especially the 30+ folk, starve themselves with no breakfast or lunch and then stuff themselves between 5 and 8 pm with a gigantic dinner; it shows. I realize people are built differently, but I'd be hard-pressed to believe that is a healthy meal schedule.

I tend to eat a lot of my calories late at night.  Some days, I'm only up to about 1000 calories at 11:00pm, and I'll have to eat something calorie dense like a PB sandwich on WW bread (that's about 110 calories per slice).  I think I really need to work on that :/ Definitely before school starts for me.