Ideally I'd love to eat 5 small meals a day. It keeps your metabolism constantly working, and you don't get overhungry and overeat.
The reality is that I usually eat 2 meals a day. A quick breakfast like cereal or a muffin at my desk while I'm working. And then a simple dinner. Oh and lots of random unhealthy snacks and sweets because I eat at different times every day, so I need to stave off the hunger.
How many times a day do you eat?
squash / 13199 posts
I eat 4 times a day. I have an early breakfast at home at around 7.30 and I eat big bowl of cereal or oatmeal. Then I have my 2nd breakfast between 9-11, I usually have a bagel and hot chocolate or a sandwich. Then I have lunch and then have dinner when I get home.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I eat 3 meals a day with a lot of snacking in between.
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
Maybe 2. My only REAL meal is dinner (hubs loves to cook and I'm happy to let him!). I have to remember to eat breakfast, which might just be some leftovers from the previous night's dinner. In between "breakfast" and dinner, I'll just munch on whatever is around if I'm hungry. It could be fruit throughout the day, a handful of popcorn, more leftovers, coffee, etc.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
Usually two... it's any combo of bfast + dinner, bfast + lunch, or lunch + dinner. I need to make the time for more frequent smaller meals...
grapefruit / 4187 posts
I eat breakfast, snack, lunch, dinner - so 4 meals a day. Sometimes I will have a few bites of an appetizer I make for DH (he is hungriest the second he gets home from work).
Do cocktails count?? lol!
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
2-3.
If I eat many small meals throughout the day, it keeps my weight down, but I'm ALWAYS hungry and feel deprived. Which causes me to overeat. And gain weight back.
So I quit doing that.
eggplant / 11824 posts
4 I guess?
I eat breakfast around 9ish (bagel with cream cheese, breakfast sandwich, etc.), and then lunch sometime between 12-2, then a substantial snack (like, boiled egg, cheese, ½ a sandwich, leftovers, etc.) around 3-5, then a full dinner sometime around 7-8 or later. I’ll snack in between on something light.
I hate to eat big meals, makes me feel sick. Also makes me feel sick to go several hours without eating something. I think it works for me, I’ve been the same basic weight since I was a teenager (30 now). My eating style is a grazer.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
I eat 3 meals and a snack. Breakfast, Lunch, Afternoon snack, Dinner. If I don't, then I'll be starved for a meal and overeat.
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
I eat constantly throughout the day when I'm alone. steamed veggies, nuts, eggs, fruit. When DH is home I'll make breakfast lunch and dinner.
apricot / 489 posts
Ugh. I used to be able to pull off the 5 small meals thing. But with baby, everything is a lil bit more difficult. I eat 3 meals and some snacks in between. I have gone from healthy to convenient and it shows :o/
pear / 1639 posts
I normally only eat 2. Breakfast, then dinner. I will snack in the afternoon if I get hungry. Bad habits I know 
pear / 1965 posts
Usually two. If I remember I have yougurt in the morning, but I forget a lot. So usually just lunch and dinner.
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
I eat breakfast on the way into work, lunch in the middle of the day, and then in the evening I usually have a sammy.
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
Ever since RJ started on 3 meals a day with 2 snacks between, I've realized that I work best on this schedule as well! So I try to eat a good breakfast every day including protein, then I have a snack around 10:30am (usually a Special K bar or something quick like that), then lunch around noon, a snack around 2:30 or 3:00, then dinner around 6 or 7. I'll usually have some sort of dessert-y type thing around 9pm. I don't snack other than those scheduled snacks.
GOLD / apricot / 337 posts
Three. I love big breakfasts, but I'm lucky if I can run out of the house with a granola bar! I usually eat breakfast at the office or at my desk. Lunch is usually pretty big since it's cooked at the office. And for dinner, we cook a light meal or get takeout.
pomegranate / 3980 posts
Three meals but I also have a couple snacks too because I can't eat much at once.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
Three meals and lots of little snacks. I have a small breakfast of usually toast and a banana then later will have an apple, then a chobani. In the afternoon, I usually have at least 1 snack before dinner. But I'm almost 18 weeks pregnant so pretty hungry : )
persimmon / 1202 posts
3. Small breakfast (usually a vegetable soup or a half sandwich), a snack for lunch, and dinner (usually 3-4 oz fish/meat with veggies or a vegetarian meal, rarely followed with ice cream.)
kiwi / 534 posts
As many as I can get haha I eat whole foods and small portions about 8 times a day. I don't deprive myself because I do work out every day so I think it evens out in the end.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
3 meals and 2 snacks to always keep my metabolism going and blood sugar levels steady.
apricot / 495 posts
I can't seem to eat more than twice a day. If I have breakfast I will usually skip lunch and just eat dinner. If I don't eat breakfast then I will eat lunch and dinner.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
Right now I am eating 4-5 meals a day. Before I was pregnant it was 2 wih a snack in the late morning.
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