What time do you eat?

[Marshmellow]

Since I'm really heart-set on losing weight and getting healthy, I've also been focusing on my diet, along with exercise times. I've heard that it's best to eat and exercise at the same times, so I was wondering: what time do you eat?

When I lived at home, it was "whenever Mom felt like cooking." Sometimes we'd eat dinner at 5, sometimes we'd eat at 9. Now that I'm on my own, I have "some" control over that. (However, I still have to rely on what my friends want to do, my class schedule, and other various activities).

I've also been terrible about eating breakfast. It's the most important meal of the day, and really, I haven't eaten it like I should. The last two days, though, I've eaten it. I'm more apt to eat it on the weekends, though, than the weekdays, because I have class at 7:30, and to eat breakfast I have to get up by at least 6:30-6:45, otherwise there's just not enough time. And it's also best to eat within the first hour of waking up, so I've been told. So, it's either eat at 6:30 a.m., or wait until 9:30 when I'm done with my class, and that messes up my whole lunch schedule.

So...

Breakfast: 6 a.m. - 7 a.m. (8 a.m. - 10 a.m. on weekends, though I'm trying to get up earlier)
Lunch: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. (I have a 12:40 class)
Dinner: 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Dinner is the meal that's the most 'flexible' out of the three. Ideally, I don't like to eat after 8 p.m., unless it's a light snack. My friends think differently, though. They like to have dinner at two in the morning! Craziness. <_<

[Nomatophobia]

I eat breakfast at around 9 am, if I'm hungry enough. That'll change in September, though, because I'll have a class at 9 am.
I eat breakfast anywhere between 1 and 3.
Dinner depends on lunch. If I had a small lunch, then I'd eat at 6 or 6:30. If I had a large lunch, then I'll just have a snack instead.

[Anthropomorphic]

I usually don't eat breakfast at a set time because my morning schedule is so erratic.
I have lunch in the early to mid afternoon. Generally 1-3.
I have dinner late. Between 7 and 10 at night most of the time. I've been known to have dinner as late as 11 or midnight.

[TakeTheLeap]

I usually don't eat breakfast unless I'm working in the morning. Hopefully come August if/when I get a teaching job, I'll be eating around 6 and 7am.

For lunch, I can eat anywhere between 11am and 3pm, again, depending on my work schedule which changes ALL the time right now. During the school year (when teaching), of course, I eat lunch when my students eat, which is around 11:30.

For dinner, it's icredibly erratic. I have class from 3:30-6ish, and I usually try to eat after class. However, sometimes I just don't feel like eating (specifically cooking!) and come back to my apartment and crash and then remember that I need to eat and it's already 9 or 9:30. Bleh. Ideally, I eat between 7 and 8.

I'm a horrible model for, "When do you eat?" Hahaha.

[Reverie.]

Breakfast on weekdays is usually at about 7:20-30. On weekends its usually 9 - 10 unless I sleep in too late.
Lunch on weekdays is at 12:40 due to school. On the weekend it's usually 12-2 depending on when I'm hungry or where I am.
Dinner it usually at about 6ish. Sometimes we'll have an early dinner for Sundays but usually its at about 6 o clock.

[MegaMadness]

I honestly just eat whenever I'm hungry

[Kitty.]

Breakfast - 10

Lunch - 1

Dinner - Anywhere from 8-9:30

[Spellbound]

I rarely eat breakfast, but if I do, it's around 9 or 10.

I eat lunch around 12.

And dinner usually ranges anywhere between 5-7.

[ChaosControl]

I eat breakfast at 8, if I'm up that early. Lunch is at 1, and dinner at 7.

But I don't eat a lot for each meal and usually snack at 10 or 11 and then again at 4. It varies a lot when I'm at college because of my timetable, but I try to eat something every 3 hours if I get the chance.

It might not suit you, but I found this sort of diet works much better for me regarding weight loss and appetite. I seriously couldn't go six hours without having a snack, but because I eat small meals anyway, I don't put on weight.

Hope that helps.

[Liz94]

Due to me being on study leave and with reivsion and exams I have been on a timetable so my times of eating are exstreamly structured.

I hev breakfeast before 9am, snack if hungry at 11am, lunch at 1pm, snack at 4:30pm, and tea at either 7:30 or 8:00, I then have hot milk at 9:30pm.

This strucuted time has alllowed me to gain control over my eating after a period of constant binge eating.

I hope that strucuring your eating times will help you with your diet.

[Bibliophile]

Breakfast and lunch tend to tie in together. I eat around 1, as I don't get up until late.
Dinner at 5.
And usually a snack anywhere between 8 and 11pm.

[BeautifulBecca]

Right now-
Breakfast is usually about 9 am.
Lunch about 1ish
and Dinner can be anything between 6 and 9pm. :P

[Paix et Amour]

well, actually, its not true that having set times helps. your supposed to just eat when you get hungry. and actually full meals like that arent always good either. usually lots of snacks throughout the day. just make sure you dont eat when you arent hungry

i usually eat breakfast around 2pm (i get up so late bahaha)
lunch around 6 or so
dinner around 11 xD

i do also snack through the day. i pretty much make all my own food, so my mom doesnt mind my weird eating times lol

[losing touch.]

Breakfast - about 8am
Lunch - 1-2pm
Dinner - 7-8pm

[Cabron]

I eat all day, errday. It's basically all I do.

[Elizabeth]

I have breakfast about 6am, swim at 7. Then have like a banana afterward.
Lunch is about 12. Sometimes have a class at 12, so I eat after at 1.
I workout about 6, so I eat after at about 7:30. If I eat before I workout I feel really sick.

[Peppermint Tea.♥]

I don't usually eat breakfast. If I do I have it at about seven AM.
Lunch is about ten past twelve if I eat it.
Dinner between six and seven.
I don't eat after dinner.

[Abruzzi]

7:30
12:15
9:00