how many times do you eat during the day?

Philippines
August 9, 2010 9:57pm CST
Many poor people eat only twice a day, average earning people eat 3x a day. How about you? How many times do you eat? I have kids so aside from eating breakfast, lunch and dinner, I also prepare snacks during 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. And sometimes my sons want a midnight snack on our movie night during friday and saturday night. How about you?
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@shia88 (4571)
• Malaysia
10 Aug 10
Hi, I eat three times a day:breakfast,lunch and dinner. It is good to have a proper meal and always eat on time, to prevent having a gastric problem. I always cook for my meal,seldom dine-out. It is better to eat home-cooked meal rather than eat food outside. More healthier. Once a while,I will have tea snack,but not everyday. I also seldom go for supper,as I easily put on weight.So I have to control my food intake.
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• Philippines
10 Aug 10
I think your day to day food intake is balance, and it should be followed by many others. It's true that in eating we should be conscious about the food. Me too, I always cook our meal because it's much safer and economical than dining out. Thanks for sharing with us your piece of mind regarding the topic. Have a nice day!
@kukueye (1759)
• Malaysia
10 Aug 10
I think i eat one properly meal per day.But i snack about 2 times perday.Snacks include bread,coffee,sweets and maybe light junk foods, or some waffles depends what is available.But lack of food cause me to smoke more reguarly . However, i drink alot of water and piss alot too during the day especially if it is a hot day.i drink like 2-3 liter of water perday.
@megabiz (185)
• United States
10 Aug 10
That is part of my problem too. I drink a lot of water in the summer and drinking water fills me up to where I have no apatite. The only time I eat a somewhat good meal is dinner time.
• Philippines
10 Aug 10
I want to eat and eat and eat!!! But because gaining weight is not good to my physical appearnace whict bothers me now. I sometimes skip one meal. I also have to be very careful on what I eat. It's really hard to be on a diet but i really love to eat.
• Philippines
14 Aug 10
yeah me too, but we have to discipline our self so we can maintain a healthy lifestyle. Try to drink some tea on the evening. It flushes out all the fats in the next morning. :)
@Bradpete (822)
• Philippines
10 Aug 10
I eat three to five times a day. My minimum is twice a day. I heard in some place in African Continent they just eat once a day. We thank God cos we eat three times a day in heavy meals.
• Philippines
10 Aug 10
Yeah... and the help coming from the government and private sectors, the relief goods were being delivered by choppers and thrown down to the area where there are many indigenous people. Isn't it a pity. We are still lucky that we can eat how many times we wish to.
• Philippines
10 Aug 10
I eat like 5 times a day yet I am still super thin, I always wished to gain some weight. I tried all possible things like eating even at midnight, still no effect. Gaining weight has always been my problem for my metabolism is really fast, if I have eaten heavy meals after an hour I feel like my stomach is empty again.
@akopoaysi (739)
• Philippines
10 Aug 10
i personally eat at least 5 times a day. if i dont i will get hungrier and eat more. i eat small portions only.
• Philippines
10 Aug 10
It was a week ago when I've watched on TV that eating in a small portion at least 3 hours can satisfy your hunger but won't make you fat. It is one diet that health conscious follows and that is good for you if you would be able to maintain that. Thank for your response and have a nice day!
@sayh123 (150)
• Philippines
11 Aug 10
I eat 3x a day, but as of now I only eat one a day because I'm a diet now, As a matter of fact I've lost my lb. Everyday no snacks for me,but I only drink water.
• India
15 Aug 10
Hello welcome to mylot At about 8am i take light breakfast with tea, next at one in the afternoon my meal, again at 4.30pm some snacks with tea or coffee, the last is at 8pm, my supper followed by a cup of warm milk, so it is two principal meals.. Thanks for sharing. Cheers. Professor
@irisseno (134)
• Philippines
11 Aug 10
i eat 3x a day...and whenever we have food in our house..hahaha...they would even call me a pig because i eat most of the time..
• India
14 Aug 10
Three times a day, morning breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• India
10 Aug 10
I eat 3x a day. Morning breakfast, lunch and dinner. I also eat snacks when i feel like, not all the time. But during weekends i usually hang out with friends. So i usually do not eat at home but goes out in the hotel for dinner. In the hotel i usually, most of the time eat noodles.
• Philippines
10 Aug 10
I see...you had a regular eating schedule. Maybe you are still single that's why you usually eat outside. Thanks for sharing your day to day experience with us. Have a nice day!
• United States
10 Aug 10
I usually sleep till the afternoon if my son isn't home because I am anemic and tire easily. I will eat lunch and supper. Sometimes I have a snack like a yogurt or some whole grain chips at night. If my son is at home, he will want breakfast so if he eats a bowl of cereal, I will eat one too. There are some times that my son spends the night at his grandparents house or has school then I tend not to eat breakfast.
• Philippines
10 Aug 10
Yeah linda, I notice that on myself too, that my food intake sometimes depend on my children's habit of eating. If they are in school I skip the snacks and only when they are at home that I do eat. And if they got leftovers I will still eat them because It's better than to throw it in the garbage. Thanks for sharing with us your day to day experience at home. :-)
• Slovenia
14 Aug 10
usually these days in this hot summer I eat twice a day and maybe eat some snacks in between too. I really have no much appetite in summer. But on normal days I'd have 3 meals a day. Though lunch isn't always on my menu, because I'm very fastidious, so sometimes I just skip it and get some snack instead. I know it's not healthy at all, but I'm used to eating like that. Also for the dinner I don't really eat much, because I'm used to not eating after 6 in the evening, because if I do, on days when I make an exception when my brothers would want to order a pizza or something,then in the morning I'm hungry like a wolf xP, really I start to feel sick and I gotta drink something and eat to feel better, so I don't like to eat late in the evening.
@sadsad75 (96)
• Philippines
10 Aug 10
Hi, I eat 3 times a day. Plus the snacks, also 3 times a day. haha Sometimes I cook my own food. I don't know why, but I'm always hungry. I eat so much, that sometimes I can't even stop. :)
• Philippines
10 Aug 10
It's alright, It's really better to eat if you are hungry :). And if you are conscious about gaining weight just sip a cup of tea at night to flush the fats in the next morning. :-)
• Philippines
10 Aug 10
I love food but these days, I only eat twice a day because of my super-very-to thi highest level - tiring job. Bear with the complain. LOL. I hardly eat when I'm at work coz I don't want to feel heavy. Tendency is I feel sleepy when I am full and it happened thrice already. My boss cleared my eardrums courtesy of his "sermons" because I failed to do my task. Partly my fault. So now, I only eat after I wake up and get ready for work. And eat another later during lunchtime. :D During my day off, I still eat the regular "eat" twice a day becayse I spent most of time doing chores since I live alone in my apartment. But I do eat some snacks if my tummy can't help it.
• India
10 Aug 10
i eat 3 times a day when i am in home. i wil eat 4 times when i go to college.beause ater cuming from college i wil be hungry so i wil eat one more time in college days
@keshia2007r (2880)
• United States
10 Aug 10
i eat multiple times a day. for course you have your breakfast, in between breakfast and lunch i might eat once or twice (small snacks) then i eat lunch, in between lunch and dinner i might eat once. then its dinner time. so i eat dinner and after dinner i might eat once again. i a hugh snack food junkie. So in between the main meals i get chips or anything of that sort.
@megabiz (185)
• United States
10 Aug 10
I am far from 3x a day. I lot of times I wake to only a cup of coffee for breakfast. Skip lunch and my not even be hungry till 4 or 5pm. then from midnight till 2am I am snacking on chips and junk food. Surprised with my bad eating habbits of not eating hardly at all and then going into junk food, I don't gain wight. I am 109 and have been for a long time. I think I'm just not hungry when I get up as I am so blotted from all the snacking all night long that I just don't have an appetite. The other reason I know is, I have a depression problem that has me on medication. When I am depressed, I am not hungry. Plus, the heat where I live has been 101 with with heat index between 105-110. That makes me not want to eat. I do tend to eat a little more close to 3x a day in the winter as I like warm food to keep my warm on the inside like oatmeal, homemade soups and stews. But in the summer, I barely eat.
• United States
10 Aug 10
I personally eat when I'm hungry, which varies everyday sometimes I eat once a day and don't feel like eating anything else other times it can be about 3 times a day. its just really up to my mood! I'm really healthy too, 5"3' 118 lbs, I've never had eating problems, and since its just me I don't have to worry about making a family meal, I ecxersise meditate, and guess you could just sum it up to that I eat to live not live to eat.
• United States
11 Aug 10
I find it hard to avoid skipping lunch from time to time as I'm out and about and so busy. Breakfast can also be a hard one if I'm running late. I always have dinner but have to keep meal bars in my purse throughout the day. I've also purchased a juicer which has been amazing for energizing me and putting vitamins in my body!