What time do you usually eat your meals?

[Quiver0f10]

I am curious as to what time your family eats their meals? Right now we are @7:30, noon and 5:30 but I want to extend those times 30-45 minutes.

[Freckles]

roughly... 8:30, 1pm, and 6

[Caitilin]

9:00, 12:30-1, and 6:30.

[kewb]

Breakfast is whenever we wake up. Lunch is somewhere between 11:30 and noon. Dinner-depends on swim practice. Dinner can be anywhere between 4 and 6:30.

[Desert Rat]

We eat early here. 7am, 11:00-11:30, 5pm.

 

We have sports in the evening that run late. We have always eaten before them. Sometimes we'll even eat at 4:30.

 

My dh is usually home from work between 3 and 4 and he is ravenous by then so it works fine. I work in the afternoons and need to have the boys to my mom's by 11:45 so sometimes they eat earlier and sometimes they aren't hungry yet so I pack it up for them (I don't like to impose on my mom for lunches).

[Mnemosyne]

Breakfast about 8 or 9, dinner at about 5 or 6.

 

Breakfast depends when we wake up, really. And dinner depends on when DH is home from work. Since it's just my one year old and myself during the day, we don't really have a formal lunch. We eat when we're hungry.

[TravelingChris]

DH and I eat breakfast together, while watching last night's news program and if it is a day he is not running, it is around 6:30 am. If he is running, it is more likely to be around 8:30 (he does a full fitness routine on those days and it takes a long time). Then I don't usually have lunch at all but when I do it varies in time. Then our dinner is usually at the earliest at 6:30 pm but often not until 8pm/

[Guest inoubliable]

Breakfast - 7 am

Tea/snack/fruit time- 10 am

Lunch - 1 pm

Tea/snack/fruit time - 4 pm

Dinner - 7 pm

[TravelingChris]

Oh, I just read that many of you eat early because your kids have sports. That is one of the reasons we eat late- my dd dives twice a week until 7:30pm so dinner can't be before 8pm. SHe doesn't want to eat right before diving and anyway, dh isn't ever home before she needs to go to dive. I don't like doing two dinners.

[Susan in TN]

7:15 breakfast, 11:30 lunch, 5:45 dinner

[wendyroo]

Breakfast - 7:30

Snack - 10

Lunch - 12:30

Snack - 3:30

Dinner - 6

[QueenCat]

Breakfast is independent, except for sometimes on the weekend.

Lunch is also independent, although younger ds & I often have it together.

Dinner is around 5:30pm.

Snacks are eaten whenever one wants one...

[Amy in NH]

Between 8 and 10 pm.

 

ETA: LOL! I don't know why I read it as asking only for dinner time.

 

Meals:

 

Breakfast 10 am

Lunch 2 pm

Snack 5-6 pm

Dinner 8-10 pm

[nono]

We generally eat together. Varies by season:

 

Winter -- 8:30a - 1p - 7:00p.

Summer -- 7:30a - 1p - 8:30p.

 

We are just 4 though!

[Joshin]

Breakfast: 6:30 am for me, between 8 and 9:30 for everyone else.

 

Lunch: Usually between 11:30 and 12:30, depending when we finish our morning school work.

 

Dinner depends on the season:

Winter- 5:00 - 5:45

Summer- 7:00 - 8:00 most evenings, sometimes even later.

[GraciebytheBay]

Breakfast is eaten individually and is whenever people get up.

 

Lunch is at approximately 1:00, but we do not eat lunch together because this time varies. (The kids have a certain amount of school work to get done before lunch break.

 

Supper is between 6-6:30 p.m.

[I.Dup.]

7, 11, 5.

[GSOchristie]

7, 11, 5. My kids are dying by 5, even with a snack so I'm thinking go moving it to 4:30.

 

[Deb in NZ]

Breakfast - 7 am

Tea/snack/fruit time- 10 am

Lunch - 1 pm

Tea/snack/fruit time - 4 pm

Dinner - 7 pm

 

That's the meal times I aim for as well. It fits in well with lunch times at work & PS here. Dh tends to eat differently, so I've given up trying to have us all eat at one time for the moment. Dh prefers to eat bkft at 7am, coffee & cake at 10am, lunch at noon, coffee at 2pm, toast at 5pm, & dinner at 9:30+pm. I can not eat dinner that late & hope to sleep well. I feed myself & any dc who are home at 7pm & fill plates for dh & any dc who are at sports to eat later. This allows me to get dishes, etc. done before it's really late. I hate doing dishes at 9pm & I really hate doing dishes at 11pm.

[atozmom]

Breakfast depends on what time the kids get up in the morning. If we have had a late night, then I let them sleep in. Lunch depends on when we have had breakfast, but usually anywhere between 11:30 and 1. Dinner is usually around 6.

[acablue]

The boys and I eat breakfast around 8 and Molly eats when she wakes up at 9 or 9:30. The boys usually have a snack then too.

Lunch is around 12, maybe a little later.

On hockey nights, we eat at 4 and then have a small snack when we get home at 7:30. Other nights, we eat around 5:30.

[Cosmos]

7am, 12:30pm, 7pm

 

We each tend to have a snack around 4 or 5pm as well.

[Karen in CO]

Breakfast #1 6:30

Breasfast #2 7:30

Lunch - noonish

DInner - served at 6pm sharp, but might be eaten at differnt times depending on the timing od music lessons.

[Excelsior! Academy]

9:00, 12:30-1, and 6:30.

 

 

This ^

[daffodil]

Meals are at approximately 9, 12, and 6 with a snack at 3.

[tearose]

Early around here: Breakfast at 7:30/8, lunch at 11:30, dinner at 5.

[KungFuPanda]

Fine. We're 'off'

 

8 a.m. Cup of tea w/milk and sugar

 

9:30 ish breakfast

 

1 p.m. (or 2) Lunch

 

4 p.m. Nother cup of tea and a snack

 

7:30 Dinner

 

11 p.m. herbal tea or chocolate milk. Maybe a snack.

 

Not everyone participates in ALL of those meals/snacks but generally 2-3 of us are sharing them. I do the bulk of my calorie burning after 5 p.m., so my eating times might be weird to normal people.

[skeeterbug]

We have breakfast anywhere from 7:30-11, lunch anywhere from 11-1:30, and supper anywhere from 5:30-8.

 

This is us, too! :)

[Pawz4me]

Breakfast: DH and I around 6:30, oldest DS grabs a granola bar on his way out the door at 7:30, youngest DS eats around 8:30.

 

Lunch: Around noon

 

Supper: Usually around 5:30 but varies depending on sports season and other evening activities

[Lily_Grace]

In the winter, we're eating at about 7:30, 11:30, and 5:30.

 

In the summer, we eat around 7, 11, 3, and 7:30. We like to get up and do things before it gets too hot, take the afternoon break, and then eat dinner when the sun is still out but not boiling us. It lets us eat outside or keep the windows open when we cook.

[Joyofsixreboot]

7, 11, 5. My kids are dying by 5, even with a snack so I'm thinking go moving it to 4:30.

Those are our times. We usually have an evening activity at 6:30 so dinner needs to be early and DH is starving when he hits the door. Unfortunately it means they all eat again about 8 or 8:30 (popcorn, toast, etc).

[Melissa in Australia]

we only eat one meal a day as a family. people eat breakfast when they wake up, lunch is anywhere between 11 - 2. Tea (the evening meal) is at 6pm on the dot.

[JudoMom]

Anywhere from 8:00-9:00, 11:30-1:00, and 7:00-8:30.

 

But snack is always at 3:00. There's mutiny if that gets pushed around.

[Parrothead]

No set times here.

[Soror]

Times aren't terribly set now as I'm trying to find a schedule with the baby. It used to be that we'd do 8am bfast, 12lunch, and 6-6:30 supper. These days breakfast is usually 8:30-9am, lunch 12:30-1:30, and supper 6p-7p with a snack around 3-4p. We always eat later in the summer as well.

[Mom in High Heels]

9am, 12:30/1pm, 5:45/6pm

[Guest inoubliable]

Question for those who eat just three times/day - do you eat large meals at that time? Do you never feel hungry in between meal times? How are your energy levels?

 

I'm truly interested. I grew up in a family eating just three meals/day and I remember everyone being grouchy a bit before meals and energy levels dropping before meals. As I got older and more in control of what/when I ate I started adding in my own snacks like fruit and veggies and I noticed that I was feeling better in so many ways. At one time I worked in a large office in D.C. and most of my co-workers were from Europe. Three different people told me that they noticed I don't eat "American". According to them, most people in Europe eat smaller (relative to typical American meals) meals and more often through the day and they'd notice that I was one of the few Americans they knew who did this, as well. They were of the strong opinion that American eating habits were decidedly unique from the rest of the world and unconvinced that it was healthy enough for most to eat large meals, three times a day. Any Europeans here to weight in on that?

 

Rambling thoughts and questions.

[sassenach]

8:30, 12:30, 6:30

[WistfulRidge]

Breakfast - 6:30

2nd Breakfast/ Snack - 9ish/9:30

Lunch - 12

Snack - 3

Dinner - 6

 

DH usually has another snack again around 9pm.

[sarahj]

Breakfast: 8:30am

Morning snack (only if the kids are hungry, which usually depends on how much/what they had for breakfast): 11am

Lunch: 12:30pm

Afternoon snack: 3:30pm

Dinner: 6pm

[MissKNG]

Our schedule:

 

Breakfast 8am

Morning snack 10am

Lunch 11:30am

Afternoon snack 2pm

Dinner 5pm

[Ellie]

8 a.m.-ish, noon-ish, 5-ish.

 

I like to eat earlier in the evening, because I like spending the evening sitting around doing nothing rather than cooking and cleaning the kitchen, KWIM? Also, I liked having my young dc in bed no later than 7:30.

[justamouse]

breakfast is around 10 am> We actually get up between 7 am and 8 am, but everyone hates eating right away.

 

lunch is 1 pm

 

dinner is 6-7:30.

 

I have an open kitchen policy, they eat snacks when they want.

[NancyNellen]

Roughly 7:30am breakfast, 12:30pm lunch, 7:00pm dinner with snacks at 10am and 4pm.

[vmsurbat]

Breakfast: 8:30am

Lunch (Main Meal): 1:30

Dinner: 7:30pm

 

No young kids, so no snack time.

[Jenny in Florida]

My teens eat breakfast pretty much when they get up each day, usually between 7:30 and 8:30. I eat once I've finished making their stuff.

 

Lunches are DIY. My son is often heading into the kitchen to start food by 11:45 and likes to be eating by 12:00. My daughter snacks on something later in the afternoon. I eat when the mood strikes.

 

At the moment, there are very few evenings when we are all home for dinner. So, the kids usually pack up stuff to eat in between classes and rehearsals, and I leave something my husband can heat and eat easily once he gets home.

 

On the nights at least three of us are home, I aim for putting dinner on the table by 6:00-ish.

[MiniBlondes]

We usually eat breakfast between 9-10, lunch between 1-2, and dinner between 7-8.