top of page
HOW TO SPREAD OUT YOUR CALORIES
Here is a simple and easy way to distribute calories throughout the day and easily meet that calorie target!
-
After logging for a few days, take a look at how many calories you are eating with each meal. If you have 1600 calories to work with and you have a large lunch and dinner but a very small breakfast, here is a good way to decide how many calories to eat with each meal.
-
​Breakfast: 250
-
Lunch: 500
-
Dinner: 500
-
Snacks: 350
-
-
This method is handy when you are:
-
​Learning how to easily stay under calories
-
Eating somewhere and you aren’t in control of the food.
-
-
Say you are eating with your family and they are having homemade ribeyes and mashed potatoes for dinner. Knowing that you can only have 500 calories for dinner, here is a good way to use your calories wisely.

Here is an example of what spreading your calories out looks like in your food diary.

bottom of page