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What time do you have your evening meal?
kingofcakes
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Just a random question that popped into my head.
When I was a kid me and my sister normally ate earlier than my parents, about 5pm, but nowadays we all normally eat at around 6:30.
When I was a kid me and my sister normally ate earlier than my parents, about 5pm, but nowadays we all normally eat at around 6:30.
When do you have your evening meal? 105 votes
before 5pm
4%
5 votes
between 5 and 6
16%
17 votes
between 6 and 7
26%
28 votes
between 7 and 8
27%
29 votes
after 8pm
24%
26 votes
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When I go to Karate training, which starts at 7pm, I have my evening meal at 4pm
23% saying after 8pm - crikey that would press on me terribly in bed + not so great for the metabolism.
You have lunch for your evening meal?
Yeah, it's not so good for the metabolism. On the other hand, it means I eat a lighter and healthier evening meal, most of the time. I'd like to eat a bit earlier, at 7.30 or 8.00, but the OH doesn't get home until 7 at the earliest, and he doesn't want to eat right away, which is fair enough.
And how much they exercise.
I have something about 8ish, usually a cup of tea and a small bowl or cereal/biscuits, I couldn't go to bed on a hot meal, I need time for it to settle if that makes sence.
If I am on my own, I eat either before 6.00 or later.:)
Yeah that's true.
My philosophy is to eat less as the day goes on.
A big breakfast to reboot the metabolism and to set me up for the day.
A medium sized lunch. I actually take a proper meal to work (rather than some dire sandwich)
A small dinner/supper at 6ish.
We never eat anything after 8pm - the body is winding down, and mine wouldn't take too kindly to having a massive meal to deal with!
This is quite common for us too.
If we're all home early, we tend to eat our evening meal at about 8:30-ish, sometimes a bit earlier.
But there's a few days in the week where one of us is out, e.g. my brother's practising with his band or I go training, and on those days we tend to eat at 10 - 10:30-ish. We could just eat earlier and save the other person some, but we like to eat together.