# Eating habits, a survey **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 5, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-habits-a-survey/386836 "2007-01-05T17:12:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-habits-a-survey/386836/41 "2007-01-06T21:48:34Z")
I eat shortly after I wake up. Then again when I’m hungry. This assumes that food is available at those times. I have 3-5 meals per day, usually no snacks, I would rather have real food. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-habits-a-survey/386836/42 "2007-01-07T09:20:26Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] Isn’t the first thing you eat, by definition, breakfast? 😛 [/QUOTE] Reminds me… What do you call a ful meal (say, pizza) at 3 am? Dreakfast? ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-habits-a-survey/386836/43 "2007-01-07T10:32:52Z")
Morning: Coffee Afternoon: More coffee 6:00-7:00pm - Dinner. Midnight - a snack of some sort (tonight I had leftover fried rice and noodles from dinner - about a half serving of each) Before I go to bed, at about 4am, I might have a sweet something. We have some malted milk balls and I hear a few of them calling my name. This is pretty normal day for me. Rare days I’ll have a small lunch or something. I never eat breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-habits-a-survey/386836/44 "2007-01-07T17:42:22Z")
[QUOTE=clayton\_e] Reminds me… What do you call a ful meal (say, pizza) at 3 am? Dreakfast? [/QUOTE] If you wake up and eat it, it’s breakfast. If you go to bed after eating it, it’s supper. If you stay up and eat again later, it’s lunch. If you would normally eat 2 pizzas, it’s a snack. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![goldenmean1975](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@goldenmean1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldenmean1975)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-habits-a-survey/386836/45 "2007-01-08T12:20:40Z")
If I’m working out on a given day I’ll eat decent afterward to fuel the workout. Then I may not eat again until dinner time. Otherwise its kind of haphazard, no schedule…the only thing I do consistantly is have 2-3 slice and bake cookies right before I go to bed every night. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-habits-a-survey/386836/46 "2007-01-08T13:24:56Z")
I eat when I’m hungry and stop when I’m full. Mostly this means a lot snacking, but every once in a while I’ll have something like a meal. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-habits-a-survey/386836/47 "2007-01-08T14:37:10Z")
I avoid snacking out of boredom; often when I need a snack (need sugar/salt) it’s shortly before dinner/lunch so I just move that meal ahead if it’s at all possible. During the week, I’m having a protein-rich breakfast about 6am, lunch at noon and light dinner about 7 or 8 pm. I’m trying to stick to that during the weekends too but last weekend it didn’t work so well. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-habits-a-survey/386836/48 "2007-01-08T15:47:39Z")
I never eat hobbits. Wait _habits_? nm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-habits-a-survey/386836.md?page=2)