<p><strong>-</strong> Eat within 30 minutes of waking up</p><p><strong>-</strong> Ideal time to have breakfast is 7- 8 am</p><p><strong>-</strong> Do not delay breakfast later than 10am</p><p><strong>-</strong> Make sure you have protein in your breakfast</p>

Breakfast

<p><strong>- </strong>Ideal time to have lunch is 12:30 - 2 pm</p><p><strong>-</strong> Try and keep a gap of 4 hours between your breakfast and lunch</p><p><strong>-</strong> Do not delay lunch later than 4pm.</p>

Lunch

<p><strong>- </strong>The ideal time to have dinner is before 6-9 pm</p><p><strong>-</strong> You should keep a gap of 3 hours between your dinner and bedtime</p><p><strong>-</strong> Do not delay dinner later than 10pm</p><p><strong>- </strong>Eating close to bedtime can interfere with the quality of sleep</p>

Dinner

<p><strong>- </strong>Never workout (especially weight training) on empty stomach</p><p><strong>- </strong>The right pre-workout meal could be protein sandwich (with chicken, tuna etc), protein shake, scrambled egg with whole wheat bread, peanut butter sandwich</p>

Workout Meals

<div dir="ltr">By - <div dir="ltr">TNN</div><div data-plugin="dateformat" dateval="Updated: Aug 21, 2019, 12:55 IST" dir="ltr">Updated: Aug 21, 2019, 12:55 IST</div></div><div dir="ltr"><i data-plugin="fbshare" dir="ltr">facebook</i><i data-plugin="twshare" dir="ltr">twitter</i><i data-plugin="pinshare" dir="ltr">Pintrest</i></div><img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-49658366,imgsize-28026,width-800,height-600,resizemode-75/49658366.jpg" alt="The best time to eat! (Getty Images)" title="The best time to eat! (Getty Images)" width="550" height="407"><div class="caption">The best time to eat! (Getty Images)</div><div dir="ltr"><em dir="ltr">Eating food may sound very simple in itself but it's the simple mistakes we make that make a huge difference. It is important to know that when it comes to eating, the timing of meals is the key.</em>
 
<br dir="ltr"> How often do you delay your breakfast or skip your meal after a heavy workout? How often do you eat right before bedtime? Do you have long gaps between meals? The best times to eat can be a tricky question to answer.
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</div><div dir="ltr"><br> Here we demystify it for you
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<strong dir="ltr">BREAKFAST</strong>
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<br dir="ltr"> - Eat within 30 minutes of waking up
<br dir="ltr"> - Ideal time to have breakfast is 7am
<br dir="ltr"> - Do not delay breakfast later than 10am
<br dir="ltr"> - Make sure you have protein in your breakfast
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<strong dir="ltr">LUNCH</strong>
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<br dir="ltr"> - Ideal time to have lunch is 12.45pm
<br dir="ltr"> - Try and keep a gap of 4 hours between your breakfast and lunch
<br dir="ltr"> - Do not delay lunch later than 4pm.
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<strong dir="ltr">DINNER</strong>
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<br dir="ltr"> - The ideal time to have dinner is before 7pm
<br dir="ltr"> - You should keep a gap of 3 hours between your dinner and bedtime
<br dir="ltr"> - Do not delay dinner later than 10pm
<br dir="ltr"> - Eating close to bedtime can interfere with the quality of sleep
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<strong dir="ltr">WORKOUT MEALS</strong>
</div><div dir="ltr"><br> - Never workout (especially weight training) on empty stomach
</div><div dir="ltr"><br> - The right pre-workout meal could be protein sandwich (with chicken, tuna etc), protein shake, scrambled egg with whole wheat bread, peanut butter sandwich
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Eating food may sound very simple in itself but it's the simple mistakes we make that make a huge difference. It is important to know that when it comes to eating, the timing of meals is the key.

Eating all day, all time can get in you deep trouble. Here are some specific time schedule to have your meal that proves best.

<em>Eating food may sound very simple in itself but it's the simple mistakes we make that make a huge difference. It is important to know that when it comes to eating, the timing of meals is the key. </em>

<b><i>For more stories, follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/TOIHealthNews">Twitter </a>and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TOIhealthandfitness">Facebook </a> </i> </b>

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