Seven hours is excesive. maybe go for 2. I personally was on a 800 cal diet now i'm on 1000. I don't eat breakfast cause i'm not hungry in the morning. for lunch i may have salad and for dinner i have soup. my salads range for about 150 cals with the dressing. For soup it's 270 cals. I have the whole can which is why it's that many cals. that right there is 420 cals. what add those other cals is usually lots of juice. NOT SODA.