Your breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack NOW and THEN?

[oneLess]

Breakfast
Then: Shoney's breakfast bar - the more the better
Now: cream of strawberry oatmeal

Lunch
Then: anything fast food as long as it was greasy and fattening. lol
Now: boca burgers on arnold's thin with laughing cow cheese with chips and salsa
*above is my new favorite thing I have found since starting this trying to eat healthier attitude

Snack
Then: sweet something
Now: i try to hit up a protein such as string cheese, cottage cheese with a couple slice peach, maybe a few pretzels for crunch or a low fat hot chocolate for something sweet

Dinner
haven't changed much besides the fact that I am cooking at home 95% of the time now and I am adding more and more vegetables and cutting down on the carbs more and more.

[kayleystar]

Breakfast
Then: Cereal, preferably sugary, at least 3x the serving size.
Now: Maple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal

Lunch
Then: Anything, really. Fast food, a majority of the time.
Now: Turkey Burger on a Whole Grain Bun with Mustard; Paired with some healthy soup, such as Minestrone. Salads.

Snack
Then: Chips, Candy Bars, Snack Cakes.
Now: Handful of nuts, Granola Bar, Rice Cakes, Goldfish Crackers.

Dinner
Then: Anything I could come across. Pizza, lots of pasta, etc.
Now: Boneless skinless chicken breast (marinated usually in herb & garlic or lemon pepper, YUM!), a side of veggies.

[Loves2Cook]

Breakfast
Then: Eggbeaters w/ lots of cottage cheese
Now: SF oatmeal

Snack:
Then: Nothing
Now: SF Cocoa

Lunch: Salad with lots of creamy dressing, chicken, eggs, anything!
Now: Soup

Snack:
Then: Chips, especially tostitoes, pototoe, (WHOLE bag)etc.
Now: Soy crisps (around 1 oz)

Dinner:
Then: Anything I felt like making, regarding of calories, sodium, etc.
Now: Roasted chicken (5 oz), lettuce, tom, cukes, onion, topped with 1 oz part skim mozerella cheese. Yum, sometimes w/ pizza seasonings!

Snack: Continue with more tortillas, raisins, cookies, pies, etc.
NOW: Soy crisps

I have gotten away from the Salt, have Decreased by Blood Pressure and weight and going to ask the Doc if I can get off the meds now! (First Goal!)

[Sskar]

Breakfast:
Then - nothing
Now - low fat yogurt (love Brown Cow) and Kashi cereal, coffee with a tbsp of half and half

Lunch:
Then - protein bar
Now - fruit, salad with lean protein

Dinner:
Then - whatever was in front of me plus ice cream
Now - huge salad with homemade vinaigrette, non-red meat protein, side of cooked veggies, fruit for dessert

Snacks:
Then - fast food, protein bars, candy, ice cream, etc.
Now - hard boiled eggs, broth, hot tea, yogurt

[Kae]

Breakfast:
Then- Nothing
Now- Wheat bagel with reduced-fat peanut butter

Lunch:
Then- Fast food! Usually I would get things from more than one place and eat one meal in my car before returning to the office to eat the other meal.
Now- Sandwiches on wheat, fruit, salad, wraps... a variety of healthy things.

Dinner:
Then- Fast food- lots of Chinese food!/ Pasta with lots of butter and bread/ Brats/ And all kinds of fattening things.
Now- Salad, asparagus, lean meats, seafood, sometimes cereal.

Snacks:
Then- Anything and everything sweet! Chips... Cookies... candy bars...
Now- Cherry tomatoes, yogurt, cottage cheese, string cheese, piece of fruit.

[Eliana]

This thread caught my eye in "new posts".

I did this not long ago. I took a look at how I WAS eating and added up the calories.

Breakfast Then: oatmeal, glass of milk (or skip it)
Breakfast now: Steel cut oats, strawberries, touch of honey, flax seed, wheat germ

snack then: chips and coke
snack now: apples and homemade almond butter

lunch then: sandwich, chips, apple, cookie
lunch now: chicken, veggies, some carb

snack then: nachos
snack now: yogurt and an orange

dinner then: spaghetti, garlic bread
dinner now: salmon, broccoli, carb

snack then: ice cream
Snack now: ice cream (but much less )


Calories then: 6,824 !!
Calories now: 1200

And looking over the list, gosh I eat more now!

[MapleLeaf]

I was just thinking about this the other day actually. This is pretty embarrassing to admit.

This was a typical day for me:

breakfast
four McDonalds egg & cheese biscuits, 2 hash browns, coffee
lunch
two slices of pizza, large order of onion rings, soda
after work "snack"
4 bagels from Panera with cream cheese
dinner
pasta with veggies, garlic toast, chocolate cake, juice

This used to be a normal day for me. Many days I'd actually eat MORE than this. I definitely struggle with binge eating.

Here's a typical day for me now:

breakfast
slice of toast with peanut butter, apple
snack
1 oz almonds, clementine
lunch
black bean soup, broccoli
snack
string cheese
dinner
tofu and veggie stir-fry

[playfullyme]

This is good to look at.

Then: It's a little hard to describe my then because I didn't necessarily eat consistent meals or anything.

Breakfast: two Sonic Breakfast burritos and a route 44 vanilla dr pepper
Lunch: Public school lunch (you know those aren't as healthy as they should be)
Snack: stop by sonic and grab a chicken strip sandwich and a dollar order of fries
Dinner: Whole totinos pizza to myself or box of hamber helper made with 73% ground beef split between 2 people or a hamburger (73% beef and half a box of mac n cheese)
Dessert: ice cream (2-3 cups)
Snack:cereal 3+ times the regular serving size of cereal with refills

Now:
Breakfast: oatmeal with whole wheat toast or cereal with banana and milk or egg/egg white combo breakfast burritos (a little higher calorie but YUMMY!)
S: piece of fruit
Lunch: salad with dressing and half a totinos pizza or sandwich (whole wheat with light mayo, etc) or chicken taco salad or chili or soup
S: fruit/veggies, whole wheat toast with peanut butter, cottage cheese with tomatoes or radishes,
Dinner: lemon pepper chicken, brown rice, sauteed veggies or salad OR homemade stroganoff with a salad OR chili with salad
S: fresh fruit/veggies, cottage cheese, trail mix, etc


I eat a lot more veggies and fruit now!! I love it.

[Jacquie668]

Then: I was really inconsistent and I'm having to remember back like three years so this is what I can think of...

Breakfast: skip
Lunch: leftover pizza or taco bell
Snack: never had snacks
Dinner: BIG dinner, pizza, taco bell, baja fresh, chilis, a lot of greasy high calorie foods, even the salads were.
Dessert: none


Now:
Breakfast: smoothies, salads, or fruit
Lunch: salads, soups, cooked veggies, raw food dishes
Snacks: veggies, fruit, smoothies
Dinner: salads, roasted veggies

I try not to skip meals, but I'm not perfect.