what do you (now) skinny girls eat...
I was wondering about what a slim person would eat during a normal day. Portion sizes and what kinds of food. I know everyones different and some people are now doing lots of exercise or sport (running, etc.) But I would be very interested to know .
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(Morning) 1) 1% latte (1 c) 2) WW cereal (3/4 or 1/2 c) with 1% milk (Mid afternoon) 3) veggie burger with 2 slices low-fat bread, one slice cheese, pickles, mustard 4) sometimes another 1% latte (1 c) (Late afternoon) 5) salad, usually just lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and whatever dressing (Dinner) 6) baked salmon, about 1/2-3/4 yam or sweet potato, 1 c steamed cauliflower (Late night snack) 7) olives, sometimes crackers and cheese, sometimes cottage cheese. |
I'll give this a try! I lost 70 lbs and have maintained that weight loss for nearly 2 years, I guess I'm a "skinny" person now :) (so nice to type that). Here is what I ate today (this is a very typical day for me):
B - 2 pieces of whole grain toast (organic, sprouted), 1 piece with 1 tbs natural peanut butter, 1 piece with 1 tbs organic cherry jam S - 1.5 cups of fresh blueberries L - big salad from the salad bar downstairs - field greens, broccoli, romaine, red peppers, tomatoes, chickpeas, carrots, artichoke hearts, turkey, little scoop of sesame seeds, cucumber, balsalmic vinaigrette on the side S - orange S - cut up veggies (enough to fill a baggie) - baby carrots, sugar snap peas, grape tomatoes, red pepper strips D - veggie tacos - 3 whole wheat tortillas (La Tortilla Factory, 50 calories each), 2 crumbled Morning Star Farm veggie burgers, salsa, tons of spinach leaves, 1/4 cup low fat cheese S - 1 cup roasted butternut squash, 1 tbs maple pumpkin butter (like apple butter, not "butter") Just a note - I eat exactly the same foods I ate to lose weight, I just allow myself more healthy calories. Maintenance (ie, staying a skinny person) is exactly like weight loss - I made a lifelong change. For 20 years, I restricted/binged, lost weight, gained weight...I finally had to accept that I couldn't make short term changes and expect long term results. I still do a ton of planning, shopping, packing lunches, cooking. I still concentrate on eating nutritionally powerful foods and avoiding foods without nutritional benefits (no fast food, sugary soda or packaged baked goods). I stil count calories and food journal. My daily caloric goal for maintenance is 1800-2000 calories (depending on my physical activity). |
For breakfast I eat 1 cup of high fiber cereal (right now it's Kashi Go Lean--I try to find cereal that is no more than 140 calories per cup) with 4 oz unsweetened soy milk. On Fridays I have 1 serving of unflavored oatmeal with splenda and 2 oz of soy milk. Sometimes I also stir 1/4 cup of berries into my cereal or oatmeal. On weekends, I usually have 100 calories worth of bacon with a small piece of fruit and an English muffin (one half with jelly and one half with NF cream cheese). The bacon is a compromise with my SO who has been otherwise very indulgent about all the dietary changes imposed on him. Eating breakfast together on the weekends is an important relationship ritual for him. Sometimes we have grits instead of the bacon.
There is a lot more variety to my lunch. Here are some of my favorites:
For snacks (I usually have three or four snacks throughout the day, I eat):
There is far more variety to my dinners. I generally try one to two new recipes every week (I subscribe to Cooking Light and read the food sections in two newspapers) so it's impossible to list everything we eat here. But here are the general categories of what we eat:
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If posters have a fitday link under their avatar, you can click on it and see exactly what they eat. Very handy!
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I still do a ton of planning, shopping, packing lunches, cooking. I still concentrate on eating nutritionally powerful foods and avoiding foods without nutritional benefits (no fast food, sugary soda or packaged baked goods). I stil count calories and food journal. My daily caloric goal for maintenance is 1800-2000 calories (depending on my physical activity).
thanks for the replies. I see that the way to go is the planning. did you find that you had to do the calorie counting and be very strick with it ?. Well done on the weight loss and keeping it off, I am very happy for you it is such a big deal to finally win this battle :) . Thanks Susan I didn't know that, yes it would be very handy. It's just that i hear all the time about what the ladies who are still trying to lose eat, I really wanted to see for myself what a successful dieter was eating. Portion sizes are the most interesting for me, as I believe it's probably been years since I have eaten the right amounts. I have really gotten lazy with the foods I have been eating, I have read your replies ladies (thanks ) and you eat a way more varried diet the I do. what is the best way to cook butternut squash ? I usually only have pumpkin, as i always find the butternut tends to get to squishy when I cook it. |
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For butternut squash, it does get squishy when I cook it, but I mash it up so squishy isn't an issue for me. I heat the oven to 350, cut the squash in half lengthwise, scoop out the seeds, spray a little pam on the bottom of the pan and put the squash face down in the pan and bake for 45 minutes. Then, I let it cool a bit, pull off the skin and mash it in a big bowl with a little maple pumpkin butter - the consistency is like mashed potatoes when I'm done. |
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