I know I'm a newbie to this board, but I'm so ridiculously predictable with my food I figure I'll give it a shot
Breakfast:
1 egg, 2 egg whites, 1/2 oz cheese (scrambled)
1 cup fruit (grapes, blueberries, strawberries, etc)
Lunch:
1 hardboiled egg (I like eggs? LOL)
1 "Pitette" (1 oz) w/ 1 TBSP "Dark Chocolate Dreams" peanut butter on top
1 oz. 2% fat cheddar
1 cup grapes
6 apple slices
Dinner:
1 cup bean-type soup (lentils or black beans)
and either parmesan cheese (for lentils) or turkey sausage (for the black beans)
Because this adds up to less than I like to eat (it's around 800 calories, give or take 50) I also usually have a few snacks involving cheese (mini Babybel light is awesome), 1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream with diced homemade baked apple on top, or occasionally our office torments me by bringing in Krispy Kreme.
I usually can eat just one.
Most days.
There's a reason it's taken me nearly 5 years to lose what I have, LOL.
Breakfast: 200 calories: fage 2% yogurt with kashi summer berry granola (i'm OBSESSED, look forward to breakfast every day)
Lunch: 260-360 calories: some sort of lean cuisine at work, or some salad with protein at panera if I go out
Snack: 20-50 calories: usually have some sort of coffee w/cream, a piece of dark chocolate, a few bites of granola, something like that at some point during the day
Dinner: 360-470 calories: either some pasta with plenty of protein & veggies, maybe a curry with rice, or I just warm up something frozen if I'm lazy and haven't already had a lean cuisine for work
late night snack: 60-150 calories: I eat dark chocolate almost every single day. learned its more dangerous in the long run to deprive myself of it then to get a taste daily . Also love frozen yogurt, or those jello dark chocolate parfait whip things
& I hit between 1100-1300 every day.
(oh, in case you were wondering about exercise, I end up working out between 3-4 times a week, usually do 40-60 minutes of cardio, and try to do some form of strength training at least once a week)
I always eat breakfast in the morning (~175-300 calories)
My largest meal of the day is lunch (~ 650 calories)
I eat a small snack approximately 1-2 hours before I work out (100-150 calories)
I eat a very small dinner without rice, bread or pasta focusing on vegetables and protein (~250-300 calories)
Yesterday this was what I ate Breakfast: Oatmeal pancakes with cocoa powder and bananas (topped with syrup) Lunch: Beef Stew Sofrito with Rice and Beans with large salad and guacamole Snack: Hummus, leftover Guacamole, A few Wheat Thins, 1 medium carrot (sticks) Dinner: 3-4 oz braised miso chicken thighs over bed of broccoli and wilted spinach
Lunch: "Protein slop" - a mix of chicken, tofu and egg usually stirfried with kimchee and curry powder - and a piece of fruit. ~ 500-600 calories
Snack (sometimes I don't need one): fruit, yogurt, fiber-y carb. ~50-150 calories
Dinner: 4 oz. sashimi grade fish (salmon, tuna) cooked in oil. Sides: 1/2 bell pepper, 1-2 "heads" bok choy, pumpkin slices, tomato, I shoot to fill the whole plate up with as many different colors of veggies as possible. ~450-550 calories
Dessert: Fruit and/or yogurt. ~100-200 calories depending on how hungry I am.
I am pretty satisfied and fully functional eating this way. I prefer meals over snacks. I drink a lot of liquid, 4-5 liters total plus a few cups of coffee, and exercise-wise I walk 4-6 miles every day for work/errands and try to run or do exercise DVDs on top of that. No strength training aside from some body weight stuff like pushups/planks/core exercises; my town lacks a gym.
4:17 am - glass of 1% milk and either a protein bar or a banana
9 am - 2 eggs and a meat and wheat toast
11:30 - yogurt or ham sandwhich, chips milk, fruit
2pm - a chocolate chip cookie or a choco protein snack
6 pm - a meat, a veggie - usually in the form of salad, and cheese
On the weekends I skip the first 2 breakfasts and have brunch and dinner and eat decent snacks (like peanuts or almonds) throughout the day.
Breakfast: Greek yogurt with some kind of crunchy, high-fiber cereal mixed in (usually something like Grape Nuts or generic version thereof); sometimes a few blueberries mixed in, too
Lunch: any "light" meal from Amy's Kitchen line of vegetarian meals
Dinner: Varies quite a lot, but typical fare could be sushi, a big salad, whole-wheat pasta, or a mixed fruit-and-veggie platter portioned well enough that I'm getting enough calories. Pizza is my weakness, so if I have that I just try to be super careful with portion control.
Ok I eat 6 times a day and try to stay around 200 calories per meal but some are a bit under and others are a bit over balancing it out. It has been over 5 weeks that I've eaten a meal over 225 calories haha. Yesterday as just an example....
1st meal
3 "egg" omelet (egg beaters) with green peppers, zucchini, yellow squash, mushrooms, and tomatoes.
2nd meal
"big mac in a bowl" with turkey instead of beef and I add in tomato and sugar free sweet pickles.
3rd meal
Tilapia fish steamed with an 8 oz serving (huge!) of stir fry veggies with a mojo citrus marinade. I love this one, I just toss it all in a tin foil piece folded into a "pocket" and toss it in the oven. No dishes and easy to eat out of the foil packet!
4th meal
i did sateed garlic shrimp and a slightly modified version of the Zucchini hash browns.
5th meal
carne asada steak grilled on the BBQ with kabob zucchini, mushrooms, and purple onion wedges roasted on the BBQ.
6th meal teriyaki chicken (low sodium/ calorie sauce) and stir fry veggies over the stove.
The meals are different and varied every day but I LOVE getting to eat big full size meals 6 times a day and never getting hungry! All on 1200 calories a day!
Breakfast: 1 Packet plain oatmeal with a little salt and margarine
Green Tea with honey
Snack: 28 Almonds
Lunch: Lean Cuisine plus fresh cut pineapple or honey dew
Snack: Plain Greek Yogurt with fresh Strawberries
Dinner: Chicken or Salmon with brown rice and broccoli
Breakfast: 1 Packet plain oatmeal with a little salt and margarine
Green Tea with honey
Snack: 28 Almonds
Lunch: Lean Cuisine plus fresh cut pineapple or honey dew
Snack: Plain Greek Yogurt with fresh Strawberries
Dinner: Chicken or Salmon with brown rice and broccoli
You have my exact stats and pretty much the same goals. Congrats on your progress... How long has it taken you?
yikes. ...i eat like a little piggy compared to you guys (holding steady between 123/125 since Jan 31 too)! ...i do work out anywhere from 60 to 90 minutes 5 days a week though...my low is 1,500/day my high is 2,000, but I usually stick around 1,700.
normally i eat homemade granola for breakfast, though this week its mini-quiches on my homemade rye (brkfst ranges from 250 to 350 cals)
snack will be a muffin, a piece of loaf or granola bar (again all home made and no more than 200 cals)
lunch is normally a grain salad (love barley with peas, corn, kidney beans, peacans, dried cherries/blueberries, apple, celery and parsley) or almond butter with jam on ryvita (no more than 350 cals)
snack is greek yogurt with ____ this week: 11 g of walnuts + 2 tsp maple syrup, cinnamon/nutmeg and half an apple (again max of 200 cals)
dinner...varries: these past couple nights taco salad (500 cals which is higher than what I normally eat...range is 400 - 500 cals)
desert: latetly its smores, but has been half a piece of lindt dark chocolate or a piece of some kind of desert (again no more than 200 cals)
"a typical day"
