Those Who Count Calories...
 

give me an example of your daily food intake. What you eat throughout the whole day. I am counting calories and fat and just would like some ideas of what others are eating. Thanks

i.e.
Breakfast-
Snacks-
Lunch-
Dinner-

Breakfast:
1morningstart veggie burger patty - 110 cal
Scarmbled eggs with one whole egg and one egg white - 100 cal
Coffee with 1% milk - 95 cal

Lunch:
1 whole wheant roti (indian tortilla) - 150 cal
1 egg scrambled - 90 calories
1 mixed vegetable side - 160 cal

Snacks:
10 potato Crisps - 70 cal
chai - 1 cup - 70 cal

Dinner:
Rice - 1 cup - 210 cal
Chicken - 1.5 serving - 300 cal
Dessert - 1 hershey's mini chocolate bar - 100 cal

Total: 1455 cal

I try to stay under 1500 calories

I am a maintainer and I aim for around 1800-1900 cals per day. I exercise for 6hrs per week as well but here is my food intake for today so far:

Breakfast - Quaker instant oatmeal (2 packets) with 10 oz milk - 410 cals
Snack - 1 pear - 160 cals
Lunch - Curried shrimp, baked potato and steam veggies - 464 cals
Snack - Wheat Thins with LC Cheese - 230 cals

Later:
Dinner - 6" Subway Chicken Sandwich with loads of veggies - 400 cals
Snack - Blue Bunny Ice cream bar - 150 cals

Total - 1814 cals

I eat anywhere from 1650-1850 calories per day. It really varies depending on what I make for dinner. My breakfast and lunch don't change (except the lunches depend on the type of Lean Cuisine I am making).

Breakfast (361 calories)
Multi-grain English muffin (130)
Kashi & Cheerios mix cereal (125)
1/3 c. skim milk (30)
All natural peanut butter (56)
Smidge of all natural fruit spread (20)

Lunch (380-430)
Lean Cuisine meal (250-300)
Baked cheetos (130)

Dinner (varies)
Lots of veggies (green beans or broccoli) (60-120)
Some type of meal made w/chicken (300-500)

Snacks
Yogurt with 1/3 cup kashi mixed in (97)
Gum (5)
Cheesestick (50)
Fiber One Oats & Chocolate bar (140)

Other options for snacks include Kashi oatmeal (150 calories) or Skinny Cow ice cream bar (100 calories). Just depends on my mood for the day. :)

Breakfast:
Strawberries, raw - 49
Friendship 4% Cottage Cheese 8 oz - 240

Mixed nuts, roasted, without peanuts - 174

Lunch
Chicken, breast, broiled - 191
Potatoes, red, flesh and skin, baked - 154
Beans, string, green - 34
Butter (1 T) - 102

Ghirardelli Chocolate 60% Cocoa Chocolate Squares - 105

Dinner
Rice, brown, cooked, regular - 107
Goya - Black Beans Low Sodium - 175
Beans, string, green - 34


Chobani Greek Yogurt - 140

Total = 1,506 calories

I eat between 1200-1700 calories a day depending on my hunger level.


B: one egg over easy + one piece of whole wheat toast (plain) = 140
S: two servings of almonds = 320
L: one Jenny O turkey sausage + one piece of whole wheat bread + mustard + one cup of spinach = 220
S: an orange + one fun sized pack of m&m minis = 220
D: one large chicken breast + one cup brocolli = 256
S: one serving of rice chex cereal + 1 cup almond milk = 180

Total calories = 1336

Yesterday for me:

breakfast - 305 cals: 1/2 serving oatmeal with 1 tbsp peanut butter, 4 slices turkey bacon

lunch 1 - 190 cals: one low-carb tortilla with 1/4 cup cheddar cheese

lunch 2 - 267 cals: 1 cup beef and veggie chili

dinner - 480 cals: sauteed spinach (0.5 tbsp olive oil, garlic, 2.5 cups spinach, 2 tbsp Parmesan cheese), 1/2 container Fage yogurt with 3 strawberries, breaded chicken breast (1 chicken breast, 1 tbsp bread crumbs, 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp Parmesan cheese, garlic)

I aim for 1300 cals/day, >25 g fiber, <15 g sugar (medium-carb diet - trying to get a lot of protein and fat). This day was 1338 cals, 73 g fat, 2657 mg sodium, 77.7 g carbs, 27.2 g fiber, 11.8 g sugar, 104.8 g protein.

I try to stay under 1500 for calories and I try to keep carbs under 100 net carbs (usually end up close) Bios Life Slim is a nutritional drink I drink before my meals it is 15 calories.

Br: Bios Life Slim, Mini Bagel, 1 T Peanut Butter= 305 calories, 16.5 fat grams
Lunch: Bios Life Slim, ground turkey patty, cheese slice, black beans, corn, olive oil= 492 calories, 22.25 fat grams.

Dinner: Bios Life Slim, lettuce, tomatoe, cucumber, heart of palm, corn, cashews, olive oil, ground turkey patty, cheese slice= 562 calories, 31.58 fat grams.

I usually always have the same dinner.

Here is my other breakfast:

Br: Bios Life Slim, Lean Complete Protein Shake mixed with 8oz skim milk= 215 calories, 2 fat grams.

Br: Bios Life Slim, Power Crunch Protein Bar = 215 calories, 12 fat grams.

Here are a couple other lunches:

Lunch: Bios Life Slim, Greek Yogurt, Grapenuts, 1 cup fruit = 435 calories, 1 fat gram.

Lunch: Bios Life Slim, Grilled Chicken Breast, Side of Guacomole = 274 calories, 13 fat grams.

Remember the same number of calories is not for everyone.If you are short and small boned you do not require the same number of calories as a taller large boned person.

Yesterday I had

Breakfast~ two hard boiled eggs and a small banana.

Preworkout~ Strawberry Protein smoothie

Lunch~ Tuna Celery Herb Salad, Cheese Stick

Afternoon Snack~ Apple, Yogurt

Dinner~ 6oz Chicken, Broccoli and Cauliflower, all cooked together with a bit of seasoning.

Evening Snacks~ 1oz Pistachios, 2 hard boiled eggs, 2oz turkey breast

I don't normally eat that many eggs, I just had a weird craving I guess. The calorie count for that was 1448. I range between 1200-1600 and I keep my net carbs under 100.

I will run 5 miles today. Here's my plan for the day:

Breakfast: Oatmeal with raisins and flax seed, coffee with splash of creamer - 250 calories
Snack: Orange - 80 calories
Lunch: Bagel, apple, 3/4 cup cottage cheese - 450 calories
Snack: Popcorn - 100 calories
Post-run: Yogurt - 100 calories
Dinner: Pasta with cottage cheese, marinara sauce, veggies - 700 calories

I am training for a (ultra)marathon right now, so I need to eat more as I am running a lot!

B'fast - Apple cinnamon oatmeal with 1-2 t extra cinnamon 130 calories
lunch - box meal or soup 200 - 350 calories
snack - yoplait light 100 - 110 calories
Supper - 400 - 600 calories meat/fish and lots of veggies, or 1 cup whole wheat pasta plus marinara sauce and mushrooms
Snack - usually fruit 50 calories plus 25 calorie cocoa

This plan allows me to use portion control to enjoy favorite foods like pizza every Saturday night, or eating out while making good choices. (Many restaurants offer 500 - 550 calorie options now.)

breakfast- bowl of cherios- about 300kcal
lunch- sandwich, either chicken/tuna/ham <something healthy no butter, healthy bread- about 300
tea- eat smart meal- about 350kcal

no snacks most days- if i do i have 1 piece of fruit

around 950kcal;):D:carrot:

I hope you realize having your calories that low is dangerous and could hurt your weightloss efforts.

I aim for 1500-1600 calories.

Today's plan:

B - 1 breakfast muesli pita, 4 oz. apple, 1/2 cup skim milk for my tea - 300 cals
S - 2 clementines - 70 cals
L - 3 ounces chicken, handful baby carrots, 2 tbsp hummus, non-fat yogurt - 260 cals
S - Crackers & hummus - 200 cals
D - Egg white omelette with chicken & veggies in it and salsa to top it off, 100 calorie chocolate bar - 300 cals
S - 1 bag light popcorn - 240 cals

This is only 1370 so I'll probably have another snack in there somewhere too...I like to keep 150 calories or so to "splurge" on something unplanned.

Age is a factor too. When I first started, I could lose on 1700 - 1800 calories. Now I need to stay 1200 - 1300 to lose. Here is a day from my journal.

Breakfast-
3/4 cup Eggbeaters - 90 calories
Whole Wheat toast with light marg. - 63 calories

Snacks-
Carrots (6 oz) - 70
Clementines (4) - 140
Laughing Cow cheese wedge - 35 calories
Keebler Townhouse Reduced Fat Crackers (9) - 90 calories

Lunch-
Chicken breast 4 oz - 130 calories
Green beans - 25 calories
Apple - 100 calories

Dinner-
chuck roast (4 Oz) - 226 calories
White cabbage sauted 1 cup - 25
Birds Eye Normandy Blend vegetables - 25 calories

Evening snack -
2 cups Hunts sugar free pudding - 140 calories
popcorn - 100 calories

Total - 1259 calories

Here's yesterday (I do a lot of rounding/estimating to keep myself sane)

B - 1/2 package of strawberries, fat free Greek yogurt (200 calories total)

L - huge salad - green leaf lettuce, crumbled veggie burger (100 calories), grape tomatoes, red cabbage, carrot shreddies, crispy onions (measured - 40 calories), 2 tbs salad dressing (measured - 70 calories), I just estimate 500 for my salad every day

S - tangelo (100)

S - tall skinny latte (100)

D - pork chop, big pile of steamed green beans (estimate 400 calories)

I am for 1300 to 1400 calories and I'm a vegetarian. I use a FitnessPal phone application to count calories and it keeps accountable. I eat an insane amount of Fage 0% greek yogurt. If they stopped making this stuff I would freak out. I'm 99% off processed foods and sugar and I don't eat fatty foods at all because once I start, I'll get a taste for them. I'm lucky in that I don't have food cravings and I'm not a pasta/bread addict, but I am hungry for several hours a day and it is very common to hear my stomach grumbling. I hate feeling hungry, but I've learned to live with it for hours at a time.

Yesterday's Entry:

Greek Yogurt - 120
Vanilla Soy Milk with Coffee - 25

Wasa Crisp - 25
Laughing Cow Light Cheese Wedges - 70
Greek Yogurt - 75
Baby Red Potatoes - 300
Cliff Bar - 250

Greek Yogurt - 60
Vegetable Soup - 120
Caramelized Onions (added to soup) - 400

Total: 1445

I ate the onions before I realized how calorie intensive they were. Beware of caramelized onions...I cooked six onions with 1 tbs olive oil for 35 minutes and ended up with about 2 cups of caramelized onions. I added 3/4 cup to my vegetable soup - and it blew my calorie budget...but it was delicious.