I do everything others will tell you not to do. However, I eat between 1,200 & 1,500 calories a day and stay pretty well on target. I drink plenty of water & I work out at least 5 hours a week. I typically eat 3 meals a day with no snacks. I was brought up in the "3 square meals" generation and have really never varied. My schedule is too sporadic with meetings to be able to "schedule" snacks. Trust me, eating only 3 meals isn't what made me fat. It was all the fast food, junk food, alcohol, etc. that did that!

I usually eat frozen meals at work. I might add a piece of fruit, salad or yogurt to the meal, but a lot of times it's just the frozen meal. It's a nice convenience food & I tend to work through lunch. I don't eat a big breakfast---usually a Luna bar and cup of 2% milk. Lunch a frozen meal w/or w/o something added. On most days my breakfast & lunch equal around 600-700 calories.

My largest meal is in the evening. My dinners range from 600 - 900 cals. I cook my evening meals and these are much more balanced. Last night I seared an Ahi Tuna steak (280 cals because I seared it in olive oil) added it to a HUGE bed of fresh spinach (40 cals) with Parmesean Cheese (22 cals), a cup of fresh raspberries (65 cals), & Greek yogurt (120 cals). That all adds up to a little over 500 cals. Later I was hungry so I ate a banana before bed. Yesterday's total calories was 1335.

I do agree that frozen dinners do have a lot of sodium, but I cook with very little added salt.

I realize that it seemed low calorie..but your only looking at a sample idea menu that i put together in less than 2 minutes to give a brief idea of what the day could look like eating wise..However, im aware of the need for more veggies and fruit and i agree it needs more calories, at least a good 300 more which might be replaced with a whey isolate shake thats low in carbs. And yes, to the people who asked me if its really that expensive..indeed.. it is..and its like that because i live 4.5 hours away from nearest big city..AND we are in BC..its expensive and to top it off..in my town, we only have one grocery store to shop at it..and its called Overwaitea.. there is no such thing as zellers or sears or target up here.. We dont even have a walmart..we are 4 hours away from any kind of shopping like that. So it is higher in price..you lucky ducks get it so cheap!

Originally Posted by Porthardygurl:
And yes, to the people who asked me if its really that expensive..indeed.. it is..and its like that because i live 4.5 hours away from nearest big city..AND we are in BC..its expensive and to top it off..in my town, we only have one grocery store to shop at it..and its called Overwaitea.. there is no such thing as zellers or sears or target up here.. We dont even have a walmart..we are 4 hours away from any kind of shopping like that. So it is higher in price..you lucky ducks get it so cheap!

I thought this was a joke: "Overweight-ia." I guess not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overwaitea_Foods

LOL

Originally Posted by rachinma:
I thought this was a joke: "Overweight-ia." I guess not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overwaitea_Foods

LOL

lol No it's a very popular store here!!!

Those meals don't have enough food to be considered a meal. They are very short in protein and way overloaded with sodium. You sample menu was not balanced, short in protein, vegetables, fruit and dairy. Not enough calories for health.

I am interested to know how you felt about your six day experiment.