What did you eat today?

[kimyenchu]

Hello everyone,

With all the talk of diet and what to/not to eat, I thought it might be interesting to see what is your typical intake in a day. This way maybe we can all contribute and see exactly where we are going wrong.

I was reading Wayne's daily intake on another post and it looked v. healthy and has given me ideas on how I can tweak mine.

My food consumption for today is:

Breakfast - banana, 1 slice of toast with butter, glass of semi-skimmed milk, 2 mini muffins.

Brunch - some grapes, 1 satsuma

Lunch - 2 slices of toast with peanut butter, some home made squash soup, 1 orange.

Snack - none yet (still only lunch time now)

Dinner - will be meat vegetables and potatoes or pizza

I will be running after work so I eat more for breakfast than normal.

You are welcome to make contributions and I would love to read what you eat. (I know I should cut out the muffins and perhaps less bread).

Yen

 

[KathyH]

Hi Yen! Today is a low carb day for me so my meals are as follows:

Meal 1: veggie egg omelette w/1 slice of Ezekiel bread w/apricot jam & coffee
Meal 2: 3 oz. of steak w/carrots
Meal 3: 5 oz. of turkey burger w/string beans & asparagus & apple
Meal 4: mixed green salad w/chick peas & pinto beans w/Italian vinagrette
Meal 5: salmon w/corn & broccoli

You should ditch the muffins unless you've made them yourself w/low sugar or if they were bran & also you should ditch some of the bread up the veggies & if your making your own pizza that's fine otherwise ditch this idea too. Just my .02. Take care, Kathy

 

[icklemoley]

Breakfast: Eggs (5 whole), left over vegies from night before.

Snack: String cheese, with an apple

Lunch: Chicken ceaser salad. One apple.

Snack: Full fat cottage cheese with pineapple.

Dinner: Vegetables with butter, salad with lots of olive oil. Two big pork chops. Pineapple chunks for pudding.

Wayne.

 

[kimyenchu]

Hello Wayne,

I was hoping that you would post more of your eating plan as I would like to try this.

It does sound high in fat and low carb a.k.a the Atkins diet. Did the weight come off gradually or did notice the difference straight away?

And how do you cook your eggs? I was thinking of scramble eggs as I can do this at work - we have a microwave.

So far I can see a pattern emerging in that everyone favours the high protein low carbohydrates eating plan.

I hope more of you will contribute as I would love to learn more.

Thanks

Yen

 

[shelia]

so far
meal-1 whey protein skim milk
2- cereal
3- protein shake
4- pudding with protein
5- not ate yet- a snack -banana
6- not ate yet -will be beans and corn bread(made low fat of course)and potatoes
7-some kind of snack maybe

 

[endorphin_junkie]

Hi Yen: I love talking about food

I started this a.m. as every a.m. for the past 15 years, a coffee and a banana before working out. After my workout (PowerMax today) I have a homemade bran and fruit muffin.

Lunch is chickpeas with a bit of feta cheese, diced tomatoes and roasted red peppers with a bit of greek dressing. I guess I'm having about 1 and 1/2 cups of that. For dessert I'll have yogurt and an apple.

I'll have an afternoon snack of 10 natural almonds and 3 graham crackers, (I was told years ago to eat 10 almonds per day and so I do).

Supper is undecided but I'm thinking about a salad and a tuna burger with onions and tomatoes. I always have dessert and will probably have 2 cookies.

I am a bit obsessive about keeping well hydrated and will swill about 10 cups of water through the day. Where ever I go, my water bottle goes.

I do very well during the day but once the sun goes down the 'Inner Nosher' rears it's head and I do my best to ignore it but a few times per week I heed the call which almost invariably leads me to the peanut butter jar. I humbley admit to making the world's best strawberry/rhubarb jam;-) and usually have 4 saltines with PB&J and perhaps one spoonful of Peanut Butter before I close the jar.

I love food and I love to eat and so I have disciplined myself not to bring junk home or I eat it. I stopped eating fast food about 5 years ago but will occasionally share a box of fries from a chip truck.

Well lunch is over, somedays I feel like it's all just killing time between meals:7 Nothing better than a meal shared with loved ones!!!

Take Care
Laurie

 

[Lynnne]

Breakfast - oatmeal, 2 tbsp honey & fresh strawberries
Snack - power bar & apple
Lunch - Turkey sandwich with tomatoes, lettuce & dark green salad with balsamic vinegar
snack ( later today )- red grapes and strawberries
dinner - chicken stir fry with lots of veggies & brown rice
dessert - yogurt (no fat)


My meals change from day to day, although its usually always oatmeal for breakfast and I always have a dark green salad for lunch, sometimes a chicken breast instead of a sandwich. my snacks always include lots of fruit! Once a week, I have a cheat day and eat pancakes for breakfast and a nice chocolate ice cream sundae after a dinner of lasagne or something else equally tempting!

 

[Mckmain]

This could be fun......

Morning: About 12 black coffee and half a Genisoy prtein bar before my workout.

Breakfast: 2 cups frozen but thawed fruit, 6 oz soymilk, 1 T ground flaxseed, 1/2 cup soy plain yogurt, 1 scoop vanilla soy or whey protein powder mixed for a smoothie.

Lunch: about 4 cups of mixed greens, spinach & romaine lettuce, 1/2 tomato, 1 slice onion, 1 cup pinto beans, 1/4 avocado plus 2T Zesty Italian dressing. 2-3 cups diced watermelon.

Snack: fruit

Dinner: Lentil soup, 1-2 cups zucchinni, salad like lunch but without the avocado.

Dessert: Smoothie split with my DH containing: 2 cups frozen and thawed fruit, 1 banana, 1/2 cup vanilla soymilk and sometimes a scoop of whey or soy protein powder....

I also drink at least 80-90 ounces of water and sometime if I feel I havene't eaten enough fat I'll munch on some raw walnuts......Carole

 

[candi]

First, a cup of strong coffee that would wake the dead. Then I either run a couple of miles or do some weight work.

Meal 1 - 3/4 cup oatmeal with scoop of Biotest "GROW" protein powder.

Meal 2 - Huge salad of mixed greens, grape tomatoes, 3-4 oz of chicken breatst, croutons and balsamic vinegar. Grapes for my sweet tooth.

Meal 3 - Apple and either some low fat cheese or soy milk.

Meal 4 - One lb of mixed vegetables (califlower, broccoli florets, red peppers, sugar snap peas), topped with 1 or 2 ounces of low fat cheddar cheese.

Meal 5 - No fat cottage cheese mixed with fruit of some sort or no sugar jelly. Then after that a few pistachio nuts.

This is the way I eat during the work week. On the weekend I'm still pretty good but not as stringent.