CALLING all YOUNG CC'ERS share your meals HERE!!

There are many threads for older individuals, and those who cook for themselves, live alone, and maybe have a different experience than you tenns. So, the goal here is to have examples from CCers who might be more similar to you in terms of living arrangements and overall experiences on a daily basis. Everyone is free to post and I hope you all find it helpful. 

Please be aware of these rules before you post:

1) Any menu that does not total or appear to total at least 1500 calories for a female under 21 or 1800 for a male under 21 will be removed. Please remember the minimum guidelines for a female and male under 21 are as above and are the sedentary minimums; if you work out, or are not very short and very small you will need more than this. Consumption of less than this comes with a great many related dangers, even if it is only by 100 or 200 calories and can stunt growth and development in the long run. To work out what you need, remember CC's tools are inaccurate for under 21's and so use this calculator instead: http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/bodycomp/bmiz2.html as you are still growing. Yes, even in the later years - there's more going on inside of you that you simply can't see. And if the numbers are confusing you or you'd like help with meal ideas and calorie breakdowns feel free to PM me! I'm happy to help with the maths if it means that no one is starving themselves unduly.

2) If you are older than 21 please make this known before you post your intake.The minimum intake for a sedentary female over 21 is 1200 calories per day.However, I ask you state your age simply because I do not want to get you confused with someone under 21 and delete a menu unknowingly. If you don't state your age, and your menu is clearly below 1500, it will be removed per Rule 1.

3) Try to keep it positive, please. Ranting is okay but remember you can rant in your journals - and it's usually a better place to rant, as you can moderate your own journals rather than write something up here. Furthermore, please remember one day of "crummy" eating isn't going to hurt you, and watch use of the word "binge" - binge eating is a very serious problem, not someone eating an extra couple hundred calories or up to maintanance calories one day, or a large meal, or going for seconds. Still, try to keep it positive over negative, please! :]

And do remember - there will be teens here with differing goals to you. Gaining, maintaining, losing. Don't compare yourself to others - so long as you are healthy and eating enough for what you need, while not in violation of any of these rules, it doesn't matter what anyone else does! Be selfish! x]

4) Don't post a menu if it isn't complete. I'm personally tired of seeing people putting their breakfast, and then a whole menu of "will update" but never updating it. Even if it means you post your menu at the end of every day.

5) Please abide by the YCC Rules when you make your post. They can be found here:~*YCC Forum Rules - Please read before posting*~

6) Please abide by the Posting Guidelines when you make your post, as expected of you ANY time you post in this forum.

7) If you see a violation of any of the above, please report it to a moderator.Moderators can be found in the lists at the top of each forum or recognised by the little CC sun next to their names. I am one of them. Hello!

8) If you have any questions you would like to raise of a moderator, again, please do feel free to shoot us a private message. I know I am, for one, happy to help with any queries.

Beyond that, happy posting!

Breakfast: oatmeal with milk and all-bran fiber plus cereal, kiwi

Snack: laughing cow cheese wrapped in chicken deli

lunch: scrambled eggs with ALOT of cheese (whoops!) and vegetables and whole wheat bread

snack: more cheese...and an apple

dinner: shrimp and rice with sweet chili sauce and vegetables

snack: nuts

Breakfast:
milk & cheerios

Lunch:

2 eggs and vegetables, some rye bread
some vegetable soup

Snacks:
almonds & some dark chocolate
an apple

Dinner:
more milk and cheerios

looks like a small amount of food, but I reached 1547 cal because of all the almonds

breakfast: scrambled eggs; sausage; orange; coffee

lunch: oatmeal w/ peanut butter & hot cocoa powder; coffee

snack: smart start cereal w/ nonfat milk

dinner: lentil burrito; raw tomatoes & carrots

snack: a few big handfuls of dry cheerios

lolxoroflmao - thanks for the tip. I tend to get nautious if I eat in the morning, but I obviously chose to disregard that today...

Breakfast: Started out well with a banana, but it all went downhill once the freshly baked bagels were introduced into the picture... who can resist?

Lunch: Ricemallow bar, blueberry muffin

Snack: Mint, another banana (yum!)

Dinner: Spaghetti squash (steamed), eggplant and tomato stew, fresh tomato, a few slices of cheese, 2 slices of multigrain bread, a small bowl of TJ's High Fiber Fruit & Nut Multigrain Medley cereal with soymilk

Snack: Chocolate, a bit of chocolate cake and some mint chip ice cream, a mochi mango ice cream thing, some challah, and apple

Snack: Will have either applesauce or yogurt, and possibly some oatmeal?

Total cals: A lot... (I did exercise for a bit, but not very long or very hard considering it was during a free period at school)

I don't know why I've been so hungry all the time lately? It's not like my stomach doesn't get full or anything, it does, but I'm always (pyschologically) HUNGRY... like I have to be eating at all times for some reason. I'm not usually like this!!

Breakfast: toast, light yogurt, and a ton of coffee

Lunch: mini bagel with sundried tomato and basil cream cheese

Snack: can of S&W peaches

Snack: light yogurt

Dinner: cheese sandwich and diet coke

Snack: 2 nordy bars

Breakfast: chocolate strawberry smoothie, 3 cups of coffee

Snack: light yogurt

Snack: mini bagel with cream cheese, chocolate pudding

Dinner: nachos and diet coke

Snack: vanilla ice cream, no sugar added cocoa

breakfast: scrambled eggs; banana; coffee

lunch: cranberry muffin; coffee w/ milk & hot cocoa powder

dinner: pasta w/ shrimp & marinara sauce

snack: popcorn; peanut butter; cheerios

Brunch: activia yogurt, flax seeds, blueberries, srambled eggs on toast (woah that was alot in one go)

snack: cottage cheese and crackers and a few cherry tomatoes

dinner: sushi rice with sesame seeds, fried tofu with veggies

snack: half a 500ml pot of ben & jerry's toffee crunch ice cream....lol woops

B: oats, cottage cheese, and an apple

S: cereal and peanut butter

L: yogurt, homemade oat/raisin/almond bar, lotsa celery, and an apple

S: pb+j sandwich

D: rice, tofu, honey dijon dressing, many a veggies

S: dark chocolate and a pear

breakfast: dry cheerios and almonds

lunch: processed cheese sammy on whole wheat

snack: oreos dipped in skim milk

dinner: chicken & veggie burrito; skim milk

snack: dry tootie fruities cereal

it's over 1500, i promise. also very tasty :)

Breakfast - Vector cereal in 1% milk

Lunch: 3 4" Pancakes (made with Coyote buttermilk pancake mix) with butter and maple syrup.

Snacks: 2 apples; triscuits with cheese; triscuits with almond butter.

Dinner: Thai kitchen peanut sauce noodles

Snacks: Can of pepsi; milk with chocolate whey powder; triscuits with almond butter

Total : 3000

This isn't cutting it at all for weight gain... I'll aim for 3500 from now on :]

Breakfast: all bran with blueberries

Snack: Entenmann's chocolate frosted donut

Lunch: lentil soup

Snacks: jello w/lite cool whip, mini bagel, rice krispie treat

Dinner: baked catfish with parmesan and sliced almonds, crescent roll with butter, tomatoes

Snack: sugar free cocoa

Original Post by ntropyincarnate:

Breakfast: all bran with blueberries

Snack: Entenmann's chocolate frosted donut

Lunch: lentil soup

Snacks: jello w/lite cool whip, mini bagel, rice krispie treat

Dinner: baked catfish with parmesan and sliced almonds, crescent roll with butter, tomatoes

Snack: sugar free cocoa

 

with a menu like this it would be best for the entire community for you to include calorie counts because it appears less than 1500 and I would prefer not to delete it if it is in fact 1500 calories or more. thanks :)

Breakfast: fiber one shredded wheat with 1% milk

Snack: harvest cheddar sun chips with fat free cream cheese (GOOOOOOOD!!!)

Lunch: a mini burger with added lettuce, tomatoes and onions. a lil PB that i ate by itself. about half a chicken thigh.

Snack: the other mini burger added lettuce, tomatoes and onions. caramel apple lollipop.

Dinner: beans with 2% sharp cheddar cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, onions and ww bread.

Snack: prunes

Breakfast: white toast with maple syrup; yogurt with bananas and berries

Snack: carrot sticks, apple

Lunch: Kiwi, ham sandwich with the works (tomatoes, pickles, olives, onions, relish, mustard, lettuce and cheese)

Snack: Wasabi Soy Nuts, goldfish pretzels

Dinner: natto with rice :) and steamed veggies

Late night Snack: popcorn

Yesterday:

Breakfast: turkey meat, swiss cheese, tomatoes, onions, and lettuce on 100% ww bread.

Lunch: harvest cheddar sun chips with fat free cream cheese and a wedge of cantaloupe.

Snack: hot-cheetos fries with tuna and 1/3 less fat cream cheese. caramel apple lollipop.

Dinner:  turkey, cheese, and broccoli lean pocket. a fun-sized kit kat. a little bit of naural peanut butter by itself.

not my best eating haha =/ but not too horrible.

Peacelovehominy - if you think your eating was bad, see what I ate today! Ugh, at least the holidays will be over by next week...

Brunch: Some: honey cake, chocolate chip bread, lemon vanilla-chocolate swirl bread (those last two are really more like cakes), chocolate rugulach (can you say Rosh Hashana dessert leftovers or what??)

Snack: Freeze dried apple crisps

Snack: A brownie, a chocolate chip cookie, a few s'mores bars, a bunch of ginger root cookies (all homemade and sitting right in front of me for an hour right after the stress of school - how could I resist?)

Dinner: Quite a few chocolate-filled wafer cookies, grilled salmon, lentil rice, currant rice, white rice, grilled tomato, a big bowl of homemade apple-raisin noodle kugel

Snack: A nice big cup of herbal tea... I need to eat a yogurt or applesauce or something, too (I have to mix my medicine with a soft, solid food to take it), but I'm not hungry anymore! Hmm...

It probably doesn't help that two of my cousins had bridal showers this week so my mom's been cooking and baking like crazy for both of those parties plus 2 days of Rosh Hashana celebrations and Yom Kippur Break Fast on Monday, and we had a big family dinner yesterday because so many people are in town for the showers, and we have Shabbat dinner on Friday, which is always like a big party in my family but especially this week with all the extended family coming over as well (to add to the usual thirty some-odd people we have every week, at least). Oh I'm going to have a fun time not gaining weight this week! Ha...

EDIT: Just a disclaimer, I don't usually eat this unhealthily! It was a special occasion of the type which I reserve for the holidays. :) Oh boy even the Yom Kippur fasting isn't going to put a dent in this week, haha...

Breakfast:
yogurt & corn flakes

Lunch:
vegetables & fish

Lunch 2 (or a slightly odd snack,lol):
a bowl of cooked spinach with sour cream

Snack:
some grapes

Dinner:
2 slices od rye bread with peanut butter
& a bowl of oatmeal with almonds

I cant remember what i ate yesterday =(

Today:

Breakfast: a hard boiled egg, 100% ww bread with natural peanut butter and prunes. half an apple.

Lunch: a burrito i made with pinto beans, white rice, 2% sharp cheddar cheese, beef, avocado, tomatoes, onions, and tapatio picante sauce with a flour tortilla. (YUM)

Snack: some harvest cheddar sun chips with fat free cream cheese

Dinner: lean pocket supreme pizza. avocado, onions, tomatoes, 2% swiss cheese wrapped with lean turkey slices.

Original Post by peacelovehominy:

I cant remember what i ate yesterday =(

Today:

Breakfast: a hard boiled egg, 100% ww bread with natural peanut butter and prunes. half an apple.

Lunch: a burrito i made with pinto beans, white rice, 2% sharp cheddar cheese, beef, avocado, tomatoes, onions, and tapatio picante sauce with a flour tortilla. (YUM)

Snack: some harvest cheddar sun chips with fat free cream cheese

Dinner: lean pocket supreme pizza. avocado, onions, tomatoes, 2% swiss cheese wrapped with lean turkey slices.

Hey I just bought some fat free cream cheese. How does it taste? (: