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!

peacelovehominy: i notice that your breakfasts always look like lunch..lol. since you eat normal food at breakfast time, do you not like pancakes, waffles, cereal, oatmeal, etc.?

Darkbeam: make sure you're getting the minimum 1800 for teen guys and please continue to post your meals...i think it's a great way to remain accountable and to give other YCCers ideas :)

breakfast: bowl of cheerios and milk (220)

snack: granola bar (180)

lunch: ham sandwhich on wholemeal bread (400) and a yogurt (100)

snack: an apple (50) swiss krisproal things (100) a pack of crisps (130)

dinner: roast beef, roast potatos, brocoli, carrots, yorkshire pudding and gravy (no idea of the calories but i'm guessing a lot aroud 800-1000??)

total: 1980-2180?? (not too good since i did no exercise all of today as it was raining sooo hard if i walked out the front door i would have been dreanched!!

12:00: waffles (190) with syrup (130), cantaloupe (70), frosted flakes (220) grapefruit (50) (total: 660)

1:00: thin mints (120), sugar candies (25)

3:45: lentil soup (280)

5:15:mashed potato (120) with cheese (90), broccoli (30), green beans (20) tea with sugar (50) (total: 310)

6:45: 3 mini chocolate bars (150)

edit: the kitchen people had different dinner than what the menu said!

total: 1545

Yesterday:

BFAST: oatbran w/ natural PB + blueberries, soy latte ~400

SCK: apple, rye crackers,  ~180

LCH: tempeh salad w/ avocado + mixed seed crackers ~400

SCK: corn cakes w/ apple + almond butter ~150

DNR: navy beans + quinoa w/ mixed veggies ~400

Went out... had a lot of wine. ~ 480 cals worth.

Total: ~2000.. finally. 

Today:

B :oatbran + rolled oats mix w/ ABC nut butter + banana, soy latte ~510

L: tofu pizza on pita, soy latte ~500

S: large, large, apple,  ~106

D: chickpea, mixed veggie pilaf ~400

S: 1/3 cup oatbran w/ natural PB + banana, ~290,

Total: ~ 1800

Original Post by chrissy1988:

peacelovehominy: i notice that your breakfasts always look like lunch..lol. since you eat normal food at breakfast time, do you not like pancakes, waffles, cereal, oatmeal, etc.?

Darkbeam: make sure you're getting the minimum 1800 for teen guys and please continue to post your meals...i think it's a great way to remain accountable and to give other YCCers ideas :)

Of course! I am determined of it. Thats why I thanked you for your reply in my other thread (: I am thinking of boosting up my calories to 1900 tomorrow :o We will just see how that goes (: Also I agree, I know that reading other posts gives me idea's as well. (: I will continue to post here!

Hi guys! I just started maintaining after recoveryyy. Hahahah- sometimes I think I still eat a weight gainers diet(: i was in the mood for some bananas today hahah

breakfast: cereal & milk, apple juice, banana (430)

lunch: PB & J, orange juice, banana! cookie (500)

snack: sunchips & gatorade (250)

dinner: chicken parm & asparigus in oil (600)

snack: apple (100)

total: 1,880 not too bad!

sophiec96: Nice job on reaching maintenance!! You've come a really long way!!! :D

I am curious for anyone on here who's maintaining.. Do you notice that some days you're really hungry, and other days where you struggle to reach the maintenance level? Because I've been experiencing that a lot lately. Some days I want to eat over 3500 cals, and other days I can barely pass the 2500 mark. Is this normal??

breakfast: porridge with raisons (400)

snack: granola bar (200)

lunch: pumpkin soup (150) wholemeal bread (114) carrot sticks with a little hummus (100)

snack: (didn't have time for one as i had netball training then hockey training)

dinnner: pasta with tomato and mascaponi sauce (500) an orange juce ice lolly (50)

snack: a small bowl of cereal (200) a pack of crisps (132)

total (1950?) my addings not too good!!

wannabfitt, that's ~1850 calories. your computer probably has a calculator. prob a bit low for a day w/ both netball & hockey.

Made it through Halloween without eating too much candy! :] Yay.

Breakfast: Healthy Choice veg soup, banana 300

Lunch: Almonds, apple, red bell peppers, ham and cheese wrap with roasted sweet red peppers and banana peppers and tomatoes. 550

Dinner: steamed carrots, steamed broccoli, tomato and basil gardenburger, whole wheat fettucine and half a serving tomato sauce. pear and glass of skim milk. 680

Total =  about 1530

No exercise today. Gloomy and raining and I feel really tired and icky. Not so good for the motivation. Slept through my workout today and then had too much hw after school. Think I might be coming down with something. :[

SOPHIE-congrats, i think u may have reduvced ur cals by too much! i made that mistake at 1st and ended up losing, too much.  id say whatever u gained on, subtract 200 or so and then weigh after 1 wk.

no exercise today, just a 30 minute walk, so a bit on the low end for cals

7:15: biscuit (160), melon (50), pineapple (40), tea with sugar (30) (total: 280)

10:00: tea with sugar (30), almonds (130)

1:00: 1/2 a bagel (150), peanut butter (90), pasta (220) with sauce (70) and olives (30) (total: 560)

3:00: 1/2 a chocolate bar (105) 3 whoppers (30)

6:00: tea with sugar(30)

8:00: lentil soup (280) and an apple (55)

total: 1500 exactly!

i'm eating waaaaaay too many carbs though, i need to find a good source of protein.

Original Post by chrissy1988:

peacelovehominy: i notice that your breakfasts always look like lunch..lol. since you eat normal food at breakfast time, do you not like pancakes, waffles, cereal, oatmeal, etc.?

 i like cereal and oatmeal sometimes.. not in the morning :) i've noticed that my dinners look more like breakfasts.. and breakfast like dinner. haha idk. whatever floats my boat (: i've noticed that i like having "breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper."

Breakfast: 6" cold cut combo on honey oat with ALL the veggies, pepper jack cheese and southwestern chipotle sauce (i SOOOO regret getting that sauce, but i haven't had it in like, two years haha. i'm not getting it ever again not worth the cals AT ALL)
Snack: caramel apple lollipop.
Lunch: whole egg, american cheese, onions, tomatoes on ww bread.
Snack: raw almonds.
Dinner: lite ff strawberry yogurt mixed with lowfat cottage cheese. an apple.

breakfast: a bowl of cheerios and milk (200)

snack after walking to school: a granola bar (200)

lunch: pesto pasta with pine nuts (400) a munch bunch yogurt (50) a kiwi (14)

snack after badmington: a chocolate rice crispy cake (150)

snack after netball: a smallinsh hams sandwhich (200) and a small banana (80)

dinnner: cheese omlette (300) some ketchup (50) some salad (20)

snack: two meatballs (175) an orange juce ice lolly (50)

total: ~1800

Thanks for the suggestion appletwo,

 about how many calories should i be eating to loose weight?? as i have actually been aiming for about 2000 on active days and 1600 on non active days!

maby i should eat something else before bed! but its already 8:30 and isn't it bad to eat late?

edit: i ate a ceral bar (150)

which makes my total ~1950 :D

Breakfast: healthy choice veg beef soup, banana 320

Lunch: almonds, baby carrots, pear, ham cheese and roasted red pepper ww wrap 550

Snack: 3 dill pickle spears 30

Dinner: lean cuisine spaghetti w meat sauce, spinach, gg cheesy veg, strawberries 570

total about 1470

I'm going to have a piece of cheese though to get at least past 1500. Also I dont eat enough dairy.

First day back to the gym tmrw! I got inspired by a "why are you losing weight" thread on here. :]

And I made my lunch for tmrw. It sounds really good and i'm excited. Haha. I think its important to get excited about the food you are eating.

Breakfast (360): Bob's red mill 7 grain cereal (140) with 1/2 sliced banana (60) and 2 TBS. cinnamon raisin PB (160)

Lunch (460): Whole grain pita (170) with turkey (50), veg and hummus (60); an apple (100); reese's PB cup (70)

Snack (590): PB clif bar (250); triscuits (80) with PB (200); carrots with hummus (60)

Dinner (430): Chicken breast (170); potato (100) with margarine (50); greek salad (veg, feta [60], dressing [50])

Snack (660): Smoothie [milk (110), banana (100), cocoa and sugar (60), coconut (50?)];  peanut butter and triscuits (300); a kiwi (50)

Total: 2500

Lately I've been realllllllly hungry. I'll admit, I kinda flipped out today.. I thought for sure I'd go above and beyond 3500 cal again.. =[

B: McCann Oatmeal (200), milk (130), banana (110)

S: Raisins (130), mixed nuts (200)

L: HUGE apple (110), PB&J (460), yogurt (150)

S: Protein bar (230), cookie from a friend (180)

D: Chili con carne (300), corn bread (200), a bunch of carrots (~50?)

S: Piece of cinnamon bread (130) with butter (50), chocolate milk (200)

TOTAL - 2830

breakfast: cup noodles with tapatio picante sauce and some cut up chicken.

snack: a few prunes, some raw almonds

Lunch: mourikhaya soup and oatmeal and a chicken thigh

snack: yogurt and cottage cheese, more mourikhaya  soup

dinner: mozerella cheese, ww bread, and mushroom pasta sauce. a few more prunes.

Original Post by evaopala:

 

S: 1/3 cup oatbran w/ natural PB + banana, ~290,

 do you mix the oatbran without cooking it in the pb and use it as a dip for the banana? how does that taste?

I felt reallly hungry by the end of that day. The calories stay up!

breakfast: two jumbo eggs (206) two wholewheat toast (170) glass OJ (110) ketchup (15) = 486

lunch: peanut butter jelly (300) pretzels (120) milk (110) = 530

snack: AHHH i had a krispy kreme from my friend- IT WAS SO GOOD. 250

dinner: vegetable burger & a half (160) bun (180) american cheese (55) mmm ketchup (30) stirfry veggies (100) corn (50) = 575

snack: ice cream & cadbury finger (200)

total: 2,041

goobyb and opeth: is 2,500 the amount you guys eat when you do no exercise? or do you do some? im terrified of losing weight if i exercise! and im starting basketball in january! my metabolism was terrible before ed and now its like SUPERCHARGED! hahaha(: x