What is your daily menu like?

Hi. I am new, and curious as to what you eat for your meals? Snacks? Do you allow yourself to have soda? How much water? DO you take any diet pills to help with hunger? I am starting my calorie count tomorrow. I want to be able to eat what I want but in portion control by calorie counting. Can you give me some meal ideas?

Hi,

I'm pretty new too, but I start my day with cereal like cherreos, or special k and fat free lactaid, orange juice and 2 glasses of water, this keeps me out of trouble until lunch, then I can have a proggresso soup and some crackers, a fatfree yougurt, and then for dinner, have some fish, tons of vegetables, and very little rice.

I drink about 10 - 12 glasses of water, and I have not drinked sodas in a couple of years now... My doctor gives me a B-12 shot every month and gives me a prescription to curve my appetite along with high blood medication.

I love rice, and I used to fill my plate with rice, then add the meats or beans in top of it, now I use a measuring cup, and only allow myslef a cup of rice, was wierd in the beginning but now after a week, portions are easier to control. I hope this helps.

I generally have either a Zone bar or an egg white omelet w/2% cheese and turkey sausage for breakfast.  Some sort of snack and then some kind of meat with veggies and fruit for lunch.  Another snack and then an adapted version of what my family is having for dinner.

Be careful with cereals and ceral bars they are very high in sugars....

Sample day:

Breakfest:

oatmeal with cranberries and 1 egg

Lunch:

3oz chicken breast with red peppers, zucchini and salsa for sauce

snack:

yogurt and apple

Dinner:

5oz salmon, 1/2 cup brown rice, salad (no dressing)

snack:

protein shake after gym

 breakfast

W.w.toast w/ jelly

Multigrain cereal w/ milk

Juice and coffee

 or

1/2 cup   Oatmeal     Orange

or

1/2 cup multi grain cereal
 medium apple
1/2 c  Juice
milk

 or

1/2 c. multi grain cereal
1/8 c Almonds
1/2 c Juice
8 oz.   Milk

or

1 Hard-boiled egg
1  Orange
1 W w toast w/ butter

or

1/2 cup  Oatmeal
1/2 cup Orange Juice

or

1/2 cup Creamy Breakfast Oatmeal
1 6-oz.   Low Fat Yogurt 
 low cal drink

 or

1/2 cup Creamy Breakfast Oatmeal
4 oz. nonfat (skim) Milk
1 Orange
 Low cal drink

SNACK

apple

or

1/2 Deviled Eggs
1/4 c.  Almonds

 or

1 6-oz. Low Fat Yogurt

 or

Orange

or

1 6-oz. container Low Fat Yogurt

or

1/4 cup plain Almonds

 or

Orange

1   lite Cheese

LUNCH

Roast beef sandwich mayo let and tom

Carrot sticks

Grapes

Low cal drink

or

1/2 cup   Bean Chicken Casserole
2 c.  Salad
1/2 cup Tom
 low cal drink

 or

3/4 cup  Bean Chicken Casserole
 Apple
   low cal drink

 or

1 c Chicken Tortilla Soup
1 Apple
 low cal drink

 or

Chicken leg and wing

2 c Salad

1/2 cup Tomatoes, chopped
8 oz. nonfat yogurt drink

or

1/2   Chicken Apple Salad
1 W w toast
8 oz. yogurt drink

 or

Chicken leg and wing

2 pc celery

Low cal drink

or

Whole Wheat
2 Tbsp. Hummus
1 medium Apple
Low cal drink

SNACK

1 6-oz. container Low Fat Yogurt

or

1  Apple

or

2 stalks of Celery
2 Tbsp. Hummus

 or

1 pc. Lite Cheese

 or

1/4 cup grapes  
1 pc lite Cheese

 or

2 Stalks Celery 
4 Tbsp. Hummus

 or

8 Tostitos Multigrain Chips
4 Tbsp.  mutable,

 or

1 6-oz. container Low Fat Yogurt

SUPPER

Dory fish w/ lemon

Baked pot w/ butter

Green beans

W w toast

LowCal drink

or

2pita pizzas w/ veg and   moz cheese

Low cal drink

or

1 cup Chicken Tortilla Soup
2 c.  Salad
1/2 cup Tom
1 W w. toast
  low cal drink

 or

1 serving  Deviled Eggs
1/2 c  Salsa with beans
8 Tortilla Chips
4 Tb. Hummus
 low cal drink

 or

1 c Chic Tortilla Soup
4 Tbsp. hummus
8 Tortilla Chips

 or

2 pita pizzas  2 oz moz,  low cal drink

 or

1/2 cup Apple Chicken Salad
2 c Salad , w w toast

 or

3oz chic breast,     baked Potato
1 c Broccoli
1 Tb. Butter,  

 this menu is around 1200 cal a day,,ive been following it for the last 3 weeks and have lost 3 kg,,,everything is easy to prepare and quick,,,it seems to be working well for me and as long as I follow it I know I do not go over 1200,,,once a week my husband will take me out for date night and then I eat grilled chicken and mutable and some pita bread,,,and stay with in my goal on calories for the day,,,,,good luck