I don't think i'm eating enough...what do you like to eat?

Would love suggestions for meals and snacks...I'm in a bit of a rut and eat similar things everyday that I know are "safe" but I'm not eating enough.

Some things I often eat are:

Breakfast: eggs/egg whites, plain yogurt, cottage cheese, egg burritto

Lunch: Turkey Chili, salad, homemade chicken salad, leftovers

Dinner: beef, chicken, pork, turkey, shrimp with a vegetable, sometimes a sweet potato

Snacks: apple with a string cheese, almonds, celery with peanut butter, hummus with veggies

Thanks!

I don't understand. If you know Ÿoure not eating enough then eat more. Here's some things that I almost always have

Ice cream-daily Quinoa Couscous Brown rice Ww pasta Ww bagels Yogurt Cottage cheese Kashi granola bars Hummus and carrots Oatmeal (add in flaxseeds)

Try eating trail mix, nuts, peanut butter, and healthy fats. Also it sounds like you might be afraid of carbs, don't be. They are not your enemy.

I agree about the carbs - where's the whole wheat bread, cereal, whole grain rice, a little whole wheat pasta? Those are delicious, acceptable and necessary. Veggies mixed into any of these are great (well, maybe not the cereal.....). I also eat tuna made with fat free mayo, cheese sandwiches (not grilled), fruit and yogurt.

Try mixing things up - using the food diary, log your food the night before and try something new every day. You will begin to see the variety you can have. Tag items you really liked so you can select from your tagged item list.

This link may help, in terms of figuring out how many servings of each food group you need:

http://www.mypyramid.gov/downloads/MyPyramid_ Food_Intake_Patterns.pdf

Hi

I'll start the ball rolling, To get it into perspective first, being a large overweight bloke, my calorie numbers are maybe going to be way different to yours, but the principle is the same.

My estimated burn on non activity days is 2300 so I as i am looking to lose aim for about 1600 calories on them days.  

My breakfast is usually the same on work days(weetabix, semiskimmed milk, banana, coffee.) wekends varies grilled bacon / egg on toast, porridge. 

Lunch is usually ham sandwich, two peices of fruit, low fat yoghurt and a packet of crisps ( or potato chips in the USA) and black coffee. weekends will go for salads, leftovers, sandwiches, or a main meal if visiting/hosting friends.

I usually hit around 800 - 900 cals by them which leaves me 700 -800 cals for dinner.

Dinner can be alsorts from pizza (small piece), casserole, meat and veg etc,.

If I am short of my target (1600) after dinner will boost my intake with toast and a topping (e.g. cream cheese, peanut butter, jam.), rice cakes, a glass of wine or beer, peice of chocolate, fruit. anything really as long as it has the required number of calories. (interesting in that most of mine would probably be considered unsafe)

admittedly on non excercise days dont seem to have problem hitting the target. On excercise days I up the target to maintain a 700 cal deficit so those are the days I tend to suplement.   

seems to be working as i am maintaining a steady drop in weight, (down about 8 kg since july).

Like the sound of some of your snacks will probably add them to mine.

cheers

Rob

Doesn't matter what you eat, really.  Eat what you enjoy eating.  Look at what others around you are eating.  Choose what looks good and wholesome.  Eat it in bigger portions than you do currently.  Cook something new.   Try a different variety.  Go out to a restaurant.  Get inspiration from TV shows and cook-books.... .  

 

Suggestions:

Breakfast - cereal with sliced up banana/strawberries and milk; bagel with PB and sliced banana topped with cinnamon and a glass of milk; eggs on WW toast or an english muffin; pancakes with fruit; french toast

Lunch - tuna melt (open faced, tuna on WW bread with cheese melted on top); tuna salad on bread as sandwich or on lettuce; lunch meat and cheese on WW with lettuce, tomato, onion; grilled cheese; BLT; PBJ; PBJ with sliced banana

Dinner - pasta, quinoa, rice; make rice, mix in cooked vegetables and cut up meat of some kind then top with cheese (delicious and filling)