What did YOU eat today?

Don't list the calories, don't list the exercise, don't list portion sizes.

None of those pesky numbers, since we all are different.

One person can need 1400 a day, while another can need 2,500, and it can be really triggering to see someone ate a lower number than yourself.

Therefore, just list the food you ate. This will help us understand the value of eating healthy food (for the nutrients), while also indulging moderately in empty calories when we want. I don't know about you, but I'm aiming for 90% healthy foods - and 10% empty calories. ;)

Also, do not post here if you are starving yourself. I'm not interested in the details, it is only going to get others riled up, and it is triggering to those of us trying to recover from an eating disorder. Okay, thank-you.

Here's me for today:

Breakfast: slept far too late
Lunch: sandwich (100% whole wheat bread, garden burger veggie medley patty, soy dijon "mayo", pickle, lettuce), dried apricots, diet soda, tums, vitamin
Snack: apple, no salt added raw almond butter
Dinner: corn, bell peppers, sugar-snap peas, lettuce, firm tofu, soy dressing, tums
Snack: soy delicious peanut butter zig zag! yumm.

B: Weetabix w/ almond milk and almonds, ww toast w/ natural peanut butter
S1: Apple
L: Flour tortilla w/ lots of grilled vegetables w/ cheese, small handful of fried rice, and 5 pieces of hot jalepeno peppers
S2: Chocolate berry protein crunch bar
D: Soft taco w/ soy boca meat, jalepeno peppers, and spicy taco mix on flour tortilla, spanish rice

Meal plan for Tomorrow;

B: Weetabix w/ almond milk and a banana on top, ww toast w/ naturally more peanut butter
S1: Brazil nuts
L: Taco w/ refired beans on ww tortilla, Corn
S2: Chocolate soymilk
D: Something at my sister's house

Saturday, I'm kicking myself over. I feel like I binged. I didn't binge, but it was my least healthy day in a week. Carby, snacky crap and never did have that spinach salad I was planning or the asparagus I bought and was looking forward to. In little grazing meals throughout the day I had a total of:

1 pear

1 banana

1 apple

2 cups of nonfat cottage cheese (that's an entire tub over the course of the day)

1 Healthy Choice beef merlot frozen entree (I really have to stop with the fake food)

2 Minibags of Curves popcorn (Two! Why???)

5 Ry-Krisp crackers (Five! Why???)

Look at how sad that food list looks.

 

sat-

BFAST-bagel w/PB, cup of yogurt, apple

LUNCH-cheddar cheese+avocado sandwich, fage 2%, strawberries, muffin top spread w/PB

SNACK-baked ziti (ordered in)

DINNER-Pizza (again, delivery) veg salad w/almond butter

SNACK-apple, yogurt, raisins

1 pear

2 poached eggs with 2 Ry-Krisp crackers

1 whole grapefruit

1 ginormous spinach salad with tomatoes, cucumber, hardboiled egg whites and topped with a salmon patty. No dressing.

Felt like more food than that (but the salad really was out of control huge... no room in the tummy inn for more). I'll have an extra protein shake or something first thing in the morning, but one day of super low calories won't kill my metabolism.

Original Post by modifiedme:

Saturday, I'm kicking myself over. I feel like I binged. I didn't binge, but it was my least healthy day in a week. Carby, snacky crap and never did have that spinach salad I was planning or the asparagus I bought and was looking forward to. In little grazing meals throughout the day I had a total of:

1 pear

1 banana

1 apple

2 cups of nonfat cottage cheese (that's an entire tub over the course of the day)

1 Healthy Choice beef merlot frozen entree (I really have to stop with the fake food)

2 Minibags of Curves popcorn (Two! Why???)

5 Ry-Krisp crackers (Five! Why???)

Look at how sad that food list looks.

 

Did you even hit 1k Calories with that food? Doesn't seem like a lot.

UD

I did. 1250. (Thought for a minute I forgot the apple, but I did add it.) I know calories aren't supposed to be posted, but I wanted you to know I wasn't starving myself.

That was a looooot of cottage cheese Saturday, and boy does my system know it. And Ry-Krisp crackers are a nice source of fiber and all, but they're really big - similar to Swedish Wasa bread. Eating five of them straight was just snacky cardboard nonsense. Coulda had something better in every way for the same calories and less carbs.

It just felt like a crappy way to eat. Sunday was more delicious, but I didn't get my calories in. Thought about adding a protein shake, but it's so late I thought I was better off waiting until after I get up tomorrow morning (today).

I won't waste away - I'm severely overweight - but I want to be careful not to knife my metabolism through the heart.

B: Reduced Sugar Apple Cinnamon oatmeal, 3 slices pre-cooked bacon

S: cheddar cheese stick, apple

L: wheat wrap with laughing cow cheese, sun dried tomatos, roasted chicken and chives, cucumber,tomato, red onion salad with parmesan cheese and 1/2 tbsp romano basil dressing, Pringles Stix pizza flavor

S: medium banana

Post Workout Snack: Peanut butter Fiber One bar

D: 1 cup veggie stir fry, 1/2 cup brown rice, soy sauce, rooster sauce

Plan for the day...

B- low sugar maple brown sugar oatmeal, flax seed, egg white, coffee

Snacks - applesauce, string cheese

L - grilled chicken, lc wedge, mustard on arnold sandwich thin, carrots and hummus, grapes

S - yoplait key lime pie yogurt

D - bbq chicken breast, broccoli, sweet potato sprinkled with cinnamon

Breakfast: Steel cut oats made with skim milk, wheat bran, stevia, and spices

Snack: Almonds

Lunch: Roasted pork tenderloin, with chopped up raw yellow peppers, cucmber, tomato, and carrot

Snack: Apple and pear

Snack: Two hard boiled eggs

Dinner: Campbell's Chunky Steak and Potatoes with Mushrooms with broccoli

sodium city with the soup (1780 mg for the can!) but it only puts me at 2200mgs for the day, and this way it will stop taking up room on the shelf

Plan for tomorrow;

B: Cinnamon toast multigrain cake topped w/ natural peanut butter and cinnamon brown sugar almonds

L: Peanut butter sammie, Fat free pringles, Chocolate soymilk

S: Strawberry Banana Bar

D: Refried beans/Corn/Jalepeno peppers on White flour Tortilla, Broccoli

B-cinnamon apple oatmeal, coffee

S1-banana

L: high protein bread, cinnamon, egg whites, light soymilk, sliced strawberries, sugar free syrup

S2: Apple, smoked almonds

D: Potato, light sour cream, ICINB, vegetables, yoplait light yogurt

Hmm need more protein

 

B - Oatmeal made w/ water w/ a bit of brown sugar, an apple

L - Melba toast, tuna, gardennay market veggie soup, yogurt

D - Not sure, going to a pub, will try and stick to veg. platter and maybe a sammich if they have one :)  I have around 1000 calories left for dinner itself, so I'm not too worried.

yesterday

b: oatmeal, yogurt, peaches, egg, sausage, coffee

l: cottage cheese 2%, raisins, banana

d: Progresso Pot Roast soup, yogurt, prunes, skinny cow fudge bar, crazy choc cake, 86% chocolate pc

i like chocolate

Breakfast: Steel cut oats made with skim milk, wheat bran, stevia, and spices

Lunch: Roasted pork tenderloin, with chopped up raw yellow and orange peppers, tomato, and carrot

Snack: Apple and pear

Snack: Two slices homemade blueberry bran bread with Nut N' Budder and blueberry/concord grape jam

Dinner: Mexican-ish salad with Eden refried black beans, tomato, cucumber, avocado, cheddar cheese, Liberty nonfat plain yogurt, and chili powder with flax tortilla chips for dipping

Dessert/Snack: Vanilla Pudding with craisins

Needs more green....

Wed.

Breakfast: Three Cheese Omelete, 2 Veggie Bacon Strips, and a Glass of Orange Juice

Snack: Cheese on Wheat Crackers

Lunch: Two slices of Pizza w/ no cheese, Jalepeno peppers, and Mushrooms

Snack: Strawberry Banana Yogurt

Dinner: Veggie sammie made w/ rice, black beans, corn, and salsa, Broccoli w/ butter, Whole Milk

B - peanut butter oatmeal (turned out awful) so instead I had a bagelful with egg whites

S- string cheese and strawberry applesauce

L - grilled chicken and lc wedge on arnold sandwich thin, side salad with light ranch, carrots and hummus, iced tea

S - probably some almonds

D - not sure yet, I'm thinking steamed chicken breast thrown into a chili type dish with tomatoes, chick peas, onions and green peppers...we'll see

Dessert - baking pumpkin spice chocolate chip muffins to take home for the holiday so i'm sure I'll sneak one of those!

B - Yogurt, english muffin, egg white

L - Veggies w/ low fat dip, weight watcher's wrap with a bit of 2% cheese, mustard and turkey breast, apple

D - Not sure yet... I have a couple of lovely porkchops in the fridge that need to be cooked, but salmon would taste fab. as well... will deff. have some broccoli or home made coleslaw with it too.  Mmmm.

Brekkers: 3 Cheese Omelete, 2 Veg. Bacon Strips, Orange Juice

Snack: 8 Cinnamon Graham Crackers

Lunch: Blueberry Bagel w/ SF Grape Jelly

Snack: Either Cinnamon Brown Sugar Almonds or a Blueberry NutiGrain Bar

Dinner: Veggie Sammie Pocket, Broccoli w/ Butter

Thursday Plan:

Breakfast: Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal;
Rolled Oats
Almond Milk
Canned Pumpkin
Cinnamon

Lunch:
Two Cinnamon Pancakes topped w/ Blueberry Sauce

Dinner:
Stuffing
Mashed Potatoes (Made w/ real Butter and Whole Milk)
Corn
Vegetarian Lasagna

Dessert:
Slice of Pumpkin Pie

Before gym breakfast - whole grain bagelful

after gym breakfast - lower sugar maple brown sugar oatmeal, hard boiled egg, coffee

lunch - taco soup, string cheese, side salad with light ranch

getting on the road late afternoon so I'll be grabbing dinner somewhere quick...have no clue what though!

Breakfast: Steel cut oats made with skim milk, wheat bran, stevia, and spices

Snack: Liberty nonfat plain yogurt and (thawed) frizen wild blueberries

Lunch: Roasted pork tenderloin, with chopped up raw red pepper and tomato, steamed broccoli, and Eden refried black beans

Snack: Apple and pear

Snack: part skim mozzarella Cheestring and Nature Valley Trail Mix Fruit and Nut granola bar

Dinner: last of the pork with salad in a whole wheat pita