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: mixed berry smoothie with almond butter; part of a plain crepe; hard-boiled egg

s: some munchie mix; apple; processed cheese slice

l: steamed haddock; veggie salad; Chinese-style julienned daikon radish and carrot salad with sesame oil; beans

s: a couple of free samples at Costco (cheese and spinach manicotti, banana peppers, fruit leather); watermelon

d: pan-fried salmon; green salad; bit of potato

s: a couple of milk chocolates; raw broccoli, cauliflower and baby carrots; half a serving of maple ice cream

Hypergraphica, the oatmeal parfait is pretty simple - I made a batch of fairly loose oatmeal with milk and water, mixed in some shredded coconut, chilled it in the fridge (it thickens up a lot when cooled), and then spooned it into drinking glasses with layers of yogurt and sliced banana. Then I topped them off with a sprinkling of coconut and few slices of caramelized broiled banana. Cold oatmeal is awesome! Like rice pudding, but much lighter and creamier. I'll be making it regularly, for sure. It's a great make-ahead breakfast, too. Perfect for busy weekday mornings or a large Sunday brunch with guests.

My breakfast was a only hot piza. I like it very much do you??

Yesterday -

Breakfast: sunny-side up egg and a slice of cheddar between two pieces of whole wheat toast

Snack: green tea

Lunch: peanut butter and blueberry jam sandwich on whole wheat bread; all natural coffee yogurt

Dinner: salad made with spinach, carrots, grilled chicken and topped with ranch; lowfat milk

Today -

Breakfast: overnight oats smoothie made with blueberry chobani, vanilla almond milk and a banana, blended in blender with peanut butter and nutella in the morning

Snack: green tea

Lunch: peanut butter and shredded carrots sandwich

Snack: ice cream

Dinner: brown rice and mixed vegetables; lowfat milk

Original Post by epinephrine:

Hypergraphica, the oatmeal parfait is pretty simple - I made a batch of fairly loose oatmeal with milk and water, mixed in some shredded coconut, chilled it in the fridge (it thickens up a lot when cooled), and then spooned it into drinking glasses with layers of yogurt and sliced banana. Then I topped them off with a sprinkling of coconut and few slices of caramelized broiled banana. Cold oatmeal is awesome! Like rice pudding, but much lighter and creamier. I'll be making it regularly, for sure. It's a great make-ahead breakfast, too. Perfect for busy weekday mornings or a large Sunday brunch with guests.

Awesome, thanks! Am staying with family at the moment and we're having two-course dinner pretty much every night and could really use some new ideas. Will try this out on everyone in the next couple of days, it sounds really yummy (and so simple, which is even better!).

Breakfast:green smoothie and 1 price of toast with almond butter. Lunch:cream of wheat Dinner smart one fettucini Alfredo and a green smoothie and some stir fry >.<

B: bowl of crunchy nut cereal w/ milk, little spoon of PB, 2 cups of coffee

L: huge bowl of stirfry veggies cooked in a bit of country crock w/ chicken, packet of soy sauce, and FF sour cream for some flavor, sugar free candy

D: pretzels w/ mozzarella & cheddar cheese, tortilla chips w/ salsa, popcorn (while watching a movie)

Way overindulged yesterday (came home from an exhausting 9-hour flight to find chocolate milk in my fridge, cookies 'n' cream ice cream in my freezer, and granola in my pantry, and then I went to a party with lots of wine, cheese and cake), so today's eats are pretty light:

b: Chinese-style tomato scrambled eggs with lots of green onions; a couple of fresh black mission figs

l: Swiss chard, mushroom and tomato saute with shallots and feta; more figs; a few cherries, blueberries and grapes

s: spicy stirfried green beans; a bit of apple; a few samples of the mango and peach oatmeal parfaits I was prepping for the week

d: giant green salad with zucchini, cucumber, radishes, and glory bowl sauce

s: probably gonna have a chocolate-mint protein shake with spinach

B: pita and artichoke dip, black mango tea

S: stuffed dates, black coffee

L: Tomato soup made with vine ripened tomatoes and skim milk, blueberry red tea

D: Crab ravioli with light cream and sage sauce

Original Post by epinephrine:

Way overindulged yesterday (came home from an exhausting 9-hour flight to find chocolate milk in my fridge, cookies 'n' cream ice cream in my freezer, and granola in my pantry, and then I went to a party with lots of wine, cheese and cake), so today's eats are pretty light

 

You should have posted that day, sounds like most of my favorite foods haha. Idk why but my computer won't let me type outside of the quote box so:

B: honey nut oh's, the heel of a loaf of bread w/ some country crock lol coffee w/ cream

L: PB & J on WW, strawberry banana yogurt

S: apple slices, string cheese, iced coffee, salt water taffy

D: Egg sandwich w/ American cheese on a toasted WW bun w/ some country crock, raw cauliflower & baby carrots dipped in FF sour cream w/ some spices in it

Dessert: 2 baby squares dark chocolate, coconut popsicle thing

 

breakfast : two frozen blue berry waffles with an iced cinnamon dolce from SB

lunch : veggie patch's broccoli bites with sweet potato french fries

snack : chicken cesar salad

dinner : red bull (lol it destresses me ok) potatos, fruit and almonds

ilovemj909, I couldn't post it if I wanted to - I completely lost track of everything I ate with all the grazing! I kept my portions small, but I made sure to leave no stone unturned. I had a bit of everything! 

Today's eats:

breakfast: coconut mango oatmeal parfait; handful of granola; a tea egg (a Chinese specialty - hardboiled eggs slow-cooked in a broth of soy sauce, five-spice, and black tea)

pre-workout snack: handful of crunchy TVP chunks; a few raisins

lunch: chocolate-banana-pb protein shake; cup of skim milk; hemp milk latte; roasted parsnip and apple soup

snack: orange; more TVP chunks; handful of granola; slice of toast with a little smear of peanut butter; coffee with cream

dinner: seitan, shiitake mushrooms and radishes stewed in leftover tea-egg broth; boiled romaine with oyster sauce and sesame oil

snack: homemade pickled zucchinis and onions; black mission figs with brie and toasted slivered almonds

Breakfast: sunny-side up egg and a slice of cheddar between two pieces of whole wheat toast

Snack: green tea

Lunch: peanut butter and raspberry peach champagne jam sandwich on whole wheat bread; all natural coffee yogurt

Snack: white wine

Dinner: grilled chicken; sauteed mushrooms with olive oil and salt; lowfat milk

Epinephrine: haha that's the way to do it, I love grazing. That coconut mango oatmeal parfait sounds awesome!

nadiarose: raspberry peach champagne jam...sounds so delicious. Where did you find this? 

B: coffee w/ cream/sugar, white macadamia nut Cliff bar

L: overnight oats w/ cinnamon, brown sugar, cherry yogurt, & chopped up nectarine (I thought this might be weird but the flavors actually really worked together and this really filled me up, first time actually making overnight oats. I loved it and will definitely be trying other combinations!)

S: random bites of fruit (watermelon, strawberries, blackberries), pretzels, few chips, couple pistachios before soccer, iced coffee

D: 2 hard shell tacos w/ refried beans, little meat, shredded cheese, lettuce, low fat sour cream, salsa & tomatoes

Dessert: Kemp's frozen yogurt half chocolate half cookies and cream on a cone

breakfast: coconut peach oatmeal parfait; tomato scrambled eggs with lots of green onions

lunch: (more like an afternoon of snacking - I didn't really have a proper lunch) radishes; tea egg; apple; crunchy TVP chunks; a few raisins; part of a chocolate quinoa cupcake; coffee with cream

snack: pickled onions and zucchinis; cherries; a fig

dinner: giant green salad with beets, radishes, tomatoes, onions, seitan, glory bowl sauce, and a sprinkling of toasted slivered almonds; another fig; tea with milk

snack: a lot of cherries; a couple of frozen strawberries, grapes, and raspberries; oatmeal raisin cookie

I've eaten at least a pound of cherries today. I love cherry season!

Breakfast: Oatbran with almond milk, some almonds, banana and some blueberries.

Snack: Apple and some almonds + Green tea.

Lunch: Tomato soup and a sausage roll (I knooow! so bad, but I was at work and all my mates wanted to go to Greggs! haha)

Dinner: Portion of salmon with some new potatoes, tomato, brocolli + Green tea

 

 

Btw I'm 5'5'' , 110lbs and just trying to eat healthy (obv not dieting!)

Weird day today. Had a major cereal craving in the afternoon and had two gigantic bowls of it haha... and now I'm paying for it by having a very light dinner -.- but it was worth it.

Breakfast: Mushroom turnovers and two wedges of laughing cow garlic and herb cheese

Snack: Whole wheat bun with whipped cream cheese

Lunch: Spinach pizza pocket and a gala apple 

"Snack": A giant bowl of Kashi GoLean with almond milk and another big bowl of Kashi Autumn wheat.

Dinner: Going to have an egg white omelet with mixed veg and hot sauce

B: overnight oats: lemon flavored yogurt, cinnamon roll oatmeal with blueberries and a touch of water (this seriously tasted like some sort of delicious dessert. YUM.) couple bites of cheerios, little PB, coffee

S: PB Fiber one bar

L: turkey sandwich w/ American cheese on a WW bun, carrot sticks, nectarin

D: (this was baddd) a little over half of a frozen veggie pizza, little dark chocolate and a coconut frozen bar thing.

Way too much pizza..whoops haha I'm sore from playing soccer yesterday and starving so I guess that's why I inhaled it.

b: coconut-mango oatmeal parfait; handful of granola; 2 small figs; kefir

l: 2 tea eggs; roasted parsnip and apple soup; coffee with cream

s: fresh snap peas straight from the garden; a couple of bites of seitan; some crunchy TVP chunks

s: cherries; raspberries; pickled zucchini

d: had a nice dinner with family at an upscale brewpub! mussels in a spicy beer broth with a slice of grilled bread; fries with preserved lemon aioli; glass of honey wheat ale; a couple of bites of chocolate cake

Original Post by ilovemj909:

nadiarose: raspberry peach champagne jam...sounds so delicious. Where did you find this? 

It's made by Stonewall Kitchen! Here is the link: http://www.stonewallkitchen.com/shop/speciali ty-foods/jams-jellies-butters/jams/Raspberry- Peach-Champagne-Jam.html

Their blueberry jam is really good too and has actual mini blueberries in it!

PS - I LOVE overnight oats! I also recently started making it. Another way to do it is as an "overnight smoothie" - you take oatmeal, yogurt, milk and a banana (if you like bananas) and mix them in a blender, but don't blend it until the morning. In the morning, you can add a little more milk and then blend it! I also add peanut butter and nutella. Super thick and yummy smoothie!

Breakfast: peanut butter, nutella and a sliced banana between two pieces of whole wheat toast

Lunch: turkey sandwich with mayo on whole wheat bread; all natural coffee yogurt

Dinner: grilled chicken; sauteed mushrooms with olive oil and salt; lowfat milk

b: coconut-mango oatmeal parfait with a little granola and kefir added; half an apple with pb

l: cherry clafoutis; toasted whole wheat bagel with an assortment of cheeses; cherries and raspberries; roasted chestnuts

s: kefir; julienned zucchini and carrot salad; munched a bit of roasted sweet potato I was preparing for later

d: barbecued corn; veggie and seitan kebabs; really lovely salad with radishes, beets, tomatoes, quinoa, zucchini and toasted almonds over greens with glory bowl sauce; half a glass of beer; less than half a glass of red wine

s: probably the juicy nectarine that's starting to go soft in my fridge