meal plan templates for different calorie ranges--WHAT DID YOU EAT TODAY??
OKAY, so there is a thread that posts foods eaten for the day, but for those of us who run low on ideas or want to see what a particular range of calories can look like for the day i thought it would be GREAT to have a thread where we list our foods eaten with the calorie range. so, if you're with me listaway!!
I think it would be helpful to list the TOTAL CALORIES for each person's day...that way individuals can get a sense of what a days worth of calories looks like for that calorie goal. if this is a bad idea then that's fine but it's just a suggestion
B: 1 packet oatmeal, 1 packet cream of wheat, 4 eggs, 1 cup cabbage, 1 light yogurt, 1 orange [split into 2 mini meals]
S: sandwich with veggie deli meat, lettuce, a salad, and homemade energy bar
S: ice cream from a neighborhood place
L: egg burrito with cole slaw and a cereal bar
S: hummus and carrots with cheery tomatoes, string cheese, homemade energy bar
S: oatmeal, cottage cheese with all bran
D: ww pasta, veggie grounds, broccoli/caulflower blend
S: frozen yogurt, popcorn with cinnamon and sugar, small slice carrot cake
2000-2100 calories
Original Post by deejay12:
First of all to those slamming my post about my diet..
I was not anorexic and am not recovering from anorexia, i restricted calories for 2 weeks for gods sakes not 2months, please tell me how that is anorexic, I went hospital due to the lack of energy i had and quickly hit my calories up to about 1300, and continued to lose weight, so yes.. no damage was done to my metabolism obviously
Ofcourse it was a typo, i meant 200calories increase every week not 2.
Also the comments on how boring my diets are, well tbh i dont find them boring at all i actually really love the foods i eat and enjoy them with a passion, im eating different fruits and veges, having whole wheat bread for carbs and like i said i would have chicken from one of my parents meals or something else a couple of days a week. I have Sandwiches of turkey because personally i love turkey and would rather them over any other meat.
Where did i say im having no fat ? Just because the yogurt is no fat it doesnt mean i get no fat..
I dont live off yogurt ? did you guys even read my diet meal plan ? It has yogurt, turkey, fruits, vegetables, whole wheat, oat meal etc.
Like i said i dont like eating meat, and for me to get some source of meat i rely on turkey, chicken breast or tuna.
I dont have an eating disorder, but i watch what i eat, because in a couple of months i have a trial for a major sports team in Australia, the canterbury bulldogs ?
Thanks for the comments, but i really am enjoying what i eat and dont find it boring at all. It's all nutritional etc. so theres nothing wrong with that.
Also I'm very happy with my weight and how i look and that teen calculator for intake that you all recommend, mentions anything from 46kg - 60kg is healthy for a guy my age and height.
You don't have to say you're having no fat...we deduced that from your menu. No one called you anorexic but you do exhibit signs of disordered eating. Don't post asking for help and opinions if you're going to react in such a negative way. You don't eat enough fat, plain and simple. It doesn't compose even close to the minimum 20% recommended and that's apparent from your choices. REgardless of whether or not you"like" eating the foods that you do and don't find it boring it all, I could eat all broccoli all day or frozen yogurt all day but does that make it healthy? No!! Your reliance on nonfat yogurt and turkey sandwiches is also not very healthy. The foods themselves are but your mentality is not.
B: 2 veggie sausages, 1 yogurt, ww bagel, 2 eggs ~ 550
S: yogurt, crackers, and cheese wedge ~275
S: ice cream ~ 200
L: egg burrito with spinach ~ 200
S: string cheese, peach cake ~ 225
L2: steamed veggies, veggie burger ~ 250
D: chili ~ 300
TOTAL: 2000
WO: 30 minute jog, 10 minute elliptical
Ditto what Chrissy has already said. Smart lady.
Original Post by deejay12:
I was not anorexic and am not recovering from anorexia, i restricted calories for 2 weeks for gods sakes not 2months, please tell me how that is anorexic, I went hospital due to the lack of energy i had and quickly hit my calories up to about 1300, and continued to lose weight, so yes.. no damage was done to my metabolism obviously
Anorexia is not about a time frame. It's about a way of eating, and how one regards one's own body. You had to go into the hospital because you weren't eating enough, for goodness' sake. I'm not the one who implied you were anorexic,although one of the people who did is a recovering anorexic, which should probably tell you something about yourself. The fact that you were still losing weight when you got out of the hospital doesn't mean that there was "no damage done," and the fact that you think you've only hurt yourself if you stop losing weight is a little sickening. I'm just going by what you've said in your own posts. You also said:
"i have been told by doctor to stay at light activity/moderate or sedentary for the time being as i strained my self too much while i was heavily dieting, even though it didn't stuff up my metabolism and didnt go into starvation mode."
And now you say that you have a trial coming up for a sports team? Didn't your doctor tell you to cut back on activity while your body recovers? How do you have the energy for that kind of training while eating so little?
Comments were made about the diet plan you posted because it was basically nothing but nonfat yogurt, fruit and a couple of turkey sandwiches; I think there may have also been oatmeal. There is very little (if any) fat there. There's none in the yogurt, or the fruit, or oatmeal, and probably not very much in the turkey either, since it's probably low-fat turkey breast. So, unless you're smearing your bread with butter or not telling us the whole story, no, you're not getting enough fat if this is how you eat on a daily basis. You asked for comments and you got them, so don't just write them off because we didn't all ooo and ahh about how you're getting "only 1300 calories." You already know you're supposed to be eating more, or you wouldn't have said that you were trying to work your way up to 1900 calories.
I know I'm not a perfect eater. No one is. All any of us can do is try to be healthy. But you're underweight, and I think you know it. I also get the impression that you're proud it, and I don't think that's okay. Like I said, my own nephew (who's about your age and height) is really active in soccer and baseball (not rugby like you, but still), and he still eats at least twice what you do, even with his allergies to fish and nuts. I'd be extremely concerned if he started eating like you. Anyway, that's all I have to say about it.
i wasnt saying you were anorexic either i was simply commenting on how your meal plan looked and that was very restrictive in certain foods x
Tomorrows Meal Plan :)
Breakfast: 2 eggs. (140)1/4 tbs salsa. and a veggie sausage patty. (80)
Lunch: Chefs Salad. 1 boiled egg, turkey and ham, shredded carrots, a few blocks of cheese and a little bit of ranch dressing. (400.. because of the ranch and the cheese)
Snack: A Special K bar. (90)
Dinner: Chicken, rice and veggies from Chilli's light menu. (500)
Desert: 1/2 a Twix bar (120)
Total: 1330
CHrissy....pumpkin soup recipe
1 small butternut pumpkin
1 onion
2 carrots
1 potato
2-3 cups water
3 frozen chicken stock icecubes( i buythe tetra packs and pour them into ice trays)
1/2 teaspoon of garlic and ginger
cut it all up. throw it all in and keep an eye on it so it doesnt burn!!!. It makes about 1 Litre and i usually divy it up into 5 serves.
what i ate yesterday :)
B: 4 weetbix with 1 cup of milk (398)
S: large mango (202)
L: a 425g tin of tuna, I add in about 1/3 of red onion and a quirt of lemon juice with pepper. I only eat half of this. With diet soda I think it is about (200)
S: literally just a 1cm bit of pancakes i made for kids justto make sure they were cooked through. so not even counting it as calories.
D: went out for dinner. Had a warm chicken salad. with bacon bits. the meal was so big thatit would have filled 2 take away containers so i boughthalf of it home and its lunch for today. i think the calories might be about (450) prob a whole chicken breast and 3 rashers of bacon all up.
And i had a little creatures pale ale. I think the beer would have been about (150)
Total: 1400
Exercise. 2 dog walks at 30 mins each.
Long time no post! Hi friends! So I have been CRAZY busy with work and school! I actually gained some wait over the past month and I'm not happy about it! I need to slow down and actually give a crap about what I eat! Okay so here is my list for today!
B: oatmeal with cinnamon, splenda and artificial vanilla= 225
L: can of organic spaghettie-o's= 300
D: grilled eggplant tossed in garden vegetable pasta suace and a tomato basil garden burger on trader joe wheat bread, mini cheese and potato perogies, and steamed broccoli= 538
Dsrt: chocolate chunk chex mix bar=140
S: I'm going to have carrots and hummus!
B: Chocolate-espresso protein shake (158)
S: Plain nonfat yogurt w/Splenda (80), a few almonds (30)
L: White bean soup w/chicken and bacon (202), garden salad (35) w/ff ranch (a tbsp, 25)
S: 2 pickle spears (I'm not even bothering to count these), multi-grain Townhouse crackers (70), small scoop (about a tbsp) of tuna (30)
D: Ordered out some Thai food, so cals are estimated. Spicy basil chicken (400), steamed rice (1/2 cup, 103), egg roll (200), glass of cabernet sauvignon (150)
S: ? Haven't decided yet, but the night's not over yet!
Total: 1483 so far
Today...
Started the day late so no breakfast :(
Lunch: Small Honey Mustard Chicken Salad from Quiznos (525)
Snack: 1/2 Twix Bar 125
Dinner: 1 and 1/2 Turkey and Roast Beef Sandwiches on Sarah Lee Whole Wheat Honey Bread. (550)
Snack: 1 whole pomegranate (100)
Total: 1300
Today:
B: 70g honey shreddies with 1% milk + an orange + fruit teacake with butter(560)
L: chicken sandwich on wholemeal bread with reduced fat mayo + pom bear crisps (such a child :P) + quater of a bag os caramel nibbles (590)
S: 4 chedder crackers (80)
D: spinach and chicken lasagna + slice of homemade chocolate tray bake (540)
S: Melon and grapes (40)
Total: 1810
I aim for 1400-1700 a day.
Today has been my day off so I've had lots of preperation time.
B: 50g Muesli with 80ml Skimmed Milk & fresh black coffee (had late morning as I slept till 10am)
L: Salad (mixed leaves, green pepper & white onion) with homemade seedy crutons & 60g of grated cheese & 2tbsp of low fat honey & mustard dressing, 1 homemade low fat banana muffin.
S: Medium sized banana.
D: Homemade Beef Chilli with 150g long grain rice, 1/2 a cantaloupe melon, diced with grapes.
= 1402 cals
May have some popcorn too if I'm a bit peckish this evening.
B: 2 veggie sausages, a veggie burger, a bagel, and 2 eggs~560
S: yogurt and crackers with cheese~ 275
S: ice cream ~ 300
L: steamable veggies and pasta blend ~ 280
S: cherry cheesecake and cottage cheese ~260
D: chili~ 300
S: string cheese and tangerine ~ 100
TOTAL: 1975 plus sweeteners and such
WO: jogged this morning woo hoo :)
I was so tempted to bail on the gym today. I finally had to break out some pictures of my muse, Eva Mendes, to inspire me to get my butt in gear. She works every time!
B: Vanilla Coke protein shake (224). This was interesting - I got the recipe off a website called Project Swole. It tasted fine, like a float, but I probably won't make it again. It was just odd. I guess it felt too much like drinking soda for breakfast.
S: Large honey crisp apple (110)
L: Lunch pretty much sucked. I've been eating the same soup for lunch most of the week, and today I think I finally got tired of it; sipped a little, but couldn't really eat it. It tasted fine, but I just didn't want it. I ended up pouring it out and having some yogurt.
S: Plain nonfat yogurt (80) w/splenda and chopped fresh strawberries (25)
S: Glass of white wine (6oz, 145)
D: Pan-seared salmon (7 oz, 309), pasta alfredo w/red peppers and feta cheese (used Dreamfields low-carb pasta for this, which was excellent - 456), roasted asparagus (42)
Will probably have some peanut butter toast and tea if I want a snack later.
Total: 1362
My dad's 50th birthday today so I've saved most of my calories for the meal out tonight:
B: slice of wholemeal toast with reduced sugar toast + an orange (200)
L: two slices of wholemeal bread with one dairylea extra light triangle + crisps (chips) + a kit kat caramel (430)
D: carvery meal which will be roast turkey, vegtables and gravy + a dairy ice cream sundae (900)
S: slice of birthday cake + half sugar braccadi breezer (320)
Total: 1850
Original Post by emmabrody:
My dad's 50th birthday today so I've saved most of my calories for the meal out tonight:
B: slice of wholemeal toast with reduced sugar toast + an orange (200)
L: two slices of wholemeal bread with one dairylea extra light triangle + crisps (chips) + a kit kat caramel (430)
D: carvery meal which will be roast turkey, vegtables and gravy + a dairy ice cream sundae (900)
S: slice of birthday cake + half sugar braccadi breezer (320)
Total: 1850
Hey emma...can i challenge you to eat 2000 calories today and add a snack somewhere before dinner? maybe some peanut butter and an apple since you don't have much fat. your dinner might be an overestimation as well. turkey is pretty low cal, and even with veggies and gravy i'd assume a modest portion would run you 400-500 calories and then the ice cream sundae. what's a half sugar bacardi breezer? alcoholic? sounds yummy!!
okay...so I did the elliptical for 1 hour today!! i was being lazy though, there was barely any resistance and i probably burned like 200 calories.
here's the eats
B: pumpkin pancakes (my new saturday treat) with maple syrup, a spinach and egg omelet, yogurt, and a small bowl of oatmeal ~ 650
L: piece of fish and broc/caul blend veggies, string cheese, tangerine ~ 320
S: protein bar and baby carrots~ 250
S: ice cream ~ 300
D: chili ~ 300
S: cheesecake ~ 180
TOTAL: 2000 plus a bit more for coffee and sweetner
Chrissy:
I really should of eaten an extra snack yesterday before dinner as I was weak with hunger, (I have to eat at least every three/four hours) but my ED is so much about control I couldn't do it. Today I did let myself lick (not litrally :P) the bowl after baking though - which I have never let myself do before.
I guess I probably did overestimate the meal out, it's just a way of coping with eating an unknown food I suppose. These are all habits I am hopsing to learn to overcome!
A half sugar bracadi breezer is an alcopop, it's a mixture of rum and fruitjuice, my favourite is the raspberry but it comes in watermelon, lemon, orange and bluberry too. It's a low % alcoholic drink which is good for me as I have no resistance to alcohol!
Today:
B: 50g cherrios with 1% milk + an orange + a fruit teacake with butter (490)
L: chicken and reduced fat mayo sandwich + crisps (chips) + homemade iced fairycake. (570)
S: homemade lemon biscuit (200)
D: two reduced fat sausages with mashed potato, swede and carrots + 100g B&J's half baked for dessert (600)
S: tomato and cucumber (20)
Total: 1880.
Was pretty much sedentry today as it is raining and freezing outside.
Emma: Sometimes licking the bowl can be better than eating the finished product, heh. What did you bake, if you don't mind me asking?
B: 2 hard boiled eggs (155), whole grain toast (84) w/light margarine (25)
L: Spinach salad (w/chicken, figs, walnuts, and ff poppyseed dressing, 352), butternut squash soup (156)
D: Bacon-cheese turkey burger wrap (350), homemade cheesecake for dessert (197). Side note on this, they just started carrying (or I just started noticing) erythritol sweeteners at my local grocery store, and the stuff works like a charm. Zero calorie, and no aftertaste? Yeah, I'm all over that!
Later: Pub w/friends - 3 light beers, 95 cals each, 285 total
Total: 1604
Kortlyn: nice to see you back!! meals look yummy as usual~
luckily i don't drink, have no desire to drink, and don't like the taste of alcohol, otherwise i might have to shift my treats around ;)
B: 2 hardboiled eggs, 1 ww bagel, 1 yogurt, 1 serving carrots, 1 protein bar, 1 tangerine [split into breakfast and morning snack] ~675
S: ice cream~ 300
L: stir fry and a veggie burger ~ 300
S: string cheese, ww crackers and a cheese wedge ~ 250
D: chili ~ 300
S: cheesecake~ 180
TOTAL: 2005
wo: 70 minutes cycling, walking
Original Post by wetmosaic:
Emma: Sometimes licking the bowl can be better than eating the finished product, heh. What did you bake, if you don't mind me asking?
I don't mind at all :) I made iced fairycakes and lemon cookies today, both were lovely.
I bake at least once a week and make a few new meals or breakfasts a week - I have loads of recipie books from my obsessive anorexia but now I can actually eat the stuff in them it's amazing :D
