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Young People Like to Eat TOO--so Share meals HERE!

WELL HERE'S THE THREAD FOR YCC'ERS TO SHARE THEIR MEALS. NO MEAL PLANS UNDER 1500 CALORIES FOR FEMALES OR 1800 CALORIES FOR MALES. PERIOD!! Posts that exhibit undereating will be deleted so consider yourselves warned. That means if your meals LOOK LIKE they are less than the 1500/1800 then they should be counted explicitly and those values should appear in your post or they will be deleted.  Thanks and happy posting! 

Thanks for the new thread, chrissy! I'm going to go ahead and repost from the old thread, to get things rolling c:

Brekkie: Oats cooked in natural soymilk, with honey, cinnamon, pumpkin seeds, dried currants and cranberries, in a sunflower seed butter bowl; coffee

Snacks: Almonds, lemonzest Luna bar, tea

Lunch: Steamed cauliflower; chickpeas; ww english muffin with fromage frais, avocado, and fig-balsamic sauce

Snack: Cottage cheese, plain yogurt, artichoke-garlic salsa, and chickpeas; crispbreads broiled with Swiss cheese

Dinner: Stir-fried curry-spiced vidalia onion, zucchini, cauliflower, eggplant, and chickpeas, and tomato paste drizzled with tahini, with a ww tortilla with tahini

Snack: Caramel nut brownie Luna

2300; 40 minutes elliptical

no problem, that's what i'm here for ;) thanks for getting the ball moving! 

Yay, a new thread :)

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Breakfast:
yogurt & muesli

Lunch:
broccoli, carrots, chicken breast, cooked potatoes

Snack:
almonds
1 hard boiled egg & 2 slices of cheese

Dinner:
a fruit salad (apple, orange, pear, banana, avocado, mango & grapes)

Snack:
some cocoa

Aah I shall post too - usually post on the weight gain thread but just to stand in for those on higher calorie plans: 

Breakfast
50g oat bran with ½ banana whipped in, 30g dates, 2 tbsp cashew butter, rest of banana, ½ tsp brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg;
Lunch
Whole wheat roll with 2 tbsp hummus, 25g sun dried tomatoes (55), spinach, pink onion, 15g seeds;
25g whole wheat pretzels;
Carrot sticks;
Snack
1 apple, 5 dates, 45g cheddar, 25g pretzels (snack plate!);
Dinner
http://caloriecount.about.com/roasted-vegetab les-bulgur-basa-fish-recipe-r355312 (Roasted vegetables with bulgur wheat, basa and olive oil);
Snack
Homemade dark choc and coconut muffin with 1 tbsp dark chocolate PB, 1 tbsp cherry preserves and an orange;

About 2600 calories 

I've ate so much today hehe! But, hey, who cares? Isn't that the fun of gaining weight!? This is what I've ate:

 Approx. 2,891 calories

Breakfast

1 cup of Sainsbury's Fruit n Fibre cereal with semi skimmed milk (Approx. 169 calories)

Copella Apple & Pear fruit juice (80 calories)

Snacks

Pineapple (78 calories)

11 biscuits (679 calories)

Lunch

Egg white and brown sauce sandwich on wholegrain bread (301 calories)

Snacks

Muller Light raspberry & cranberry yogurt (97 calories)

Marks & Spencers caramel cracklepops (250 calories)

Marks & Spencers chocolate brownie bites (225 calories)

Joe Delucci's black cherry gelato (Approx. 150 calories)

Dinner

Quorn chilli, basmati rice and nachos (Approx. 450 calories)

Hot chocolate meltdown cake (Approx. 300 calories)

Snacks

2 biscuits (Approx. 112 calories)

Original Post by noxie:

Yay, a new thread :)

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Breakfast:
yogurt & muesli

Lunch:
broccoli, carrots, chicken breast, cooked potatoes

Snack:
almonds
1 hard boiled egg & 2 slices of cheese

Dinner:
a fruit salad (apple, orange, pear, banana, avocado, mango & grapes)

Snack:
some cocoa

Sorry, but surely that's under 1500 calories?

I don't think so... according to my calculations it should be around 1650
My breakfast alone was over 500 ( yogurt = 205, muesli = 313 cal )
Does it seriously look that low?

Breakfast:
2 slices of toast with peanut butter and a banana sliced on top

Lunch:
parfait; vanilla yogurt with sliced strawberries, 1 oz of cashews

Snack:
apple with 1 oz. almonds

Dinner:
brown rice, chickpeas with tomato and zucchini

Dessert:
hot chocolate

Total calories: around 1600

Original Post by emmyjepson:

Original Post by noxie:

Yay, a new thread :)

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Breakfast:
yogurt & muesli --120 for 1 cup of yogurt, 250 for about a cup muesli

Lunch:
broccoli, carrots, chicken breast, cooked potatoes --> 1 potato could be 150 calories, chicken 150 calories, carrots and broccoli 50 calories (350 total) 

Snack:
almonds (160) 
1 hard boiled egg & 2 slices of cheese (240) 

Dinner:
a fruit salad (apple, orange, pear, banana, avocado, mango & grapes) (if it was one of each fruit then about 500 calories or so) 
 
Snack:
some cocoa (50-150 calories depending on how it was made) 

 

Sorry, but surely that's under 1500 calories?

i put some calorie guesses of the foods and it looks like it could easily be 1500 but you are right, it LOOKS like a small amount and could just as easily be under 1500 if the portions were tiny. 

Breakfast: Oats with flax, sunflower seed butter, raisins, cinnamon, and pumpkin.

Snack: Fat free yogurt and a pear.

Lunch: Vanilla chai protein shake, a square of dark chocolate.

Snack: Half a can of tuna, an almond/coconut slimdown bar, and a random marshmallow.

Dinner: Curry tuna steak, brussels and cauliflower, a sweet potato, and a cheese string.

Snack: Puffed kamut with pumpkin and more yogurt.

~1600 calories

Exercise=30 minutes elliptical, 20 minutes upper body strength training.

p.s: GRRRR to university freezer thiefs for stealing my lasagna. >_<

BREAKFAST: Peanut Butter Granola and a mashed Banana in Butter Pecan Ensure. (675)

LUNCH: Salad of Spinach, Mushrooms, Tomatoes, and Edamame; Cottage Cheese and Egg Beaters on the side (but kind of mixed in). Sliced Pineapple and Green Grapes. (355)

SNACK: Carrots and Hummus. Cottage Cheese mixed with Walnuts and Coconut. (310)

DINNER: Amy's Frozen Rice and Bean Burrito. Kale. Trader Joe's Cranberry Pomogranate Oat Bran Muffin. (420)

SNACK: Greek Yogurt and Apple Slices. (145)

TOTAL - 1905

Posting yesterdays eats since today is not complete and yesterdays food was awesome.

Breakfast: Oatmeal. This was the first time I've made oatmeal before and I didn't do a very good job. I was rather gross so I only ended up eating half. :( I also had a banana. I love bananas.(324)

Snack: Apple.(72)

Lunch: 2 Salad wraps + a huge plate of salad. I really like salad.(388)

Snack: The most amazing choc chip vegan cookies I have ever made. These things are huge and delicious and probably very bad for me. (223)

Snack: More oatmeal. It was good this time. I'm getting better at this whole cooking thing. (203)

Dinner 1: 2 more salad wraps before going to see Wil Anderson. I remembered I had avocado so these ones have lots of avocado.  I also had heaps of apple juice, because apple juice is awesome. (814)

Dinner 2: Those amazing vegan nuggets from Lord of the Fries. Stopped there on the way home. The staff at the LOTF at the station are awesome and always give you more food than they're supposed to. Also pinched some of my boyfriends chips.(No idea how many calories, I'd guess around 300)

This works out to 2300 or so. More than I'd usually eat but nevermind. I'm allowed a cheat day every now and then and it was a nice night out. :)

Today's food:

Breakfast: 2 pieces of toast with banana. & 2 cups of coffee (406)

Snack: amazing choc chip cookie (223)

Lunch: tomato & lentil stew (289)

Snack: apple (82)

Dinner: Roast veggies and a glass of red wine (436) I love being 18. Having a glass of wine with dinner is nice. :)

Dessert: Baked apple with sultanas and walnuts (206)

Total: 1642

Brekkie: ww couscous cooked in soymilk, cinnamon and stevia, with dried currants and cranberries and pumpkin seeds; honey flax lavash with sunseed butter and pear butter; coffee

Snacks: Steamed cauliflower; Toasted nuts n' cranberries Luna

Lunch: Cottage cheese, plain yogurt, tahini, chickpeas, and pomegranate molasses sauce; ww english muffin; dried figs and pumpkin seeds

Snack: Savoy cabbage with rice wine vinegar; crispbreads broiled with swiss cheese

Dinner: Ww tortilla topped with fromage frais mixed with harissa, anchovies in oil, spiced grilled bell peppers, and broiled with goat's cheese; roasted eggplant slices with tahini

Dessert: Coconut cream Larabar

2310, 40 minutes elliptical

Morning: cottage cheese (160 cal), probiotic yogurt (100 cal) papaya (100 cal)

11ish: 4 slices whole wheat bread (200 cal), 60g hummus (100 cal), 30g sheep cheese (100 cal), cucumber, red pepper, onion

14:00ish: 3 baked potatoes (350 cal), cottage cheese (160 cal)

16:00: 1 mini twix (100 cal), marshmallows (100 cal)

18:30: glass of soy milk (100 cal), banana (100 cal)

 B: Oatmeal cooked in vanilla soy milk, a banana whipped in, and a few large spoonfuls of cinnamon raisin pb. Coffee with 1/2 cup soy milk, a tbsp of honey, and raw brown sugar.

L: 1/4 (about) cup hummus on a ww tortilla, and salad with some more hummus on it.

S: Smoothie: made with banana, peanut butter, and yogurt.

D: Stir-fried tofu in brown sauce, and sesame oil +veggies, and fruit.

Breakfast:
oatmeal (made with skim milk) with raisins & almonds (369)

Lunch:
roast potatoes, turkey, peas & carrots (573)

Snack:
chocolate (302)
an apple (105)

Dinner:
rye bread with some ham & cheese (325)

= 1674 calories

Breakfast: 
2 slices WW toast with a little honey butter and apricot preserves (400) and black coffee (20)  = 420

Lunch:
(breakfast in the cafeteria! woo!) fattening but I got small portions!

biscut with cheese eggs, grits = around 400 I guess

Snack:
fiber one bar = 150 

Dinner:
shrimp stir fry with white rice and broccoli, egg drop soup, half a piece WW toast, white wine  = 500 ish 

Snack: cereal = 250 

Total: 1720 

Exercise: 1 hour elliptical (burned 530) and tennis for 30 minutes (burned 150..?)

Breakfast:

WW toast with black cherry jam & nutella

apple

vanilla yogurt

Lunch:

english muffin sandwich with chicken and cheddar

baby carrots

blueberries

another apple

Dinner:

polenta with meat sauce, peas, parmesan

garlic toast

Snack:

pumpkin muffin

total: about 1800 (I don't know why I wasn't that hungry today. Maybe I should stop taking 3 hour naps, but I just love lazy Sundays)

Yesterday

Breakfast: FREE SAMPLE PACKET OF cream of wheat cooked in almond breeze with sliced strawberries & a tbsp chocolate pb on top. Coffee w/ sun crystals & almond breeze/265

Snack: strawberry organic Greek yoghurt w/ a tbsp chocolate pb and 1/2 a banana/230

Lunch: 2 pan fried eggs w/ 2 pieces of whole wheat toast & a tangerine/320

Snack: lowfat plain organic yogurt w/ a packet of sun crystals/125

Dinner: tomato soup & a tomato sandwich on whole wheat with a slice of tofutti cheese and vegi mayo/505

Snack: large apple & organic Greek chocolate yogurt/230

Snack: taco salad - kidney beans, tortilla chips, lettuce, tomato, spray dressing/275

Total/1950

Activity: 7 hours cashiering

Today

Breakfast: 10 grain cereal cooked in almond breeze w/ wheat germ stirred in and sliced strawberries and 2 tbsp crunchy pb on top. Coffee w/ sun crystals & silk/515

Lunch: ~2 oz white spaghetti w/ olive oil, sauce, and some bread/390

Snack: raspberry smoothie @ the mall ~ 90 (sugar free 10 fruit juice blend, raspberries and strawberries,) 1 strawberry cheesecake jelly bean ~10  = ~100

Dinner: Santa Fe style rice pilaf/440

Snack: PB&J & a little lowfat organic plain yogurt on whole wheat/335. Used 2 tbsp natural crunchy pb & homemade strawberry jelly.

I may have a banana later, but before the banana the total is 1770

Activity: walking @ the mall

(Edit) Snack: 2 bananas, square of dark chocolate, chocolate organic Greek yoghurt/400

Total: 2170