a 'maintenance'..what do YOU eat?!

Does anyone know if there is a 'maintenance' What did YOU eat today? If so, can someone direct me there? If not...can there be one? I just want to get an idea of what 'maintaining' really means for many people. :)

yesterday:
Breakfast: 1.25 cups Kix cereal & light n't fit yogurt, banana

Snack 1: 1/2 Low Fat Bran Muffin from Whole Foods

Lunch: Pita with egg beater egg whites and a sliced tomato

Snacks in afternoon before dinner: plum, peach, 1 cup watermelon, 1 cup cantaloupe, handful of blueberries,

Dinner: brown rice, tomato sauce, and shrimp with green beans and brocolli on the side (steamed)

Later Snacks: No sugar added Italian ice, 5 saltines , nectarine

and to put it in perspective I am a 5'7'' 20 y/o male who weighs 147 lbs.

my days are generally the same thing- 3 main meals (breakfast isn't really a full blown meal because I hate eating before like 10 a.m. haha) and I allow myself one "unhealthy" (but still not crazy) snack, and when I snack I only eat fruit now...I stay away from any crackers, cookies, chips, and cereal as a snack because those are my downfalls....I am maintaining like this now

B:  Oatmeal w/cinnamon

S nonfat yogurt w/honey

L homeade chicken & brown rice soup, cantalope

S fried mushrooms w/ranch dressing (bad, bad, bad!!!)

D Salad consisting of romaine, apple slices, 1.5 oz cheddar, handful or raisins topped w/lemon/olive oil dressing

S:  1 spoon of peanut butter, 2 frozen sugar/fat free puddings'

 

• 1/2 cup of (Silk) plain soy milk.
• 1 cup of (Nature Valley) oat&honey granola cereal.
• 1/2 cup of raspberries.
• grilled cheese uncrustable.
• 1/2 cup of corn.
• 1 cup of almond milk.
• 1 cup of (Kashi) autumn wheat cereal.
• 2 (Kashi) strawberry waffles.
• sugar free maple syrup.
• 1 mini cinnamon raisin bagel.

Breakfast 1 (pre-workout): Toast with cottage cheese, apples

Breakfast 2 (post-workout): Protein shake (chocolate protein powder,coffee, banana, milk)

Lunch: Turkey Wrap (tortilla, turkey breast, mustard), cucumer, carrots

Snack: Oatmeal with peanut butter and chocolate protein powder

Dinner: Oatmeal with broccoli and spinach, salmon fillet

Snack: Trader Joe's High Fiber Cereal, Kashi GoLean

Snack: Yogurt with peanut butter

B1: Protein Shake

B2: Wheat English Muffin, buttered w/ raspberry perserves and scarmbled egg

S:  Orange

L:  Green mixed salad and a Boca burger on whole wheat

S:  1/2 muffin

S:  Sugar Cookie (hiccup)

S: Apple and yogurt

D: Chili w/ a peice of cornbread

Dessert:  Dunno yet.  Maybe just a peice of toast.

I was a hungry girl troday, pretty much grazing in the pasture. I think it was the Boca burger.  In retrospect on 8/29, I think the sugary muffin set me off.  Oh well.

breakfast: 2 slices whole grain toast with black bean salsa, cup of coffee w/ soy milk

snack: veggies w/ hummus

lunch: pumpkin flax granola with a sliced banana and plain soy milk

snack: indian spice tea w/ soy milk

dinner: eggplant stirfry and curried chickpeas

• 2 scrambled eggs
• 1 tbs. of ketchup
• 1 cup of plain soy milk
• 1 mini cinnamon raisin bagel
• 1/2 an apple
• 1 iced oatmeal raisin lunabar
• 1 lowfat all natural soft pretzel
• 28 unsalted almonds
• 1 cup of banana cereal
• 1 cup of milk
• 2 cups of milk
• 2 tbs. of chocolate syrup

Breakfast: Apple, yogurt, oatmeal, egg, handful of peanuts

Snack: Toast and cottage cheese

Lunch: Turkey wrap (tortilla, cream cheese, lettuce, turkey breast), carrots, cucumber, apple

Snack: Oatmeal with PB and chocolate protein powder

Dinner: Oatmeal with spinach and broccoli, salmon fillet

Snack: Trader Joe's High Fiber Cereal, Kashi GoLean

Snack: Protein Shake (Chocolate protein powder, milk, banana, coffee)

B1- banana protein shake

B2- Kashi go lean with soy milk

S- apple

L- salad with garden veggies and grilled tilapia

D- brown rice with stir-fry tomatoes, onions, peppers, mushrooms, black beans and salmon.

S- 2 carrot-ginger wheat bran muffins topped with peanut butter and soy milk.

I must preface by saying, yesterday was my b-day.  So, yesterday:

Breakfast:

Protein shake

1/2 apple muffin

Scrambled egg, wheat toast w/ strawberries preserves (light butter spread)

Sanck

Orange

Lunch

Chik fill a chargrilled chicken sandwich and fruit cup

Snack

Yogurt

Dinner:  Garden salad, brocolli, lobster

B-day Cake!!!:  Cannoli Cake

was a good a deeeeeelicious day : )

Yesterday:

• 1 cup of Puffins cereal
• 1/2 cup of plain soy milk
• 1 small banana
• 1 cup of Puffins cereal
• 1 cup of plain soy milk
• 1 mini pack of raisin
• 1 small banana
• 13 baked pita chips
• 3 cups of whole wheat angel hair
• 2 cups of tomato sauce
• chopped up onions, peppers, mushrooms.
• 1 glass of milk
• 1 apple

today:

brekfast: Honey Oats and More cereal, coffee

lunch: chicken & ham salad thing...with fat free mayonaise and a small chocolate bar

dinner: mushroom risotto with salad and an orange, coffee

snack: cadburys chocolate :) coffee again! lol

I also drank 2 litres of water today, go me...

keep it up!  you guys are doing great!!!  :D  hang in there & go for the gold!!!  i am...

• 3 waffles
• 2 tbsp. of ms
• 1/2 of a mashed banana
• 3/4 of berry berry smoothie
• Oatmeal (instant oats, pb, ms, soy milk)
• 3/4 of berry berry smoothie
• 9.5 oz of country cheddar bowl
• 1 microwaved apple
• 1 tbsp of cinnamon
• 4-5 cups of water

Yesterday I ate:

oatmeal w/pumpkin & raisins

yogurt w/1 tso honey

26 almonds (1 serving)

brown rice & veggies

5 sugar free hard candies

1 serving meatloaf

butternut squash (no butter)

3 frozen sugar/free chocolate pudding (45 cal each!)

spoon of PB

Pretty much the same diet I lost 60 lbs with, but I seem to maintain with it at 135 lbs.

Breakfast:   Toast, marg, jam, small banana, 6 oz OJ. 12 oz black coffee

Mid morning: 1/2 bagel with cream cheese, 6 oz sweet tea

Lunch:  1/2 sandwich, deli chicken/turkey, mustard, lorraine swiss, handful of pretzels/chips, 1" halloween chocolate. 6 oz sweet tea

Mid afternoon snack:  handful pretzels/trailmix, MGD 64

Dinner: small salad, tsp dressing, few croutons/bacon bits, chicken/meat balls/pasta, moderate pasta sauce,  bread/parmesan/olive oil, 1" chocolate, fruit. 1 glass red or white wine.

PM snack:  small banana

I have never posted to one of these before, but after reading everyone else's, I think I eat a lot more than most people! 

Here's what I had today:

Breakfast 1: whole mango      &nbs p;    

Breakfast 2: 2 toaster waffles with PB2 mixed with SF syrup   

Snack: 2 pieces of raisin bread

Snack: Pumpkin, chipotle, and white bean soup

Lunch: 2 more pieces of raisin bread, 40 grapes

Snack: Celery

Snack: Pickle

Dinner 1 (pre-workout): Stone Soup, 2 apple slices, 1 watermelon slice, a morsel of crusty bread, and a hummus and soy cheese sandwich

Dinner 2 (after work out): Amy's bistro burger on white toast with ketchup and an apple (Honeycrisp, YUM!)      &nbs p;       & nbsp;      &nbs p;    

Drinks:  3 cups hot chai with nutrasweet, 1 cup hot yerba mate with splenda, 1 Diet sierra mist, 1 Crystal light  (YES, I drink too much artificial sweetener, I KNOW!!)

This all adds up to a little over 1700 cals...I dunno, maintenance is confusing for me.

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• Brekkers~
• 1/2 cup of Rolled oats
• 1 cup of Whole milk
• 1 tbsp. Cinnamon
• 6 whole Almonds

Snack~

• Endangered species Dark Chocolate Square

Lunch~

• BeanCheese Burrito

Snack~

• 1 small Apple

Dinner~

• 1 cup of (Annie's) Deluxe Creamie All Natural Mac&Cheese
• 1/2 cup of unsalted Broccoli

Breakfast: Organic apple and cinnamon breakfast, small banana, handful of mixed nuts

Omelette with 1 whole egg, 4 egg whites, 3/4 vegetables and cheese

Lunch: Salad with cottage cheese

Omelette (same as before except smaller)

Dinner: 5/6 vegetarian dumplings

Salad with cottage cheese

Snacks (throughout the day):

Organic wholewheat rice cakes with cream cheese

Almonds / walnuts

Cottage cheese

Breakfast- Organic flax plus with creamy vanilla soymilk topped with banana teddy grahams

Snack- Toast with SF strawberry jam

Lunch- Peanut butter and honey on ww, lightly buttered popcorn

Snack- Chocolate covered almonds

Dinner- Veggie burger with soy cheeze on ww bun, broccoli with light nonodairy butter

Dessert- Mini nondairy vanilla ice cream sandiwich

I'm going vegan! (I just got to cut out milk, cheese, eggs, and honey) (which will be really hard since my mom is the best cook and uses all those animal products for her cooking)