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Teens: what did YOU eat today?

I'm kind of copying the oh so popular topic found in the food forum. This is different, though: for teens! I think it's pretty interesting to see what we teenagers eat, and this will kind of give the chance for teens to see what other healthy foods they can add to their diet.. I sure know that my diet needs improvement XD

Oh, and the same rules as the one in the other forum applies.. especially do not post if you are not eating enough. Nobody wants to see it, and you're only hurting yourself in the long run; believe me, I found out the hard way.

I'll start!
breakfast: cheerios, a yogurt, & and orange
lunch: a turkey sandwich (i love low carb bread! really.) an apple, another yogurt, &wheat thins
after school: a peanut butter sandwhich on whole grain & an orange
dinner: probably light soup & a salad or something!

don't be shy XD

Breakfast: peanut butter and banana porridge

Lunch: leftover chili, adzuki bean sprouts, wholegrain crisps

Snaxxx: meridian organic peanut butter & oat bar, mini nak'd cocoa loco bar

Dinner: 1/2 giant sweet potato, plain soya beans, carrot

Puddin: choc ice

Snack: hot chocolate, porridge

soooooooooooooooo ill today. comfort food to the max

• Breakfast - Egg Whites + Kashi Cereal Bar + Apple + PB
• Lunch - Cheese Sammich + Kashi Cereal Bar
• Snack - Brown Sugar Poptarts
• Dinrar - Apple Cider Oatmeal w/ lentils on the side (weird combo, I know.)
• Snack - Mrs Baird's Rich Chocolate Donut

High carb, yummy food day. :D

Breakfast: eggs scrambled with a garden veggie patty, yogurt with wheat germ and unsweetened dried cranberries, coffee

Lunch: hummus and veggie sandwich (bell peppers, grated carrot, spinach) on whole wheat bread, an ounce of almond, an apple, a banana

After school: huge plate of steamed spinach, asparagus, broccoli, and carrot with a pat of butter

Dinner: oatmeal cooked in unsweetened almond milk with wheat germ and goldenberries

Snacks: apple, celery sticks, a few handfulls of popcorn

B: oats, peanut butter, milk, apple, ground flax

S: Kashi GoLean and peanut butter

L: Bean chili, bread, carrot

S: Cottage cheese, pear, and peanut butter

D: Balsamic tofu, spaghetti, honey dijon dressing, carrot

S: Yogurt, apple, nuts

^_^

B: 2 jumbo eggs, cheese, ham
L: barbecue and cheese tuna melt
D: protein shakex2, 2 chicken breasts
S: protein bar, half of a JJ's "mistake" sammich, southbeach meal replacement bar

breakfast: apples & cinnamon oatmeal. 1 large fuji apple. coffee with milk.

lunch: pb&j on ww bread. some pretzels. 1 cup of oj.

snack: about 1 cup of cottage cheese. some mushrooms.

dinner: chicken, 3 pieces of ww baguette bread, and tons of sauteed squash, mushrooms, tomatoes, and zucchini, with olive oil. 

Lovegrowsontrees: Considering the bare minimum requirement of calories for a teen girl is 1500 I do not know why eating that is a "bad" thing.


Yesterday was fishy - literally so:

B: Quick curried kedgeree  - Mum cooked salmon the night before so I used that in place of the smoked salmon trimmings, dairy-free spread instead of butter, stock from the freezer and quick brown rice instead of basmati. Also added some cayenne for extra heat. Coupled it with a banana chopped into around a third of a large pot of natural soya yoghurt and almonds.

S: A tin of sardines in tomato sauce on two slices wholegrain granary bread. (Seeded bread.)

L: Sandwich prawns (very small ones, the sort you see in a prawn cocktail)  and edamame in "cocktail" sauce - more natural soya yoghurt mixed up with ketchup and lemon juice - on a large baked potato, with a side of steamed carrots and broccoli drizzed with olive oil. Extra edamame after I went to put the bag away and realised there wasn't really a portion left.

S: Roasted chickpeas. 400g tin of chickpeas, drained out, put in a baking dish with garam masala and olive oil and roasted on low heat.

D: The last of the pasta I made topped with the scrapings of the soya yoghurt. I've managed to go through a whole pot in a day. x__x

S: A cocoa brownie Trek bar crumbled atop porridge along with dried dates and dried peach halves. These were... interesting. Very sweet. I'm not a huge fan of very sweet so not my top choice.

just to update. yesterday i had a killians, more triscuits and a bunch of raisins after my snack. it probably didn't add up but, i tried.

breakfast
two slices toasted whole grain cranberry apple bread; 1/2 cup plain soy yogurt; coffee w/ soy milk

lunch
steamed shrimp; toasted everything bagel w/ spinach, tomato and hummus; diet dr.pepper (i know...i suck.)

dinner
1/2 grapefruit; tomato, onion, red pepper, cucumber, baby greens, avocado and spicy mustard on whole grain bread; killians

snack
spicy vegetarian chilli; killians

p.s.
do i not eat enough fat? i have a feeling i might not.

Heeeeeee :]

Breakfast- Fruit salad - Blueberries, Blackberries, Banana - + Cashew-cookie larabar.
Lunch- Pb&J sandwich on light wheat bread, grapes, dark chocolate 60 cal. stick.
Dinner- Soy cheeze on noodles w/ potatoes, broccoli, carrots, and peppers + baked chips + spinach salad w/ spicy hummus.
Snack- Soy coconut yogurt mixed w/ tbsp. of dark chocolate dreams PB + agave nectar.

Plann fo' tomorrow-

Breakfast- Oatmeal made w/ water topped w/ flaxseed meal, agave nectar, unsweetend coconut, blueberries, and a tbsp. of dark chocolate dreams peanut butter.
Lunch- Tempeh chik'n salad sandwich on 7 sprouted grains w/ lettuce and tomato + side of beans corn salad.
Snack- TBA.
Dinner- Spinach+Hummus on an everything bagel w/ spices, brown rice.
Snack- TBA.

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lalabanana: well, i want the prospective of good health to motivate me to exercise, but it usually doesn't. does that count? 8p

when_i_fly_and_look_down: my family generally eats a lot of bananas too. 3-4 bunches a week.

breakfast: oatmeal made with water, with blueberries and 4 year old walnuts (didn't know that at the time) mixed in D8. They weren't rancid or whatever, just horribly freezer burnt/tasteless, so I ate it anyway.

lunch: rice and beans on a baby green and broccoli salad. mango.

snack: soybeans and veggies

dinner: oatmeal made with unsweetened Silk with 2 tbsp flax meal mixed in. Strawberries.

High carb, high fruit day. Oh well.

breakfast: big egg white omelette with Morningstar Farms veggie buffalo wings covered in lite blue cheese dressing (they're too spicy without it!), lettuce, & reduced fat cheddar cheese

lunch: turkey bacon, lettuce, and ketchup on wheat bread with an orange & orange creamsicle icepop (we got them for 'Student Appreciation Day')

snack: massive amounts of fruit, mostly grapes and pineapple

dinner: 2 slices of pizza, one plain & one with ziti on it

so good and worth it (: i'm satisfied with today

and tinasaur, your meals sound so healthy and really really good! i'm jealous lol

lalabanana: yeah, I'm just disgusted with myself whenever I eat peanut butter because I've always regarded it as a 'forbidden food', it feels like a waste of calories which could be allocated to other things. like oranges and such.

Lovegrowsontrees: Peanut butter, and any nut butter, is very, very healthy. Though you can also find the fats within them in other foods too it's a brilliant way of getting them into your diet. How about you have a proportion of fruit-to-PB? Like apple slices dipped in a pot of peanut butter. If you can get ahold of the little sauce cups that they provide in places like McDonalds sometimes, or a container of similar size, fill it with some nut butter and eat it with an apple. That's a filling, healthy snack with fibre, proteins and good fats for about 150 or so calories. Alternatively, if you prefer to have bite in your food, you could have just the nuts themselves. But I wouldn't just rule out a food as "forbidden" - that's the sort of mindset that can lead to suddenly eating a foodstuff en masse more than anything else. :]

Tina: Yay, that's a better looking menu! :D Ah, the soy cheeze noodles sounds good.

When_I_Fly: I didn't want to mention, but yeah. You're pretty light on fats. You DO have nut butter and such in your menus from time to time but not an awful lot. And soy does contain some omega-3's but it shouldn't be the only source thereof. Maybe make your vinagrettes with some olive oil, or do a stir fry using it, or roast some veg with it; make a PB sauce to go on noodles (Tan Tan Noodles from WHFoods - take out the honey or switch it for agave nectar and it'll be vegan) or make nuts the protein in a dish... avocados, seeds, all that jazz.

Hopeful: Mm. It's just a bit worrying when someone says "I only worked out to burn off the extra calories I ate". I'm a former overexerciser so... I know that can get damaging in the long run. x__x Do you have an exercise you perhaps find fun as well as calorie burning? Like DDR, a trampette, or boxing, or dancing? If it's more fun it's usually more motivating to do it!

Yesterday's eats:

B: Porridge made with soy milk, topped with dried apricots, honey, and apricot jam stirred through. Scrambled eggs made with soy milk and mushrooms on two slices WHITE (gasp we're out of wholegrain today) bread.

S: A Nak'd bar broken into raspberry and vanilla soy yoghurt, with the remaining almonds broken in.

L: A couple of servings of baked bean surprise, with a side of extra vegetables drizzled with olive oil.

S: (during performances) Two wholegrain pitas (not two halves) stuffed with the same seafood mixture I had at lunch yesterday, plus sweetcorn, roasted red peppers and avocado. Dried dates, apricots, and honey roasted cashews. Another Nak'd bar.

D: Dad made tuna burgers. <3 Tuna steak mixed up with chicken (as the binding), sweetcorn, onions and red pepper and made into patties. I had two with avocado, pico de gallo, soya cheese and "sour cream" (Tofutti, this stuff is good) in a wholegrain bap. Had this with a side of black beans. It felt quite mexican.

My evening snack was essentially with the snacks I had through the performance. Also ate a lot of fat yesterday. Who gives a hoot.

B: cornflakes  w/ soy milk, chopped banana and scoop of PB

L: peanut butter and banana toastie, & a bowl of mixed berries

S: big berry cheeky nak'd bar, hot chocolate

D: PROBS will be sweet potato, plain soy beans, broccoli and carrots

S: porridgeee and raisins

if you don't count my daily hot chocolate, i keep eating vegan lately! its so weird and not deliberate. i didn't yesterday as i had some ice cream. but yeah. most days this week :|

EDITTTTT:

after my 1st snack i deviated from the above plan.

S: homemade almond butter muffin w/ blueberry spread

D: black bean burger in pitta, garlic and rosemary sweet potato wedges, ketchup

D: choc ice

S: another almond butter muffin w/ blueberry spread and almond butter, another hot chocolate, and a  banana w/ peanut butter

feels like ive eaten SO much junk! haha. oh well. ive got a melon with my name on it for tomorrow. yaaay

• Breakfast - PB&J Sammich + Apple
• Snack/Overeating Momento - 5 homemade cookies (I can still hear my dad ringing in my ear: EXTRA CRISCOO~!! Gah. 250 calories each cookie.), a donut, and a packet of strawberry poptarts.
• Lunch - Flaxplus Pumpkin-Raisin Crunch, Sweet Peas, and TLC Blackberry Soft Baked Snack Bar
• Dinrar - Pancakes.

I'm going to be over my calories today by a total of  1930. Not happy about it, but I'm happy because it could be a lot worse. I hope tomorrow I can do better.

You'll do great tomorrow, kaybug.

Brunch: Oatmeal w/egg+cinnamon, 2 eggs w/salt+ketchup
D: tba, probably cod fillets
S: grapes, tba

I did binge last night :( No alcohol though, which is a....start. Kind of binged for breakfast too.

Breakfast: 1/2 blueberry bagel with nutella and cereal, mixed all bran and kashi goodfriends with skim milk (700 cal breakfast)

Lunch: oatmeal and a banana

Dinner: 1/2 cup 2% cottage cheese with diced tomatoes and a chicken breast

Breakfast: oatmeal cooked in skim milk with cocoa powder and cinnamon stirred in and topped off with chocolate granola and chocolate pb

Lunch: pb & j on sprouted grain; yogurt; 2 apples

Snack: Kashi apple cereal bar

Dinner: bulgur wheat with lentils, pumpkin seeds, steamed eggplant, cauliflower

Snack: medjool dates and walnuts

KAYBUG-my dad used to do the SAME thing, needed the crisco, lol

LAFOUTLOUD-hmm, im not an expert on binges but i do remember college.  everyone eats tons on the wknds, ESPECIALLY after a party and drinking, youre naturally hungry plus, when you go to parties youre active, dancing, walking to and from parties and d orms, you work up  an apetite.  i ate tons on wknds and still lost weight during college, just the walking and very moderate excercise, think positive!