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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

I AM QUITE FRANKLY FED UP WITH THIS.

There is no way that on so few calories you are fuelling your body with what it needs. The minimum intake for a sedentary female over 21 is 1200 calories per day. For a sedentary female under 21 or a man over 21 it is 1500 per day, and a sedentary male under 21 1800 per day. And believe it or not, that’s only the sedentary minimum. Unless you are very, very short and small, and/or if you are working out it is very likely you will need even more calories than those minimum guidelines.

If you are under 21, CC's tools are inaccurate and you should use this calculator instead: http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/bodycomp/bmiz2.html as you are still growing. Yes, even in the later years - there's more going on inside of you that you simply can't see.

Eating too low a calorie intake, or having a deficit from your BMR greater than 1000 results in something called "survival mode", where your body holds every last thing it can get in expectance of a famine. Water, food, calories. Explained:

• Dieting & Metabolism - This article explains starvation mode and why undereating is counter productive.
• The Body Neglected - This is what happens when you undereat for an extended period of time. 

The physical dangers that come with undereating are numerous. You put yourself at risk of osteoporosis, of loss of fertility if you lose your period, hair loss, electrolyte problems, a weakening of the immune system, low blood pressure, blood disorders such as anemia, heart problems, and even death. The mental woes that come alongside can be just as devestating. Depression is common in undereaters, as well as distorted perceptions and problems like Body Dysmorphic Disorder.

Many of you are describing a disordered eating pattern even if you claim otherwise and this is something you need to talk to your doctor about even if just to hear a professional opinion on top of CC. Crash dieting will do nothing to help you lose weight as the weight will likely come straight back on, and undereating can easily do more damage than good. Think about it - your health or your vanity? Weight is easily lost if you do it in a healthy and sustainable manner which is what CC is all about. 

If you want some online support try http://www.something-fishy.org, and take a look through CC's Eating Disorders Health, Resources and Info Thread. But your most immediate concern is your health - and for that that means you need to talk to your doctor before you begin dieting again as your mentality should be your priority. But know this: Calorie Count's mission is to promote healthy and sustainable weight management and if you are not seeking to manage your weight healthily we cannot and will not help you.

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Original Post by when_i_fly_and_look_down:

i don't know if this is a nutritional experiment but i think lala is right. this can't be healthy. did you eat any veggies or fruit today?

Well, it sort of is an experiment.  I haven't been very active at home because exercising at home sucks compared to at the gym, and I won't be back in the gym until two weeks from now (hopefully).  I toned it down a notch or three from what the articles on T-Nation suggest precisely because I'm not as huge an ironhead, and I'm trying to do it on a reduced-calorie intake.

Actually, my sammiches are stuffed with lettuce and tomatoes, sometimes sprouts. I have apples, bananas and grapes for small snacks but I don't like counting them unless I have more than two at a meal.  I don't count everything, so I don't put it on here unless it was integral to my meal.  I'll watch how I post on here yet again.  Sorry lala.

Antagonist: Even if you don't count it all list it all. But even then - why would you only eat two grapes? D: Also a large piece of fruit like a banana or an apple counts as one serving. It's smaller fruit - like plums, tangerines and so on - that you need two of to equate a serving. And even then please list them.

But honestly your protein intake is ridiculously high. It's not about calories but the actual percentage and grams of it. Too much protein will stress out your kidneys. To work out how much protein you need, you should really be aiming for a 50-60% carb, 10-20% protein and 20-30% fat ratio (as you're a guy). I think another method is to multiply your body weight in kilograms by .8, or weight in pounds by .37. That gives a number of protein grams to take in a day.

Hey Lala, you're totally right about the undereating - everyone shape up and start eating!

Alright foods:

Breakfast: Oatmeal with almonds and a sliced banana

Lunch: Turkey sandwich on multigrain (wish I got to eat more for lunch, I'm realllly rushed so I have to get something from the convenience counter)

Snack: 1/2 cup 2% cottage cheese and an apple

Snack 2: 1 cup kashi golean crunch

Dinner: chicken breast with a side of raw bell pepppers (LOTS) and hummus (1 or 2 servings depending on how I feel)

it seems as though the people that list ridiculous menu are people that don't usually post here. people that post here for a first time and eat hardly anything thinking that it will impress everyone. it doesn;t work and they don't post again and then a new person will come in again a little latter and try the same thing.

kinda sad but at least there are a lot of people here that are trying to be healthy.

Yea...today will not be the most balanced of days because Im very low on cash and cant afford to buy anything while Im at work. But Im still getting my reccommended calories.

(The only thing I have in my desk drawer is oatmeal. lol)

Breakfast: 2 c. oatmeal made with evaporated milk and a tbsp of strawberry jam.

Snack: Tea made with evaporated milk and sugar

Lunch: 2. oatmeal made with evaporated milk and a fruit & nut granola bar crumbled in

Snack: vanilla yogurt and a tomatoe

Dinner: 2 c. shrimp fried rice, 1 c. shrimp chop suey, 1 egg roll, 1 heineken

Damn my day sucked lol. Today is definitley cheat day lol.

BREAKFAST:  smoothie [2 tbsp creamy all natural peanut butter, 1 frozen sliced banana, almost 1 tbsp of nutella, 1 cup fat free milk.] (484)

SNACK:  1/2 family size bag of steamed broccoli, 1/2 of a softball size tomato. (56.5)

SNACK:  handful of baby carrots [about 10], 1 oz of vanilla bean almonds (192)

SNACK:  1/2 family size bag of steamed broccoli, about 10-11 baby carrots, 1 oz of vanilla bean almonds.  (232)

lots of water in between snacks.  i won't eat dinner until i get home from class tonight at 10:30.  when i dream up what i'm going to eat...i'll post it here.

i need to eat about 265 calories for dinner to make 1200 for the day.  i usually eat more, but on school days i don't get to go to the gym, so i lower my intake.

DINNER: 2 slices of oatmeal bread with 1 tbsp margarine (light) and grape jelly, 2 turkey sausage links, 3 egg whites, 1 bowl of regular oatmeal with 1/2 mashed banana (i ate the other half), fat free milk, and less than 1 tsp of peanut butter stirred in, 1/2 cup sugar free ocean spray cran-grape drink. (around 500 calories) 

You're over 21, right, Cellulite? Just making sure, lol. D:

Santana: Have you asked in Foods about cooking on a budget?

When_I_Fly: I know. But it's on overload lately and getting harder and harder to clean out.

*facepalm*

This thread gives me a headache sometimes.

Original Post by lalabanana:

You're over 21, right, Cellulite? Just making sure, lol. D:

Santana: Have you asked in Foods about cooking on a budget?

When_I_Fly: I know. But it's on overload lately and getting harder and harder to clean out.

 i am.  i shall turn 25 on the 25th of this month. 

• B-Fast -  Egg White Sammich (2 slices of ww bread + Egg Whites.. yummm) & Kashi Cereal Bar
• La Unch - Leftover Pasta + Peas + Brocolli from last night's dinrar.
• Snack - Carrots & PB
• Snack - Milk Tea (Nonfat Milk + Green Tea and Green Apple Chamomile tea) + Toast w/ Strawberry Jam
• Dinrar - Brown Sugar Poptarts
• Snack - Frosted Flakes w/ Nonfat Milk & Kashi Cereal Bar

I shalt update later~! :3

Original Post by santana90:

Yea...today will not be the most balanced of days because Im very low on cash and cant afford to buy anything while Im at work. But Im still getting my reccommended calories.

(The only thing I have in my desk drawer is oatmeal. lol)

Breakfast: 2 c. oatmeal made with evaporated milk and a tbsp of strawberry jam.

Snack: Tea made with evaporated milk and sugar

Lunch: 2. oatmeal made with evaporated milk and a fruit & nut granola bar crumbled in

 

I know we're not suppsoe to post calories but Im just gonna post my total for the day so far to show im getting enough~940 cals. Will update as I go.

http://caloriecount.about.com/cheap-easy-cook ing-ft119721

For the short term, buy yourself a loaf of bread (day old or whatever's cheapest store it in the fridge or freezer to prevent spoilage), a jar of peanut butter and another jar of either honey or jam.  You can eat a lot of cheap and reasonably healthy meals out of that.  Not the most exciting or the ones with the absolute best nutrition, but sufficient for most purposes and really cheap.

There's so much tension in this forum now, but it's true. The posts with less than 1000 calories are getting ridiculous.

Breakfast: three slices of whole wheat french toast topped with strawberries and blueberries, yogurt with wheat germ, coffee

Lunch: hummus and veggie (cucumber, bell pepper, fresh spinach) sandwich on whole wheat bread, apple, an ounce of almonds, skim milk

Snack: kashi bar

Dinner: shredded cheese and slices of ham rolled up into a low-carb tortilla and microwaved until the cheese is melted, leftover steamed mixed vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, a few green beans, a few lima beans)

Dessert: yogurt with half a banana, half an ounce of almonds, and cinnamon

Snack: two bowls of granola with soymilk. *sigh*

BFAST-bagel, PB, yogurt, apple

LUNCH-meat+cheese sandwich, regular full fat yogurt

SNACK=triple Chocolate chip muffin, trail mix, milk

DINNER-salad, chicken+meat balls, acorn squash

SNACK-apple, yogurt, chocolate PB spread on apple-maybe more

I'm 25, dont work out a lot, serious desk job, and not obese.  STOP killing yourselves, for real, what a waste of time and mental energy. 

I wanted to post and say that I had MORE food than planned, 1560 calories!

Breakfast: 1 serving oatmeal with a small banana and 1/2 ounce almonds

Morning snack: 1 ounce almonds

Lunch: Turkey on multigrain

Snack: 2% cottage cheese and an apple, 1 cup kashi golean crunch

Dinner: Chicken breast, asparagus, and raw peppers with hummus

Desert: 1/2 serving oatmeal with 1/2 cup fiber one and cinnamon

Original Post by lalabanana:

You're over 21, right, Cellulite? Just making sure, lol. D:

Santana: Have you asked in Foods about cooking on a budget?

When_I_Fly: I know. But it's on overload lately and getting harder and harder to clean out.

Not that I remember....

Original Post by smwhipple:

Original Post by santana90:

Yea...today will not be the most balanced of days because Im very low on cash and cant afford to buy anything while Im at work. But Im still getting my reccommended calories.

(The only thing I have in my desk drawer is oatmeal. lol)

Breakfast: 2 c. oatmeal made with evaporated milk and a tbsp of strawberry jam.

Snack: Tea made with evaporated milk and sugar

Lunch: 2. oatmeal made with evaporated milk and a fruit & nut granola bar crumbled in

 

I know we're not suppsoe to post calories but Im just gonna post my total for the day so far to show im getting enough~940 cals. Will update as I go.

http://caloriecount.about.com/cheap-easy-cook ing-ft119721

For the short term, buy yourself a loaf of bread (day old or whatever's cheapest store it in the fridge or freezer to prevent spoilage), a jar of peanut butter and another jar of either honey or jam.  You can eat a lot of cheap and reasonably healthy meals out of that.  Not the most exciting or the ones with the absolute best nutrition, but sufficient for most purposes and really cheap.

 

Actually I still live at home...but my mom doesnt go to the grocery store much. So I normally just buy food at work (I work near a food store)...but didnt have a DIME on me today.

breakfast: maple brown sugar oatmeal, with 1 banana mashed in. coffee with milk.

lunch: soy burger with lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles. green pepper strips. 

snack: 1 large fuji apple. grande vanilla latte.

dinner: large plate of spaghetti with marinara sauce. 1 cup of steamed carrots, white navy beans, and spinach. 

and i haven't seen any of the super low-calorie posts (i guess they got deleted?), but seriously guys, anorexia is no fun (as i can attest to) and you aren't impressing anyone.

Food for tomorrow-

B- Peanut butter granola w/ omega 3 soymilk + banana.
L- Chocolate PB on light wheat bread, Banana.
S- Blackberries + trailmix.
D- TBA.

food for tommorow-

b- banana, skim milk, almond butter and ice smoothie 

l- hummus and cucumber sandwich on sprouted grain bread with carrots and an apple

s- kashi crackers with a reduced fat cheese stick and grapes

d- tba, not sure yet

s- steamed skim milk with nutmeg