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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: oatmeal made with skim. milk, a hot chocolate sachet, nesquick cereal, banana and 50g frozen raspberries mixed in.

Lunch: wholewheat pitta bread toasted and stuffed with cottage cheese, lettuce, cucumber and tomatoes, an apple, a pear and a navel orange.

Dinner: veggie lasagne with peas and runnerbeans on the side.

Snack: chocolate mini wheats (dry) and a slice of watermelon.

Before bed: 2 instant hot chocolates.

Dont mind me, i am an active girl

B: Vanilla and cinnamon oatmeal (soy) with apple slices dipped in. Topped with flaked almonds and wheat germ
S: Crumpet (its like a savoury thick pancake with bubbly holes in it) with light marg and soy milk. SOOO filling for 150 cal.
L: I was still full but had to eat - uni calls for energy! So minestrone soup from a can, added red kidney beans and spinach plus a thick slice of light rye bread toasted. Oh so good.
S: Paddle Pop moo (its a light icecream, with heaps of calcium), popcorn, two plums
D: Poor uni student - 2 min noodles (unfried ones, low gi, they're almost healthy) with frozen and fresh veggies, tipped out the flavour scahet, and added lots of sesame seeds.
S: Bit of banana bread a girl made. Not that good. Soy milk and mini cookies.

yesterday i had

breakfast: 1/2 banana with peanut butter and gronola, 1 1/2 cup all bran strawberry medley, 3/4 cup mocha yogurt, 200ml apple juice box, 1/3 cup vanilla yogurt

lunch: 1/2 cup cottage cheese with brown sugar and cinnamon, 1/3 up homemade gronola, 1 cup crispix, 1/2 cup organic wheat squares

dinner: 7 california sushi rolls, 4 little spring rolls, 1/3 cup miso soup, 1 potato tempura

snack: vanilla pomegrante yogurt, 1 spoonfull frozen yogurt

B: banana and soynut butter
S: apple
S: mountain mix mojo bar, green tea
L: sprouted whole grain wrap with tofu and avocado, carrots
S: pretzels D: bowl of kashi with soy milk, kiwi, S: tortilla chips, salsa, hummus S: two mini reeses cups, orange

Breakfast: Shreddies and semi skimmed milk

Snack: Pear

Lunch: whole wheat pasta with carrot and pinto beans, an apple

Snack: Handful of dry of Waitrose Oat crunch cereal (has anyone else in the UK tried this, its super yummy!) and glass of orange juice

Dinner: peanut butter on whole wheat toast (my culinary skills didn't feel like being stretched much further, I'm so lazy when I have to cook for myself) and some red grapes

Snacking on now: Options Mint Flavour Hot Chocolate with a few marshamllows in (to try and keep warm, stupid heating is broken) and Nature Valley granola Bar

Lack of vegatables today  is not good, but at least I managed to have 4 portions of fruit

Breakfast: Kashi cereal with strawberries and an extra bowl of strawberries with a little sugar.

Lunch: Chopped spinach with tomato paste, cumin, coriander, garlic, salt and pepper + two pieces of toast.  So good!

Snack: Dried cranberry, chocolate chip, and nut trail mix.

Dinner: Veggie delight salad from Subway and apple slices.

B: Yoplait Light Yogurt - Key Lime Pie flavored (100 cals)

L: Pasta and Olive Oil with Tomatoes and Basil (300-ish cals?) and some grapes (40 cals)

S: Bowl of green beans (90 cals) and a cereal bar (200 cals)

D: Papa Gino's pizza (unhealthy, I know..) - each piece is 350-ish and I eat 2 slices so 700 cals, eek.

so 1340 calories, not bad.

Let's seeeeee...

Breakfast - Oatmeal with chopped apple and butterscotch chips.  Weetabix biscuit.  About 0.6 cups Honey Bunches of Oats cereal (1/3 cup + 1/4).

After running/during class - Nutz Over Chocolate Luna Bar

After class - 12 oz. soy latte, 1/2 cup fiber one, handful of chocolate-covered espresso beans (I've really got to get out of this habit!!), 1 baaaaby apple (seriously, this thing is TINY!!)

Dinner - Taco Salad!  Made with: toasted tortilla (for "chips"), 1/2 cup refried beans, slice of soy cheese, sinach, lettuce, baby corn, olives, cherry tomatos, cucumber and grated carrot.

After dinner snack:  1.25 cup Special K, Golden Delicious apple

...Probably have some more thrown in there somewhere to up the cals a little, but that's the plan.  :)

Original Post by ewwxroflzz:

Original Post by garnet18:

i know that, but i don't want to gain weight as it speeds up.

can i prevent this with exercise?

it can help, i think. i don't know though, i gradually increased mine i guess from like 300 to 1200 and gained a couple pounds, maintained a little there for awhile, then upped it a little more to about 1400-1500 and gained a couple more pounds, then maintained, and now am eating between 1800 and 2200. i think part of the reason i didn't gain much (up from 104) is that i was exercising and i had days where i'd eat alot (but not binging) so that probably shocked my metabolism and sped it up. i'm not an expert though, so i don't know exactly what i did to repair my metabolism.

edit: i forgot to say that pre-ed i was naturally underweight, despite eating crap all the time. it's in my genes--my 5'10 cousin has had two kids and is naturally 125. so that could have something to do with it.

you must be pretty lucky haha.. i was overweight before i starved, even obese at one point.. my metabolism has never been that good :| but i also overate and sat around all day..

also a question to those who eat after dinner snacks: don't you follow the rule that says to wait a few hours before you go to bed after you've eaten? since your body starts storing fat when you sleep after all... or do you just go to bed really late?

Breakfast
Oatmeal w/cinnamon
Apple

Lunch
Bowl of Broccoli
Apple

Snack
SF Jello
Tangerine

Dinner
Baked lean chicken breast w/fresh mushrooms

Snack
Strawberry Yogurt
Oatmeal w/cinnamon

Original Post by garnet18:

you must be pretty lucky haha.. i was overweight before i starved, even obese at one point.. my metabolism has never been that good :| but i also overate and sat around all day..

also a question to those who eat after dinner snacks: don't you follow the rule that says to wait a few hours before you go to bed after you've eaten? since your body starts storing fat when you sleep after all... or do you just go to bed really late?

Your body burns calories all day and night, even when you're sleeping.   Very few people that I've seen on CC+ follow the 'no food after such-and-such time' rule. Some people fall asleep easier just after eating, too. :]

*goes back to lurking*

Original Post by lynnlette:

Original Post by garnet18:

you must be pretty lucky haha.. i was overweight before i starved, even obese at one point.. my metabolism has never been that good :| but i also overate and sat around all day..

also a question to those who eat after dinner snacks: don't you follow the rule that says to wait a few hours before you go to bed after you've eaten? since your body starts storing fat when you sleep after all... or do you just go to bed really late?

Your body burns calories all day and night, even when you're sleeping. Very few people that I've seen on CC+ follow the 'no food after such-and-such time' rule. Some people fall asleep easier just after eating, too. :]

*goes back to lurking*

hm well.. i don't believe in the "no food after such-and-such time" rule (which is often 7pm), i just wait 3 hours after i eat. like i wouldn't be worried if i ate at 11pm but went to bed at 2am.

i know the body burns calories, but when it sleeps it hangs onto fat right?

Original Post by garnet18:

Original Post by lynnlette:

Original Post by garnet18:

you must be pretty lucky haha.. i was overweight before i starved, even obese at one point.. my metabolism has never been that good :| but i also overate and sat around all day..

also a question to those who eat after dinner snacks: don't you follow the rule that says to wait a few hours before you go to bed after you've eaten? since your body starts storing fat when you sleep after all... or do you just go to bed really late?

Your body burns calories all day and night, even when you're sleeping. Very few people that I've seen on CC+ follow the 'no food after such-and-such time' rule. Some people fall asleep easier just after eating, too. :]

*goes back to lurking*

hm well.. i don't believe in the "no food after such-and-such time" rule (which is often 7pm), i just wait 3 hours after i eat. like i wouldn't be worried if i ate at 11pm but went to bed at 2am.

i know the body burns calories, but when it sleeps it hangs onto fat right?

If that were true, I'd be maaaaaassive. I get hungry like every 30 minutes. I TRY not to eat right before bed, but it rarely happens. I might not FEEL great about it, and feel all huge when I go to bed isn't a happy feeling, but I'm fine in the morning. I think a lot of it is individual, though...

here goes,

b - 1/2 grapefruit, bun

l - salad with low fat dressing and caeser croutons, piece of nutragrain bar

s - handful of grapes

d - salad, 750 cals of pizza

and later i'll probably have some toast and fruit. i've been trying to eat more in the mornings but it's so hard! i always sleep in! aiming for eggs tomorrow.

Original Post by rmgarcia:

Original Post by garnet18:

Original Post by lynnlette:

Original Post by garnet18:

you must be pretty lucky haha.. i was overweight before i starved, even obese at one point.. my metabolism has never been that good :| but i also overate and sat around all day..

also a question to those who eat after dinner snacks: don't you follow the rule that says to wait a few hours before you go to bed after you've eaten? since your body starts storing fat when you sleep after all... or do you just go to bed really late?

Your body burns calories all day and night, even when you're sleeping. Very few people that I've seen on CC+ follow the 'no food after such-and-such time' rule. Some people fall asleep easier just after eating, too. :]

*goes back to lurking*

hm well.. i don't believe in the "no food after such-and-such time" rule (which is often 7pm), i just wait 3 hours after i eat. like i wouldn't be worried if i ate at 11pm but went to bed at 2am.

i know the body burns calories, but when it sleeps it hangs onto fat right?

 

If that were true, I'd be maaaaaassive. I get hungry like every 30 minutes. I TRY not to eat right before bed, but it rarely happens. I might not FEEL great about it, and feel all huge when I go to bed isn't a happy feeling, but I'm fine in the morning. I think a lot of it is individual, though...

oh, i doubt it would make you MASSIVE... what i'm thinking is that it hinders fat loss to a certain extent. my assumption is that waiting after you eat as opposed to going to bed right away is similar to a low calorie deficit vs. an even lower one. does that make sense? haha

Random stuff throughout the day:

-Boca veggie burger
-lots of apples
-2 oranges
-grapes
-too many cashews
-lite whipped cream & a scoop of yogurt
-few cups of broccoli
-natural fruit punch drink

and i'm thinking about exercise. i really need it! DDR is how i roll :)

lets seee.. 

 

so far i had

 

special k bar

apples

club salad

apple

then i snacked on different stuff at home

lots of strawberries

a little cereal here and there

some cofffreee

 

then dinnner but idk what yet!

def dont believe that calorie thing before bed..

because the only time alot is right before bed and i have managed to stay at the same weight for over a year now. And im not talking about a small snack, when i eat before bed its usually an apple with peanut butter and yogurt with gronola and usually some drink or cereal as well. I do however go to the gym until 9ish and then when i come home i eat. maybe that has something to do with it? im not sure

Today..

121 lbs yay 1 whole lb lost and 3 lbs since 2 weeks ago?

current weight: 121 lb
start weight (here anyhow. official date was 2 weeks ago): technically 124 (2 weeks ago)
Short term goal weight: 115-119. I just want to be 110's range!
Overall term goal: 105-109.


Breakfast: none because I don't wake up in time ever.
Lunch: half a ramen (240) + 2 dumplings (60x2=120) + one egg (70) = 430
Snack: smoothie 200 calories
snack 2: 1 twix bar 140 calories
dinner: frozen pizza (300 calories) + pizza bread (100+70)= 470
snack 3: yogurt 90 cal

snack 4: 2 cookies (90 cal)

Overall calorie intake = 1420. Not horrible.

Worked out on an elliptical for an hour = -500 calories.

Breakfast: oatmeal made with skim. milk, a fudge hot chocolate, banana and oaty cheerios mixed in.

Lunch: wholewheat toast with 1 tablespoon soynut butter and 1 tablespoon of jam, mashed banana.
an apple and an orange.

Snack: diced pineapple, strawberries, raspberries and mango topped with longley farm organic strawberry yoghurt, a handful of raisins and some granola.

Dinner: wholewheat spaghetti with ratatouille (courgettes, onion, pepper, chopped tomatoes, garlic) topped grated with soy cheese.

Snack: rice crispies muddles :D! (dry)

Before bed: 2 cadburys instant hot chocolates.

 

and also, NO eating before bed does not hinder fat loss, or weight loss or even promote weight gain, i eat at 11pm every night (cereal and hot chocolate) and i still find it extremley difficult to gain weight.
a calorie is a calorie and at the end of the day if calories in are more than calories out, you gain weight.
if calories out are more than calories in, you lose weight
if its the same you maintain..... pretty simple really.