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YCCer's: What did YOU eat today? [4th to 11th of Feb 09]

Welcome to the YCCers: What did YOU eat today thread for the week starting the 4th of Feb, to the 11th of Feb 2009!

After various issues with the former "What did YOU eat today?" thread involving need for constant post deletion thanks to undereaters, and it generally being outdated, we've decided to start a new WDYET? thread for YCCers every week. Why? Because this way, it will be easier for us mods to work against those that post violations whilst still allowing you YCCers to post your menus (provided they meet the thread rules). It's also been updated to allow not just for teens, but YCCers generally. 

But to avoid the problems that caused the last WDYET? thread to be locked, be aware of these thread rules BEFORE you post:

1) Any menu that does not total or appear to total at least 1500 calories for a female under 21 or 1800 for a male under 21 will be removed. Please remember the minimum guidelines for a female and male under 21 are as above and are the sedentary minimums; if you work out, or are not very short and very small you will need more than this. Consumption of less than this comes with a great many related dangers, even if it is only by 100 or 200 calories and can stunt growth and development in the long run. To work out what you need, remember CC's tools are inaccurate for under 21's and so 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. And if the numbers are confusing you or you'd like help with meal ideas and calorie breakdowns feel free to PM me! I'm happy to help with the maths if it means that no one is starving themselves unduly.

2) If you are older than 21 please make this known before you post your intake. The minimum intake for a sedentary female over 21 is 1200 calories per day. However, I ask you state your age simply because I do not want to get you confused with someone under 21 and delete a menu unknowingly. If you don't state your age, and your menu is clearly below 1500, it will be removed per Rule 1.

3) Try to keep it positive, please. Ranting is okay but remember you can rant in your journals - and it's usually a better place to rant, as you can moderate your own journals rather than write something up here. Furthermore, please remember one day of "crummy" eating isn't going to hurt you, and watch use of the word "binge" - binge eating is a very serious problem, not someone eating an extra couple hundred calories or up to maintanance calories one day, or a large meal, or going for seconds. Still, try to keep it positive over negative, please! :]

And do remember - there will be teens here with differing goals to you. Gaining, maintaining, losing. Don't compare yourself to others - so long as you are healthy and eating enough for what you need, while not in violation of any of these rules, it doesn't matter what anyone else does! Be selfish! x]

4) Don't post a menu if it isn't complete. I'm personally tired of seeing people putting their breakfast, and then a whole menu of "will update" but never updating it. Even if it means you post your menu at the end of every day.

5) Please abide by the YCC Rules when you make your post. They can be found here: ~*YCC Forum Rules - Please read before posting*~

6) Please abide by the Posting Guidelines when you make your post, as expected of you ANY time you post in this forum.

7) If you see a violation of any of the above, please report it to a moderator. Moderators can be found in the lists at the top of each forum or recognised by the little CC sun next to their names. I am one of them. Hello!

8) If you have any questions you would like to raise of a moderator, again, please do feel free to shoot us a private message. I know I am, for one, happy to help with any queries.

Beyond that, happy posting!

Thank Goodness!

Yesterday's eats...

Breakfast
'Bircher muesli'
Rolled oats, yoghurt, skim milk, raisins, grated apple, almonds and blueberries - first 4 soaked overnight and sprinkled with cinnamon - yum!)
Snack
Coconut Larabar
Tangerine
Lunch
Spinach and hummus sandwich on wholemeal bread
Vegetable crudites - broccoli, cauliflower, carrots.
Apple + PB.
Snack
Fage yoghurt with raisins, cashews and applesauce.
Dinner
Black bean and bulgar pilaf
Peas
Dessert
Tofutti vanilla ice cream with a warm 30g apple pie nak'd bar and blueberries.
Snack
All Bran with skim milk.

On a weight gain diet (ED recovery) and 18 years old/Female

Yay for a new thread :)

It'll be new threads every week, so they can be more easily managed.

Yesterday (thank goodness, no more plain BRAT-ish diet for my stomach):

B: Porridge made with soya milk, with dried cranberries, macadamias, cinnamon, and natural soya yoghurt. Two hardboiled eggs and a glass of soya milk.

S: A pot of whole fat hummus, homemade (and newly made!) with crudites and breadsticks.

L: Grilled banana and peanut butter sandwich. Another glass of soya milk. I am trying to keep away from coffee for today, so I just had the milk I'd use in my coffee. xD

S: I'm copying you, Mashed! Tofutti strawberry ice cream with frozen raspberries, dried cranberries and macadamia nuts... on weetabix. >_> Trust me, it works as the ice cream starts to melt down.

D: Chickpea and vegetable curry on brown rice, with poppadums and cauliflower bhaji left from the other day. Another glass of soya milk - helped offset the spice! Big tip if you eat spicy food: milk cools it brilliantly. Acid/alkali neutralising-ing.

S: Another bowl of porridge (sue me) with a Trek bar broken into it, cocoa powder, and dried cranberries. I'm trying to use the cranberries up.

Lol, I was heavy on the sweets. But who cares. :D

And for those unaware: I'm also 18, and also on a weight gain diet in recovery. And I loves me some porridge.

Good stuff.

Breakfast: Tuna salad, yellow grits, coke (Wow, breakfast alone covers almost half of my daily calories)

Snack: 2 whole tomatoes, strawberry yogurt

Lunch: 6 inch veggie delite with all veggies and condiments (minus mayo) on wheat bread

Snack: yogurt with 1/2 c dry oats mixed in

Dinner: Sliced tofu stir fried with bell peppers, tomatoes, onions; white rice

Snack: oatmeal made with cream and sugar

My day looks like its missing something. Any feedback?

Edited: Im also 18 and on a weight loss diet.

Some fruit maybe? Actually it looks pretty good to me

Breakfast: A serving of oatmeal with a small banana and a half ounce of almonds

Lunch: 1/2 cup soybeans, chicken breast with hummus, and for desert 1/2 cup of kashi golean crunch

Snack: 1/2 cup 2% cottage cheese and a sliced apple

Dinner: Chicken breast and side salad (HOPEFULLY spinach) with oil and vinegar

Snack: 1/2 serving oatmeal with 1/4 cup dried cranberries and 1/2 ounce almonds

Edit: 18 and on a weight loss diet

Edit 2: I recieved a package from my mom with more almonds, kashi golean crunch,  and dried cranberries so I worked them into my meal plan for the day

oh im glad this has happened :) ive been reluctant to post on the old thread because of negativity!

anyway, im 18 and looking to maintain or gain a bit of muscle

Breakfast: Trek protein bar and a huge apple

Snack: 1 bag of soy crisps and a 35g bar of green + blacks

Lunch: Falafel and philadelphia sandwich (2 slices wholewheat bread, 40g of philadelphia, 3 falafel halved)

Snack: Banana-raspberry milk shake (200ml soy milk, 1 banana, 100g fage total and 50ml sf raspberry flavouring)

Dinner (will be): Homemade curried parsnip soup followed by a tofu and veggie stir-fry

Snack (will be): Oatmeal with berries, flax and ground almonds and a glass of warm milk

i just want to say my morning isnt usually so light, i woke up with 20mins to get ready for college (oops) so had to grab what i could! made up in the pm though :)

Santana- I think you're missing whole grains. I could be mistaken cause I don't know what yellow grits are or if they are whole grains.

Breakfast: scrambled eggs w/ ketchup and some cinnamon; 2 strawberry Kashi flax waffles (I just ate them dry on my way out the door cuz I was low on cals)

Lunch: Boca burgers, spinach, & avocado on a whole wheat wrap; apple

Dinner: 2 almond butter sandwiches on light whole wheat; 2 plums; glass of skim milk

So glad a new thread was started! Anyway, I'm 18, female, and on a maintenance diet/trying to gain some muscle that I lost from my ED

Breakfast: bowl of flax-bran flakes, pumpkin granola, sliced banana, skim milk

Snack: vanilla chai tea protein drink

Lunch: salsa tortilla filled with guacamole, herb salad, tomato, cucumber, and bean sprouts; yogurt with ground flax; apple; orange

Snack: chocolate brownie Clif zbar with pb and heated in the microwave

Dinner: mahi mahi, steamed asparagus, huge baked sweet potato topped with pure maple syrup and cinnamon

Snack: malt-o-meal with dried fruit

Shimmerkittenglow: There have GOT to be some better options in the cafeteria. I don't mean to sound condescending, but all first semester I got in my head "These options are so gross, everything they cook is bad" and I found myself only eating things like packaged cereal, bread, yogurt - not good, very processed, and due to that (and other things) I never felt full and gained weight. Check out your salad bar and I urge you to be creative. I've made a lot of meals out of the raw veggies, beans, and chicken breast in there. A little bit of real food maybe cooked in a little (bad) oil from the cafeteria goes a lot longer than a bunch of prepackaged stuff. Are you trying to lose? If so I recommend staying away from the pasta section - that stuff is a caloric bomb and the serving sizes are huge. I've been losing weight steadily since I've been back second semester and beans and chicken have been my godsend. I also eat a lot of oatmeal in my room and snack on cottage cheese with either fruit and veggies. They sell 1/2 cup serving containers of 2% cottage cheese in my cafeteria and I bought 2 and mixed it with 1/2 cup kidney beans, some peppers and tomatoes which I got from the salad bar ahd chopped up - it was bigger and more filling than anything any of my friends ate, filled with protein, and yummy. You can message me if you need any more advice, I went on for like a novel here :-P

BREAKFAST:  1 mini bagel with 1 tbsp peanut butter topped with 1/2 a sliced banana.  [i ate the other half of the banana.]

SNACK:  1 large granny smith apple, 1/2 cup of strawberry yogurt, 1/2 oz of almonds.

LUNCH:  skippy all natural peanut butter, grape jelly, on whole wheat bread. [PBJ], snack size ziploc bag of grape tomatoes [about 12].

SNACK:  1 mandarin orange slices [in a cup] rinsed and drained [to get rid of all that nasty syrup], 1/2 oz of almonds.

DINNER:  homemade burritos [flour tortilla, taco seasoned ground turkey, lettuce, tomato, and cheese], fiesta style BROWN rice [i'm going to invent this on my own, thanks.] steamed corn with red and green peppers.  

     i'm 24 years old.  i'm maintaining.  i have to admit that i don't really ever count calories because i eat every couple of hours and so frequently that i rarely feel "hungry".  i never feel stuffed or starving.  just satisfied.
 

Original Post by tothestarsxx:

Santana- I think you're missing whole grains. I could be mistaken cause I don't know what yellow grits are or if they are whole grains.

 Yellow grits isnt a whole grain lol. Not much nutrition in that but it was yummy.

And I think you're right. The only way I know to get whole grains really is...whole grain/wheat bread. What else provides whole grains?

breakfast
porridge oats & soy milk

lunch
hummus and grated carrot pittawich
cocoa loco nak'd bar

snack
1/2 cantaloupe melon
muller light chocolate and vanilla yogurt

dinner
peppered quorn 'steak' with asparagus, broccoli and butternut squash
1 piece wholegrain bread with hummus
1/4 cantaloupe melon

snack
mooore porridge
banananananana & peanut butturrr
hot choc

Original Post by santana90:

And I think you're right. The only way I know to get whole grains really is...whole grain/wheat bread. What else provides whole grains?

 Santana, take a look at this website. http://nutrition.about.com/od/askyournutritio nist/f/whole_grains.htm

Here's a partial quote:

Whole grain products include breads, pastas, and cereals that are made with 100% whole grain and not with white processed flours. Whole grains are made from the whole kernels of grain, that is both the inside part of the grain and the outer covering. Processed flours remove the outer covering which gives a lighter texture and taste to baked goods but removes a lot of the nutrition and fiber. Enriched breads have some nutrients returned to the bread, so be sure to read the labels when you are shopping.

There are other sources for whole grains besides breads and pastas. Whole grain foods and flours include 100% whole wheat, brown rice, bulger, corn, buckwheat, oatmeal, spelt, and wild rice. The USDA suggests that each of us get at least three servings of whole grains every day.

I love brown rice and oatmeal, so personally, that is what I use to get my 3 servings a day. This way, I'm not always stuck eating bread to get it.

I (age 28) have been doing quite well with this particular combo, so I will share yesterday's menu:

Breakfast:
-Coconut/chocolate Larabar
-Decaf tea (as much as I can drink)

Snack:
-Snack bag of baby carrots

Lunch:
-Chicken tortilla soup (whole can)
-Yoplait Light yogurt
-String cheese (regular, not light)
-Crystal Light

Dinner:
-Big leafy salad with tomatoes, peppers, lowfat dressing & soy nuts
-Water

Dessert:
-Slice of sweet potato cake with orange icing

I usually skip dessert since it is unnecessary calories, but since I only had a salad for dinner, I could afford a small piece of cake.  Usually I like to do a meat and vegetable and maybe a bread for dinner.  I try to keep my calories 1400-1600 a day, increasing on more active days so I have enough energy for my workouts.

Age: 19

Breakfast- 1c 2% Greek yoghurt, tbsp flaxseed, strawberries/blueberries, slab of delicious zucchini walnut bread (homemade), coffee w/ a little milk

Lunch- 1 slice 100% whole grain toast, 3oz roast beef, pickles/tomatoes/lettuce/roasted veggies, olive oil (probably 1 tbspish), garlic sauteed spinach, roasted potatoes with hot sauce

Dinner- Steak fajitas (3 oz) with salsa, some chicken stirfry (2.5oz), Quinoa w/ kalamata olives and black chickpeas, roasted vegetables (in olive oil)

Snack- 1c greek yoghurt, blueberries, 2 chocolate chip oatmeal cookies

PS- I usually have a snack between lunch and dinner but didn't quite fit it in due to poor planning (between classes)

tothestarsxx: 4) Don't post a menu if it isn't complete. I'm personally tired of seeing people putting their breakfast, and then a whole menu of "will update" but never updating it. Even if it means you post your menu at the end of every day.

Today

Breakfast
Oats, dash of skim milk, fage, almonds, raisins and grated apple = yum!
Blueberries 
Snack
Peanut and Oat TREK bar
Apple
Lunch
Wrap with spinach and hummus
Broccoli, carrots and cauliflower
Banana
Snack
2 weetabix + skim milk
Heated with 2 tbsp dried fruit, blueberries
Dinner
Chakchouka (Moroccan dish with potatoes, spices, peppers, onion and tomtao)
Black beans
Cabbage
Dessert
Vanilla tofutti ice cream
Carob coated raisins
Snack
All Bran + skim milk

Bah. Too much fibre.

Plan for tomorrow:

Breakfast
2 slices wholewheat toast with lighter spread and jam
1 pot plain yoghurt with blueberries
Snack
Cashew cookie larabar
Apple
Lunch
(school canteen)
Jacket potato
Cheese
Salad with balsamic dressing
Snack
Fage + PB
Grated apple (in yoghurt = yum!)
Dinner
Bulgar with tzatziki, peas, spinach and falafel bites
Salad
Dessert
G&B 35g Maya Gold bar
Snack
Porridge + Banana

Oh! Cool..a new WDYET? thread. :D

Breakfast - Peanut butter granola mixed with oatmeal and omega 3 soymilk and topped w/ banana.

Lunch - Peanut butter n' jelly sandwich, grapes, chocolate soymilk.

Snack- Cashew-cookie larabar.

Dinner- Cheeze quesidillas, refried beans, chips, and brown rice with spinach and spices.

xoxo

Plan for -- the NEXT day --- :P

Breakfast - Chocolate banana smoothie.

Lunch - Peanut butter sandwich, banana.

Snack - Chocolate coconut chew larabar.

Dinner - Some kind of wrap..will update tomorrow.

Snack - Strawberries.

Info -

Hi! I'm Tina, i'm 5'3 and 163.5 lbs and i'm trying to get now to atleast 125 lbs. xoxo

I'm Rachel, I'm fifteen, and I struggled with anorexia in the past and now am dealing with severe bulimia/BED.

Breakfast: oatmeal cooked in light soymilk with peaches and an ounce of almonds, yogurt, coffee

Snack: kashi bar

Lunch: hummus and veggie (cucumber, bell peppers, grated carrot, fresh spinach) sandwich on whole wheat bread, a banana, skim milk

Snack: two apples and popcorn

Dinner: oatmeal and several muffins that a friend and I baked.

Too many carbs. I'm not happy with eating at all. My relationship with food and myself is lower than ever before.

Tomorrow Plan:

Breakfast: a serving of oatmeal with 1/4 cup dried cranberries, 1/2 ounce almonds, and 1/2 a small banana

Lunch: chicken breast with sabra hummus and a side of soybeans

Snack: 1/2 cup 2% cottage cheese and a golden delicious apple

Dinner: Turkey sandwich on WW with hummus, Lettuce, tomato, and sprouts (have to pack a lunch for a bus trip)

Snack: 1 ounce almonds and 1/4 cup dried cranberries

Brings me to 1500 cals - then we're getting into our destination (canada) and going dancing so I'm going to have 1 or 2 alcoholic beverages (200ish cals) but no more food

i'm 16, and i was trying to lose a tiny bit of weight, but for the past week or two i've been eating more of a maintain-type meal plan, and i haven't really decided if i'm going to continue to do that, or what.

breakfast: big bowl of multi-grain cheerios, nonfat vanilla yogurt, and blueberries. coffee with half & half.

lunch: baked potato with shredded cheese and plenty of steamed broccoli (hah. my friends made fun of me for putting so much on.) 1 orange.

snack: carrots & hummus. goldfish crackers. peppermint herbal tea.

dinner: salad with feta cheese, dried cherries, almonds, and balsamic vinaigrette dressing. 2 bowls of lentil soup.