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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 thread involving need for constant post deletion thanks to undereaters, and it generally being outdated, we've decided to start a new WDYET?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!

Teaandtrifle: They are! Very easily adapted too. Use a different nut butter, or a different binding agent - honey is the binding agent obviously, lol. But agave nectar works, as does lemon or fruit juice.

Today (how it actually went)

Breakfast
Porridge oats with applesauce, brazil nuts, brown sugar and blueberries
Snack
Apple cinammon clif nectar bar
Options hot choc drink (my friend gave me a sachet and I couldn't resist! Tangerine went bye-byes..)
Lunch
Jacket potato with slice of brie cheese
Salad (tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, lettuce, sweetcorn) with balsamic dressing
Snack
Fage with grated apple and tbsp PB
Dinner
Wholewheat bulghar mixed with peas, spinach, garlic, falafel bites and tzatziki
Cauliflower and carrots (steamed)
Dessert
Maya Gold 35g Green and Black's bar
Snack
Cup of All Bran with skim milk

Tomorrow plan

Breakfast
2 slices wholewheat toast with light spread and jam
1 pot fage yoghurt with blueberries
Coffee
Snack
Cherry pie larabar
Apple
Lunch
[probably the same as today - school canteen D-:]
Snack
Chai tea latte (either starbucks or homemade!)
Banana
Dinner
Baked sweet potato with philadelphia light cream cheese
Tofu steak with BBQ sauce marinade
Salad/vegetables
Dessert
'Apple pie parfait' - 1/2 cup applesauce, 1 pot fage yoghurt, 1 crumbled digestive biscuit (graham cracker)
Snack
Porridge with almonds and blueberries

Just did my pilates - I'm getting better at it and I feel like my muscles are actually starting to work! Yay!

Original Post by lalabanana:

Sadly, yes, Quorn contains milk and egg whites in most its products now. It didn't always. I can only eat their mince now as such =__= The rest of their products usually contain milk even if not a cheese-containing item...

Imperial: That still doesn't look like 1500 let ALONE enough for a maintaining 16 year old. You need to work out your stats with the teen calculator.

yesterday i had around 1700. i have bigger portions than you're estimating, i guess. and the teen calculator says i need 1770 to maintain.

 

breakfast: oatmeal. frozen grapes. 1/4 cup of almonds. coffee with milk.

lunch: turkey & hummus sandwich on whole wheat bread. carrots with ginger sesame dressing. 

snack: nonfat yogurt, mixed with 1 sliced banana. 

dinner: lots of veggie pizza, made with whole wheat crust.

snack: something 100 calorie-sized, most likely veggies or fruit.

Beanaparker: You really need to gain, though, hun. :[ Maintaining an underweight BMI increases your chances of osteoporosis and leaves you with a weakened immune system among so many other things. You won't gain too much.

Imperial: Okay. My bad. :]

Breakfast: Honey wheat bagel with jumbleberry jam, glass of milk

Snack: Mott's Fruitsation fruit cup & handful of trail mix

Lunch: Breaded chicken breast on bun with mustard & relish, lettuce, pickles

Snack: All-Bran bar

Supper: Beef tortellini with pasta sauce, monster cookie for dessert

Snack: Pear slices with cinnamon

Breakfast: apple walnut instant oatmeal, 2 cups coffee with half and half (then the filter broke a ruined the rest of the coffee... :/ )

Lunch: small apple, baby carrots, low carb wrap with turkey, lettuce, and cheddar cheese

Snack: six inch turkey sub on ww from subway, nonfat yogurt

After run snack: handful nilla wafers

Dinner: schezuan (sp?) shrimp and pasta, 1/2 cup greek yogurt

Snack: 2 cups coffee with half and half, apple walnut instant oatmeal

My day ended the exact same way it began. :)

lalabanana-   Do you have any advice on the best way to gain for me? Im thinking of adding an extra 200 cal for a few days, then an extra 300....up to an extra 500 until I can get to 115 lbs. at 5'4.   I don't know why this makes me so nervous!! 3rd through 7th grade I was pretty "hefty", and I never want to feel fat again:(  ahhh....

What about any of you guys? Any experience w/ weight gain.  Can you notice an extra 5 pounds?

plan-

BREAKFAST- steaming bowl of oatmeal, topped with blueberries, banana slices, walnuts and an almond butter spoon

LUNCH- two slices of sprouted grain bread with hummus and cucumber, an apple and some carrots

SNACK- reduced fat cheese and original seven grain kashi crackers

DINNER- california sushi roll, cucumber sushi roll and miso soup

SNACK- non fat chocolate soft serve with reeses peanut butter cups on top

BREAKFAST: smoothie (all natural peanut butter, nutella, fat free milk, frozen banana)

SNACK: 1/2 cup of strawberry yogurt, 1 oz of almonds

LUNCH: 2 servings of steamed broccoli, 1 cup of whole grain penne pasta tossed with diced tomatoes, garlic, and onions.

SNACK: 1 large navel orange, 1 cup of mandarin oranges (rinsed and drained), 12 grape tomatoes, about 8 or 9 red grapes.

DINNER: two turkey hot dogs on whole wheat sliced bread and 2 servings of steamed broccoli.

SNACK: 1 cup fat free milk, 1 granola triple nut cookie.

Original Post by beanaparker:

lalabanana-   Do you have any advice on the best way to gain for me? Im thinking of adding an extra 200 cal for a few days, then an extra 300....up to an extra 500 until I can get to 115 lbs. at 5'4.   I don't know why this makes me so nervous!! 3rd through 7th grade I was pretty "hefty", and I never want to feel fat again:(  ahhh....

What about any of you guys? Any experience w/ weight gain.  Can you notice an extra 5 pounds?

i only gained 11 or so pounds in all. i definitely saw a difference but i think that was just because i gained over 10% of my body weight.

i think that if you take it slow and gradually gain the weight you really won't notice much. that's what really helped me gain the last few pounds.

you know what pace is going to work best for you. gain a couple pounds and then maintain for a bit if you need to. then gain a couple more. it's not just about your immediate health. it's also about your mentality about food/ weight/ eating because that is going to determine your long term health.

good luck. :)

• Breakfast - Eggs & Kashi Cereal Bar
• Snack - Cheese Sammich
• Lunch - Packet of brown sugar whole grain poptarts
• Dinrar - TONS Strawberries, spinach, mushrooms, sunflower seeds, pecans, orange slices, corn, beans&rice, fancy bread stuff (It was like a uuuuber small slice of bread, buttered, and topped with chopped tomatoes and seasoning), tons of steamed brocolli, one baby carrot, one slice of green pepper, a bite of my mom's sweet potatoes.
• Dessert - Like 2tbsp of "fake icecream" & a supar chocolate sugar free cookie
• Snack - Folded cheese sammich, kashi cereal bar, small piece of dark chocolate cake w/ cream cheese icing.

I went to golden corral for dinner, hence the strange dinrar and dessert. I had two plates and one dessert plate total! I think I did pretty good. XD I have no clue what my calories are for today since I stopped counting when Dinrar came around, but I assume it's around maintenance for me.

So yesterday I decided to take a break. I'm quite into doing the calorie-restriction thing perfectly for a week or so and then taking a break day, when i don't think about it- I think if i didn't i'd crack up.... so bear this in mind when you read this;

breakfast; porridge, jam, mocha and an apple...

lunch; salad, yoghurt, two oranges...

supper (it was a posh do, so three courses- hence the day off); one dinner roll, one bowl soup, beef and three veg, one-and-a-bit slices of chocolate cake...

oh, no, it's not over yet... ;-)

one bottle of wine, six shots of vodka, cranberry and orange....

.... and finally a subway wrap with chicken tikka and all the salad.

 

 

I've just woken up and I feel gross, yet strangely sated- does anybody understand me?

I feel like this gross feeling of hangover/excessive consumption is merely adding to my motivation for the next seven days- and hoping that it won't have put me back too much- does anyone know how much it is possible to put on in one night?       

Oh, and also I'm 18 and on a weight-loss plan.

Beana: You can, but you need to be aiming for at least 2500. As you're eating 2000 and maintaining an extra 500 there would plausibly give you a gain of 1lb a week. Either way, you want a net intake of 2500, at least. Don't weigh yourself for two weeks after you start - it removes any freak outs over water fluctuations and lets them settle. If you see gain faster than that that'd be inaccurate (and impossible, really, if you're only eating 500 over maintainance a day). But yeah, your plan to build up to an extra 500 over a week would probably work out alright.

And personally, I couldn't see any difference in my weight until I'd put on 10lbs.

Lafoutloud: Haha, I admire your ability to adapt. P:

K_4: I'm worried you are using "calorie restriction" to refer to your eating. You know you need a bare sedentary minimum of 1500 calories a day, right? Have you used the under 21's calculator to work out your burn?

The scale is inaccurate on a day to day basis. It is normal for a person to fluctuate up to and sometimes greater than 5lbs in a day for any reason. Sodium, food weight, excess caffeine and alcohol, whether or not you’ve had a bowel movement… so many silly and small things make your weight fluctuate day to day that it is better to take a trend of weight loss from a week to week weigh in with the same conditions each time.

It takes 3500 calories in EXCESS of your burn to gain just one. Thus, it's much smarter to weigh in once a week under the same conditions and take your progress based on that, instead of every morning.

Why The Scale Lies - by Renee Cloe, ACE Certified Personal Trainer

I hope this is the redemption of the past "What did you eat today?" teens thread. Ugh - that last one was very triggering sometimes. It's nice to see meal plans from people who actually EAT! As a weight gainer, I know that most people trying to lose will need less than I do, but some people on the previous thread were not even reaching the bear minimum!

I never got around to posting last night, so here's yesterday's eats. I'll post today's later on. I'm so happy right now, hahah - I am absolutley obsessed with pita breads and I was out of them for a week until just yesterday when we stopped in at Whole Foods and I bought three packages. xD

Breakfast:

• Cinnamon pancakes (Multi-grain hot cereal, wheat bran, flaxseed, cinnamon, baking powder, skim milk, egg whites)
• Almond butter
• A banana
• An omlette with tomatoes, onions, and mushrooms

Snack:

• Slice of Ezekiel bread, toasted
• Peanut butter
• One and a half apples (they weren't the HUGE ones I normally buy)
• Greek yogurt (I was out of cottage cheese too!)

Lunch:

• Chicken Fiesta grain salad (cooked shredded chicken breast, cilantro, onions, celery, chopped red bell pepper, Kashi 7-grain pilaf, and a dressing made with equal parts of plain yogurt, roasted red pepper dressing (oil based), salsa, and chili sauce.
• Green beans
• Kidney beans
• Peas
• Red, green, and yellow bell pepper strips

Snack:

• Chobani Greek yogurt
• Ezekiel pita bread (WOO!)
• Jocalat (Lara) Chocolate Orange bar (I was in a good mood and wanted something "citrusy")

Dinner:

• Homemade pork meatballs (with Italian parmesean and fresh herbs from my AeroGarden =D) in a sauce of Classico garlic pasta sauce, fresh halved baby tomatoes, fresh basil, and half a cup of white beans. The beans really break-down and make the sauce thick and creamy.
• Fresh-baked french baugette with more parm and fresh garlic (I bought the bread at Whole Foods and it was WONDERFUL - just baked that day)
• Green beans
• Peas
• Some leftover chopped bell peppers

Snack:

• Plain yogurt mixed with Nancy's cultured cottage cheese (my favortie brand other than Friendship's no-salt-added - Nancy's has live active cultures and is very tangy, like yogurt)
• Flaxseeds (as a mix-in; about a 1/4 cup)
• Half a HUGE banana
• A few raw almonds

For any other gainers out there who are wondering, or anyone who needs a gaining plan - this all adds up to 3,000+ calories (my daily goal). I have 600 at breakfast, 550 at lunch and dinner, 400 at each daytime snack, and 500 for my night snack (somehow I actually seem to WANT a larger snack at night).

Ok so my plan for today has already gone out of the window.

This is what Im pretty sure Im going to eat today:

Breakfast: Soy milk latte, tuna salad, yellow grits (618 cals)

Lunch: Black beans (300 cals)

Snack: Keebler wheat crackers and cheese sandwiches (190 cals)

Dinner: A few beers and mixed drinks/shots (Around 500 maybe?)

 

PS: I posted my cals for the day because I know my menu looks limited but I wanted to show that I am not undereating- though its not the healthiest of menu's

Santana, I really think you need to reassess. Alcohol should NOT equal your dinner. A tin of black beans, not your lunch. How about alternating your drinks with water, having diet mixers, and just... drinking less? Alcohol shouldn't be necessary to have fun or add to a party and you need calories from food more than booze. Eat dinner. Even if it means eating more, eat a dinner. And I KNOW you are a tall girl so you need to be eating a lot more than 1600 calories! PLEASE, stop doing this to yourself.

Original Post by beanaparker:

What about any of you guys? Any experience w/ weight gain.  Can you notice an extra 5 pounds?

hey :) I am 5'5 and weigh about 116 - I honestly do not look much different at this weight than I did 5lbs lighter. In fact, between the weight of about 112 and 120, i don't think anyone else even notices the difference, & all the same clothes still fit me. 

5lbs will probably make a lot of (positive) difference to your health but not a HUGE difference to your actual size - especially if you are gaining a lilll muscle. good luck! xxx

breakfast
organic eggie toast; strawberry soy yogurt w/ chocolate granola; organic english breakfast tea w/ soy milk

lunch
organic baby green salad w/ tomato, black olive, red pepper, crushed roasted tomato and olive oil triscuits, organic spicy baked garbanzo beans and homemade vinagerette; 1/2 grapefruit

dinner
organic curried spinach and tofu w/ mushrooms; brown rice

snack
24-ounce miller light; a couple vodka shots

would be grateful if anyone would like to critique my menu! :) (minus the alcohol because i don't drink daily, obviously/thankfully.)

Original Post by lalabanana:

Santana, I really think you need to reassess. Alcohol should NOT equal your dinner. A tin of black beans, not your lunch. How about alternating your drinks with water, having diet mixers, and just... drinking less? Alcohol shouldn't be necessary to have fun or add to a party and you need calories from food more than booze. Eat dinner. Even if it means eating more, eat a dinner. And I KNOW you are a tall girl so you need to be eating a lot more than 1600 calories! PLEASE, stop doing this to yourself.

 I understand your concern over the fact that TODAYS menu isnt healthy/balanced, but not over the amount of calories I consume. I am tall yes, 5'8". But I do not exercise AT ALL. I wake up, sit at my desk all day (8-9 hours) and go home and sit on the compuer. So I dont think I need any more than 1600 calories in order to lose weight. Please remember I am on a weight-loss plan. How much do you expect me to eat if I want to lose weight??

...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.

 

Straight from the first post in this thread.