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YCCer's: What did YOU eat today? [11th to 18th of Feb 09]

Welcome to the YCCers: What did YOU eat today thread for the week starting the 11th of Feb, to the 18th 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 thread involving need for constant post deletion thanks to undereaters, and it generally being outdated, we've decided to start a new WDYET?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!

Breakfast: Porridge (half light soy/half water) w/ almonds, cinnamon and raisins

Snack: 2 oatcakes, pear

Lunch: Mixed bean and vegetable soup,  whole wheat pitta

Snack: 2 oatcakes, apple

Dinner: Pasta pesto w/ pine nuts, raw carrot, spinach

Snack: Oats and Honey granola bar

ohai. It's been awhile.

• B-fast [ Apple Cider Oatmeal ]
• Snack [ Protein Shake & HUGE orange ]
• Lunch [ 2 Large Eggs & Toast ]
• Snack [ Peanut Butter, Slice of bread, Baby carrots, and folded cheese sammich ]
• Dinrar [ Lentils, Mixed Veggies & Sweet Peas ]
• Snack [ Hot Coco, Shredded Wheat Biscuits and A couple celery sticks ] 

Whelps guys, I'm noticing I got an iron deficit again, and I was wondering if anyone has some yummeh "high iron" recipes with not-hard-to-find ingrediants? :0

Actual day of eats:

Breakfast: Oatmeal, 1/2 ounce almonds, small banana (my FAVORITE breakfast ever - I eat it everyday but I seriously look forward to it so much, is this bad?)

Lunch: 1/4 cup tabouli, 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, 1/4 cup bell peppers, and a grilled chicken breast with a side of 1/2 cup 2% cottage cheese

Snack: 1/2 cup cottage cheese and an apple

Dinner: Grilled chicken breast on a romaine salad with chopped mangoes and red wine vinaigrette

Desert: Ugh, this is where i went wrong - 1 piece of sweet potato pie and a 6 oz cup of frozen yogurt. Bad me :(

I still came in at 1650 calories but I hate that I wasted 500 of it on desert!

Plan for tomorrow: 

Breakfast: Oatmeal, 1/2 ounce almonds, small banana

Lunch: Chicken breast, 1/2 cup cottage cheese, medium apple

Snack: 1 cup dry kashi golean crunch

Dinner: I'm doing relay for life tomorrow (relayforlife.com) which is an all night event where we're walking and there's lots of contests and events and it should be a lot of fun. It's 6 pm - 6 am so during this time I'm going to have two slices of pizza. How much should I up my cals to allow for this all night event thing?

kaybug- found this on the internet:

"Dried beans and dark green leafy vegetables are especially good sources of iron, even better on a per calorie basis than meat. Iron absorption is increased markedly by eating foods containing vitamin C along with foods containing iron."

hope that helps

today:

breakfast: "orange cream oats" (oats, orange juice, almond milk, raisins, cinnamon, vanilla extract); some plain grilled tofu w/ organic ketchup; orange juice

lunch: wrap (ww tortilla, cream cheese, peanut butter, sliced apple); large apple; carrots

dinner: veggie pizza (1 large slice); roasted butternut squash & carrots w/ olive oil; apple

Original Post by lafoutloud01:

Dinner: I'm doing relay for life tomorrow (relayforlife.com) which is an all night event where we're walking and there's lots of contests and events and it should be a lot of fun. It's 6 pm - 6 am so during this time I'm going to have two slices of pizza. How much should I up my cals to allow for this all night event thing?

 My advice would be to eat lots of nutrient, energy packed foods for the day, which you seem to be doing. And maybe bring a snack to relay for life for if you get hungry. Shouldn't be too big of a deal, tell us how it is! I've always wanted to go to one of these.

today's eats were... interesting. and not at all healthy. oh well, it's nice to have the occasional unhealthy day and not get to caught up in being healthy 24/7. 

breakfast: crispix with 2% milk and sliced strawberries. coffee with milk.

lunch: 3 heart-shaped chicken nuggets (my favorite school lunch ever). 1 kiwi. 1 apple & raisin bar. 1 cup of skim milk.

snack: lots of plain apple jacks. 3 caramel creme candies.

dinner: leftover chicken fajitas (this time with the tortilla).

snack: small mango smoothie. 2 brown sugar cinnamon poptarts. 

Original Post by imperial3164:

today's eats were... interesting. and not at all healthy. oh well, it's nice to have the occasional unhealthy day and not get to caught up in being healthy 24/7. 

 

breakfast: crispix with 2% milk and sliced strawberries. coffee with milk.

lunch: 3 heart-shaped chicken nuggets (my favorite school lunch ever). 1 kiwi. 1 apple & raisin bar. 1 cup of skim milk.

snack: lots of plain apple jacks. 3 caramel creme candies.

dinner: leftover chicken fajitas (this time with the tortilla).

snack: small mango smoothie. 2 brown sugar cinnamon poptarts. 

 Your day sounds yummy. lol

Todays menu: (Hopefully it goes the way I planned, but fridays are always a little off in planning because I never really know what my friends have planned for me)

Breakfast: soy milk latte, fat free blue berry yogurt, 1/4 c dry oats

Snack: chamomile tea

Lunch: 6" veggie delite on wheat bread with cheese (lettuce, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, cucumbers, olives, jalenpenos, banana peppers, mustard, hotsauce, black pepper)

Snack: Today my office is having LOADS of cakes, cookies, pies etc for valentines so I may take a small piece of cheese cake or pie or something but nothing exceeding 300 cals (guesstimating)

Dinner: maybe 1/2 c. brown rice and some steamed veggies...just a little something to prep me for the alcohol

After dinner: shot of vodka or tequila, maybe 2 light beers

B: oatmeal with raisins, walnuts, ground flax, cinnamon, and skim milk

L: almond butter, banana, and honey wrap; yogurt with ground flax; 2 apples

S: kashi cherry dark chocolate bar

D: chickpeas with kashi pilaf, eggplant, and avocado

S: fage 0% with raisins, dried figs, and honey

Kaybug: I'm anemic. Thus:
Make sure all your iron rich meals are consumed ideally with a good source of Vit C to aid absorption and don't drink black tea at the same time you take in iron. Tannins in tea prevent absorption!

Veggie shepherd's pie with sweet potato mash recipe - lentils are one of the best sources of iron and are very cheap. The tomatoes in the mix give vitamin C and you can tweak the butter and cheese amounts/types (you can also do without the wine and the butter if you want).
Three bean, tomato & spinach stew - spinach was Popeye's favourite food. And look at Popeye. :[ He's so buff he puts Melkor to shame. Most beans are also a very good source of iron, including chickpeas: Pumpkin curry with chickpeas
Soya products are often iron-rich, particularly the soybeans, and tofu. The less processed the better. Miso flavoured broth with marinated tofu

Just a few ideas!

OH. And, UDSA: Sources of Iron

first post here....

Breakfast: kellogs all bran extra fiber cereal with yogurt and an orange

snack: apple and a handful of baby carrot

Lunch 1: gouda cheese sandwich

Lunch 2: peanut butter sandwich

snack: apple, handful of cherry tomatoe

Dinner: chicken and oatmeal with mushroom

snack: banana

Today was not amazing food wise, but it was the first time I've seen my sister in over half a year and we had a belated celebration for her birthday which was last year, so I don't really care I'm over maintenance - its not like it was a binge or emotional eating

Breakfast: Porridge w/grated fresh ginger and one grated square of Green and Blacks dark 85% chocolate

Snack: Pear, OJ

Lunch: Mixed bean and buckwheat salad w/ mint, tomato and peppers, 2 satsumas

Kind of afternoon tea at a teashop(w/my sister): Lemon and ginger tea, flapjack

Dinner: Lentil stew (lentils, tomatoes, brown rice, onions, ton of other veggies), mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli and carrots

Dessert: Sticky toffee pudding (nom nom nom)

Breakfast: scrambled eggs with a garden veggie patty, steamed spinach, yogurt with wheat germ, coffee

Lunch: hummus and veggies (cucumber, spinach, bell peppers, grated carrot) on sprouted multi-grain bread, an apple, skim milk

Snack: an ounce of almonds mixed with a handful of dried, unsweetened cranberries

Dinner: whole wheat pasta topped with a piece of all natural breaded chicken, tomato sauce and parmesan cheese, and broccoli

Blush_chiffon: Hope you had a nice time with her. :] And yes, eating more than maintainance is fine in situations like that

And even if they do come as binges (this being to anyone, now) it's still okay, one slip isn't the end of the world.

Yesterday:

B: Mushroom, spinach and soy cheese three egg ommelette. Extra grilled tomatoes and portabello mushrooms, two slices of toast with dairy free butter. Glass of soya milk.

S: Empty 500ml yoghurt pot filled halfway with hummus, eaten with crudites and breadsticks.

L: Yesterday's dinner, at lunch: salmon steak, garlic baby potatoes and steamer bag petite pois dairy-free butter on them.

S: Dropped into work, picked up my pay, got a large extra thick dairy-free shake with weetabix and peanut butter.

D: Four slices of bread thick with lemon curd, choc chip peanut butter and a large banana on the side. Glass of soya milk.

S: Baked beans on a large (I mean large; we measured it because it was so mammoth: 437g! I should have taken a picture) jacket potato.

fayxo- i do that a lot of the time too. it's because i go to sleep so late. i think trying to go to bed earlier would probably help.

kaybug- i was anemic for a while as well. they gave me iron pills for it. 65 mg ferrous sulf tablets. it's a great way to get your iron up fairly fast. also for some reason they didn't make me nauseous at all although my multi-vitamin, which has less than a 1/3 of that iron, does...kinda curious.

sk33ny- welcome. :)

so i've been gone for a few days because i got off track. but now i'm back on track again. :) :)

breakfast
organic free range eggie toast w/ whole wheat bread; blueberry soy yogurt w/ chocolate granola; black coffee

lunch
boca spicy chicken patty on whole wheat bread w/ tomato, cucumber, mushroom, onion, horse radish, veganaise and spicy mustard; handful almonds; light low sodium vegetable soup

dinner
baked potato w/ better than sour cream, sea salt and LOTS of fresh garlic and ground black pepper; wild alaskan salmon; organic spinach; steamed cauliflower

snack
couple killians

i bought a few cans of progresso light low sodium vegetable soup the other day. it's very good!!! i went back and bought 4 more cans. haha. it was on sale for .80 a can though so i felt i had to.

anyway, i highly recommend it for any of the people here trying to lose weight. a huge bowl of it is about 80-100 calories and REALLY filling. :)

!!! Please don't take iron supplements without talking to a doctor about doing it first! A multivitamin with iron, maybe, but not supplements. They can constipate you something awful!

Original Post by lalabanana:

!!! Please don't take iron supplements without talking to a doctor about doing it first! A multivitamin with iron, maybe, but not supplements. They can constipate you something awful!

sorry, i didn't mean to recommend taking such a high dose without a doctor's consent. i guess i figured she what deficient and probably saw a doctor.

definitely DON'T take something like that with a doctor's recommendation.

oooh lala, those are some great recipes. :0 Imma' try to get my mom to get the ingrediants for the three bean stew one. mmmm.

I was actually taking a kids multi-vitamin with iron and two iron supplement when I was anemic. Never really had any nauseous feelings with it. o.o Multivitamin horse pills are what get me everytime. YUCK! Deffo not taking any vitamins these days since I can't go the doctor anytime soon, hence the need for some yum recipes that have the nutrients I need to maintain a good iron level before I get extremely anemic again. Safer, and no risks of getting too much of anything and upsetting any body function. :D

Onto the menuuu~;

• B-fast [ Bread-o-rama (just a bunch of bread slices), Egg Sammich & Orange ]
• Snack [ More Bread & Shredded Wheat Biscuits ]
• Snack [ Snickers bar (to hold me over 'till dinrar since we were at an arcade..)]
• Dinrar [ Morning Star Chik Patty on two slices of WW bread with mustard and an apple ]
• Dessert [  4 Cookies my brother bought & Hot Coco ]

Mmm. I think I might just need more veggies in general. Jimminies crispies my menu isn't very "healthy", lol. @___@ On a random note: EGAD! Those Morning Star Chik Patties are better then any real chicken patty I have EVER eaten. I microwaved that sucker and it came out a little on the crunchy side, where as most chicken patties would be soggy and gross. o3o nomnomnom.

1st ever post :)!

Breakfast - Huge granny smith apple, porridge, 3 oatcakes, coffee with skim milk

Snack - Yoghurt coated eat natural bar

Lunch - Sushi selection pack

Snack - 3 oatcakes, muller light yoghurt, coffee with milk

Dinner - Glass of semi-skim milk, tuna steak, salad, asparagus, another granny smith apple

Snack - Fage greek yoghurt, 2 tbsp honey, blueberries