A Typical Day in your Diet

kimf79

Hi All,

Would any of you mind posting what a typical day in your diet looks like if you are eating in the range of 1200-1500 calories per day? I'm trying to get some meal ideas, and breakdown of what a day looks like for people, i.e., breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks. I would appreciate any help!

Thanks!!

ForeverSunshine09

Breakfast: 1 egg, 2 pcs of toast, 1-2 sausage patties
Lunch: Either a burrito bowl of some kind, grilled chicken and some kind of veggie, Tortilla pizza
Dinner: I have over 30 recipes for dinner so it changes all the time
Snack: grapes, apples, Ice cream sandwiches. My cals are between 1200-1370.

Alatariel75

Today:

Breakfast: Creamy Honey Oatmeal (136)

Lunch: Homemade turkey, red lentil and veg curry (298)

Dinner: Oven baked southern "fried" chicken (350) with mashed potato (110), cauliflower, broccoli and beans (100ish)

Snacks: Cup of tea with milk and sugar (49), a Tom Yum instant soup (98) and a Snickers ice cream bar (180). Brings me in at about 1290 for the day

whmscll

Today:

Breakfast: protein pancakes (303) and 1 cup of nonfat milk (86) in my 3 cups of morning coffee

Lunch: large spinach salad with red bell pepper, a Dr. Praeger burger veggie burger (cooked), 15 grams of slivered almonds and 2 Tbsp. of Trader Joe's light champagne vinaigrette dressing, together with a large peach (368 calories)

Snacks: Quest bar (170), piece of plain pita bread (130)

Dinner: homemade chicken fajitas with low-carb/low calorie tortillas and steamed fresh green beans (417)

I also burned about 375 calories working out

ibnfaqir

Post workout: Protein shake
Brunch: 5 eggs/tuna with spinach/EVOO
Dinner: cooked chicken or 4 eggs/tuna with spinach/EVOO
Snacks: Almonds/Protein shake

Refeed Day: eat whatever.

MysticRealm

Breakfast: None
Lunch: Broccoli Soup
Supper: Some sort of chicken or pork recipe, salad, breadsticks
Evening Snack: Salad, yogurt with frozen raspberries, chocolate (yes, all 3 in one evening)

Lunch and my protein for supper get switched around to different things. The rest generally stays fairly consistent.
Cals between 1450-1500
(I actually average 1700 cals a day. but I eat less during the week so I can eat more on the weekend and still be under my weekly cals)

BWBTrish

Yuban - Coffee, 18 oz. 6
Bananas - Raw, 110.0 g 98
Cheerios - Cheerios, 23 gram 82
Silk - Almond Milk - Original - Unsweetened, 0.5 cup 15
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Suppl./Zero *kitten* Etc.
Equate - Adults 50+ Complete Multi-vit, 1 tab
Nature's Bounty - High Potency D3-1000iu, 1 softgel
Nature's Bounty - Fish Oil -omega 3 - 1000mg, 1 softgels 10
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Lunch
Beans - Pinto, cooked, boiled, without salt, 15 g 21
Kroger - Frozen All Natural Baby Lima Beans, 0.13 Cup 28
Kroger - Olive Oil Cooking Spray, 1 1/4 sec spray 0
kroger - wild caught pink salmon , 4 3/10 onces 151
Tomatoes - Roma, 86 g(s) 18
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Afternoon Snack
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None today sometimes a smoothie

Dinner
Kroger - Olive Oil Cooking Spray, 1 1/4 sec spray 0
Heritage Farms - Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, 6.1 oz (112g) 168
Prime Time Produce - Sweet Mini Peppers, 103 gram 30
Per Usda - Cabbage, Green Raw, 167 g 42
Onions - White, Raw, 103 g 41
Kroger - Olive Oil Cooking Spray, 1 1/4 sec spray 0
Spices - Black Pepper (Ground), 1 g 3
Spices - Curry powder, 1 g(s) 3
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Evening Snack
Winona Pure - Natural Butter Flavor Canola Oil, 1/5 second spray 0
Generic - Great Value Whole Natural Almonds, 1/2 cup (28 almonds) 320
Orville Redenbacher's - Original Popcorn, 7.5 tablespoons 300
Jell-o - Black Cherry Sugar Free Jello, 1.25 g (1/4 box) 5
Generic - Cherry, Red - Raw (Usda), 370 grams 185
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Totals 1,526 calories


Thats about it and it was a yummie day!

honkytonks85

Today was a bit unusual cos I am sick but here you go:

Coffee for breakfast.

Lunch today - toasted cheese sandwich

Dinner today - chicken with stir fry vegetables and steamed rice

Snacks - one mandarin, 30g rice crackers, a bulla strawberry frozen yoghurt stick

oh_happy_day

Today was:
Breakfast - coffee (no sugar) and overnight oats (40g rolled oats, 80 ml milk, water, LSA mix, cinnamon and chia seeds)
Lunch - eggwhite, fetta and green vegetable frittata
Dinner - chicken and vegetable chilli with steamed vegies as a side
Snacks - protein shake, 100g cottage cheese, apple, green tea, green smoothie.

About 1300 calories but the day's isn't over and I've already burned 360 calories with another gym session still to go. A post-dinner smoothie or protein ball may be in my future.

I eat the same meals quite a bit, partly because I cook in bulk for a few days at a time. It's usually heavy on the vegetables (slow cooked meals, soups, stir fries) with some lean protein, salads with quinoa and tuna etc. My snacks are usually protein + carb. Cottage cheese, edamame, hardboiled eggs, cherry tomatoes, berries etc.

kimf79

Thank you all so far for posting a day of your diet! This is really helpful and its leading me to think I should probably be preparing some healthy meals in advance I can eat throughout the week, at least for dinner. Breakfast and lunch seem like meals that might b easier to prep on the spot!

Faithful_Chosen

I'm in your calorie range. You can find a huge chunk of my meals here: Counting Cal's Cuisine

oh_happy_day

kimf79 wrote: »

Thank you all so far for posting a day of your diet! This is really helpful and its leading me to think I should probably be preparing some healthy meals in advance I can eat throughout the week, at least for dinner. Breakfast and lunch seem like meals that might b easier to prep on the spot!

Oh definitely! Preparing meals in advance is the only way I manage. I do 2-3 days at a time. I use mason jars to store my overnight oats and green smoothies. I rely heavily on the slow cookers for dinners and I always make lunch the night before. I portion out and weigh all my snacks. I also pre-log my food for the following day.

I'm lazy and will eat what is available, especially at work. If what's available is healthy and portion controlled, I'll happily eat that before going out of my way to find other food.

ExRelaySprinter

Good thread OP.
***Bookmarking, for ideas***

Breakfast: Apple, Nectarine - 130
Lunch: Hot Tuna Pasta (Wholewheat Pasta Twists, Homemade Pasta/Spaghetti Sauce, Kidney Beans, Tuna in Spring Water) - 475
Mid afternoon Snack: Wholewheat Pitta Bread, Mixed Salad, 4 Roast Beef Slices, Vinagrette Dressing, Chilli Sauce - 350
Dinner: BBQ Roast Chicken, Veg, Spicy Rice (Long Grain Rice cooked in Chicken Stock w/Smoked Paprika, Onions & Peppers) - 500ish

Around 1500 cals total (I'm on1700 at the moment, but this is without drinks and an extra snack).

ClutterSmart

Hi All, This is my second go at MFP. After years of being successful on WW but a particularly hard winter that's caused me to gain much of my weight back I'm in need of a change and trying out MFP again.

This post has already been incredibly helpful for ideas on new (and yummy) meals that fit within my calories for the day!!

dizzieblondeuk

Breakfast: porridge, blueberries and milk, small glass of orange juice - 250 cals
Lunch - baked potato, grated cheese and salad, pot of low fat yogurt - 404 cals
Dinner - Steamed salmon, baby new potatoes, carrots and 2tbsp low fat creme fraiche/pesto sauce - 391 cals
Snacks and drinks - satsuma (20), grapes (70), 2 cups of tea with semi-skim milk (60)

1200 cals budgeted for the day, total was 1195. Pretty spot on!

spatulamom

I eat around 1400 - 1490 calories a day. I tend to stick right within that range almost every day.

Breakfast (eaten at 1 or 2 PM for me since I don't eat early in the day): Overnight oatmeal - oatmeal, unsweetened almond milk, maple syrup, chocolate chips, and PB2 (between 450 and 500 calories)
Lunch: Weight Watchers Smart Ones (around 270 calories)
Snack: Chobani Flip Yogurt (if I need it - I usually don't) - 180 - 200 calories
Dinner: Current favorite is 112 grams of cooked ground turkey (I cook it with taco seasoning), 150 grams of grape tomatoes, salsa verde, FF sour cream, and tortillas (1 or 2 depending on my calories left over) - somewhere around 250 - 500 calories
Evening snack: Skinny Cow or WW ice cream bar - 120 - 150 calories

I tend to earn about 100 calories from walking on a regular day (with a foot injury, I haven't been doing that consistently the last week, though). I also do mostly processed foods for lunch because I'm terrible at prep the night before. It hasn't been an issue for me weight-wise.

klmnumbers

I eat between 1300-1500 a day

breakfast - coffee w/half and half & fage 0% greek yogurt w/honey (total of 210 calories); If it's the weekend, then bacon & 2 eggs or cereal which all ends up being about the same amount of calories 210-300

lunch - salad with spinach, feta, turkey, carrots, and full fat ranch dressing (270 calories) or an egg & zucchini frittata (200 cals)

dinner - all kinds of random stuff. Lentil soup, spaghetti, turkey burgers, etc. The past few days has been pulled pork tenderloin with sweet baby ray's BBQ sauce and roasted Brussels sprouts (potato tonight since I killed off the sprouts last night) - about 350-500 calories depending on potato v. sprouts; Dinner servings in general for me are between 350-650 cals depending on what I made.

snack - cheese!, fruits, protein shakes, pb & apples, popcorn

I jog/walk 3 days a week and do light weight training those days. I go on moderate walks on my lunch break every day. So, days with that little bit of exercise, I may add on a snack or get a bigger dinner portion.

amgreenwell

Every day is different b/c I hate eating the same thing all the time, although when I started this journey I ate salmon and edamame every night for dinner for months
Today will be breakfast smoothie: 1/2 cup silk, 1 banana, 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, 1/2 cup frozen strawberries
lunch will be out with a friend but I usually bring a salad or leftovers
dinner is usually a salad with lots of beans, corn, black olives, salsa, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc. Sometimes I have meat (lean pork, chicken, etc)
snacks I usually have nuts, or peanut butter with apple, or chocolate squares with caramel
I run or work out just about every day so working all this into my numbers fits.

jendiaz9732

Breakfast: Oatmeal and banana or blueberries; nutrigrain bar, water.
Lunch: Tuna with avocado, no sodium wheat crackers; apple; spinach side salad, w tom and vinegar dressing.
Dinner: Wheat noodles, veggie pasta, ground turkey, mushrooms; cut carrots;
Snacks: Protein shake; tbsp organic low sodium/fat peanut butter; smart pop corn.

allaboutthefood

My dairy is open, I also post recipes. You can add me if you would like.

MsSquatAlot

Meal 1: (pre workout) Half a bagel and cream cheese
Meal 2: (post workout) Optimum Nutrition (2 scoops), Carb powder (50g), BCAA's (1 scoop) and 4 whole jumbo eggs.
Meal 3: (mid-moring) IsoPure (ready to drink) a greek yogurt (chobani - rolled oats)
Meal 4: (lunch) 6-8oz of fish or chicken breast, 2 cups of green veggies, 1 cup rice
Meal 5: (Dinner) 6-8oz of red meat, 2 cups veggies, cottage cheese
Meal 6: (before bed) Casein protein shake.

summergirl212

Breakfast: Fiber One or Special K Protein Cereal w/ Skim Milk
Lunch: (eaten throughout the day, includes snacks): Turkey on a sandwich thin, apple, light string cheese, fiber one bar, strawberries, rice cakes
Dinner: salad w/ ground turkey
Snack: Greek Yogurt