Meal Plan Menu advice

jenniator

Hey everyone! Here is a menu plan of what I've been eating from yesterday and for today. I would love to hear opinions from other people on if it's good or if I should add something else. I am really happy with my meals and they keep me full. The twizzlers are only a recent addition and not my permanent snack. I only have a few a day since my Aunt gave them to me when I was in America. But my normal snack is typically 2 squares of dark chocolate. I don't have soup every day, but I've been the last few days since I've been wanting something warm with the cold weather. Normally instead of soup I eat a turkey sandwich or another bowl of oatmeal. Dinners are always the same: Meat, Starch, and veggies. I should also mention that I exercise 5 days a week and drink 2 liters of water a day. I try to stay around 1400 calories.


Yesterday:

Breakfast:
40 grams of Honey bunches of oats with almonds: 163 cal
140 grams of milk: 68
Total Cal: 231

Snack:
4 twizzlers: 173 cal

Lunch:
Pumpkin soup (570 ml): 230 cal

Snack before dinner:
Chocolate Peanut Butter Brinta with cocoa powder:
30 grams of Brinta: 112.5 cal
5 grams of Chocolate Powder: 19.5 cal
4 grams of brown sugar: 15.8 cal
Half Milk 100 grams: 48 cal
Peanut Butter 12 grams: 79.68 cal
Total: 275.48 cal

Dinner:
165 grams of pre marinated curry chicken:
200 grams of carrot/pea mix: 84 cal
55 grams of white rice: 192.5 cal
Total: 523 cal

Total for yesterday: 1432.4 calories

Today:

Breakfast:
40 grams of Honey bunches of oats with almonds: 163 cal
140 grams of milk: 68
Total Cal: 231

Snack:
3 twizzlers: 130 calories

Lunch:
200 grams of plain yoghurt: 112 cal
130 grams fruit (Grapes and berry mix): 99 cal
12 grams of Chocolate protein powder: 44 cal
Total: 255 cal

Snack before dinner:
Chicken soup 800 ml: 216 calories

Dinner:
50 grams of noodles: 175 cal
100 grams of Italian veggie mix: 31 cal
165 grams of ground beef: 363 cal
Packaged seasoning of Beef Shanghai: 55 cal
Total: 624 cal

Total for the day: 1456 cal

ilex70

If you are happy and staying inside your calorie goal then it's all good.

Just for me, the cereal would be a problem because simple carbs for breakfast make me more hungry. So I would prefer protein there. But if it works for you keep it.

strong_curves

Good in what sense? If you're eating foods you like and are staying within your calorie goal it's all good. My only advice would be eat foods you like, don't demonize foods, don't believe there's some "super food" that will make you lose weight better or faster, be consistent, use a food scale for portion control. Good luck!

kshama2001

If that keeps you full, great. I personally need a lot more protein than what that looks to contain. I'd be hungry in an hour after those breakfasts and lunches. I'm all about soup this time of year too, but mine have more protein.

I checked your diary and see you haven't been logging on MFP recently - are you logging elsewhere? What's the macro breakdown for this? (% of carbs, fat, protein.)

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10319982/why-macros-matter/p1

_lyndseybrooke_

So where's the protein?

As the others said, if you're happy with it, keep doing it. If you're within your goals, you'll see results.

I can't imagine eating these meals and not being hungry immediately afterward. I don't shy away from carbs at breakfast by any means (oatmeal is love, oatmeal is life), but cereal with milk would just be a tease. I also don't consider soup a meal, but that might be just me.

jeepinshawn

I can only echo what others have said, if it works for you that's great. The lack of protein would leave me hungry. I do a bowl of oat meal and 3 eggs for breakfast, 4oz of meat on a sandwich for lunch, and try to get at least 6 to 12oz of protein at dinner.

jenniator

Thanks for the advice everyone I thought my protein was good since my greek yogurt has good protein and I add protein powder to it. My chicken soup had 24 grams of protein in it. On the days I eat oatmeal, oatmeal has decent protein and I add peanut butter in as well which has good protein/fats. I also eat 150-165 grams of protein every night at dinner. I do agree that the cereal I have for breakfast isn't very filling. I've been craving cereal for a long time now, so I decided to incorporate it into my diet for a while. Before I tried eating scrambled eggs with spinach, turkey lunch meat, and veggies, but unfortunately it didn't fill me up at all. I do weigh everything with a food scale. I also keep track of how many calories and grams are in each item. The only thing I've neglected are my macros. I haven't taken the time to figure every macro out.

BABetter1

I love cereal, but it doesn't love me. I would crash after a breakfast like that. I have to have protein. I like to have egg whites with my breakfast carbs because I can have a lot of them for low calories and lots of protein. But that's just MY preference. If you can eat like that with no troubles and enjoy it, go for it. Not me.