What does an average day of meals look like for you?

kellyflaca

So I'm curious to see how other people eat on a daily basis. What does an average day look like for you?

Chef_Barbell

Little to no breakfast and lunch.
Huge dinner.
Sometimes a snack or a drink.

DiannaOnMaui

Breakfast: Poi bowl with bananas, blueberries and mango (if I have it) OR oatmeal OR green smoothie
Lunch: Usually salad - today's: quinoa, kale, chickpeas, cucumber, tomatoes, avo, popcorn tofu, garlic cashew dressing
Dinner: Veg soup and salad OR some kind of "bowl" (variations of beans, rice, quinoa, squash, veg, salsa or sauce of some kind)
Snacks:usually an apple or some other fresh fruit

sosteach

Breakfast 3 eggs or 2 eggs and 1 turkey sausage patty
Lunch; A Huge salad with 4 ounces of chicken and lots of veggies. Either sour cream and salsa or blue cheese dressing.
Dinner 4 ounces of meat and lots of veggies.
Snacks: fruit or popcorn

NoLimitFemme

I just posted this in another thread. It's the difference between what my husband and I eat. His focus is building muscle mass and mine is fat loss and gaining lean muscle. So basically he's a gainer and I'm in a deficit.

Breakfast
Me: 1 cup coffee with sugar free sweetener, 2 slices wheat toast with butter, half slice of ham, and small serving of mixed fruit
DH: Large serving of grits with butter, 4 whole eggs scrambled, 4 slices of sausage

Lunch
Me: Fresh deli sliced turkey, cheese, and mustard on high fiber wheat bread and a chocolate rice cake.
DH: Footlong sub from Subway ... The subway club with american cheese, lettuce, tomatoe, pickles, banana peppers, and vinegar and oil.

Dinner
Me: Food prep dish ... shredded chicken or lean ground turkey, black beans, sweet corn, and a sprinkle of shredded cheese.
DH: Baked pork loin with gravy, rice, and green beans.

Snacks
Me: Yogurt, Fresh fruit, or popcorn
DH: Fresh fruit, fruit smootie, nachos, cakes, cookies.

kellyflaca

Loving it! I'm getting some good ideas from this! Thanks

Luna3386

Today:
Coffee with Splenda and half and half.
1 egg, bran cereal with milk. (Everyday)

Premier protein shake after workout.

Grilled chicken sandwich with light miracle whip and my aminos.

Taco with fiber wrap.

Cottage cheese blended with powdered peanut butter and some chocolate chips on top.

Yesterday:
My usual breakfast.
Premier protein shake.

String cheese with chicken and an apple.

A chicken slow cooker concoction with caulk rice.

Popcorn with butter.

allyphoe

Breakfast: homemade multigrain waffle with almond butter and whatever fresh fruit is around. Decaf coffee sometimes. Usually around 450 calories.
Lunch: an avocado with TrueLime garlic cilantro sprinkle and some sugar snap peas. Usually with some legume-based entree (black beans, lentil soup, falafel) or a plain full fat Greek yogurt with frozen triple berry blend and flax (sometimes with cooked steel-cut oats added) or some extra veggies or hard-boiled eggs. Sometimes some meat / fish / poultry. Usually around 550 calories; I try to be at 1,000-1,100 after lunch.
Dinner: a romaine heart dressed with diced tomato / fresh mozzarella / pesto / balsamic vinegar (150-400 calories, depending on whether this is the entree or just vegetable). Similar protein options as lunch, but there's more likely to be an animal protein at dinner; sometimes I just put extra cheese on my salad. Depends on how many calories I still need.
Snacks: a handful of almonds, or a Costco nut bar, or a slice of homemade flax bread with a stick of cheddar cheese, or fresh fruit. I might have 2-4 snacks a day, of ~200 calories each.

I usually eat 1,800-2,200 calories a day, depending on mood and exercise.

Purplebunnysarah

Tried30UserNames

Pre-workout: tea with honey and collagen

Breakfast: eggs, toast, butter, vegetables (usually mushrooms, onions and spinach or peppers), coffee with half and half. Sometimes cheese or cottage cheese in the eggs.

Lunch: some sort of meat/veg/starch -today was broccoli and seafood chowder; tomorrow is salmon with tomatoes, okra and cauliflower

Dinner: some sort of meat/veg/starch - today was chicken broccoli casserole with carrots and tomorrow is chicken with a mushroom cream sauce with wild rice and green beans

Snacks: whole milk matcha latte today. Maybe some dark chocolate tonight. Often cottage cheese or Greek yogurt or some kind of meat such as turkey slices or sardines if I'm short on protein. Fruit or sweet potato if I need carbs. Konjac noodles with vegetables and sauce in some form if I have few calories and am hungry.

azealeawhite

Breakfast: 1egg a piece of toast fruit and green tea.

Lunch: 2 wheat lite bread with tuna on top and something like celery and carrots or apple.

Dinner: just anything but if it's not healthy portion that with a salad on side.

Snacks: fruit, veggies, hard boiled eggs or crackers

slaite1

My days aren't nearly as impressive but:

Breakfast: Banana and coffee pre workout and whole wheat tortilla with some cheese post workout (occasionally a protein smoothie instead).

Lunch: Huge salad
Snack: Protein bar and fruit or nothing

Dinner: Random pre-made junk or pasta or gardein/boca item and usually an entire bag of frozen veggies

Night: Ice cream and chips or crackers or popcorn and some kind of candy. Sometimes fruit

I eat pretty light during the day and consume about 2/3 of my calories after lunch, I like to munch at night. I force down salad and fruit and most of my other food is easy pre-made style foods. This is a TYPICAL day. Yesterday I literally had pizza 3 separate times during the day. I'm a little jealous of the other people on this thread.

heatherj0y

I find carbs (both simple and complex) make me want to eat and eat and not stop.

so my best days are very low carb. like breakfast: of a poached egg on a bed of spinach with a tomato

Lunch: I tip frozen McCain's winter veg into a container with some salt and pepper and heat it at work

Dinner: More of those winter veges with a low calorie protein (chicken, fish or egg)

cityruss

Chef_Barbell wrote: »

Little to no breakfast and lunch.
Huge dinner.
Sometimes a snack or a drink.

Same as this. I'm never really that hungry until evening time.

vivelajackie

Work week:
Breakfast is an oatmeal bake we make. Oats, dark chocolate, and peanut butter (420 cals).

Lunch used to be wraps. Now we ditched the tortilla and do a spinach salad with chicken, egg, Romano cheese, tomato. Side of either carrots or strawberries and a banana (400-500 cals)

Dinner is basically a bean bowl with black beans (or chickpeas), chicken, broccoli, and rice. (400-650ish depending on bean weight and if I make a batch of rice to mix in.)

On weekends we tend to just skip breakfast, make a big pot of coffee, and bank our calories for more exciting dinner options. We have a really good Mexican beans, rice, and chicken thighs. Lots of spices, cilantro, and lime. It makes 4 portions but we destroy the whole thing, within calories. I find I don't get hungry on days off until 2pm so it's a good schedule.

sofchak

Good topic - I am gluten free so I've learned to find interesting substitutions. Here's my diary for today:

Breakfast: cauliflower porridge with apples and cinnamon, 2 pieces of turkey sausage, scrambled eggs with feta, spinach and tomato, topped off with a cuppa English Breakfast tea with cashew milk and maple syrup

Lunch: huge salad with chopped ham, feta, apple, tomato, cucumber and a fruity vinagriette. A couple pieces of chocolate, plain cottage cheese, a few sweet gherkin pickles, 1/4 cup of sauerkraut (good for my gut), and a hard boiled egg with yellow mustard

Dinner: lean ground turkey on a homemade flax seed bun, some bean chips, and a big salad with olives, peppers, cucumber and tomato

Post workout: I always have a few homemade mini protein cups - basically pb2 and protein powder mixed with cashew milk and frozen in mini muffin tins

Potential snacks if needed: trail mix, fruit (frozen grapes are my go to right now), mozz cheese sticks, turkey jerky

Edit: adds up to between 1600-2000 calories a day - dependent on my activity level, boredom level and hunger level.

GoldenEye_

Awesome topic. Really nice to have a little bit of comparison.

Breakfast:
Flax seed cookie (35 gr of flax seed is the main ingredient) a teaspoon chia seeds, teaspoon hemp seeds and a couple of broken nuts and small dried fig chunks

Lunch:
Protein smoothie. I use garden of life vegan protein powder, soy yoghurt, spinach and half a banana

Dinner:
200gr Vegetables, some beans, feta cheese and 200 grams of chicken breast or a piece of salmon or shrimps with a lot of spices.

Snack: I usually have an apple some time during the day

midlomel1971

Breakfast: original Cheerios, skim milk with a banana cut up in the cereal
Mid-morning snack: hardboiled egg
Lunch: lean deli meat or chicken, low-fat cheese on a sandwich thin w/ spinach, tomato and a bit of spicy mustard; reduced fat cheez-its and an apple
Afternoon snack - carrots and hummus
Dinner: whatever protein my family is eating, or maybe a fast-food hamburger, but always balanced with a big salad that takes up half my plate. I always make a carb for them like potatoes, but I only have a few bites.

Sometimes I'll have a Pure Protein or Quest bar if I'm working out heavily that day.

Total about 1500 calories.

junodog1

I truly have no average day. Depends on what's on sale, how much time I have and what I feel like eating. Diary is open if you want to look. Last weekend was not typical; too much booze, not enough food.

__TMac__

1st breakfast (before workout): Whole milk yogurt, banana, ground flax or sliced almonds, coffee.

2nd Breakfast: 1 or 2 fried eggs on whole wheat toast, occasionally salsa. Or a homemade Egg McMuffin. More coffee.

Late lunch: Wasa crackers, cheddar, turkey, random fruits, carrots and/or broccoli, hummus.

Dinner: Various things. Last night, a taco salad. Tonight, baked chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes. Tomorrow: Chinese pork & cabbage over brown rice.

Evening: Snacks like dried fruit and/or nuts, cheese, dark chocolate.

rainbow198

During the week usually:

A mid-morning big breakfast. Mid-sized lunch. Big dinner.

No snacking or mini-meals in between meals. What I eat varies greatly, but I like to plan out my meals in advance. It keeps me on track.

The weekend varies depending on what I have going on.

Need2Exerc1se

Tea and water only until about 2 p.m.
Lunch around 2:00: usually leftovers, 250 - 350 calories.
Dinner around 8:30: we eat a great variety of meals/foods. During warm weather we cook outside most days - usually some type of grilled seafood/fish/meat and vegetables, often coupled with some type of salad. During the colder months we eat a lot of stews, chilis, soups, pasta, casseroles, etc.
Dessert: Usually something made with fruit and nuts, or nothing.

Emily3907

Small breakfast (200-300 cals), medium lunch (400-500 cals), medium dinner (500-600 cals) and dessert (200-300 cals). I try to stay around 1600 calories a day.

Here is today's plan:

Breakfast - 2 eggs, 2 pieces bacon and a frozen Pillsbury biscuit (this is more than I usually have, usually it is just a protein bar, Kodiak pancake or muffin cup, oatmeal packet or sometimes nothing)

Lunch - 7 slices hard salami, 5 Kraft Sharp Cheddar Cracker cuts, baby carrots and 1 oz. bag of Lay's Sour Cream and Onion chips

Pre-workout - 2 scoops ON Amino Energy mixed with water

Dinner - Turkey Sandwich with Fresh Thyme's Bakers White Bread, 3 oz. turkey, 1 Kraft Big Slice Cheddar, 2 pieces bacon, lettuce and tomato with 1 oz Bag of Lay's BBQ Chips

Dessert - 1 pack Dole Strawberry Dippers and 3 Jolly Ranchers

annacole94

My diary is open. Typical day:
Breakfast: overnight oats and coffee, around 250-300 calories.
Morning snack: around 100 calories, say a banana or apple
Lunch: leftovers or soup or salad, around 300-400 calories
Afternoon: coffee with milk, sometimes another small snack
Dinner: I cook something. Last night was lemon chicken. Tonight is blackened salmon with roast veggies. Around 500 calories.
After dinner/bedtime: If I have calories left, another snack. Perhaps a glass of wine, air popped popcorn, small serving of ice cream.

If you do peruse my diary, last weekend was a long weekend with social events. Mostly within my calories, but some oddball choices. When at a hot dog roast, I eat the hot dogs. I was netting 1500 calories, but have tightened it up to 1270 (sigh) to try to knock off the last couple pounds and hit my goal by my target date of June 1.

lucys1225

This is my typical day. The only things that really change from day to day are my dinners and vegetables.

4:00 a.m. - Breakfast - Roasted vegetables and egg casserole topped with salsa chicken, salsa and kimchi.
8:00 a.m. - post workout - "Mexican" cauliflower rice topped with chicken
12:00 p.m. - Lunch - Vegetable and chicken "Mexican" soup
6:00 p.m. - Dinner tonight - Carnitas over vegetables topped with salsa verde and pickled onion.
7:30 p.m. - Snack - Sugar free cheesecake cup

tdmarion40

Breakfast: Either a premier protein shake or this am I made a homemade Egg McMuffin

Lunch: Deli meat/cheeese on whole wheat bread or double fiber bread with small fruit and veggies
Today I had a turkey wrap on low carb wrap from a local deli

Supper: Some sort of meat usually grilled with veggies.

Snacks: Maybe once a day usually 100 calorie nut packs or fruit

TheJourneyToFabulous

Breakfast depends on if at work or not, cereal, omelette, fruit

Lunch: salad with some chickn or tuna, soup, wraps

Dinner: some sort of meat usually chicken, potatoes, veg, rice

T0M_K

if you want a friend, you can add me and look at my diary. its open to friends

ts218

Breakfast: Protein shake w/ half a banana and almond milk + coffee
Snack: Greek yogurt with splenda or some kind of bar around 150 calories
Lunch: Salad with a protein (chicken, egg, avocado) or soup or baked potato with vegetables
Snack: Apple or protein bar
Dinner: Meat and vegetables.
*This is the ideal day of course.

SDR1970

Breakfast: 50g Egg White + One Egg Omelet with grilled vegetables and 15g cheese / Potato Scone or Muffin, Coffee, 100ml fruit juice with mineral water.

Lunch: Four Tacos - meat, grilled vegetables or beans and a half avocado

Dinner: All I can eat mixed salad with 150g fowl, lean pork or seafood, three tablespoons dressing, yoghurt

Snacks: Choice from 30g Almonds / Paleta de limon or tamarindo / Crackers and cottage cheese / Three candies / Piece of fruit

sardelsa

Breakfast: 2 slices of toast with PB&J, coffee with milk
Snack: Fibre 1 bar and candy (preworkout)
Lunch: Salad/zoodles with chicken breast, salmon salad or kale and cheese omelette + some fruit
Snack: Protein bar or protein mug cake
Dinner: Chicken/fish/beef , veggies or soup, rice/potatoes/pasta, sometimes a salad
Dessert: Greek Yogurt w/ protein with crushed thin cookies or bowl of cottage cheese

This is my weeknight eating on a cut right now (2000-2500 cals) so it looks a little more sad than normal (ie no nightly Ben & Jerry's ) so I can indulge more on weekends.