What We're Eating

siberiantarragon

Breakfast: Lightlife tempeh "bacon," 2 scrambled eggs with red bell pepper and mushrooms, 2 slices toasted Ezekiel low-sodium bread with butter, blackberries, fish oil and vitamin D3 capsules
Lunch: Smoothie (Garden of Life chocolate protein + greens powder, unsweetened soy milk, frozen mixed berries, spinach, cocoa powder)
Dinner: Bean salad (black-eyed peas, avocado, tomato, cucumber, bell pepper, salt, Mrs. Dash original) and Stonefire spicy naan crisps.
Midnight snack: Plain whole-milk yogurt with strawberries and vanilla extract, and a One chocolate chip cookie dough protein bar.
And lots of unsweetened iced tea through the day.
Exercise: walked ~80 minutes
Totals: 2191 calories, 46% carbs, 31% fat, 23% protein

LenGray

Breakfast: Coffee and a peanut butter sandwich
Snack: Apple slices
Lunch: Black bean and lentil soup and smashed avocado-chickpea salad with hummus on toast
Dinner: BBQ tempeh, vegan mashed potatoes and gravy, and some chickpea and rice casserole
Snack: Sliced strawberries

siberiantarragon

Breakfast: Sandwich (Ezekiel bread, tempeh "bacon," cheddar cheese, mustard), sauteed leftover vegetables (mushrooms, tomato, cucumber, black and cayenne pepper), strawberries
Morning Snack: Soozy's double chocolate paleo muffin, iced coffee with soy milk, fish oil and vitamin D3 capsules
Lunch: Red's chicken and cheddar burrito
Afternoon Snack: Quest birthday cake protein bar
Dinner: Two Mission carb balance whole wheat tortillas, huge salad (spinach, tomato, cucumber, green pepper, baby carrots, pickled yellow peppers, olives, Carrington Farms quinoa croutons, Lantana buffalo hummus, nutritional yeast)
Evening Snack: Plain whole-milk yogurt with vanilla extract, cinnamon, and stevia added, and Simple Mills almond flour double chocolate cookies
And lots of unsweetened iced tea throughout the day.
Exercise: walked ~80 minutes
Totals: 2163 cals, 47% carbs, 32% fat, 21% protein

siberiantarragon

I was away from home most of yesterday and today, which makes things a bit more challenging, but I think I managed ok.
Yesterday:
Morning Snack: Quest double chocolate protein bar
Breakfast: Ham, egg, and cheese on whole-wheat everything bagel, and iced coffee with milk
Lunch: didn't have
Afternoon Snack: Some chocolate fudge and a mug of oolong tea
Dinner: Taco Bell black bean crunchwrap supreme and spicy potato soft taco
Evening Snack: toasted Ezekiel bread with butter, vegetable plate (tomato, cucumber, green pepper, nutritional yeast, onion flakes, black pepper, red pepper), Enlightened brownies and cookie dough ice cream bar
Exercise: None (it was over 90 degrees)
Totals: 1996 cals, 47% carbs, 35% fat, 18% protein

Today:
Morning Snack: (in lieu of breakfast) Plain whole milk yogurt with a cut-up peach and vanilla extract
Lunch: Wendy's southwest avocado salad, and sour cream and chive baked potato
Afternoon Snack: Cafe au lait, and Fulfil chocolate salted caramel mini protein bar (which I think is the best protein bar I have ever had in my life tbh)
Dinner: Sandwich (Ezekiel bread, tempeh "bacon," cheddar, and mustard) and salad (two scrambled eggs with green pepper and Mrs. Dash, Lantana buffalo hummus, spinach, tomato, baby carrots, there was also supposed to be a cucumber but the cucumber tasted weirdly bitter so I got rid of it). Yes I do put scrambled eggs on top of salad, it's really good and I recommend it.
Evening Snack: Coconut-date roll and pecans.
Also on both days I had lots of unsweetened iced tea throughout the day, as usual.
Exercise: Walked around 2 hours (went to the beach)
Totals: 2326 cals, 38% carbs, 39% fat, 23% protein

azuki84

greek yogurt/strawberries/peanut butter
broccoli/chicken/potatoes/chipotle mayo
1 whole rotisserie chicken from central market (oak smoked is SO good)
3000cal

siberiantarragon

Breakfast: Didn't have
Lunch: Sandwich (whole-wheat wrap, scrambled eggs, grilled chicken, bacon, fresh mozzarella, tomato) and iced coffee with whole milk and turbinado sugar
Afternoon Snack: Ice cream from a farmer's market (vanilla with pieces of fresh strawberries and chocolate chips) which was so good
Dinner: Pasta salad (whole-wheat penne, tempeh "bacon," tomato, cucumber, green bell pepper, olives, Italian dressing, grated Parmesan, various seasonings)
Evening Snack: Fresh-picked strawberries (we went strawberry picking at the aforementioned farm) with unsweetened chocolate chips. BTW unsweetened chocolate chips are great with berries or dried fruits as a healthy sweet snack. Also 2000IU vitamin D3 because one of my friends was diagnosed with COVID today and I saw them a few days ago so...just in case.
Lots of unsweetened iced tea throughout the day.
Exercise: Didn't really exercise (except for a bit of walking but I didn't even log it since it wasn't that much)
Totals: 1997 cals, 42% carbs, 37% fat, 21% protein

siberiantarragon

Today was a bad mental health day
Breakfast: Two Mission Carb Balance whole-wheat tortillas. Two scrambled eggs. Plain whole-milk yogurt with a cut-up peach, raw almonds, and vanilla extract. Iced coffee with soy milk.
Lunch: Didn't have
Afternoon Snack: Sour cream and onion Parm Crisps. ONE birthday cake protein bar. Dry roasted edamame. Unsweetened iced tea.
Dinner: Lantana buffalo hummus with cucumber and tomato. Kodiak buttermilk-vanilla power waffles with butter. Chobani coffee Greek yogurt. Strawberries with fat-free whipped cream. More unsweetened iced tea. Vitamin D3 supplement.
Exercise: Walked 45 mins
Totals: 1927 cals, 37% carbs, 40% fat, 23% protein

LenGray

@siberiantarragon Sending hugs your way. Bad mental health days are rough

Today-
Breakfast: Coffee and seedy oatmeal with peanut butter and strawberries
Lunch: Bean and green soup with a lentil-quinoa taco
Dinner: Celery tofu with rice, shredded carrot, and hoisin sauce
Snack: Red grapes and hot tea
Movement: Yoga

siberiantarragon

LenGray wrote: »

@siberiantarragon Sending hugs your way. Bad mental health days are rough

Thanks I feel a lot better today.
Breakfast: Egg and cheese on a roll. Complete Cookie birthday cake flavor (haven't tried this before and...meh). Iced coffee with whole milk.
Lunch: Ezekiel bread with Lantana buffalo hummus. Nacho-type thing (veggie tortilla chips topped with sauteed avocado, tomato, and red onion). Unsweetened soy milk. Fish oil and vitamin D3 supplements.
Dinner: Two Kodiak buttermilk-vanilla power waffles. Chobani coffee Greek yogurt.
Evening Snack: Cut-up peach and strawberries topped with fat-free whipped cream.
Exercise: Walked 70mins
Totals: 2148 cals, 48% carbs, 35% fat, 17% protein

siberiantarragon

Breakfast: Two Morningstar plant-based sausages. Two scrambled eggs. Two slices Ezekiel bread with Neufchatel cheese. Blackberries. Iced coffee with soy milk and fat-free whipped cream.
Lunch: Plant-based tacos (taco shells, brown rice, pinto beans, Plant Boss plant-based taco meat, sauteed avocado/tomato/red onion/yellow squash/red bell pepper). Fish oil and vitamin D3 supplements
Dinner: Oatmeal with raisins, pecans, almonds, cinnamon, vanilla extract
Evening Snack: Halo Top chocolate cheesecake keto ice cream bar
Also unsweetened iced green tea throughout the day.
Exercise: Walked 70 minutes
Totals: 2162 cals, 45% carbs, 37% fat, 18% protein

foreverhealthy3

rockitwell86 posted that she finds it difficult prepping for one person. food preparation here is done a lot by freezing. I freeze fresh vegetables, partial boiled a few minutes, blanche in cold water, lay out on etc parchments to freeze and put into individual freezer bags. spinach, celery, peppers, brussel sprouts, I usually saute onions and mushrooms first, then freeze.

foreverhealthy3

todays meal plans: breakfast reheat chicken patty warmed with white cheese slice,
snack, pretzel twist, layer with banana slices and mini chocolate chips
lunch, egg tuna salad on one slice of open face bread
snack walnuts and fresh peach
Dinner crockpot roast beef and gravy, mashed potatoes and creamed broccolini

siberiantarragon

Breakfast: Didn't have
Lunch: Wendy's southwest avocado salad and sour cream and chive baked potato, with homemade iced green tea
Afternoon Snacks: Nice! Boost Protein Trail Mix. Teas' Tea jasmine green tea. Dunkin' Donuts small iced latte with whole milk. Quest cookies and cream bar.
Dinner: Pasta salad (whole-wheat penne, roman beans, tomato, green olives, pickled roast peppers, Italian dressing, Parmesan, seasonings) and Ito En green tea.
Dessert: Enlightened brownie cookie dough ice cream bar, more iced green tea
Exercise: Walked two hours (beach day)
Totals: 2297 cals, 46% carbs, 33% fat, 21% protein

LenGray

We went to the farmer's market this weekend, so my food choices today are a bit fancier because I'm so happy to finally have fresh produce lol

Breakfast: Coffee and a vegan sausage sandwich with sliced cucumbers, tomato, and hummus
Snack 1: Cantaloupe
Lunch: Farmer's market tamales with vegetarian refried beans and spanish quinoa
Dinner: Eggplant and pork seitan stir-fry with vegan yachaejeon and rice
Snack 2: Homemade vegan fudgsicle

siberiantarragon

@LenGray All of that sounds amazing!
Breakfast: 2 Morningstar sausages, 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices Ezekiel toast with butter, 1 peach, 1 plum, iced coffee with soy milk and fat-free whipped cream, fish oil and vitamin D3 capsules
Morning Snack: Kind salted caramel dark chocolate nut bar. And a Ricola sugar-free cough drop, which it turns out are 8 calories each -- good info for if you get sick and eat a whole bag of them in one day.
Lunch: Bean salad wraps (2 Mission Carb Balance sun-dried tomato basil tortillas, Roman beans with mayo/dill/other seasonings, zucchini, tomato)
Dinner: Zoodles+noodles (whole-wheat spaghetti, zucchini noodles, and fresh tomato in a sauce of Neufchatel cheese/nutritional yeast/other seasonings)
Evening Snack: Love Crunch dark chocolate and red berries granola.
Also tons of iced black and green tea throughout the day.
Exercise: Walked 80 mins.
Totals: 2162 cals, 48% carbs, 34% fat, 18% protein. All the food I ate today was so good!

LenGray

@siberiantarragon Thanks! ^_^ Your day sounded pretty tasty too! Especially the snacks, since I have a definite weakness for dark chocolate lol

Breakfast: Coffee and a vegan sausage sandwich with kale, tomato, cucumber, and hummus
Snack 1: Cantaloupe
Lunch: Tacos with spanish quinoa and vegetarian refried beans, and apple slices
Dinner: Eggplant stir-fry with vegan yachaejeon and rice
Snack 2: Vegan fudgsicle

There's not a lot going on today, so I'm re-working a painting, reading through the rough draft of Book 1 in my current series, and hopefully getting outside for a long walk or a swim today

siberiantarragon

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 slices Ezekiel toast with butter, 1 peach, 1 plum, collagen coffee (iced coffee, Orgain vanilla collagen powder, soy milk, fat-free whipped cream. I'm glad I found a use case for the collagen powder that actually tastes good.)
Morning Snacks: Chobani coffee and cream Greek yogurt, and Kind peanut butter nut bar
Lunch: Bean salad wraps (same recipe as yesterday)
Dinner: Sauteed Field Roast Italian vegan sausage and green bell pepper, over brown rice and topped with grated Parmesan
Evening Snack: Love Crunch dark chocolate and red berries granola
Drank iced green tea throughout the day.
Exercise: Walked 70 mins
Totals: 2117 cals, 44% carbs, 34% fat, 22% protein

LenGray

I'm still really enjoying the vegetable pancakes, so I made a new batch today. I was even able to convince my dad to try some and he's usually very anti-cabbage lol Other than that, I'm just busy with edits, grammar class, and painting

Breakfast: Coffee with oat milk, apple juice, and a protein cookie
Lunch: Bean and green soup
Dinner: Yachaejeon and vegan sriracha mayo
Snack: Cantaloupe

siberiantarragon

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs. 2 buttermilk/vanilla Power Waffles with butter. Roasted chestnuts. Coconut-date roll. Cold brew coffee with soy milk, vanilla collagen powder, and fat-free whipped cream. Fish oil and vitamin D3 supplements.
Morning Snack: Kind dark chocolate cherry cashew bar.
Lunch: Bean salad (same recipe as yesterday) on 2 slices Ezekiel toast.
Dinner: Canned tuna on top of salad (spring mix, tomato, baby carrots, Parmesan, Italian dressing, and seasonings) and some Stonefire spicy naan crisps.
Evening Snack: Enlightened brownies and cookie dough ice cream bar.
Drank iced green tea throughout the day.
Exercise: Walked 40 mins (I pulled a muscle in my leg )
Totals: 2063 cals, 44% carbs, 35% fat, 21% protein

LenGray

Got lots of painting and writing done today and spent an hour cleaning my apartment since maintenance folks were coming by. All in all, it's been a pretty solid day

Breakfast: Coffee and protein pancakes with vegan butter and sugar-free syrup
Lunch: Vegan chicken nuggets and two slices of peanut butter toast with a banana and hemp seeds
Dinner: Yachaejeon with sriracha mayo
Snack: Apple slices

siberiantarragon

Breakfast: Plain whole-milk yogurt with roast chestnuts and plums added. 2 slices Ezekiel toast with butter. Cold brew coffee with soy milk, vanilla collagen powder, and fat-free whipped cream.
Morning Snack: Kind dark chocolate nuts and sea salt bar
Lunch: (from restaurant) Whole-wheat penne with grilled chicken, veloute sauce, sauteed mushrooms/onions/sun-dried tomatoes, Parmesan, and rosemary. Also Trident bubblegum afterwards -- trying to get into the habit of chewing xylitol gum for dental health.
Dinner: Smoothie (Garden of Life protein+greens chocolate protein powder, soy milk, plain whole-milk yogurt, frozen mixed berries, cocoa powder, and spring mix greens).
Iced green tea throughout the day.
Exercise: Walked 70 mins
Totals: 2145 cals, 50% carbs, 27% fat, 23% protein

rainingribbons

Happy first of July! Can't believe we're already 1/3 of the way through summer.

Breakfast: Coffee with oat milk, greek yogurt with raspberries and granola
Lunch: Leftover fish tacos made with low carb tortillas, cabbage cilantro slaw, tilapia, avocado, tomato, and red onion
Snack: Likely a protein shake made with oat milk, vanilla powder, and frozen mixed fruit
Dinner: Tortellini soup with crusty bread for dipping
Dessert: Making homemade rice krispy treats! Have a bunch of leftover smores ingredients from a gathering a few weeks ago so might add the leftover chocolate and graham cracker to it!

siberiantarragon

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs. 2 slices Ezekiel toast with butter. Dole acai bowl. Cold brew coffee with vanilla collagen powder, soy milk, and fat-free whipped cream. Vitamin D3 and fish oil supplements.
Morning Snack: Coconut water
Lunch: Amy's low-sodium lentil soup with Enlightened wasabi roasted broad beans and nutritional yeast added in. 2 more slices Ezekiel toast with butter.
Dinner: 1/2 Caulipower margherita pizza (first time trying since I had a coupon...it was ok). Salad (spring mix, tomato, baby carrots, olives, pickled peppers, Italian dressing, Mrs. Dash original, and nutritional yeast).
Evening Snack: Simple Mills double chocolate almond flour cookies.
I drank some iced green tea today but I'm trying to cut back on tea since I read it can increase the risk of kidney stones.
Exercise: 25 min walk (it was 95 degrees out) and 30 min stationary bike
Totals: 2201 cals, 47% carbs, 37% fat, 16% protein

siberiantarragon

An out and about leisurely Saturday:
Breakfast: Plain whole-milk yogurt mixed with Love Crunch dark chocolate macaroon granola, a cut-up peach, and vanilla extract.
Lunch: Chili's cilantro-lime carne asada with black beans and grilled asparagus as the sides (really good, definitely recommend).
Afternoon Snacks: Lavender cold brew (cold brew, whole milk, and lavender syrup), nopales street tacos (mini tortillas with nopales, onions, salsa, cilantro, and cotija cheese), and a glass of Malbec -- all from local eateries.
Dinner: Whole-wheat spaghetti with tomato sauce, Parmesan, green olives, and pickled peppers.
Evening Snack: An Italian rosemary cracker thing, and a Halo Top peanut butter chocolate ice cream bar.
Iced tea and water to drink.

VegjoyP

These are my Saturday Farmers market splendid foods

kbushe3221

BF- coffee with cream and sugar and a breakfast burrito
L- chicken broccoli Alfredo (no pasta) small protein shake
D- my own twist on the cheese burger salad. Instead of the Big Mac version I did a mushroom Swiss style.

siberiantarragon

Back to it after a very fun July 4th!
Breakfast: Chicken sausage. 2 scrambled eggs. A peach. 2 buttermilk-vanilla Power Waffles with butter. Cold brew coffee with soy milk and fat-free whipped cream.
Lunch: Amy's Organic low-sodium lentil vegetable soup with Carrington Farms quinoa croutons and nutritional yeast. 2 Mission Carb Balance sundried tomato basil tortillas. 2 mugs Irish breakfast tea with vanilla creamer.
Dinner: Lazy "poke bowl" type thing (canned tuna in oil, brown rice, cashews, seaweed, cut-up baby carrots, tomato, and arugula, coconut aminos, sesame seeds, onion flakes, red pepper flakes, mustard powder, ginger). It didn't look like a poke bowl but it did taste like one. Even my vegetarian spouse asked to try some! LOL. Also a mug of oolong tea.
Evening Snack: Chobani zero sugar milk and cookies Greek yogurt, Perfect Snacks dark chocolate peanut butter cups, and another mug of oolong tea.
BTW it's been about six weeks now since I started this PCOS management eating plan. Specifically: a) reducing processed sugar, white flour, and other high glycemic foods, b) reducing carbs to 50% or less per day, c) limiting carbs that are not paired with a protein, and d) eating more frequent smaller meals throughout the day instead of two giant meals which I used to do. So far I am definitely seeing benefits. My acne is almost completely gone. I have way more energy. My mood has been a lot better (although part of that is due to trauma therapy). Even my "time of the month" seems like it's less terrible than usual. Even with not adhering 100% to the eating plan and having occasional cheat snacks and meals, the improvements are obvious. If anyone reading has PCOS I definitely recommend this type of diet.

siberiantarragon

Breakfast: Plain whole-milk yogurt with almond Ezekiel cereal, pecans, blueberries, and vanilla extract. Cold brew coffee with vanilla collagen powder, soy milk, and fat-free whipped cream.
Lunch: Amy's black bean vegetable soup with nutritional yeast and Carrington Farms quinoa croutons. 2 Mission carb balance tomato basil tortillas, and some baby carrots.
Afternoon Snacks: Chobani zero sugar toasted coconut vanilla yogurt, and 2 mugs of Irish breakfast tea with soy milk.
Dinner: Yellow squash, grape tomatoes, and arugula, sauteed in tomato sauce, served over Green Giant lentil/pea/chickpea "rice" and topped with Parmesan cheese.
Evening Snack: Perfect Snacks dark chocolate peanut butter cups, and 2 mugs of oolong tea.

LenGray

Hi everyone! I've been having some issues controlling my appetite lately (like, eating a whole pizza and still being hungry kind of appetite) so I'm trying to add more low-calorie bulk to my meals. I've gained a little, so this next week I'm going to bump up my exercise and lower my calories so I can actively start losing again If anyone has any suggestions for out-of-control hunger, I'd love to hear them!

Breakfast: Coffee, veggie and bean hash with guacamole and salsa and a slice of peanut butter and strawberry toast
Lunch: Vegetable barley soup with vegan italian sausage
Dinner: Spicy lentils with eggplant and rice
Snacks: Grapes and half an apple

VegjoyP

This was my breakfast/ lunch ( slept in) Roasted bok choi with BBQ sauce, Curry and Nutritional Yeast, Just Egg Plant based Patti, Cashew Queso, Rice cake, Nutritional Yeast and Spices