What We're Eating

LenGray

Slowly but surely getting my munchies under control...

Breakfast: Coffee and leftover veggie pizza
Lunch: Veggie dogs and tortilla chips with salsa
Dinner: Primavera pasta
Snacks: Zucchini bread and grapes

siberiantarragon

LenGray wrote: »

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!

I have this problem and for me it's related to hormones. Before my period I want to eat everything in sight, but during and right after my period I have almost no appetite. You might want to get checked for a hormonal imbalance if it persists. It's also possible it may be related to emotions, like stress eating. Stress can sometimes cause sensations of hunger. My partner has this problem and under stress can eat entire boxes of cereal, blocks of cheese, etc. in one sitting without even feeling like they ate anything or noticing how much they ate.

As for dietary suggestions, dietitian Abbey Sharp talks about the "hunger crushing combo" -- protein, healthy fat, and fiber. She says if you have those components in every meal or snack it will help you to feel full for longer. Swapping out high-glycemic foods like white flour for lower-glycemic foods, will help as well. I also find eating smaller meals more frequently helps.

Anyway haven't done one of these "What I Ate" in a while:
Breakfast: Breakfast sandwich (whole-wheat wrap, 3 eggs, bacon, cheddar cheese, avocado, tomato). Iced coffee with whole milk and one Sugar in the Raw packet.
Lunch: Basil pesto quinoa (one of those ready-to-eat ones) which I added a packet of dry roasted edamame to. Both items from my emergency hurricane/blizzard food stash that were nearing the expiration date. Also some water with lemon and lime juice in it. Speaking of which, I need to switch out some of my emergency food to lower glycemic options and I also need to find some kind of good flavorings to add to water.
Dinner: Red lentil spaghetti with sauteed seasoned yellow squash, tomato, and spinach, topped with capers and Parmesan. Some baby carrots. Green tea.
Evening Snack: Chobani zero sugar key lime pie yogurt. 2 Perfect Snacks dark chocolate peanut butter cups. More green tea.

azuki84

pretty much doing below (2500cal)
meal 1, 3, 5 pastured eggs/steak/potatoes/gruyere cheese/broccoli
meal 2, 4, 6 greek yogurt or skyr/peanut butter/strawberries

DiscusTank5

I've missed this thread. Anyone still around out there?

LenGray

DiscusTank5 wrote: »

I've missed this thread. Anyone still around out there?

I am! I've missed this thread too. What do you say we revive it? ^_^

Today, I ate:

Breakfast- Coffee with soy milk and 2 slices of toast with peanut butter and a banana
Lunch- Vegetable barley soup with a barbeque lentil sandwich (I used spicy hummus for the dressing, SO GOOD)
Snack 1- Grapes
Dinner- A tofu sushi bowl with mushrooms, broccoli, pickled red onion, and spicy mayo
Snack 2- Strawberries and a mug of hot tea

DiscusTank5

@LenGrey, great to hear from you again! And your dinner sounds really delish. Today I had: a homemade chocolate chip chia waffle (one section) for breakfast with some oats and Vega protein powder snuck in so my kids wouldn't notice; a mid-morning black tea with whole milk and THEN a London Fog latte with half the sugar, followed by a McDonald's filet o fish for a late lunch (but no fries) and a mostly unsweet tea. Also half a lemon Larabar that had probably been in my office drawer too long. Supper was alfredo pasta with diced tomatoes and asparagus added. Also 1/3 cup leftover mustard potato salad. Evening snack: a cup of Ginger Peach tea with tumeric.

LenGray

@DiscusTank5 You too! Also, we had the same kind of hot tea lol I got some ginger peach with turmeric the other day and loved it!

Yesterday was a bit stressful because I had someone try to scam an art commission from me and wasted several hours dealing with it, but I was able to curb my emotional eating pretty well. I had an oat milk carrot cake latte for breakfast, a Daiya supreme pizza for lunch with some Netflix and Chill'd ice cream, and a bowl of barley soup with strawberries and grapes for dinner.

Today's menu is:

Breakfast: Ramen with tofu dumplings
Snack 1: Oat milk latte
Lunch: Sushi rice with vegan BBQ pulled pork, pickled onions, mushrooms, and hummus
Dinner: Lentil barley soup
Snack 2: Apple slices

I'm also hoping to go for a nice long walk after getting through with work today

DiscusTank5

@LenGrey, love that ginger peach tea! Sorry to hear about your work stress. Ugh.
Today's meals were: Breakfast: cream of wheat; black tea with milk; a small handful of chocolate covered raisins and 4 chocolate covered almonds; 4 strawberries Lunch: a Birds Eye Buddha Bowl Supper: salmon with a mustard-hot honey glaze and carrot, zucchini, and yellow squash slices; half serving of the mac and cheese I made for my kids. Finishing the day with a cinnamon vanilla spice mug of tea.

LenGray

I went a bit overboard yesterday, since I was meeting some friends for a writing workshop. Much fun (and calories) were had by all! For today though, I'm going to try and focus on some healthier choices and being active. Today's plan is:

Breakfast: Coffee with soy milk and 2 slices of peanut butter banana toast
Snack 1: Strawberries
Lunch: Spinach walnut salad with balsamic vinaigrette
Dinner: Vegan chicken tenders with mashed potatoes, green beans, and gravy
Snack 2: Celery and hummus

I'm planning on taking the dogs for a long walk and maybe doing some yoga, too ^_^

DiscusTank5

Breakfast casserole with veggies, black tea with milk and half & half in the AM; mid-day, angel hair pasta and veg (leftovers); evening: grilled portabella mushroom "burger" and cheese on a bun, baked beans on the side.

DiscusTank5

Today's meals included:
Breakfast: a slice of cheesy vegetable strata (b'fast casserole) with salsa; black tea with milk; watermelon slice and a few grapes then . . . mid-morning, a Nature's Bakery pomegranate fig bar. Lunch was two cheese sandwiches with lettuce, tomato, pickle, and mayo. Another tea mid-afternoon. Supper was a portabella mushroom "burger" topped with cheese and baked beans on the side. More watermelon.

LenGray

I haven't been too off with my intake but I'm wanting to tighten up my logging and consistency, so I'm meal-prepping today

Breakfast: Coffee with soy milk and peanut butter banana toast with flax seed and faux-honey
Lunch: Skipped (I was busy cooking and decided to have a big dinner instead)
Dinner: Black bean casserole with southwestern quinoa and 2 chick'n tenders
Dessert: Chocolate chia pudding with blueberries

Corina1143

Have had an unhappy tummy for about 2 months, so I have been eating bland soft foods. Feeling better now. The first thing I wanted was tacos. YUM! But then back to bland foods for a few days. Today I tried Wendy's. Fingers crossed. Now back to my regular eating at a 500 calorie deficit.

DiscusTank5

Breakfast: black tea with milk and a CLIF mini bar; 2 clementines
Lunch: 2 wheat rolls with whipped butter and organic sour cherry spread; steamed carrots (the leftovers from my kids' lunches, basically)
Snack: 1.5 Haagen Dazs ice cream bars
Supper: honey-mustard salmon; purple hull peas in tomato sauce

LenGray

We finally went grocery shopping, so I get to eat lots of veggies today! ^_^

Breakfast: Coffee with soy milk, TVP sausage patties, and a vegan frittata with cauliflower and spinach
Snack 1: A bowl of cherries
Lunch: Lentil tomato soup with cornbread
Dinner: Taco salad with lettuce, tofu, tempeh, quinoa-lentil mix, sweet potato, onion, bell pepper, hummus, and salsa
Snack 2: A slice of applesauce cake

Exercise: The pool is open, so I'm going swimming!

gentlygently

Hello!

I like the range of foods you all eat. This was me today:

Breakfast - whole meal seeded toast, 1.5 slices - with homemade marmalade and fig jam.

Lunch - tortilla (2 small) with humous, felafel, poached egg and spinach/watercress/tomato and fresh dill salad. Half an apple, grapes.

Dinner - spaghetti bolognaise - with red pepper/carrot in it and peas on the side. (Small portion!).

Snacks: Fig roll biscuit. Chocolate digestive. Small white wine. Spoon of lemon yoghurt.

So more of a maintenance than a calorie deficit day - especially low exercise day - but I am happy as it was not a surplus calorie day, and I enjoyed all of it except (bizarrely) the choc digestive! Way too sweet….

LenGray

Hi and welcome @gentlygently! We have a pretty awesome variety of folks here ^_^ Also, what's a fig roll biscuit? It sounds yummy lol

gentlygently

Thanks. Fig roll = fig newton - does that help? (Ie fig paste in a roll of pastry… love them, and you can pretend it is one of your ‘way to five’ plus it is pretty high fibre - for a biscuit!)

Today - whilst I’m here:

Breakfast - boiled egg, marmite toast
Lunch - 2 slices of bacon in a bun (healthiest option at the mobile food stand in the park - yum)
Dinner - 2 smoked haddock and mozzarella fish cakes, a few pieces of roasted potato and red pepper, tons of green salad (2 types of lettuce plus watercress, cucumber, chives and spring onion - it was really tasty!) with French dressing

Snacks: apple, sliver of fruit cake, one square of chocolate, 2 glasses of Saturday night wine. Rose wine today - for a lovely sunny day here in the Uk.

Big old walk in the park - and overall a calorie deficit day.

LenGray

Oh, I gotcha! I love fig newtons-- those and almond pinwheels are my go-to cookies/biscuits! ^_^

Yesterday was a bit chaotic since I was out and about celebrating at Pride, but here's what I had:

Breakfast: Coffee with milk, vegan frittata and vegan sausage
Lunch: Eggplant tofu with steamed rice and spring rolls (I ate waaay too much)
Dinner: Ramen with veggie dumplings
Snacks: Apple pie and an Italian ice
Exercise: Walked for about 3 hours (and got sunburned)

Today, I'm being a little more mindful of my calories and am having smaller portions. I'm also thinking I might be able to hit the school gym next week, since I have some convenient gaps in my schedule.

Breakfast: Coffee with soy milk, vegan frittata and vegan sausage
Snack 1: Grapes
Lunch: Red lentil soup with cornbread
Dinner: Taco salad with tofu, quinoa, lentils, sweet potato, salsa, and spicy hummus
Snack 2: Cherries and hot chai tea
Exercise: Went swimming and took the pups for a long walk

gentlygently

Sounds a fun weekend!

Today:

breakfast was toast and PB and jam, water melon

Lunch in the garden - quarter of pork pie, goats cheese and French stick, plus salad (we called in at the deli on the way home from walking our spaniel - up and out early to avoid the heat, but he got to swim in the river too)

‘Dinner’ - falafel and humous on crisp bread and oatcakes, more salad (too hot to cook!) Rhubarb and apple with yoghurt icecream.

Snacks: apple, grapes, strawberries, madeleine and chocolate mini cake -‘afternoon tea’ out at a friend’s …

A calorie deficit day.

donidaily

Joining in! I love reading about everyone's different meals. My day today:

Breakfast: overnight oats with chia seeds, greek yogurt, and mixed berries
Snacks: latte with oat milk, clementine
Lunch: leftover roasted sweet potatoes with black beans and spicy pepitas, plus tinned sardines in tomato sauce
Snacks: baby bell peppers with hummus, a banana
Evening: a yasso frozen yogurt bar, I prefer to eat more earlier in the day and light in the evening

LenGray

Had a rough day hunger-wise, so today was more of a snacky maintenance day. Also, welcome @donidaily!

Breakfast: Coffee with soy milk, vegan frittata, and sausage
Lunch: A pack of Voodoo chips and a diet soda
Dinner: Eggplant tofu with steamed rice and veggie spring rolls
Snacks: Watermelon Italian ice, some pickles, and apple pie
Exercise: Did some yoga

LenGray

I had two really nice NSV's today. One was that my pants, which had been a bit tight the last few weeks, fit perfectly again. The other is that I was super-hungry after class and found out I had to pick up my dad at the gas station instead of going straight home. I decided to get a snack and picked up trail mix and baked pea crisps instead of my usual protein cookie and/or flaming hot Voodoo chips. No shame on either of those foods (the chips are SO going to be a reward treat at some point) but I'm proud that I was able to make a mindful decision on what fit my training and goals better.

Breakfast: An oat milk latte, trail mix, and some baked pea crisps
Lunch: Spicy ramen with tofu, spinach, and mixed veggies
Dinner: Tacos with lentil soup
Snacks: Cherries and half an apple with peanut butter
Exercise: Long walk with the pups and swimming

donidaily

Two fantastic victories @LenGray!

Breakfast: overnight oats with chia seeds, greek yogurt, mixed berries, and walnuts
Snacks: tea with oat milk, then later an americano
Lunch: slice of margherita pizza, big salad of lettuce, snap peas, baby bell peppers, pepitas dressed with aleppo pepper, salt, and olive oil
Snacks: banana and a few pieces of pineapple
Evening: attended a co-worker’s farewell drinks, I had a session ipa and some fries from a shared plate
Then: a trader joe’s hold the cone when I got home

gentlygently

Welcome Donidaily!

And well done on those NSV’s - healthy snacks is a good indicator of a mind shift I think.

Both Monday and Tuesday were calorie deficit days - mainly cos it is too hot to trot (or care about eating) here in London! I can’t remember what I ate Monday apart from pinging a ready prepared bean curry (and banana) before I went out for the
evening.

Yesterday:

Breakfast: overnight muesli with extra nuts, prunes and yoghurt. Made by my daughter, nice!

Lunch: roll with humous and salad. Strawberries.

Dinner: rainbow trout cooked in saffron butter with dill (thank you hubby!), new potatoes, mixed salad (with way too much spring onion hubby!). More strawberries.

Snacks: fig roll, lemon yoghurt.

I like reading other people’s meals too - it makes me realise when I am stuck in a rut.

Starting off today with poached egg and marmite. I burnt the toast. Missed the toast when serving up my egg. Managed to miss my mouth when drinking my tea, and got tea on my burned toast.

I will make coffee… the day will then get better!

LenGray

Aww, thanks y'all I appreciate it.

Today was a good (if busy!) rest day. I drank a lot of water, ate some tasty food, and am going to settle in with a good book for the rest of the evening

Breakfast: Seedy oatmeal with blueberries, peanut butter, and maple syrup
Snack: Protein cookie and chai tea with soy milk
Lunch: Leftover eggplant tofu with steamed rice
Dinner: Corndogs and baked pea crisps
Snack: Cherries
Exercise: A bit of stretching and some gardening-- my cucumber plants are growing like crazy and needed repotting again!

donidaily

Breakfast: overnight oats with chia seeds, greek yogurt, cherries, and walnuts
Snacks: tea with oat milk, an iced matcha, baby carrots with hummus
Lunch: whole foods avocado ranch salad, half a piece of grilled salmon
Snacks: half a lemon poppyseed oat bar, I found it a little sweet but good to try
Evening: two corn thins with cheddar spread, a few pieces of pineapple, and a yasso frozen yogurt bar

LenGray

Hi everyone! Yesterday was incredibly busy and today is shaping up to be the same. I'm hoping this weekend is a little more relaxed, since I would love some extra swimming and gardening time. In the meantime, my apartment is a mess, my clothes are dirty, and I have stuff to do!

Yesterday's meals:
Breakfast: Coffee with soy milk and peanut butter toast with banana
Lunch: Skipped
Dinner: Spring rolls and 1/2 order of eggplant tofu (they had cut it too big, so some pieces weren't done all the way through...bleh)
Snacks: Raspberry Italian ice
Exercise: None

Today's meals:
Breakfast: Overslept and skipped it, though I did have coffee with soy milk
Lunch: Ramen with dumplings
Snack 1: Grapes
Dinner: Vegan corndogs with baked pea crisps
Snack 2: Two chai tea lattes with soy milk while hanging out with my writing group
Exercise: 20 minutes of yoga

gentlygently

Yesterday - after my soggy toast for brekkers, I had something totally unmemorable for lunch. But I do remember I made a mixed bean and pea salad as part of it.
Evening: venison burger with rice, mushroom and peas followed by raspberry icecream (Swedish Delight, dairy free and lower calorie) with some banana and almond flakes.

Ah yes and then whisky and chocolate - my favourite treat. I was feeling rubbish (I manage a health condition…) and the comfort eating got a bit out of control! Oops.

Calories - surplus day. Hey ho.

Today - still feeling low key, so again no exercise.

Breakfast - muesli with extra walnuts, prunes and yoghurt
Lunch - half a cheese sandwich (Ie one slice of bread’s worth) and pear
Evening - homemade pizza - tried a new spelt and wholemeal flour and yoghurt base, with roasted veg plus some cheddar topping (one) and mushroom with blue cheese (the other). Green salad. Mini magnum.

Snack - scone and butter

Might have another go at the pizza base (I usually buy a really good spelt one) to try my adjustments to make it even better.

Calorie wise - a happy maintenance.

Corina1143

Lunch was a chicken drumstick
First dinner was a huge salad
Second dinner will be either fruit and cottage cheese or a fruit smoothie.