Tips on creating a meal plan to fit my 1950 calorie threshhold?

Misos96

Hi! As the title states I am having trouble coming up with a meal plan to fit that 1950 calorie threshold. Does anyone have any advice from when they came up with their meal plans/diets or information they wish they knew at the time? Any help would be appreciated!

Megan_smartiepants1970

I would say protein.... carbs like bake potato with butter and sour cream...salad with your favorite dressing ..and a dessert of your choice... you could also add protein shakes etc ... You are welcome to look at my diary even though I am low carb ...Good luck

Redordeadhead

What is it you are struggling with? Are you regularly exceeding your calorie goal? What do you eat currently?

BarbaraHelen2013

Honestly, given 1950 calories to play with I don’t really understand the need for a meal ‘plan’.

Decide how *you* prefer to eat - do you like a big breakfast or do you like your biggest meal in the evening? Are you a snacker? Those are just two examples of what I mean. Once you decide that then you can roughly portion up your calories per meal.

So breakfast could be 400, lunch 550, dinner 1000 if you’re not a snacker for example.

A light breakfast could be 300, lunch 400, dinner 900 - leaving you 350 cals for snacks throughout the day if that’s more ‘you’.

Again, the above are just examples.

Once you’ve figured out some rough guidelines like that which ensure you don’t get to dinner time with too few calories left, basically, then decide what you’d like to eat, weigh and log it until you’ve roughly hit the allocated calories. Eat and enjoy!

It’s as simple as that!

ZoneFive

Try logging the way you usually eat, making sure you log everything, and checking that the nutritional information is correct. Do that for a few days, notice where the calories are highest, and then begin scaling back the things that are too high-calorie for what they give you nutritionally.

And what @BarbaraHelen2013 said above is spot on.

NVintage

Jthanmyfitnesspal

That's a pretty broad question.

What I have done is to come up with a few standard options for breakfast and lunch. I have very standard ways of preparing each option and I know exactly how it fits into the day. I also have a standard afternoon snack (usually, an apple or other fruit). Dinner is more variable-- I eat a bit more if I've exercised that day.

Your standard options for breakfast, lunch, and snacks set the tone for the whole day, I think. Getting them figured out is a good way to start.

callsitlikeiseeit

my god with 1950 calories i could eat anything i WANTED

FML being a short female

LMAO