What's on the Menu?
gonabfit
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I'm just adding random message boards to promote convo... but, here you can write what you are eating/ate today.
Today for me: I had oatmeal for lunch but didn't eat it all and a boiled egg.
plum, fruit snacks and sprite for snacks
BROUGHT my lunch. YAY :bigsmile: :blushing: :blushing: lunch was a bbq chicken sandwich I made at home.
struggles- usually I struggle with fast food. I typically eat it daily and sometimes 2x... but past month or so I have REALLY cut back and I'm proud of that.
Today, I'm proud: that I did not eat out for lunch and I brought plenty snacks to prevent my going out to eat for lunch or breakfast. Go ME!
Today for me: I had oatmeal for lunch but didn't eat it all and a boiled egg.
plum, fruit snacks and sprite for snacks
BROUGHT my lunch. YAY :bigsmile: :blushing: :blushing: lunch was a bbq chicken sandwich I made at home.
struggles- usually I struggle with fast food. I typically eat it daily and sometimes 2x... but past month or so I have REALLY cut back and I'm proud of that.
Today, I'm proud: that I did not eat out for lunch and I brought plenty snacks to prevent my going out to eat for lunch or breakfast. Go ME!
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I eat pretty much the same thing every day because I shop in batches. It does get a little boring, but it works for me. I'm really big on portioning things out and pre-making as much as possible.
I also have serious issues with fast food - it's like an on/off switch. I either eat everything cooked at home, or I will literally eat fast food/restaurant food 3x/day. Which is awful and incredibly unhealthy.
So far this week I've stayed on track with my pre-logged meals for each day! A coworker offered me a Reese's miniature and I accepted but that means I nixed the fudgsicle I was going to have later. I definitely resisted the mini muffins and cinnamon buns that were brought in to today's staff meeting, I had a mint and water instead and ate my lunch after the meeting!
I think I need to start adding some more variety into my meals so I don't get bored and lash out in some ridiculous eating spree. I'm definitely not starving, but I just get so bored sometimes. And actually it's funny if you think about it, when I eat McDonald's 6x/week I actually get bored with that too. But I just keep eating it, unless I really force myself to cook at home. Huh. I never thought about that.0 -
The next 12 Weeks are set out for me
Meal 1 - 5 Whole eggs cooked how I want (Salt and Pepper on hand)
Meal 2 - Two scoops whey Isolate, 10g Whole earth peanut butter
Meal 3 - Salmon or Tuna with approx 70G cooked Broccoli and 50G grated Cheese
Meal 4 - Two scoops whey isolate with 10g whole earth peanut butter
Meal 5 - 8oz Chicken, Approx 70G cooked Broccoli, 1oz Almonds
Meal 6 - 5 Whole eggs cooked how I want (Salt and Pepper on hand)
Cheat/Refeed last meal on night before my day off work.
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Yesterday, I had:
B: 2 fried eggs, 2 sausage links
L: Chef salad
Tuna with mayo and pickles
S: Slim Jim
11 glasses of water
Today:
B: Veggie scramble
L: Chicken drummettes and a salad Spinache quiche
S: Pork rinds0 -
Today I had cereal for breakfast with FF milk, (1/2 cup)
3/4 C strawberries0 -
So far, I've had 2 slices of whole wheat toast w/1tsp of peanut butter and lightly drizzled with honey. I also consumed 3 mugs of coffee with half & half and sweet & low. My coffee is a must have!
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I used to make breakfast almost every morning. I would bake waffles, pancakes or french toast. Now I mainly eat Oatmeal for breakfast. I think it fills me up better and is healthier.
For lunch I eat warm and cold for dinner. I just made myself chili and portion it out. Then I'll eat the four portions over the next seven days.
For dinner I don't eat much, just enough not to get hungry.
This seems to work really well for my family. My husband gets a warm lunch at work, my son gets something warm at school and why then should I take the time at night to cook for them again. I rather spend the time doing something else.0 -
I love that you all have such varied strategies for eating! :-) YAY!
For the first time in a long time... maybe EVER??? I was so distracted today that I didn't EAT! O_o GASP! I never forget eating. smh. What a day!
I ate brunch ~ 11 am... I was running behind this morning didn't get to eat breakfast. So I grabbed a bacon egg cheese croissanwich. No hash browns and coffee. Well I BOUGHT the hashbrowns and then decided they weren't worth the calories ate 2 and threw the rest away.
then I came home to burn off some stress.. burned 1143 cals. Missed dinner/lunch. at 11 pm realized I hadn't eaten and had shrimp, grits, string beans , and carrots.
I'll do better tomorrow.0 -
I eat the same thing every day at breakfast and lunch. boiled egg, piece of fruit, i chomp on a carrot until lunch, then have spinach and sweet potato or cottage cheese and tomato or fruit. Then i eat dinner as I wish and snacks and on weekends are free days for me.
I have been able to maintain my weight like this for a very long time. Now I plan to add another carrot in the evening or fruit and limit desserts and include my weekends on my diet.0 -
One thing I eat almost every day is the Chili Dark Chocolate made by Lindtt, it's my secret weapon.
I looooove chocolate and I crave it a lot (especially while sitting at my desk for 8 hrs). It comes in a very large bar that is seperated into 8 pieces, each piece is just under 50 calories. Because it is so rich and because it really does have a hot chili flavor to it, I am only able to eat one piece before I am completely over my chocolate craving. I will break off lil bits of that one piece ALL DAY and it is plenty to keep me from hittin up the vending machine. 0 -
Breakfast: Avocado
Lunch: Paleo Chili & Baby Carrots
Dinner Ribeye and Spinach Salad
Yeah! I got this! 0 -
B: 2 scrambled eggs w/ cheese and diced tomatoes
L: Chicken and side salad w/ ranch Not sure yet. Might go out 0 -
I just made peanut butter protein pancakes for breakfast. Holy CRAP.
1/2c (110g) cottage cheese
1/4c (20g) oats
1 tbsp (16g) peanut butter
1 egg
Blend until it's smooth but not runny, cook like pancakes, destroy. Your nutritional values will vary based on the brands and versions of cottage cheese and peanut butter you use, but my diary is open if you'd like to see what mine came out to be! I just ate 3 beautiful pancakes with a scrambled egg and a couple tbsp of syrup. Absolutely excellent post-gym food if you ask me.0 -
lemon water
pukka detox tea
chai infusion (cinnamon, clove,cardamom etc)
peppermint tea
chickpea & spinach tomato soup
2 80g bags of coconut chinchin (cookies)
1 banana
1 pink lady apple
60g of dried papaya/raisin/pinapple mix0 -
Pretty typical work day for me:
5am- Coffee with whole coconut milk
8am- 2 hard boiled eggs and fruit (grapes, berries, watermelon, banana whatever)
11am- 4 cups of lettuce/spinach topped with cucumber, bell pepper 4-6oz or meat (tuna, left over meat from dinner the night before) and maybe a half an avocado or more hard boiled eggs
1pm (snack optional)- almonds and a piece of fruit maybe a cup of tea if I need a little pick-me up.
Dinner- 6-12 oz of meat and a big *kitten* plate of whatever veggie came in the CSA box that week.
Weekend is a little different, I tend to fast on the weekends or just do a big breakfast after I work out and have a medium/light dinner.
I keep my calorie intake (or at least try to) between 1350 and 1700 depending on how hard I go at the gym. This also affects whether or not I throw a sweet potato in at dinner time.0 -
One thing I eat almost every day is the Chili Dark Chocolate made by Lindtt, it's my secret weapon. I looooove chocolate and I crave it a lot (especially while sitting at my desk for 8 hrs). It comes in a very large bar that is seperated into 8 pieces, each piece is just under 50 calories. Because it is so rich and because it really does have a hot chili flavor to it, I am only able to eat one piece before I am completely over my chocolate craving. I will break off lil bits of that one piece ALL DAY and it is plenty to keep me from hittin up the vending machine.
I seriously need to try this^!!! Sounds so amazing!! Also... I won't be posting what I ate today, since it was bad.... but tomorrow I will! ^_^ Since it WILL be good! haha!0 -
Rough day. Very busy. Patient's non stop from 8-5 and I was exhausted this morning and therefore didn't wake up intime for my morning routine (which includes making breakfast.)
Went to MCD- Bacon Egg cheese biscuit, hash browns, med non-fat caramel mocha'
Work was so busy that is ALL that I have eaten from 8 am until now. so yes I had a high calorie breakfast but I didn't get to eat it all at once so it basically ended up being breakfast and lunch.
Going to make something healthy for dinner (and QUICK) so I can stay within calories for this stressful day.0 -
Any ideas for healthy EASY to carry breakfasts!?
I need something I can grab and eat if I'm on the go! :-D0 -
i love throwing a sweet potato in!!!
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hmmm kind of out of context sorry bout that 0
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Use your gift of creativity
http://blog.rateyourburn.com/blog/post/2013/05/30/14-healthy-diy-protein-bar-recipes-1.aspx0 -
I like to make what I call ham, egg, & cheese muffins in a muffin pan. I'll make 2 to 6 at a time depending on if my husband is eating and how hungry we are. Take a slice of whole wheat bread (crust removed) for each muffin. I put the slices between plastic wrap and flatten them with a rolling pin. Spray muffin pan and insert bread like it is a mini pie crust. I then put 1/4 slice of turkey ham (or meat of choice) in bottom, then I put 1/4 slice of mozzarella (or cheese of choice), then about a tsp. of seasoned chopped green peppers, onions, & mushrooms (again your choice of veggies), leaving enough room to top off with an egg. Bake in oven @ 350 for 20 minutes. It will look like a shiny sunny side up egg muffin(the egg is cook completely through) . It easy to pull out of pan let cool couple of minutes, then really easy to eat by hand. Each muffin is about 160 Calories, Carbs- 12g, Fat- 7g, Protein- 12g, Sodium- 309mg, Sugar- 2g depending on your choice of ingredients. Mix it up any way you want it!! ENJOY!!!! 0
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I'm going to freeze a sandwich tonight to take with me on my business trip tomorrow. I have to fly out at 5 am and It will be a while before I can even get into my hotel room... smh. So I'm hoping bringing a sandwich will help me control what I eat until the business meeting starts at 1 pm.
Great tips everyone!0 -
Back to the drawing board. I have started to TRY to be more aware when I'm making eating choices. I looked at my macro brfeak down and I'm getting way too many carbs and not enough protein!
So I'm going to correct that.
:-)
Ate 1/2 a JR burrito and about 10 tortilla chips today. With sweet tea, lol Should have gotten water but I'm sleep deprived and really do need some energy.0 -
I've recently become rather hooked on the Chobani flavored yogurts. I've gotten much, much more relaxed about my carb intake and as long as I'm within my goals for the day, I'm learning to be ok eating a carb count in the triple digits, which leaves me a lot more room for fun tasting things!0
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dynamite - how everything going since you started loving the yogurts?
Hope you're doing well.
I'm working on eating every 3 horus again and definitely increasing my water intake!!0 -
I have been only eating half of my food at most meals and ESPECIALLY if I eat fast food! Go mE! Trying to limit the fast food again... but baby steps0
