WHAT DO YOU ALL EAT ...?
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I love the egg beater omelets for my really hungry days. I use a lot of spinach in mine and Zucchini and or sliced mushrooms and a little cheese~ whatever I have in my drawer for cheese and veggies.
I make my omelet in the morning for my partner and I while I am getting coffee ready layering the veggies to what cooks slowest throw a huge amount of fresh spinach on then pour my eggs on last layer except for cheese. I put it on low with a lid and check it as I am getting ready for work throw the cheese on top the last then cut it down the middle for both portions.
I also make oatmeal, the 5 minute oats-I make this on a day that I have older bananas. I cut up a banana put it in with the oatmeal when it is cooking and then add a tablespoon of peanut butter, I also use agave nector for the sweetner not much though and I add cayenne pepper to it, about 1/2 tsp. VERY good oatmeal for those really hungry mornings.
I make a lot of soups on Sundays full of veggies and a few proteins like chicken and beans, I make enough to last at least 3-4 days worth of meals during the week. I also made black bean soup this week in addition to my veggie soup and eat it with brown rice. I am still figuring things out, I have always loved to cook with lots of veggies. I eat things I crave when I crave them because luckily it isn't that often. I crave fats, like butter, mayonaise, when I crave something I am not sure why I do, but I add those things into my meal planning when I crave it and have way less. (like 1 tblsp on a sandwhich instead of 2)
I am not much into sweets, but a 2-3 times a month I will have something sweet. I work every day so I find when I plan my meals ahead we eat much healthier for my household. I am finding that I have to log every single thing every single day no matter what. I have started and slowed many times and it is just easier to stay focused to log everything.0 -
what I find very useful are cooking books with calories stated for each recipe. that way you can pick and choose what you like and still have control over your calorie intake. works for me :-)0
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As a working person, and someone who doesn't enjoy cooking, I take the easy way out during the week. Most mornings I eat a granola bar for breakfast (in the car on the way to work) and a lean cuisine for lunch with a piece of fruit, yogurt or carrots and hummus as a snack. These are all items that are easy to pack and carry with me. In the evenings I am blessed to have a wonderful man who loves to cook and he usually makes dinner. We eat a lot of chicken--both baked and fried, grilled steaks and lately fish (fried and baked) because he fishes a lot. I try to eat vegetables every night-- either a salad or frozen vegetables or a baked sweet potato and we eat rice often as a side. I measure everything I eat. That's the main change I've made to my diet since joining MFP. I read labels and if it says one serving is a half a cup than I make sure that's all I take. Feel free to add me as a friend and check out my diary.0
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Like a lot of people have said. Eat whatever you want for the most part as long as it fits in your calories. It'd be wise to eat chicken. I do almost every day. Fish is excellent for you too except I hate it unfortunately.0
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Feel free to check out my food diary - before today I was at 1600 calories but I'm on a break this week so sticking to about 1900 calories. I eat what ever I like but less of it.0
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This.Welcome!
The most successful people long term eat whatever they used to eat, but in smaller portions. Trying to restrict or eliminate certain food types or groups rarely works.
Aim to meet you protein, fat, fibre and carb goals by eating foods you enjoy.0 -
THANKS A LOT everyone !!
What a great community you guys are!
I never thought i will get so many responses that fast
I read everything very carefully , huge help
But my problem also is that I'm a busy mom, always on the go and all these years i eat whatever is ready in front of me:(
How do you guys manage to cook healthy with a super busy schedule ? Tips?
I work full-time with an hour commute on each end. 3 kids at home when I get there. Dinner to make, kids to clean, homework to finish... I'd say I'm pretty busy too.
I do some crock pot meals - turkey tenderloin in the crockpot for tonight - can't wait!! Stir fry's are quick. I try to pull what I need for dinner the night before so I can just toss it together when I get home.
On sundays I cut up my veggies that I am going to use for the week so they are ready to cook/use. I have to think of what meals we are having for the week in advance and stick to it. Such a time saver.0 -
I eat marinated tofu, egg noodles, sushi, tempura, greek salad, Chan's masala. Spinach salad, peanut butter on toast, ice cream, apples, broccoli and cheese sauce, tacos, veggie burgers with pickles and French fries, chilli, cookies and wine.0
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I eat the things I've always eaten, just in moderation and with careful planning.
A big shift for me has been not to bring the entire bag of chips/cookies/crackers/whatever to the couch with me. I count out my portion into a bowl, log it, and put the rest away. It has made all the difference for me!0 -
I have cut out as much sugar as possible because I do better on protein instead of carbs weigh your meat the calories add up on meat faster then you think have lots of non starchy vegetables instead of fries I have sweet potatoe fries also found that a veggie flatizza and veggie salad from Subway is a very good fast lunch or dinner log every single thing0
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Feel free to look at my Diary it's open to view, I personally like to eat balanced meals,
Fruit
Veggies
Milk
Protein
Carb
At each meal, Don't always do a veggie for Breakfast, but if your at home it is easy to slide a veggie into your eggs or on the side, you will be surprised at how much more you are satisfied when you eat balanced, and by having fruit or yogurt it satisfies your sweet tooth (if you have one) Nuts are a good way to get a healthy snack in. You really have to experiment at what works for you, but I grew up with a nutrionalist's that taught us to eat balance meals (think of the food pyarmid)
Cheri
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Well...
Mondays are Meatless Mondays for me....so usually I end up making some type of cheesy pasta dish with salad.
Tuesdays are Around the World days...so whatever I feel is fun and from a different culture....usually ends up Mexican lol.
Wednesdays are Casserole/Crockpot days...could be pulled pork sandwiches, chili, stew, pot roast.
Thursdays are for fish.
Fridays are homemade pizza days...and no I don't use the cauliflower stuff. I use the Pioneer Women's recipe because it is yummy and actually not that bad on calories.
Saturdays are grilling...so could be fish again, or steaks, or hamburgers.
Sundays are soup and sandwich days...and I try to keep to the season with this.
Lunches range from turkey sandwiches, to left overs, to microwave dinners. But if I do a frozen dinner I go for the pricier versions in the organic aisle...they just taste better to me.
Snacks range from fruits, to vegetables, to cookies, to cake, to ice cream...whatever I can fit in for that day.
You can do this and eat whatever you want. Just look for lighter versions of things or mold it into a rounded meal. For example, my household gets Dominos pizza all the time...that can kill your efforts if you aren't careful. But take 2 slices and add a salad and some fruit for dessert and you can keep the meal well with in your limits.0 -
2 lemon chicken thighs for me tonight 1 cup low sodium chicken rice a roni n 2 cups of green beans
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Anything I want.0
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Smaller portion sizes. By logging my intake has made me choose healthier options.0
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All the food. Feel free to look at my diary. I've been slacking with logging lately but basically I eat what I want in moderation. Except when I don't. But I don't ever stress out about it. It's not a race 0
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Welcome!
The most successful people long term eat whatever they used to eat, but in smaller portions. Trying to restrict or eliminate certain food types or groups rarely works.
Aim to meet you protein, fat, fibre and carb goals by eating foods you enjoy.
This...
And here's some helpful info.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here?hl=so+you're+new+here0 -
Gluten free (celiac) and hopefully not more than I burn off!0
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Tacos and sausage. :bigsmile:0
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today i had a chicken cutlet sandwich on a whole wheat roll, with mayo and cheese. i had a banana, and a yogurt. i also had a snickers for breakfast.0
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Eat what you normally eat. But hit your calorie and macro goals. There are no special 'healthy' foods and no special 'unhealthy' foods. Everything in moderation.0
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Welcome!
The most successful people long term eat whatever they used to eat, but in smaller portions. Trying to restrict or eliminate certain food types or groups rarely works.
Aim to meet you protein, fat, fibre and carb goals by eating foods you enjoy.
^^^ great advice. The only thing I do differently is I cut out soda and all day snacking. And I use portion control. Also added in exercise and I drink A LOT of water. Good luck!0 -
This! And welcome to MFP :-)it's all about portion control - I eat what I want to eat, I just don't eat a large bag of Doritos for lunch any more. I still eat chips, I eat chocolate almost every day, I eat fried foods sometimes (but not every day), etc.
calling some foods good and some foods bad and denying yourself access to the 'bad' foods (in my experience) will lead to a binge on those foods and derail your progress.
the best rule for me is all things in moderation0 -
I have a shake every morning for breakfast. One scoop of vanilla protein powder (25g of protein), almond milk, banana, strawberries, and 2 tbsp of ground flax seeds. It will fill you up through lunch and it definitely sets my energy/hunger levels for the day. Piece of fruit around 11. Small lunch around 12:30 - usually leftovers from dinner and a small snack (rice cakes for me). Dinner I try a make a lean meat or fish and some veggies. I love to cook so I enjoy trying to make things as flavorful as possible. I love skinnytaste's blog for recipes.0
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My diary is public if you want to look at it.
Basically my goal is to try and work on establishing long-term habits of eating foods I enjoy but in PROPER serving sizes.
I haven't "given up" any foods because in the long run that will make the "forbidden" food seem more attractive and entice me to binge on it.
There are foods that I've changed how I approach:
1) An easy way to eliminate calories for me was to lower the calories I picked up in liquids. I have all but phased out regular soda except very rare occasions. I still allow myself the occasional Coke Zero or Sunkist 10 or A&W 10 when I really want carbonation but most of my drinks these days are flavored water.
2) I avoid eating out as often as I once did since restaurant fare TENDS to be higher in calories and oversized in portion.
3) When I *do* eat out, I am more aware of portion sizes and am more likely (most of the time) to purpose to bring some of it home in a doggie bag and skip the appetizers.
4) If I know a more calorie heavy meal is coming, I "budget" for it by being stingier on the meals earlier in the day....focusing on eating more vegetables since they typically have a lower calorie score and the fiber is filling. Then I can "bank" the calories I didn't use for breakfast and lunch into my Chinese/Mexican/steak/pizza dinner.
5) I am not good with moderation with ice cream. I try not to have it in the house. I still eat it...but now it's a special occasion trip to the ice cream shoppe for a single-dip cone...instead of a pint of Ben and Jerry's that I invariably eat in one sitting.
6)EDITED TO ADD: I don't spazz out if I go over on calories 1 day (or even 2) in a week. Weight loss will NOT necessarily be linear, some weeks I might just decide I really WANT a certain meal and some times I see a weight gain (two weeks ago actually). That is not a "failure"...just means I refocus next week on the long-term goal. Incidentally, my loss last week was the biggest one I've had since joining MFP in October.
7)AND ALSO ADDING: If you put in a really good day at the gym, you "earn" extra food. Be aware the calories burned tend to be overestimated so it's a good idea to manually reduce the figure MFP spits out. Some will tell you by as much as 75%...I don't go THAT hard with it, but I do only take 2/3 of the calorie burn to make sure I don't "eat back" too many calories and lose my deficit.0 -
Everyone who says it's about moderation... totally agree! Don't completely cut out everything you love, just eat less of it. Try to add in more veggies and fruits. Say you're having spaghetti for dinner... I like to add carrots to my spaghetti sauce! Instead of having a bagel with cream cheese I have half a bagel with a tablespoon of lowfat cream cheese. For dinner instead of having chicken and potatoes I have chicken, a little bit of potatoes, and a whole lotta some veggie. Add in healthier things and decrease your portion of the unhealthy things. This is the only thing that has ever worked for me in changing my diet. When I came to the realization that this is a lifestyle change that I am going to stick to forever, I realized that I could not deny myself things I wanted... of course I do things sometimes, but I am constantly working on making foods I love healthier. I also try to exercise more when I make food choices that are less than great.
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I eat everything but wheat, rice and potato products. I need my food be optimized in protein and fiber and reasonable in calories. Wheat, rice and potatoes have too many calories for their nutrition. They are also trigger foods for me. I know most people promote moderation. For some of us some foods are best avoided. We never recommend moderation to a 2 pack smoker, or alcoholic. If I don't eat my trigger foods I don't even think about food. I transform into a person who eats normally and never binges. I have spoken to many obese people who have lost successfully for the long term. (Notice I said obese, not overweight). The vast majority let go of their binge foods, they did not moderate them. Maybe in 5 years my response to those items will change. But I have a 34 yr track record of being unable to portion control them. I no longer medicate or reward with food. I do use a few tbsp of wheat flour, rice starch or potato starch in recipes when I have no reasonable substitute and this causes no problem. But a croissant, hash browns or fried brown rice just lead to a binge or having to suffer 2 days of cravings. Other than that I eat all other foods. There are so many types of beans and the availability of non wheat flours is stunning. I make flat breads, crackers, crepes, bean flour breads. I eat very little processed food-which isn't hard since most of them are predominantly wheat, potato and rice based!! I do not vilify wheat, rice and potato. They just don't work for me.0
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You've had so many great replies! I belong to 2014 Open Diary Group. It's under Community then Groups. Good Luck to you in finding what's right for you.
My diaries open.
Michelle0 -
Typical breakfast:
Cereal & milk
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Greek yogurt, cheese stick, apple or banana
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Eggs & toast
Typical lunch:
9" pita with grilled chicken, raw veggies, tzatziki sauce
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Soup & Sandwich
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Omelette & toast
Typical dinner:
Some type of meat (beef, chicken, pork, fish, whatever), side dish (potatoes, rice, sweet potato, whatever), Vegetable or salad.
Dessert:
Ice Cream0
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