Typical Day!

areay

I was wondering what is everyone's typical food log like for a day??

areay

I was wondering what is everyone's typical food log like for a day??

Fab140

over in calories

GoGetterMom

under calories, but hubby got thin crust pizza last night and I went 7 calories over. Oooohhh was it good!

ali106

good question!!!

I am nosey I mean "wondering" about it too!:bigsmile:

for me...on the weekdays when I'm rushing around....its

Breakfast:
coffee
fat free vanilla creamer
piece of fruit like a plum
strawberry/chocolate/almond fiber one bar

Lunch:
lean cuisine pizza w/ a small side salad...or salad w/ grilled chicken

snack:
are things like lite yogurt, apple & p/b, cheese and wheat crackers

Dinner:
usually some type of chicken or fish or turkey burger....w/ grilled veggies and pasta, rice or potato...
depends....and a big salad too.

dessert: fat free frozen yogurt blueberries and cream ....mmmm or a frozen fruit bar in grape...mmmmm I love the dessert part of my day! lol

I add or subtract depending on my exercise level that day....:bigsmile:
hugs!
ali

areay

UM...I guess I should rephrase. What are you eating??

areay

I guess for me it would be...

Breakfast: These are some of my options in the morning
1. Oatmeal
2. Peanut butter toast and egg
3. Protein Shake
4. Fiber One Ceral

Lunch: Whatever is in the dining hall at the university, varies everyday

Dinner:
1. Sandwiches
2. Turkey Burgers
3. Chicken with veggies
4. Breakfast casserole, yes it's good at night!
5. Pizza
6. Chili
7. Stew
8. We cook dinner everynight, so it's endless

Snacks:
1. Granola Bars
2. Clif Bars
3. Toast
4. Fruit

psyknife

Lately my typical day goes something like this:

BREAKFAST:

*1 cup egg whites + mixed in veggies (usually peppers, tomatoes, onions OR all three) + 1/4 cup of low fat cheese

SNACK:

*Venti Skim Tazo Chai Latte from Starbucks + protein source (either Spinach/Feta wrap from Starbucks OR buffalo jerky)

LUNCH:

Sandwich OR pita OR soup:
*4 slices lean meat + veggies (onions, peppers, tomatoes, leafy greens, etc), olives, 2 tbsp. hummus + either a whole grain bread or pita (sometimes I use a Morning Star Farms patty as well)
*1 serving fruit

SNACK:

Either:
*mixed nuts
*protein bar
*fruit/nut bar
*buffalo jerky
*fruit + 1 oz. cheese
etc etc etc.

DINNER:

*4-8 oz. of lean protein (been on a tilapia kick lately)
*mixed veggies (lots of 'em)

I am a big lover of Mediterranean eating... so you'll see me eating lots of fish, leafy greens, hummus, olive oil, spices, tomatoes, onions... yum yum!

Fab140

O :laugh: Sorry.

A good day:

32oz of water with my vits.

Breakfast consists of either a venti iced coffee or a venti doubleshot on ice (no sweetner, non-fat milk) and oatmeal.

Snack usually has nuts and yogurt.

Lunch is a salad with whatever meat the boss lady made the night before (my ma is my boss...lol)

Snack may mean another coffee, but most likely it's a carbohydrate of some sort.

Dinner and a cocktail is usually where I go horribly wrong. :grumble:

I"m working every day to edit out the bad habits, but one thing I just cannot let go of is my chocolate. It's insane how addicted I am.

Fab140

Lately my typical day goes something like this:

BREAKFAST:

*1 cup egg whites + mixed in veggies (usually peppers, tomatoes, onions OR all three) + 1/4 cup of low fat cheese

SNACK:

*Venti Skim Tazo Chai Latte from Starbucks + protein source (either Spinach/Feta wrap from Starbucks OR buffalo jerky)

LUNCH:

Sandwich OR pita OR soup:
*4 slices lean meat + veggies (onions, peppers, tomatoes, leafy greens, etc), olives, 2 tbsp. hummus + either a whole grain bread or pita (sometimes I use a Morning Star Farms patty as well)
*1 serving fruit

SNACK:

Either:
*mixed nuts
*protein bar
*fruit/nut bar
*buffalo jerky
*fruit + 1 oz. cheese
etc etc etc.

DINNER:

*4-8 oz. of lean protein (been on a tilapia kick lately)
*mixed veggies (lots of 'em)

I am a big lover of Mediterranean eating... so you'll see me eating lots of fish, leafy greens, hummus, olive oil, spices, tomatoes, onions... yum yum!

Ooo....I've been wanting to buy talpia fillets....how do you cook them? (I don't have a grill.... )

mizzymiz

hmmm. Usually something like:

Breakfast Options:
1. Oatmeal
2. English muffin with 1/3 fat cream cheese
3. Egg whites on '45 calories and delightful bread'*
*ps. it is debatable how 'delightful' this SaraLee bread actually is...

Lunch Options:
1. Subway turkey 6", no mayo or cheese
2. Organic Girl Italian Promodoro salad kit
3. spicy tuna sushi rolls

Dinner Options:
1. Soup with Fat Free Sour Cream and a salad
2. Baked potato and corn on the cob
3. Chicken or Salmon fillet with veggies
4. Egg white Omelet with veggies and morning star veggie sausage patties

Snack Options:
1. Baby Carrots/cucumber with hummus
2. Harvest Select Wheat thins with fiber with sliced turkey breast
3. fat free yogurt with added blueberries or raspberries or granola
4. fruit
5. serving of unsalted almonds
6. homemade oil popped popcorn
7. glass of red wine (does this count?) :drinker:

Dessert Options:
1. sugar free hot chocolate with fat free whip cream
2. sorbet
3. smoothie with yogurt, fat free whip cream, frozen peaches
4. mini tootsie rolls

This is kinda fun!

areay

Love all of the choices everyone has opened up! Great eating ideas!:bigsmile:

psyknife

Ooo....I've been wanting to buy talpia fillets....how do you cook them? (I don't have a grill.... )

I cook them in a pan on the stove top. Lately, my fav recipe for tilapia is:

1-2 tilapia fillets
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (or Pam spray works fine)
1 cup leafy greens of choice
Onions, peppers & tomatoes (add as many as you want!)
2 tbsp lime juice
Lemon pepper (to taste, sprinkle as desired)
2 tbsp of cashew nuts

Heat olive oil (or spray down skillet) over stove top. Add fish. When you flip fish over add in all of the veggies (except leafy greens). When fish is nearly done add leafy greens. Sprinkle whole pan w/lime juice and lemon pepper. Add cashews. Continue to cook until fish and veggies are done (not too long as you want veggies to be crisp... I usually cook until leafy greens have wilted a little bit).

sbacon1203

This is a sample of a good day


Breakfast Cal
Ham - Sliced, extra lean, 1.5 slices (1 serving) 45
Eggs - Poached (whole egg), 1 large 74
Thomas English Muffin - Muffin - 100 Calories, 1 muffin 100
Sharp cheddar 2% slice 50

Snacks
Hershey's Special Dark Sugar Free - Candy, 1 pieces 30
Dove - Rich Dark Chocolate With Chocolate Creme, 1 pieces 38

Lunch
Nabisco 100 Calorie Packs - Chips Ahoy Chewy Granola Bar, 1 bar 100
Nabisco 100 Calorie Packs - Nutter Butter Chewy Granola Bars, 1 bar 100

Dinner
Lean Cuisine - Meatloaf and Whipped Potatoes, 1 Package (9.375 ounces) 250
Spinach - Raw 43
Strawberries - Raw, 0.5 cup, halves 25
Hershey's - Hershey's Syrup - Lite Syrup, 1 tbsp 25
Reddi Wip - Chocolate Whipped Cream, 2 tbs 15

Snacks
Skim milk 1.5 cups 128
Hostess 100 Calorie Pack - Chocolate Cake With Creamy Filling, 3 cakes 100
Grapes - Raw, 0.5 cup 30
Strawberries - Raw, 0.25 cup, halves 15
Quaker - Puffed Wheat Cereal 50

Total 1,218

Fab140

Ooo....I've been wanting to buy talpia fillets....how do you cook them? (I don't have a grill.... )

I cook them in a pan on the stove top. Lately, my fav recipe for tilapia is:

1-2 tilapia fillets
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (or Pam spray works fine)
1 cup leafy greens of choice
Onions, peppers & tomatoes (add as many as you want!)
2 tbsp lime juice
Lemon pepper (to taste, sprinkle as desired)
2 tbsp of cashew nuts

Heat olive oil (or spray down skillet) over stove top. Add fish. When you flip fish over add in all of the veggies (except leafy greens). When fish is nearly done add leafy greens. Sprinkle whole pan w/lime juice and lemon pepper. Add cashews. Continue to cook until fish and veggies are done (not too long as you want veggies to be crisp... I usually cook until leafy greens have wilted a little bit).

Thanks! I'm going to have to try this! :flowerforyou:

greeneyedgirl

This is what a typical day would be like for school; such as taking foods since I'm there all day almost everyday

Breakfast:
1/2 cup cottage cheese 1%
1 piece of whole wheat bread with 1 tsp of jam

Snack:
1/2 cup of blueberries

Lunch:
2 cups of spaghetti squash with 1 tbsp of parmesan cheese and becel topping spray
Individual bag of carrots
4 crackers

Dinner:
1 piece of whole wheat bread with becel spray
Steamed bag of broccoli and cauliflower
1/2 cup of cottage cheese

Snack:
Almonds, yogurt, babybel light, crackers etc.

pecksun8

B-Whole grapefruit, grapebuts w/milk
L-Sandwich-Turkey, lettuce, tomato, ff cheese, mustard, onion, ww lt bread and an apple or fruit, water
S-fruit or veggies
D-Meat and veggies, usually w/a carb of some sort
S-sf pudding, or yogurt, or popcorn, or fruit, or veggies...
Water all day long.

TamTastic

For me:

Normal breakfasts are:
Coffee w/ fatfree cream and splenda AND one of the following
1. Whole grain english muffin with 2oz egg white + 2 tbsp 2% cheddar)
2. Whole grain english muffin with 1 tbsp peanut butter and about 1/2 a sliced banana
3. Fiber One Honey Clusters with skim milk and fruit
4. 2 eggo lite nutri-grain waffles with low sugar syrup and fruit
5. My quickie breakfast is a Fiber One Bar + yogurt and fruit

Lunches lately are either:
1. Amys low-sodium chunky tomato bisque with oyster crackers and some kind of sandwich (sometimes I have the cedarlane couscous and veggies wrap with it. Very yummy and filling)
2. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich + chocolate skim milk
3. Lean cuisine pizza or panini or Healthy Choice panini, etc...I love the Lean Cuisine French Bread Deluxe pizza.
4. Trader Joes Corn and Black Bean Enchiladas - YUM!

I will have snacks in between too, like light string cheeses, yogurt, fruit, etc.

Dinners are usually:
1. Chicken breast or thighs, either bbq'd or marinated and baked/broiled.
2. Tacos made with ground turkey or chicken
3. Other chicken dishes...or vegetarian or fish with sweet potato, oven roasted potatoes, or whole grain rice or cous cous...with veggies and maybe salad. I switch up recipes. I have made a few of the recipes I posted in the recipe section.
4. Whole wheat pasta (I like the Ronzoni Healthy Harvest) with sauce and turkey meatballs and veggies.

Dessert:
1/2 cup to a full cup of light ice cream (usually a full cup on workout days! )
Trader Joes Cinnamon Flatbreads- YUMM!

Emdicio

Breakfast:
Fiber One bar and fruit
Oatmeal
Healthy cereal w/Soy milk
Low Fat waffles w/Turkey Bacon on Sunday

Morning Snack:
Carrot sticks
Banana/Apple
Granola bar if I'm out and about

Lunch:
Salad of some type (Chicken Caesar, Cobb, mix my own)
Ham & Swiss sandwich on 12 grain (no mayo)
Lean Pocket of some flavor (love the Spinach & Chicken)
Lean Cuisine or Eating Right frozen meal
1/2 sandwich & broth based soup

Afternoon Snack:
Kashi Go Lean Roll
Carrot Sticks
Banana/Apple
Granola bar if I'm out and about

Per workout Snack:
Chocolate (Soy) Banana smoothie
Vanilla (Soy) Berry smoothie
Banana/apple
Glass of Orange juice
1/2 bowl of cereal & Soy milk

Dinner:
Grilled skinless/boneless chicken breast
Tilapia or Salmon
Lean Cuisine or Eating Right frozen meal
Shrimp & marinara over whole wheat pasta
Turkey Chili & fat free cheese
Almost always have additional vegetables with dinner, some times a whole wheat roll too

Dessert:
Jell-O sugar free pudding or gelatin
100 calorie snack pack (Oreo Candy bites, Chocolate Pretzels, etc)

I always track calories during the day and make my dinner/pre-workout choices based upon where I am (calorie wise) when I get home. if I miss any of the meals I struggle to eat enough calories on workout days.

areay

Sounds like a great menu!!