Does any one have any ideas?

sweetassurance

Hi I am a few days old on this site and I have been logging in my food on a daily basis but for some reason by the time I enter my breakfast the calories I am aloud have been used. :explode: I am kind of going nuts on what to eat:laugh: I have tried different food to eat but no matter what I try to plan for my menu breakfast take up the most calories.

Therefore, my question is does anyone have any Ideas on what foods they can eat that are not full of high calories? Or would anyone be interested in sharing what their menu looks like for a day? Thanks:flowerforyou:

sweetassurance

Hi I am a few days old on this site and I have been logging in my food on a daily basis but for some reason by the time I enter my breakfast the calories I am aloud have been used. :explode: I am kind of going nuts on what to eat:laugh: I have tried different food to eat but no matter what I try to plan for my menu breakfast take up the most calories.

Therefore, my question is does anyone have any Ideas on what foods they can eat that are not full of high calories? Or would anyone be interested in sharing what their menu looks like for a day? Thanks:flowerforyou:

songbyrdsweet

What are you eating for breakfast?? And how many calories are you allotted? Are you eating a 1200 calorie breakfast? Oatmeal with skim milk is only about 200 calories. :huh:

AJCM

I eat 1200 calories on the days I don't workout and about 1700 on the days I do... here is a sample of today....

B: peanut butter with 1/2 banana, cup of coffee with cream (220 cals)
S: small apple with cinnamon (50 cals)
L: whole wheat chicken wrap with veggies and ranch dressing (420 cals)
S: sugar free jello snack (0 cals)
S: protein shake (120 cals)
broiled tilapia, steamed snow peas with becel, stir fry veggies (zuc, pepers, onion) (310 cals)
S: diet coke & Orville's "smart pop" pop corn (100 cals)
S: herbal tea (0 cals)
Total Cals: 1220

On these days I tend to go to bed a bit hungry, but I'm trying to embrace that feeling because it means I'm burning body fat!
:flowerforyou:

Good luck!

Cerabell18

Here is my day:

Breakfast
1 Light & Fit Yogurt - 80 Calories
Banana - Approx. 100 Calories

Snack
Cameo Apple - Approx. 60 Calories

Lunch
3/4 Fusilli Pasta w/ stewed tomatoes, fresh garlic, chopped olives, sauteed onions, green peppers - 360 Calories
Apple - Approx. 60 Calories

Snack
Granola Bar - 90 Calories

Dinner
Hungry Girl Kicken Chicken Pot Pie - 1/4 Pie 253 Calories
Salad w/ garbonzo beans, baby corn, 3 olives, fat free cheese, 10 sprays Ceaser Spritzer - Approx. 200 Calories

Total for the day - About 1200
If I do any exercise, I eat back the calories that I burn.

Wolfena

What are you eating now??

A large egg only has 70 calories. An english muffin about 150 (or 90 if you get a "light" one) Most cereals have less than 200 calories in a bowl. Center cut bacon has 50 calories for 2 slices, ham is about 50 calories for 2 ounces.... most breads are between 40 & 90 calories a slice. Skim milk has 90 calories a glass - 2% only about 110. You can even have 3 pancakes for less than 300 calories (toppings not included) A potato only has about 150 calories. deli style swiss or provolone cheese are only 50-75 calories a slice. Fruit is always low cal AND low fat!

If you're eating breakfast from fast food places or convenience stores, STOP!! Make your own. I

if you're cooking with lots of butters, margarines or oils - cut WAY back, or better yet - use cooking spray!

I cook HUGE breakfasts on the weekends of anything from breakfast burritoes filled with EVERYTHING, sometimes we have breakfast sandwhiches on bagels or english muffins piled high with eggs, cheese and sausage, bacon or ham or I'll make stacks of pancakes that I'll smother with jelly (low sugar) or something else- and even with my huge mug of coffee sweetened with (fat free) vanilla creamer I'll only end up around 500 calories.

In order to help you tweak your diet, we need to know what you're eating now

AJCM

Here's yesterday....

B: McMuffin (I know - not the greatest nutritionally!), coffee with cream (330 cals)
S: veggies and hummus (150 cals)
S: blueberries & strawberries (110 cals)
L: turkey breast sandwich on whole wheat bread with veggies & mustard, side salad with ranch dressing (450 cals)
X: run (burned 620 cals)
S: protein shake (120 cals)
Greek salad with feta, roasted meat balls, one triangle of garlic pita (460 cals)
S: crispy minis - ketchup flavour, diet coke (120 cals)

Total Calories Consumed: 1740
Total Burned: 2620 - 1740 eaten = 880 deficit

Does this math make sense? You are looking for a deficit in the range of 500 and 1000 calories!
Good luck!

kristie874

If you are eating eggs try using Egg Beaters. If you are eating bacon, try the 99% fat free turkey bacon. Remember it's very important to control your portions. I eat hot whole wheat cereal (Krusteaz Zoom) with dried cranberries, splenda, and cinnamon in it. During the warmer months I make smoothies with fat free plain yogurt, sliced, frozen bananas, frozen blueberries, and crystal light. I also add a spoonful of flax seed, vitamin powder, and psyllium husk. Both breakfasts are under 250 calories. Try just some cereal and skim milk plus a piece of fruit. Be sure to measure! Or a 100 calorie english muffin with a slice of fat free cheese and a morningstar farms sausage or some egg beaters on it. Be sure to snack throughout the day so that, by the time you get to your larger meals, you aren't famished and needing to eat too large of portions to feel satisfied. I ususally have a string cheese and some grapes for my morning snack and my two afternoon snacks are usually carrot sticks and red bell peppers dunked in 1/4 cup ranch dip (made by blending fat free cottage cheese with a little water and dip mix...fewer calories and more protein than sour cream...idea that I got on MFP) and a Dannon Light and Fit yogurt mixed with 1/4 cup cottage cheese. Be sure to eat your workout calories, too! I hope some of these ideas helped!

Hannah_Banana

I normally have a combination of 2 or 3 of the following:

2 slices of whole wheat toast w/ 2tbsp whipped cream cheese (180 cals)
2 slices of low sodium bacon (70 cals)
1 egg w/ half a 2% kraft cheese slice (95 cals)
1 cup (fresh) strawberries w/ tablespoon powdered sugar

In any combination, that will only ever ad up to around 400 cals (most of the time around 300) and holy crap, if I eat at 9am, I'm not even hungry til around 2:30/3pm.

Carbs like bagels, pancakes, waffles etc not to mention the stuff that goes on them (butter syrup) will suck up your calories REALLY quick. If you absolutely must have something like that for breakfast, try two slices of french toast, with a little smart balance lite butter spread and half a tbsp of powdered sugar or even better - fruit! :flowerforyou:

jacmiley

My breakfast was:

Quaker simple harvest oatmeal - apple cinnamon flavor - 150 calories
Wheat germ (tbs) - 40 calories
Danon light and fit yogurt vanilla - I did half a serving at 40 calories
And a medium banana at 105 calories.

Total of 335 calories which is kind of a lot yet not really. I personally need a filling breakfast cause I'm nonstop teaching till lunch. Plus, I teach wood shop so it is very physical.

astridfeline

I have a couple of breakfasts I usually eat. 1) 1/2 serving Kashi Go lean cereal and 1/2 serving nature's path smart bran cereal, with 1/2 cup 1% milk (165 calories). Sometimes I also have a Thomas light whole grain english muffin with Shedd's spread (153 cal). Breakfast 2) optimum power instant oatmeal (150 cal) plus 1/3 cup frozer blueberries (26 cal), sometimes with the english muffin or a banana depending on my activities for the day.
Hope this helps!

sweetassurance

Wow! Thank you ladies :flowerforyou:

I did not realize you could eat all this different foods or that they where low in calories. I am ashamed to say but to answer some of your questions truthfully, :embarassed: My breakfast is usually 1 fried egg in light oil, 1 homemade has brown, 1/2 a frank, 1/4 teaspoon mayonnaise, 1 jalapeño pepper, one cup of coffee, and two home made flour tortillas.

This is usually my biggest meal of the day the rest of the day. I kind of just drink coffee or ice tea to feel full for the rest of the day until dinner which is also Mexican food. I snack here and there with a banana or an orange and a dark chocolate candy if I have any.

However, as bad as it all sounds I have limited my portions since I started MFP. :bigsmile: Now I am looking for new ways to eat that are good but low in calories. I really love the ideas I have got so far from you all and I am looking forward in putting them in to practice. Thanks again this takes a big load of my shoulder. Feel free to post some more Ideas and daily meals I love them. They are really good and encouraging.:happy: :happy:

DawnInOhio

Wow! Thank you ladies :flowerforyou:

I did not realize you could eat all this different foods or that they where low in calories. I am ashamed to say but to answer some of your questions truthfully, :embarassed: My breakfast is usually 1 fried egg in light oil, 1 homemade has brown, 1/2 a frank, 1/4 teaspoon mayonnaise, 1 jalapeño pepper, one cup of coffee, and two home made flour tortillas.

This is usually my biggest meal of the day the rest of the day. I kind of just drink coffee or ice tea to feel full for the rest of the day until dinner which is also Mexican food. I snack here and there with a banana or an orange and a dark chocolate candy if I have any.

However, as bad as it all sounds I have limited my portions since I started MFP. :bigsmile: Now I am looking for new ways to eat that are good but low in calories. I really love the ideas I have got so far from you all and I am looking forward in putting them in to practice. Thanks again this takes a big load of my shoulder. Feel free to post some more Ideas and daily meals I love them. They are really good and encouraging.:happy: :happy:

You could easily still have that breakfast, just make it lower in fat and calories with substitutes.

LuckyLeprechaun

In addition to making lower calorie choices for breakfast, you might consider eating more often during the day. I think of metabolism as a fire, if you keep adding small logs, the fire will burn at a constant rate. if you let the fire go out, then add a bunch of logs, they will just sit there and smolder. Not efficient. A bunch of smaller meals will help you feel satisfied too, which avoids overeating when you are starved.
Good luck!

sweetassurance

These are really great point here.:happy: Thank you ladies:flowerforyou:

AJCM

In addition to making lower calorie choices for breakfast, you might consider eating more often during the day. I think of metabolism as a fire, if you keep adding small logs, the fire will burn at a constant rate. if you let the fire go out, then add a bunch of logs, they will just sit there and smolder. Not efficient. A bunch of smaller meals will help you feel satisfied too, which avoids overeating when you are starved.
Good luck!

I was going to say the same thing! I just realized when typing out my days, that I eat at least 5-7 times a day! Maybe adding some smaller more frequent meals would also help! I find that I graze all day, and never feel full at anyone meal (and personally, this helps my energy level!).

Good luck!
:flowerforyou: