1200 calories per day-what did you eat today?

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  • keshmo88
    keshmo88 Posts: 8
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    Haha I think it's so funny that so many of you have peanut butter with oatmeal or cereal. In Australia we have it on toast, or occasionally on celery ( or I like it on apple) but in cereal? Once I heard of a friend putting it in a smoothie, but that would be too weird for me!

    Anyway, Breakfast: 3 eggs, 1 tomato
    Lunch: small salmon fillet, mushrooms, brocollini & avocado
    Dinner: I don't know - I'm going to the in-laws but usually it's steak & potatoes because my other half's is danish and all they eat is meat and potatoes. But I won't have any potatoes..
    It will be around 1200 calories or a little bit less, but I earned an extra 300 cals exercising - I don't really like to use them up though because what's the point in exercising if you're then eating more food to balance it out!!
  • amysj303
    amysj303 Posts: 5,086 Member
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    I want to keep this going, so here goes: Today I had Kefir with Ezekial 4:6 cinnamon raisin cereal (255 cals) for breakfast.
    Lunch: lean cuisine butternut squash ravioli (280 cals)
    Snack: naval orange with 2 hersheys miniatures, 2 tablespoons hummus with carrot and celery stick (231 cals)
    Dinner: spaghetti with turkey meatballs (343 cals)
  • sassydot
    sassydot Posts: 141
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    have to ask, being English and all...what is an English muffin?

    is it what we call a crumpet? http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1331502/2/istockphoto_1331502_crumpet.jpg

    No... that's a crumpet

    An english muffin is what they make a mc muffin out of - you probably know it just as a muffin
  • 20carrots
    20carrots Posts: 279 Member
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    breakfast: 1/2 cup quaker oats mixed with cinnamon, 1/2 tsp brown sugar, 1/2 banana and 1/4 cup blackberries; tea with skim and 1/2 tsp. sugar

    snack: 1/2 ounce of pretzels

    lunch: egg salad sandwich: 1 hard boiled egg plus 1 egg white mixed with 2 tsp. hellman's lowfat mayo on arnold light whole wheat bread; 1 homemade healthy banana cookie (allrecipes.com)

    snack: 1/2 cup greek yogurt mixed with 1 tsp. honey, 1/3 cup blueberries, 1 T. kashi go lean crunch

    dinner: trader joe's grilled eggplant parm, 1/2 cup green giant corn niblets

    dessert: 2 more banana cookies; 1 graham cracker sheet spread with 1 tsp. chocolate dreams PB.

    good eating day! measuring spoons/cups and the food scale have become my friend in order to stay within my "budget".

    Hey! 2 questions:
    What is chocolate dreams PB? It sounds delicious!
    Are you a vegetarian?
  • meokk
    meokk Posts: 787 Member
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    funny muffin stuff!!!!
    English muffins only exist in America (and maybe Japan), not in England.
    I'm English but live in America.
    A muffin in England would be the same as an American muffin - blueberry, corn etc.

    Crumpets are a different thing entirely and sooo delicious. You cook them on a griddle like pancakes rather than bake them in an oven like muffins. They don't taste of mush so people usually spread with butter or jam.
  • NWgardener
    NWgardener Posts: 28
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    Tonight I baked 3 oz. of dover sole with about 2 cups of baby spinach (the bagged variety) and about 3/4 cup of chopped mushrooms in parchment paper. I seasoned it with lemon zest, marjoram, parsley, lemon pepper and seasoned salt. Cooked it at 450 degrees for about 10 minutes. Delicious and only about 120 calories. No need to add butter or any oil. Noodlles on the side added about 135 calories, but still I was able to stay well under my daily intake of 1240.

    Baby carrots dipped in sun-dried tomato hummus helped stave off my hunger til dinner!
  • karissastephens
    karissastephens Posts: 324 Member
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    I eat a lot actually for having a 1200 calorie limit! Its almost amazing ha

    I have researched A LOT on this website of different low cal foods and some of the things I eat most are...

    - veggies
    - fruit
    - sugar free pudding for dessert
    - ALL HUNGRY GIRL RECIPES ARE AMAZING for substitutes
    - Egg beaters or egg whites
    - light string cheese
    - Brown Cow 100 cal. greek yogurt
    - Laughing cow cheese wedges
    - salads with LOW fat or fat free dressings
    - Hummus :) yummm
    - lean meats like chicken and fish
    - Boca meat substitutes
    - Lean cuisines when im too busy to cook
    - Steamers frozen veggies
    - Skinny cow icecreams. so yummy and only 160 cals at the most!
    - water
    - crystal light
    - oatmeal
    - rice crackers
    - Quaker rice cakes


    Theres a huge list!! :)
  • allykat8
    allykat8 Posts: 237
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    Yesterday I was just shy of 1,200 calories. My total was 1,175 for the day.

    BREAKFAST: 385 calories
    Wholesome Farms Fat Free Milk - 8 oz
    Arnold Grains & More Flax & Fiber Bread - 2 slices
    Peanut Butter & Co Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Peanut Butter - 1 tbsp
    Vita Fusion Power C Gummies
    One-A-Day Vitamin Vita Crave Gummies

    LUNCH 1: 180 calories
    Special K Protein Meal Bar - Chocolate Peanut Butter

    LUNCH 2: 200 calories
    Pure Portein Bar - Chewy Chocolate Chip

    DINNER: 280 calories
    Kahiki Vegetable Egg Rolls - 2 rolls
    Pringles Light Fat Free BBQ - 2 servings

    DESSERT: 100 calories
    Slim-A-Bear Klondike

    DRINKS: 30 calories
    Diet Ocean Spray Cranberry Grape Juice
    Monster Lo-Carb Energy Drink
  • amysj303
    amysj303 Posts: 5,086 Member
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    Today I went over a little bit.
    Breakfast: Kefir strawberries and cream smoothie, 1 cup, 1/4 cup raw almonds
    Lunch: Healthy Choice Ginger Honey Chicken
    Snacks: mini twix and baby ruth, latte made with 1 cup coffee, 1/2 cup 2% milk, and 2 tbsp torino hazelnut syrup
    Dinner: 4 oz pork tenderloin with a blackberry syrup, mango salsa and roasted asparagus plus two glasses of red wine.
    I was only over by 130 cals and I did exercise, day three of the 30-day shred.
  • blueham5
    blueham5 Posts: 67 Member
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    Breakfast
    2 med Granny Smith Apples 160 cals

    Lunch
    4 slices mixed grain bread 260 cals

    Dinner
    1.5 cups white rice 363 cals
    200g roasted lamb chops 418 cals
    2 cups boiled pumpkin 98 cals

    That's already a total of 1299 calories, oh dear.
  • percyflea
    percyflea Posts: 4
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    Yes, a crumpet is very similar to an english muffin :D
  • MeganJo
    MeganJo Posts: 69
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    This is what I had yesterday:

    BREAKFAST-
    1/2 cup Fat free greek yogurt, plain
    1/2 cup kashi go lean cereal
    1/4 cup blackberries
    1/4 cup raspberries
    -Mixed all that together and it was fab and only 161 calories =]

    SNACK-
    1/4 cup raisins right before my workout to give me a boost

    LUNCH-
    4 cups baby spinach
    1 TBS Caesar dressing (regular, not fat free)
    1/4 cup grape tomatoes
    1 black bean chipotle veggie burger
    -I believe all of that was 254 calories

    DINNER-
    (Yesterday was pretty boring, just grabbed what I could find)
    1 serving of multi grain sandwich thins
    1/4 cup shredded chicken (leftover crock pot)
    1/8 cup kraft naturals shredded cheddar
    1 TBS chipotle jalepeno hummus
    1 8.4 oz can of sparkeling pomegranate Izze
    -All this was 403 calories

    SNACKS-
    3 TBS cilantro jalepeno hummus
    1 serving (10 chips) Food should taste good multigrain tortilla chips
    -215 calories
  • Fawkes
    Fawkes Posts: 50
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    I eat just about 1200 calories a day. I eat when Im hungry and I make sure I make GOOD food choices. I'm on a diet plan that has all whole foods, unprocessed, and "raw" (no additives and nothing out of a box!)

    Here are my meals for today (1056 total calories for the day, I might add in a snack later at night):

    Breakfast (139 calories):
    1 Hard Boiled Egg
    2 cups hot brewed tea sweetened with pure honey

    Lunch (409 calories): This is a salad I make and I am very FULL after
    Spring Mix salad (2 cups)
    Broccoli Sprouts
    Green bell Pepper
    Yellow bell pepper
    ½ apple
    1 hardboiled egg (sliced)
    1 package – chicken of the sea salmon
    Homemade Olive Oil and Vinegar dressing
    Raw unsalted Almonds

    Dinner (380):
    Oven baked chicken (1 breast)
    1 cup Sugar snap peas

    Snacks (188):
    Watermelon (2 cups)
    1 Med. Pear
  • jlj1121
    jlj1121 Posts: 21 Member
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    breakfast: 1/2 cup quaker oats mixed with cinnamon, 1/2 tsp brown sugar, 1/2 banana and 1/4 cup blackberries; tea with skim and 1/2 tsp. sugar

    snack: 1/2 ounce of pretzels

    lunch: egg salad sandwich: 1 hard boiled egg plus 1 egg white mixed with 2 tsp. hellman's lowfat mayo on arnold light whole wheat bread; 1 homemade healthy banana cookie (allrecipes.com)

    snack: 1/2 cup greek yogurt mixed with 1 tsp. honey, 1/3 cup blueberries, 1 T. kashi go lean crunch

    dinner: trader joe's grilled eggplant parm, 1/2 cup green giant corn niblets

    dessert: 2 more banana cookies; 1 graham cracker sheet spread with 1 tsp. chocolate dreams PB.

    good eating day! measuring spoons/cups and the food scale have become my friend in order to stay within my "budget".

    Hey! 2 questions:
    What is chocolate dreams PB? It sounds delicious!
    Are you a vegetarian?

    lol, i hadn't realized i'd gone vegetarian that day. no, i'm not.

    as for your way more important question.... it's by Peanut Butter and Company and it's called Dark Chocolate Dreams. I'm eating this stuff whenever I can-- in my oatmeal for bkfst, on toast w/banana for lunch or snack. tonight i heated a tablespoon up for a few seconds and dipped 1/2 an apple into it. ADDICTED!!!!! it's sold at my local supermarket in the jelly section. I hear they also make a PB with cinnamon and raisins in it. Nutritionally the dark chocolate dreams is pretty similar to regular PB. i hope i've sold you :)
  • jlj1121
    jlj1121 Posts: 21 Member
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    Breakfast: 191 cal.
    1/2 grapefruit
    1/3 cup oatmeal mixed with 1/2 T. Dark Chocolate Dreams PB
    tea w/skim and 1/2 tsp. sugar

    Snack: 140 cal
    Fiber One bar

    Lunch: 278 cal.
    Wendy's grilled chicken sandwich w/o bun or honey mustard
    side salad with maybe a tsp of their light ranch
    3/4 of my daughter's junior vanilla frosty (couldn't let it go to waste!!)

    Dinner: 441 cal
    Greek pasta with chicken (about 1/2 cup whole grain pasta with 5 oz. chicken, 1.5 oz. feta, tomatoes, spinach, peppers)

    Dessert: 181 cal
    1/2 apple dipped into 1 T. melted dark chocolate dreams (yum)
    1/2 cup light chocolate soy milk

    totaled 1231
  • mesa4
    mesa4 Posts: 21 Member
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    It doesnt seem like I eat as healthy as everyone else.
    For Breakfast:
    I like to use the precooked bacon (2) pieces for around 45 calories, a fried egg in olive oil spray, a slice of Delight wheat bread (45) calorie, toasted in a skillet with ( I cant believe its butter spray) 10 calories. I usually drink a half cup of 1% milk. For a change I sometimes scramble my egg with spinach, mushrooms and bell peppers.
    For lunch , I like to make a lowfat turkey or ham sandwich , or use the veggie chick'n in the freezer compartment at the grocery store. I add some 2% pepper jack cheese with mustard and spinach. Add alot of veg to help you feel full and add fiber.
    These are both really low calorie meals.
    I make supper fit what ever amount of calories I have left over. I cook for 6 boys and my husband so I try to just cook lighter or try out new recipes off the internet. This way, I dont feel deprived.
  • mythicals
    mythicals Posts: 70
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    Breakfast:
    Fruit salad
    Cup of Silk soy milk
    Whole wheat bread
    TOTAL: 369 calories

    Lunch:
    1 sandwich thin
    1 Tbsp of fat free cream cheese
    1 slice of turkey
    TOTAL: 145

    Snacks:
    1 mango
    1 reduced fat string cheese
    TOTAL: 171

    Dinner:
    1 sweet potato
    1 tortilla
    3 tbsp of organic hummus
    1/4 cup of frozen green peas/ corn
    12 shrimp
    TOTAL:498

    I ate an extra 200 calories of golden raisins and cashews after dinner to bump up my total to 1183 for the day.
    :)
  • CMarie28
    CMarie28 Posts: 1
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    Breakfast: Bowl of cereal (a bunch mixed together to keep it fun) and skim milk
    Lunch: Smart Ones Angel Hair Marinara with steamed vegges on side
    Snacks: Baby carrots and light popcorn
    Dinner: Steamed veggies and chicken
    Dessert: Skinny cow Truffle Bar

    Still below my 1200 calories, but it's late and I'm not hungry anymore!
    :)
  • cynthiaj777
    cynthiaj777 Posts: 787 Member
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    Lunch
    Happy Harvest Aldi - Swiss Cheese Sigles, 1 slice
    Cheese Nips - Crackers - 100 Calorie Pack Thin Crisps, 1 pack

    Add Food | Remember Meal
    Snack
    Domino's Pizza - Thin Crust Cheese Pizza, 1 slice
    Happy Harvest Aldi - Swiss Cheese Sigles, 1 slice

    Add Food | Remember MealDinner
    Homemade - Grilled Chicken Sandwich- Grilled Chicken Breast, Swiss Cheese, Lettuce, on Wheat Bun , 1 sandwich
    Nandos - Regular Macho Peas, 1 pot
    Murphy's Deli - Hummus With Pita Bread, 5 oz

    Only around 1050 calories. Just have to find what has LOW calories and you can eat TONS of it!
  • amysj303
    amysj303 Posts: 5,086 Member
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    Well, yesterday I went off the wagon with steak frites and beer at dinner, today I came in under 1200 and it wasn't a challenge so I can make up for yesterday!
    BReakfast: simple harvest oatmeal with 9 whole raw almonds, 213 cals
    Lunch: healthy choice turkey medallions with red skin potatoes and cranberry, 210- cals
    which made me tempted by the office snacks: half a plain bagel with 2 tbsp garden veggie shmear, 223 cals
    Dinner: green salad with pecans and poppyseed dressing, 3 oz pork loin with blackberry preserves and 2 roasted carrots, 300 cals

    I might want some popcorn later...

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