1200 calories per day-what did you eat today?

amysj303

Today I was around 1200, but I am not sure it's totally accurate, I had leftovers for lunch and it was a chicken taco. It wasn't Chipotle but I used that one.
So breakfast was Activia with berries and almonds
Lunch was chicken taco on soft corn tortilla with three slices of avocado
Snack was an asian pear, one starburst and a caramel
Dinner was spaghetti with lean ground beef, tomato sauce with a green salad and slice of wheat toast with spread and garlic salt.

kimhurt

bump...thanks!

heathersmilez

Today I indulged at breakfast to get to 1252c for the day- awesome!

I bought a muffin so yea, its like 410 calories 15g of fat but it fits in my day plus eating this at 7:30 am is the best way, I’ll do my best to burn it off to the day. If I have to jog to the printer at work 10 times, so be it!

Breakfast: Druxy’s Muffin
Snack: granny smith apple
Lunch: 1 cup frozen vegetables
Snack: red pepper slices and grape tomatoes
Dinner: foot long ham Subway sandwhich – I’m headed to the cottage tonight, I need something easy! It has 2400g sodium which is high so I was thinking about the chicken breast one (not the strip one – that has the same high amount of sodium) but that costs more (I only buy deals, I’m frugal like that;) and its 60 calories more – booo!

amysj303

yeah heathersmilez, eat your muffin if you want your muffin! and I get the Subway footlong for $5 and make two meals out of it. The key is to not have them toast it, so I eat one half cold and the next day I remove the veggies and toast it in the toaster oven and it tastes pretty good. I get the "subway melt" which is turkey, ham and bacon, but I skip the cheese and it still comes in under 400 cals.
I have been doing a good job eating more fruit this week! I make a smoothie of banana, strawberries blueberries mixed with milk and water and 2 tablespoons of sugar, blend with ice-very yummy and about 250 cals.
Lunch is a Smartones for 300 cals (steak and ranch sandwich today, pretty good)
Dinner I making pork loin chops, grilled with a baked apple/brown sugar/butter topping, green salad and half a sweet potato for about 450 cals.
I snacked on an orange and a few cherries.

dawnna76

Breakfast
Fiber one oats and chocolate bar
Java coffee shake (1cup NF milk, 1 tbls mini chocolate chips, 4 splenda packets, dash cinnamon and ice)

Lunch
Huge (3 cups) mixed organic green salad
10 grape tomatos
3oz tyson grilled chicken breast strips
15 italian seasoned croutons (crushed, I like them small I feel like I get more)
I tbls EVOO
2 tbls balasmic vinegar

Dinner
2 cups mixed salad greens, tomatoes, and croutons
wishbone italian spray dressing about 20 squirts
2 cups progresso light chicken noodle soup

Snacks
2 tbls creamy peanut butter
3 stalks celery
fiber one bar

total = 1287 calories and completely full!

caramel827

Today was as follows:

Breakfast: Yoplait Yogurt Lemon Parfait (I know this should be the biggest meal but this works for me!)

Lunch: Grilled Chicken Thigh
Small mashed Potatoes with gravy
Water with lo-calorie sweetner

Dinner: CheeseCake Factory-Boston House salad with reg. ranch, no croutons
Chicken Potstickers
Unsweet Tea w/Lemon

lolyno

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dontpanic1984

Breakfast
12 oz black coffee
Kellogg's - Frosted Mini Wheats Blueberry, 18 biscuits
Silk - Light Soy Milk Vanilla, 1 cup

Lunch
Fresh and Easy - Finely Shredded Reduced Fat Cheddar Cheese, 1/8 cup
Kroger - Potato Bread, 1 slice
H-E-B - Turkey Breast - Somked Peppered, 2 slice
Potatoes - Russet, flesh and skin, baked, 1 potato medium (2-1/4" to 3-1/4" dia)
Hormel - Chili Turkey No Beans 98% Fat Free, 0.4 cup
Vlasic - Jalapeno Slices, 9 rings, 1 oz

Dinner
Dryer's Slow Churned - Yogurt Blends Caramel Praline Crunch Single Serve, 1 container (5.8 oz)
Dale and Thomas - Gourmet Smoked Cheddar Cheese Kettlecorn, 1 cups

Snacks
Generic - Flank Steak - Cooked, 1 oz
Dale and Thomas - Gourmet Smoked Cheddar Cheese Kettlecorn, 1 cups

About 1100 calories. Looks like more

dontpanic1984

Breakfast
12 oz black coffee
Kellogg's - Frosted Mini Wheats Blueberry, 18 biscuits
Silk - Light Soy Milk Vanilla, 1 cup

Lunch
Fresh and Easy - Finely Shredded Reduced Fat Cheddar Cheese, 1/8 cup
Kroger - Potato Bread, 1 slice
H-E-B - Turkey Breast - Somked Peppered, 2 slice
Potatoes - Russet, flesh and skin, baked, 1 potato medium (2-1/4" to 3-1/4" dia)
Hormel - Chili Turkey No Beans 98% Fat Free, 0.4 cup
Vlasic - Jalapeno Slices, 9 rings, 1 oz

Dinner
Dryer's Slow Churned - Yogurt Blends Caramel Praline Crunch Single Serve, 1 container (5.8 oz)
Dale and Thomas - Gourmet Smoked Cheddar Cheese Kettlecorn, 1 cups

Snacks
Generic - Flank Steak - Cooked, 1 oz
Dale and Thomas - Gourmet Smoked Cheddar Cheese Kettlecorn, 1 cups

About 1100 calories. Looks like more

and yes, i did have frozen yogurt and popcorn for dinner. i just realized how odd that is.

h31d1

breakfast:
iced coffee
banana

morning snack:
mandarin

lunch:
3x vietnamese chicken rolls

dinner:
steak
steamed brocoli, carrot and sweet potato

amysj303

I am trying to get back to the 1200 cals per day this week.
Today I had a Thomas English Muffin 100 cals with a tablespoon of almond butter for breakfast. A Smartones thai chicken and noodles, 260 cals. For a snack I had a fun-size snickers and dab of peanut butter and jelly on carr's water crackers, for dinner I had white breast meat rottisserie chicken w/out skin and uncle ben's whole grain medley and green salad.

I went to the grocery so I can have smoothie's for breakfast and get more fruit, I got greek yogurt to go in them because it has more protein than milk.

kimmie1013

Breakfast
Milk - Reduced fat, 2% milkfat, 1 cup
Kashi Go Lean - High Protein & High Fiber Cereal, 1 cup
Blueberries - Frozen, unsweetened, 1 cup, unthawed

Lunch
Weight Watchers Smart Ones - Fruit Inspirations Orange Sesame Chicken, 1 Package

Dinner
Generic - Boneless Beef Eye of Round Steak, 1 oz 45 0 3 6 0 0
Homemade - Iceberg Lettuce Salad W/ Tomato and Cucumber , 1 cup
Generic - Canned Red Beets, 1/4 cup
Home Made - Baked Potato, 1 potato 5.3oz

Snacks
Breyers Double Churn - Chocolate Ice Cream, 1/2 cup 130 17 6 2 1 0

Totals 1,166
Your Daily Goal 1,200
Remaining 34

amysj303

I had a banana blueberry smoothie for breakfast, 232 cals
Lunch was a Healthy Choice potstickers, 260 cals
Snack was a piece of Belgian chocolate (53 cals), Jello vanilla pudding (130 cals) and Quaker blueberry mini rice cakes (110);
Dinner was taco salad with kidney beans, ground beef, lite catalina dressing, and half a tortilla, I also used some greek yogurt for sour cream (325 cals), pretty good...

MzMolly

Hello everyon,
I love all of this sharing!! I want to start by telling you all I have had GREAT success using the magazine COOKING LIGHT!! IT IS AMAZING!! It gives you all of your carb, cal, fats and other counts that you want to keep track of. I have never had anything I did not love out of it and it really helps keep me from getting tired and frustrated by having to eat the same thing or boaring things. GIVE IT A TRY, YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY.

That being said, I did not cook tonight.

For breakfast I had Cheerios 1.5 cups w/ Truvia - If I do not eat cheerios I will eat fresh fruit or I will make an omlet from Egg Beaters. Almost no calories and no carbs unless I add in veggies and low fat cheese.

Lunch I had a salad and a frozen Healthy Choice meal

Tonight I had 2 brats on Saur Kraut. It is a little higher in fat but very low in carbs that I was already at my daily limit.
Today was not my best day but I did stay 1202 calories and 180 total carbs, I usually like to keep my carbs closer to 150.

Good luck everyon and keep sharing the ideas.

Gilgamesh

English muffins are NOT crumpets!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumpet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_muffin

There's a difference in ingredients and the method of cooking.

ymrussell

Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs

Lunch: ciabatta roll stuffed with chicken, red onion, jalapeno peppers, rocket & low fat mayo - low fat crisps and low fat cup-a-soup

Dinner: Home made spagetti bolognese

DChalloner

Instead of beer or wine, try vodka and diet tonic with a lime...very refreshing an low calories. I would steer clear of the lean cuisines at lunch - the sodium content defeats the purpose of your 1200 calorie goal. Instead try some low sodium Boars head turkey, a slice of swiss lorraine cheese, cucumbers, durkees on a multigrain sandwich thin (arnold) or hummus and carrots with a a few slices of turkey or chicken breast (from leftover roasted/grilled chicken at dinner)
Hope these ideas help!

velvetechos

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

haha that's funny because when I read what you had eaten I thought to myself, "I don't know half of what she's talking about!" Yeah I think an English muffin is a crumpet but they average around 100 cals and aren't a real "bakery item" if that makes sense.

My husband is from England - he says the English muffins look sort of like crumpets, but texture is totally different.

mrsyatesy

My 1200 is:
Breakfast: Special K red berries 40g ish & 100ml ish skimmed milk & a coffee
Snack: Slimfast 99 cal chocolate caramel bar & a pint of water
Lunch: 2 boiled eggs & 2 pieces of wholemeal bread
Snack: Banana & a pint of water
Dinner: MASSIVE tenderstem brocolli stir fry with 3oz of grilled chicken, 1/2 pack of blue dragon garlic & chilli sauce
Snack: Apple / Grapes / Chocolate digestive (one of these I suspect, I have not got there yet!!)
Add to that about anoter 2 pints of water, 4 cups of tea with skimmed milk no sugar & a couple more coffees (don't say it, I know!)
Sorts me out for the day!

SilverRoxy

I saw your post and it definitely made me smile...I have no idea why we call them English muffins. But when I spent time in London, I remember that crumpets were a little doughy (squishier) than English muffins.

amysj303

Yesterday was pretty good.
Breakfast: smoothie with strawberry, banana, greek yogurt, milk and a little sugar
Lunch: Smartones pepperoni pizza
Snack: green apple
Dinner: ham and cheese crepe and tomato bisque soup.

No chocolate at work today, my boss is gone and locked up her office and that's where all the candy is!

blondageh

This is what I ate yesterday (before my midnight snack which took it over 1200) But as you can see, I get a lot of food in there because I eat so many veggies!!

Breakfast
Apples - Raw, with skin, 1 small (2-1/2" dia) (approx 4 per lb) 55
Yoplait Light Fat Free - Key Lime Pie Yogurt, 6 oz 100

Lunch
Starkist - Chunk Light Tuna - Pouch, 1.95 oz - 1 pouch 60
Kraft Fat Free Sharp Cheddar - Cheese Slices, 1 slice 25
Flatout - Light Original Flat Bread, 1 flatbread 90
Lettuce - Cos or romaine, raw, 2 leaf outer 10
Cucumber - With peel, raw, 1 cucumber (8-1/4") 45
Generic - Orange - Raw- Small - 2-3/8 Diameter, 1 whole 45

Dinner
Beans - Snap, green, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt, 3 cup 131
Healthy Choice - Four Cheese Manicotti W/ Broccoli and Apple Crisp, 1 meal 350

Snacks
Breyers Smooth and Dreamy - Chocolate Carmamel Brownie Sandwiches - Dreyers Ice Cream Sandwich, 1 sandwich 160

LizBalen

Breakfast - original oat so simple sachet, skimmed milk, 1 tbsp reduced sugar strawberry jam

Morning snack - 2 Kallo plain low fat rice cakes

Lunch - 2 small slices of malted grain bread and 50g of turkey breast

Afternoon snack - banana

Dinner - pork steak, 150g new potatoes cut into wedges and baked with fry light olive spray, 6 mushrooms, 1/2 pack of stir fry vegetables, 1 pot of hartleys sugar free strawberry jelly.

SuzMcH

Breakfast - 50g mix of fruit and fibre and meusli with 70ml skimmed milk
snack - Alpen light choc and fudge bar and Skinny latte.
Lunch - WW chicken noodle soup and large salad
Snack - Apple
Dinner - homemade fish pie, followed by Cadbury's light choc mousse and I should have enough for a mini choc and Vanilla Twister ice cream.

amysj303

I had leftovers from a couple of bbq's and didn't go to the store so I kept it under 1200 but it's not really great!
Breakfast: Jello Vanilla pudding snack, toast and two pieces of bacon
Lunch: Healthy Choice Lobster Ravioli (not that good, really)
Dinner: brat on a bun with ketchup, mustard, pickle, and a cup of cabbage ramen salad
Snack: 2 coors lights