What's your eating plan like?

mslisatm · October 2012

I love to eat and cook and have tried a million different ways to eat over the past few years and have finally found a way that satisfies both me and my family and is delicious and healthy. I eat clean, meaning no refined sugars...ie no bread, crackers, pasta, and as little refined sugar as possible. I eat other things minimally or not at all like white rice and potatoes, cheese and fatty meats. I do eat low carb and whole wheat wraps and Ezekial Bread, but very minimally. I eat fruits and veggies as much as I want. You might look at the "Paleo" style of eating too. Many different books on it out there and Clean Eating Magazine has some great recipes online too. I eat three meals a day and a small snack around 11am and another around 3pm. I actually think I don't eat enough calories because I try to only eat when I am hungry and when you eat like this it takes a lot to get up to 1400 cals a day! On average I eat 1200 and have been trying to get up to 1400.

nikilis · October 2012

Sigh, people drive me nuts when they don't use the the right forums for their questions. This belongs in food and nutrition.

lool. hahah. true story.

ColleenDeBeasi · October 2012

I'm trying some new things out, but so far it's working well, and I feel like I can do this for the rest of my life (which is really the goal, right!?!).

During the week, I eat low carb- lots of veggies, lean meats. I usually eat Breakfast, a morning snack (small, usually just a string cheese), lunch (lots of veggies, usually a giant salad and lean protein), 1-2 afternoon snacks, and dinner. Usually with dinner, I'll have a very small portion of carbohydrate (1/2 sweet potato, 1/2 cup brown rice, etc). I limit my calories a little more than the MFP guidelines (1890 is what I'm recommended to lose 1 pound per week, I try to keep it between 1600-1800, but don't freak out if I eat all 1890). Then Friday-Sunday, I eat whatever I want, but keep track of everything and keep it to around 1900.

NewLIFEstyle4ME · October 2012

Eating 6 times per day. Spreading my cals out during those 6 times (150-400 cals per meal--usually 200-350). Eating 1353 cals per day with eating only some of the exercise cals back. I'm eating organic fresh fruits, veggies, nuts and meats. I'm Most days my usuals are eating organic boil eggs, Greek Style Yogurt (full fat), steel cut oats with Amazing Grass Wheatgerm, Alfalfa, & Barley. I'm also using Manitoba Hemp Pro-70 protein power on days that my eating doesn't meet my protein daily requirement.

I'm eating down home types of dinners--home cooked and I'm only eating a portion of these things, instead of boatloads like I used too.

I'm constantly full and am loving eating "clean" and yet utterly delicious everyday!

Here's what I've had for today:

Breakfast
Dasani - Bottled Water, 17 fl oz
Trader Joe's Organic Egg (Hard Boiled) - Extra Large Brown, 2 egg
Generic - Organic Fuji Apple,
Total Cals 225

lunch
Trader Joe's Hummus - Salad Dressing, 1 Tbsp
Trader Joe's - English Cucumber, Raw With Peel, 1/8 cup sliced
White Swan Acres - Organic Cherry Tomatoes, 10 tomatoes 30
Olivia's - Organic Baby Spinach, 1.5 cups (85g)
Olivia's Organics - Baby Spiniach Arugula & Radicchio, 2 cups
Sproutman - Organic Alfalfa Sprouts,
Jonathans Organic - Munchin' Mix Sprouted Adzuki Beans Lentils and Peas, 0.13 cup
Homemade - Gumbo - Recipe by Paula Deen W/Chicken, Sausage, and Shrimp, 1 cups (365 g)
Trader Joe's - Langostino Lobster Tails,
Total Cals 349

dinner
Lucini - Rustic Tomato Vodka Sauce,
Middle Earth Organics - Organic Tomato and Porcini Mushroom Sauce, 1/8 cup
Organic Prairie - Organic 100% Grassfed Ground Beef, 85% Lean 15% Fat, 1 oz. (113g)
Deboles - Organic Spaghetti Style Spinach Pasta, 1.5 oz.
Fresh - Mixed Veggies: Bell Pepper, Onion, Garlic, Sun Dried Tomato, 1/2 cup, cooked
Almond - Vegan Mozzerella Cheese, 0.35 oz
Dasani - Bottled Water, 17 fl oz

Total Cals 317

snack/meal 1
Babybel Mini Original - Cheese, 40 g
Dasani - Bottled Water, 17 fl oz
Fruit - Concord Grapes, 3/8 cup

Total Cals 143

snack/meal 2
Pom - Pomegranate, Raw - 1 Large Fruit, 550 g weighed with skin
Dasani - Bottled Water, 17 fl oz
Babybel Mini Original - Cheese, 20 g
Total Cals 294

snack/meal 3
Greek Gods - - Vanilla Honey Yogurt, 0.5 Cup
Trader Joe's - Blueberries, 0.1875 cup
California Giant Berry Farms - Raw Organic Strawberries, 50 g (4 oz)
Amazing Grass Barley, Wheat & Alfalfa - Whole Food Drink Pwd, 1 scoop
Wonderful - Pistachio Nuts (Shelled), 1/8 cup (30g)
Dasani - Bottled Water, 17 fl oz
Total Cals 264

Totals 1,592

Your Daily Goal 1,667

Remaining 75

Minus my exercise: Total Cals eaten=1592-315 exercise cals my NET calories today is: NET 1277 w/75 cals leftover. I'm stuffed all day!

rebekkalou · October 2012

My looks a bit like 300 cal breakie and lunch, 600 cal dinner and 300 in snacks.

I try to eat:
6-8 serves of veggies, 1 fruit
4 serves wholegrains and aim for gluten free - usually oatmeal, meusli, potato, brown rice, ryvita, mountain bread, GF grainy bread
protein - organic meat 2x a week and also egg, lentils, full fat dairy (yogurt, cream cheese, cottage cheese)
fats - small amounts of nuts, seeds, avocado
1 glass of wine with dinner 4x a week

I am trying to get my portions under control and resist the sweet food. My goal is to eat natural wholefoods and limit any processed stuff

What's your eating plan like?

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