1200 calories per day-what did you eat today?

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  • allykat8
    allykat8 Posts: 237
    Today I went over by 110 calroies .... but also ran 2.5 miles, so it evens out.

    BREAKFAST: 400 calories
    1 cup soy silk chocolate milk - light
    1 gala apple
    1 tbsp archer farms vanilla cranberry peanut butter
    1 mission life balance whole wheat tortilla plus

    LUNCH: 204 calories
    chobani greek yogurt, blueberry
    naval orange

    DINNER: 436 calories
    1 cup harris teeter copped broccoli
    1.15 cups taste of home comfort food diet - makeover sloppy joe mack & cheese

    SNACKS: 260 calories
    2 fat free fig newtons
    1/4 cup kirkland signature (costco) dry roasted almonds seasoned with sea salt

    DRINKS: 10 calories
    diet ocean spray cranberry grape juice

    Total = 1,310
  • loseitlaney
    loseitlaney Posts: 14
    An English muffin is nothing like a crumpet. I'm English and live in the US and I miss crumpets. I've been here 6 years, they sell Breakfast Muffins in Sainsburys and they are what we call English muffins over here.
  • well im no kitchen goddess so heres what im having today

    i put my coffees for the day under breckfest

    BREKKIE
    sp 10 coffee max, 350kcal
    special k bar , 88 kcal

    LUNCH
    prawn sandwich ( 100g, and 1 spood of extra light mayo, light marg and white bread), 327 kcal
    bag of walkers squares 97 kcal

    DINNER
    Iceland - Beef & Vegetable Filled Yorkshire Pudding, 1 pud 200kcal
    Generic Homemade - Oven Roasted Potatos, 5.3 oz 110kcal
    (im guessing this is about 3 small pots roasted or 1 large 1 cut into 3 )
    Shape - Yougart, 100 g 50 kcal

    totals = 1222 kcal
  • NO NO NO CRUMPETS AND MUFFINS ARE NOTHING LIKE EACH OTHER !!!!!! lol
  • we wont go into fridays when 1 meal looked like this and finished the day off on 2500 kcal !
    Domino's Pizza - Texas Bbq Medium Regular Crust, 1 container (8 slices ea.) 1,784
  • amysj303
    amysj303 Posts: 5,086 Member
    Weekends are definitely hard! Weekends mean socializing and eating out, and drinking. Yesterday didn't turn out so bad, considering!
    Breakfast: hazelnut latte (1 cup coffee, 1/2 cup 2% milk, 2 tablespoons syrup) 133 cals
    Lunch: 2 shrimp tacos (400 cals)
    Dinner: 1/2 a turkey, pear and brie panini (219 cals)
    Snacks: Bloody Mary, 4 Budlights (570 cals)

    Need to make some dinner plans for the week, so let me know if you have any good ideas!
  • I tend to eat a bigger breakfast because for whatever reason it keeps me satisfied for several hours.. I like variety too! Here is a simple one..Boiled egg, 45 calorie wholewheat toast (2 slices) with one laughing cow wedge 35 calories, piece of fruit and a cup of Green Tea
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    breakfast:
    Fried egg sandwich on pumpernickel with laughing cow spreadable swiss & 1/2 a banana

    morning snack:
    1/2 a tangelo

    lunch:
    chunky peanut butter on sara lee 45 cal bread

    afternoon snack:
    large red delicious apple

    dinner:
    steak & biscuits

    dessert:
    blue bunny raspberry aspen

    total damage: less than 1200 cals. No exercise today. I don't mind being under for one day. Worked out pretty hard last week, just want to sit on my bum & twiddle my thumbs today
  • breakfast : Corn Flakes and Whole Milk 240 cals
    lunch: Brown Rice with Garbanzo Beans 300 cals

    Dinner and Snacks are coming up soon.
  • allykat8
    allykat8 Posts: 237
    BREAKFAST: 269 calories
    naval orange
    1 tbsp smuckers sugar free seedless blackberry jam
    1 tbsp peanut butter & co cinnamon raisin peanut butter
    arnold select sandwich thin multi grain
    2 vita fusion power c gummies

    POST WORKOUT: 185 calories
    1 cup soy silk light chocolate
    2 rounded scoops GNC womens - womens ultra mega maximum nutrition chocolate

    LUNCH: 282 calories
    14 red seedless grapes
    chobani greek yogurt - peach
    slimfast 3-2-1 plan snack bar peanut butter crunch time

    DINNER: 365 calories
    taste of home comfort food cookbook diet - light chicken cordon bleu (1 serving)
    taste of home comfort food cookbook diet - 3/4 cup potato vegetable meldley

    SNACK: 100 calories
    slim-a-bear klondike bar

    TODAY'S TOTAL = 1,201
  • amysj303
    amysj303 Posts: 5,086 Member
    Today was full of snacking but only one meal, so it worked out ok.
    Breakfast: orange julius (made with orange juice concentrate, milk, ice, a little sugar and vanilla) and one quarter of a turkey brie panini (leftover from dinner) 261 cals
    Lunch: hummus, half a pita pocket, salad with ken's steakhouse rasberry vinegrette
    Snack: peanut butter on celery (95)
    Dinner: chicken stir fried with onion, broccoli and carrots over brown rice (470cals)
  • msspriss
    msspriss Posts: 14
    Breakfast - slimfast shake (190)

    Snack - Today whole wheat golfish (55 goldfish, 140) (usually granny smith apple)
    Second snack (only today, but goldfish make me more hungry I swear) Premium saline crackers (5 crackers, 60)

    Lunch - slimfast shake (190)

    Afternoon snack - Granny smith apple (80)

    Dinner - Ball Park angus dog - (170)
    Bun - (110)
    Ketchup (.5T, 8)
    Dill relish (.5T, 0)
    Pinch of shredded cheese (30)
    Baked Tostitos (28g, 120)

    Total 1098

    Give or take a little.
    No working out today, just sitting at my desk. I try and snack every couple of hours, so I avoid the whole starvation thing. That's the plan anyway, I may switch dinner for leftover grilled chicken with rice, or I might have that for lunch tomorrow.
  • amysj303
    amysj303 Posts: 5,086 Member
    wanted to share my breakfast creation, I was pretty proud of myself. I scrambled two eggs with a cup of diced ham and divided the portion into 4 servings, and put one on a lenders bagel spread with laughing cow garlic herb.
    so that's one lenders onion bagel-200 cals
    cheese-35 cals
    half an egg-51 cals
    1/4 diced ham-30 calswhich would be 316 calories, but I didn't even use all the cheese or a full cup of ham, seemed a little much. It doesn't contain any fruits or vegetables so I will have to incorporate those eventually today. And I have breakfast ready for the next three days!
  • shawnae2
    shawnae2 Posts: 105
    BUMB
  • upsy
    upsy Posts: 42
    I eat huge breakfast, fruits & snacks before 3PM and last meal ~ 5 PM. Going to bed ~ 10 PM and up 6AM.
    When i do workouts in mornings, midway i have 1 Alpro soya yougurt - it keeps me going and i dont need to eat soon after workout. I dont eat products with lactose, cut out most wheat products (there are still couple slices a week) and couple patatoes a week. No dips, no oil in salads, just some olive oil when frying.

    Usual breakfast is salads of - cherry tomatoes, cucumber, sprouts, leaves (lettuce, rocket, sourel, beetroot etc), greens (chives, dill, parsley) with tuna in brine/smoked macrel/smoked salmon etc. Last month is very "fishy" - hadnt have so much fish in 2 yrs :D Season with toasted sesam seeds and plum souce (something salty from chinese shop).
    Instead of bread i eat rice, corn and other flour crackers/cakes. My kids love them with chocolate spread too :D

    Lunch for us is kinda late and mixed with dinner - cause everyone else has their tea, when i have my salads ("sharing is caring" and here goes half of my bowl). Mostly stew, roast, grill with vegies.

    After that i would have 2 snacks - some fruits (like one pomelo/mango/fruit salad with nuts), alpro soya desserts (caramel, dark chocolate my favorites). Peanutbutter crackers.

    Today i had
    B - soya yogurt
    L - beef stew with sweet patatoe, parsnips, swede, patatoe
    S - mango
    D - chicken sandwidge (made by husband) - white bread, majo, grilled chicken
    S - soya dark chocolate dessert

    p.s. edited to add, that mostly my breakfast would be 3 eggs, fried liver etc, what ever DH fancies to serve me in bed ;)
  • jaymeg22
    jaymeg22 Posts: 3
    Maybe you could try to omit the sugary carb foods and put more vegetables and protein into your diet. protein will curb your appetite much longer than carbs can. Good Luck and keep it up!!!
  • ZebraHead
    ZebraHead Posts: 15,207 Member
    This is pretty standard day for me:

    Breakfast
    Land O Lakes - Fat Free Half and Half, 1 tbsp
    Coffee
    Hormel - Bacon, Fully Cooked (Microwaveable), 4 slices
    Homemade - White omelette 3egg /w chez, 3 oz

    Lunch
    Apple/Pb, 1 Serving

    Dinner
    Perdue - Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast, 8 oz.
    Carrots - Raw Whole Carrots, 20 " long carrot
    Generic -Asperagus, 60 g (4 spears)
    Bush's Best - Navy Beans, 3/4 cup

    Snacks
    Sunkist - Pistachio Nuts - Salted In-Shell , 1/2 cup
    Generic - Fugi Apple, 1 medium

    8 cups water
  • amysj303
    amysj303 Posts: 5,086 Member
    ok, I think I am done eating today.
    Breakfast: bagel, ham and egg (316 cals)
    Lunch: Lean cuisine steak tips dijon (280 cals)
    Snack: asian pear, 2 milky way minis (131 cals)
    Dinner: flour tortilla with shredded cheese, 1 taco shell with salsa (280 cals)
    happy hour- 1 tecate cerveca (146 cals)
    that's 1154 for the day!
  • amysj303
    amysj303 Posts: 5,086 Member
    today I managed to stay under 1200.
    Breakfast: bagel with scrambled egg and ham (320 cals)
    Lunch: lean cuisine lasagna (320 cals)
    Snack: 3 musketeers bite and 10 almonds (95 cals)
    Dinner: sirloin steak and potatoes au gratin (470 cals)

    I am still not a really healthy eater, so many of you do a much better job with the fruits and veggies...
  • This is a great topic... I love reading everyone's posts.... I have been switching it up most days & keeping cals between 1000-1200.
    Breakfast- 260 cals - Open face breakfast sandwich
    1/2 whole wheat English muffin
    1 Med Poached Egg
    1 Slice Kraft Free Cheese
    2 thin slice ham

    Snack-140 Cals
    1/2 Sm banana
    1/2 Strawberry Yoplait light
    1 scoop Advocare SPARK -(A must have for anyone who needs a little energy)
    water

    Lunch- 210 Cals- Bacon Avocado wrap
    Carb Smart tortilla
    1 pc bacon
    1/2 pc Swiss cheese
    1 slice tomato
    2 pc avocado
    1 leaf Romaine lettuce

    Snack- 140 cals
    32 oz water
    1/2 Lg orange
    100 Cal. Snack bag

    Dinner- 339 - Chicken & veggies
    3 baked/skinless chicken drumsticks
    12 asparagus spears
    You can not believe it is not butter spray

    Dessert- 160 cals
    60 cal Jello pudding
    8 oz 1% milk
  • snoland
    snoland Posts: 3 Member
    Breakfast 160 Calories
    Oatmeal Packet

    Lunch 480
    (2) slices of Wheat Bread
    Kirkland Chicken Breast (canned)
    (1) tablespoon of Lite Best Food Mayo
    Bag of Cheetos

    DInner 450
    (3) Fresca Crunchy Taco's (Taco Bell)

    Snack - 100
    Healthy Choice Fudge Bar
  • dulcy
    dulcy Posts: 69 Member
    I ate a lot of carbs yesterday, this wasn't a 'good' day for me but I was still within my cals.

    Breakfast
    2 weetabix, semi skimmed milk ,
    teaspoon of sugar 238 cal



    Lunch
    White bread ham sandwich
    Velvet crunch crisps 358cal


    Dinner
    Spaghetti bolognaise 525cal

    Snacks
    Raw carrot & celery 66cal

    1 cup of tea &
    1 cup of coffee Included in breakfast above

    2L water

    Daily intake 1187 cal
  • kpnuts23
    kpnuts23 Posts: 960 Member
    As soon as i wake up - Cup of tea 30cals

    Breakfast
    Oatmeal with fresh blueberries
    260 cals

    Snack
    Banana
    120cals

    Lunch
    Soup - Any thats in the cupboard
    Fruit
    300cals

    Snack
    Apple - 70

    Dinner
    Chicken Breast 125cals
    veggies 50cals
  • aippolito1
    aippolito1 Posts: 4,894 Member
    kpnuts23, you need to be eating at LEAST 1200 if that's what your recommended calorie intake is. You won't lose weight if you keep eating like that.

    Yesterday -

    Breakfast - 8 oz. off-brand V8 Diet Splash Fruit Juice
    1/2 cup Fit&Active Plain Yogurt
    1/2 cup Millville Natural Granola Oats & Honey
    3/4 cup bluberries
    1 banana

    Morning Snack - 32 pieces Clancy's Pretzel Sticks
    8 oz. Diet Lipton Green Tea with Citrus

    Lunch - 2 slices Aldi Love'n Fresh 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread
    3 oz. Kirkwood Grilled Chicken Breast Strips
    3 slices cucumber
    3 slices roma tomato
    1 piece iceburg lettuce
    1 tbsp. Target mustard

    Afternoon Snack #1 - Fit&Active Oats & Chocolate Chewy Bar

    Afternoon Snack #2 - 1 CowPals Light String Cheese
    1 slice Aldi Love'n Fresh 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread
    1 tbsp. Kroger Natural Creamy Peanut Butter (from the grinder)
    1 tbsp. Kroger Pure Clover Honey

    Dinner -
    1 Kroger Tilapia Filet
    1 cup Kroger frozen broccoli (baked)

    I burned close to 500 calories yesterday and was only over on fiber so this is way more than 1200 cals (as usual).
  • Tamiash
    Tamiash Posts: 106 Member
    Breakfast- coffee, Either Kashi cereal and fruit or 2/3 egg whites w/ fresh spinach and mushrooms or English muffin and Yogurt. Or oatmeal w/ fruit

    Snack-carbmaster yogurt maybe w/ almonds counted out or 1 oz 2% milk cheese w low fat wheat thins and apple

    Lunch- can of tuna in water mixed with sugar free pickle relish w/ onion with wheat thins

    Snack- Celery stuffed with laughing cow cheese

    Dinner-Big tossed salad with lots of mixed veg's and add some kind of protein with it.

    I work out in the evenings so it's hard to eat a lot at 8 pm at night. So I make it a point to add protein every night. If I don't have anything to top my salad I will do a shake.

    I mix around food all the time. Getting ideas from this post is awesome. I make sure I have my 1200 because I burn a lot of calories working out.
  • Alleghany
    Alleghany Posts: 200
    I ate really light yesterday but it's REALLY filling! Here's the menu:

    Breakfast:
    -Vega - Complete Whole Food Optimizer (Powder), 1 scoop w/ Whole Foods 365 - Unsweetened Cranberry Juice, 8 oz - 180 cal
    -Coffee w/Silk - Almond Milk - Original, 1 cup & cinnamon - 62 cal
    -Larabar - Chocolate Coconut Chew, 0.5 bar (51g) - 110 cal
    Total = 352
    Lunch:
    -Amy's Organic - Chunky Tomato Bisque Soup Light In Sodium, 0.5 container and then I added to it: Trader Joe's - Frozen Chopped Spinach, 1 cup (81g), Trader Joe's - Organic Tofu, 3 oz , 1 clove of garlic & 365 Organic - Seasoned Croutons, 5 croutons - 230 cal
    Total = 230
    Snacks:
    - Damascus Bakeries - Whole Wheat Roll-Ups, 1 roll-up - 100 cal
    - Daiya - Non-Dairy Cheese Substitute, 28 g - 90 cal
    Total = 190
    Dinner:
    -Broccoli - Steamed, 0.5 cup chopped - 16 cal
    - Cauliflower - Steamed, 1/2 cup cooked - 28 cal
    - Trader Joe's - Organic Tofu, 3 oz - 60 cal
    - Bragg - Liquid Aminos, 1/2 tsp & Arrowhead Mills - Organic Sesame Tahini, 1 Tbsp (YUMMY sauce for veggies/tofu) - 95 cal
    Total = 199 cal
    GRAND TOTAL = 971
  • mythicals
    mythicals Posts: 70
    Breakfast:
    1 slice of honey whole wheat bread
    1/2 TBSP Peanut butter
    10 grapes
    1 hard boiled egg
    TOTAL: 264

    Lunch:
    1 Fuji apple
    1 Sandwich thin
    1 TBSP Hummus
    TOTAL: 199

    Dinner:
    1 flour tortilla
    1 TBSP Hummus
    1/4 cup of frozen corn
    Tofu
    4 olives
    1/2 of an avocado
    TOTAL: 471

    Snacks:
    1 string cheese stick
    10 grapes
    1/2 mango
    TOTAL: 171

    Daily total: 1,105

    I plan on eating some Greek yogurt later tonight.
  • BroiledNotFried
    BroiledNotFried Posts: 446 Member
    Breakfast

    Veggie Omelet made from Egg Whites & slice of whole wheat toast) - 219 Calories)

    Generic - Yellow Onion, 0.2664 medium onion 17 4 0 1
    Fresh - Zuchini, 0.25 cup 2 1 0 0
    Kirkland Signature - Real Egg -99% Egg Whites, 3/4 cup 90 3 0 18
    Squash - Yellow, Fresh, 0.25 cup raw 10 1 1 1
    Arnold - 100% Whole Wheat Bread, 1 Slice 100 18 2 4
    Add Food | Remember Meal 219 27 3 24

    Lunch

    Boar's Head Ham Sandwich & Apple (277 Calories)

    Flat Out - Flat Bread Healthy Grain Multi-Grain With Flax/ 1 Point, 1 flat bread 100 17 3 9
    Boar's Head - Maple Glazed Honey Coat Ham, 3 oz 90 5 2 15
    Cheese - Parmesan, grated, 1 tbsp 22 0 1 2
    Apples - Raw, with skin, 1 cup, quartered or chopped 65 17 0 0

    Add Food | Remember Meal 277 39 6 26


    Dinner

    Chicken Taco Salad & Beer (406 CAlories)

    Breakstone's - Sour Cream - Reduced Fat, 1 tbsp 20 1 2 1
    Publix - Rotisserie Chicken - Mojo Flavored, 3 oz 160 1 8 20
    Old El Paso - Refried Beans - Vegetarian, 1/2 Cup 90 16 1 5
    Fresh Express Salads - 5-Lettuce Mix of European Lettuces, 2 cups 10 1 0 1
    Fresh Salsa - Salsa, 2 tablespoon 10 2 0 0
    Heineken Premium Light - Lager Beer, 6 oz. 50 3 0 1
    Peppers - Sweet, yellow, raw, 0.5 pepper, large (3-3/4" long, 3" dia) 25 6 0 1
    Onions - Raw, 0.5 medium (2-1/2" dia) 23 6 0 1
    Pam - Canola Oil - Non-Stick Cooking Spray, 1/8 tsp (1/2 second spray) - .5 grams 4 0 1 0
    Tostitos - Scoops Tortilla Chips - 100% White Corn , 0.1 oz. (28g / About12 chips) 14 2 1 0
    Add Food | Remember Meal 406 38 13 30


    Snacks - 276 calories
    Eas Myoplex Lite - Chocolate Chocolate Chip Crisp Bar, 1 Bar 190 26 5 15
    Milk - Nonfat (fat free or skim), 1 cup 86 12 0 8
    Add Food | Remember Meal 276 38 5 23


    So, you see, I ate alot and had alot of protein too.
  • elizamary77
    elizamary77 Posts: 76 Member
    Breakfast
    3 egg whites
    1 light laughing cow wedge
    morning star meal starter crumbles

    Snack
    activia yogurt with a tbls of flax seeds

    Lunch
    Salad with:
    garden greens
    celery
    tomato
    soy nuts
    shredded pork loin (strange I know it was leftovers)
    no dressing

    pumpkin seeds
    rest of soy nuts

    Dinner
    Beef roast
    Cauliflower
    Quinoa
  • I feel like I am eating more food now then ever! Trying to eat 3 meals and 2-3 snacks a day is keeping me full!! I know that breaking it up meals and eating less at each time is so much better for me!! I am staying between 1000-1200. I have lost a total of 34lbs since Christmas... but since I started keeping my food journal and posting in here I lost 7lbs in a week.... I am so psyched I also started taking Advocare MSNMax (vitamins & appetite suppress.)

    Breakfast- Turkey Burrito- 326 cals
    Kidney beans
    gr. turkey
    salsa
    carb start tortilla
    fat free sour cream
    16oz water

    Lunch- 81cals
    1/2 cup cottage cheese
    16oz water

    Snack- 80 cals
    Orange

    Dinner- Tuna Sandwich- 269 cals
    Tuna
    light mayo
    pickles
    Franz Thinwich
    16oz water

    Dessert- 212 cals
    1/2 cup Dreyers Sugar Free Choc. Chip Mint
    8oz 1% milk

    Daily total=968 calories
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