What's your typical day...

cherryhead23
cherryhead23 Posts: 10 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Of food like? I'm just interested in seeing what others eat, I can't eat high fibre foods or red meat..,so struggle to keep things interesting! Looking for inspiration

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  • FITIsTheNewPINK
    FITIsTheNewPINK Posts: 43
    My diet isn't the most ideal, but here is a brief description of it anyway :)

    I usually start the day off with a homemade muffin and two slices of turkey bacon, I make the muffins in big batches and freeze them, then defrost in the microwave. I stick to kind of healthy sorts, like oatmeal carrot.

    I don't eat lunch but I snack throughout the day on things like edamame, frozen grapes, and boiled eggs.

    For dinner its usually hearty southern fare, like a chicken pot pie, chili, pinto beans, etc. A few nights a week I'll just have a nice chicken breast, broccoli, and brown rice.

    And I love my sweets so I'll have something like meringue cookies or berries and whipped cream for dessert.

    Throughout the day I drink about 5 bottles of water, and try to have a cup of green tea in the evening. If I get hungry after dinner I have some popcorn or frozen grapes :)
  • jfauci
    jfauci Posts: 531 Member
    I eat a lot of the same foods so I don't have to think about it too much. I also keep the fiber low and I don't like red meat. Breakfast is usually a greek yogurt or 2 hard boiled eggs. Mid mornng, I will usually have some cheese. Lunch is often 2-3 oz chicken breast with some raw veggies on the side. Afternoon snack can be a Cal-Naturale Protein Shake or a protein bar of some sort.

    Dinners are harder. With all the kids activities, we often eat on the run. If that's the case, I try to find a Subway and I have a chopped salad with chicken. If we grill, I like chicken sausage or any fish grilled. I always end my day with a Weight Watchers Ice Cream. :wink: :wink:
  • ELEANOR43da
    ELEANOR43da Posts: 166 Member
    Well I don't limit myself and still losing within 2 pounds per week.
    Breakfast : 1cup special K with skim milk
    1 cup cantaloupe

    Lunch:
    2 slices of whole grain bread
    Lettuce....1/2 cup
    1 slice of low fat cheese
    1 low fat yogurt

    Supper
    Pork,BBQ.. 3 oz
    6 brussel sprouts
    3 stems of asparagus
    1/4 cup rice

    snacks
    fruit....pear
    6 soda crackers
    1tps of low fat peanut butter.

    5 8oz water.

    Takes care of enough to keep me from feeling hunger pains !!
  • Hollyana
    Hollyana Posts: 55 Member
    At the moment I'm living in a country with good ready to eat pancakes, so I have pancakes with something sweet for breakfast with tea. At home I usually have something savoury on toast (hard boiled egg, cheese or sometimes marmalade).

    For lunch I nearly always have a sandwich and an apple - not that hungry during the day, so not many snacks. Could be egg, tuna, cheese & pickle/tomato, hummus, or whatever my fiancé puts in my packed lunch that day!

    Dinner is a lot more varied - I love vegetable stews of all different kinds, sometimes with beans in (e.g. ratatouille, veg chilli), and with some yoghurt and grated cheese on the top. Could have this with brown rice or a baked potato usually. Sometimes I have chicken and fish, or something from the Honestly Healthy cookbook, like aubergine with tahini sauce or jewelled quinoa. I like to try new recipes though so those are just the standards!

    I nearly always have a pudding (in the British sense, which means anything sweet!) Fruit with yoghurt or a couple of mini Kinder or dark chocolates, or tea with a biscuit. Life's too short without a little treat :-D
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  • cherryhead23
    cherryhead23 Posts: 10 Member
    Ok, we'll its good to see everyone has a treat! I was worried about having them and hindering my weight loss (even though it is always within my calorie allowance!)

    Thanks for all your help!
    Breakfast I have breakfast biscuits (4) they have oats In

    I tend to have ryvitia for lunch with cream cheese and Parma ham or soup with ryvitia

    Dinner I have fish cakes or quiche or chicken, sausage casserole, salad, roast dinner etc

    Snacks I tend to eat, snack a jacks (flavoured rice cakes) marshmallow wafer, strawberries, yoghurt, frozen yoghurt, small snack size ice ream...

    Obviously I don't eat all those things in one day hahaha
  • Chadomaniac
    Chadomaniac Posts: 1,785 Member
    I swap it up ... I keep protein high every day and play around with my carbs and fats (not literally play with them)
  • luceegj
    luceegj Posts: 246 Member
    Breakfast - Oatmeal or wholemill bread with Banana!

    Lunch

    Dinner

    Pre workout - usually a scope of protein shake

    Post workout - Couple more scope with an carbs snake e.g banana on bread

    Evening snack - sometimes usually fruit!
  • musicmint
    musicmint Posts: 469
    Luna Protein bar
    apple
    avacado


    Lunch: Banana, Kale, Frozen blueberry smoothie ( my favorite part of the day!!)
    All natural pop chips ( ONE SERVING not 20)

    Dinner: Spinach, tuna or chicken breast, olives

    Cauliflower or Broccoli or Esparagus ....steamed broccoli is good

    Whenever I get muchies I just munch on veggies
  • lauren3101
    lauren3101 Posts: 1,853 Member
    Generally, I will have:

    Breakfast:
    2 cups of coffee
    Porridge of some description
    Possibly a banana

    At the weekend I like to have omelettes for breakfast, normally onion, spinach and mushroom with a little low fat cheese.

    Lunch:
    Normally a salad of some sort, with chicken or tuna or fish and hard boiled eggs
    Occasional microwave meal if I'm really busy, but not often

    Dinner:
    Ranges from about 12 different meals: chilli con carne, shepherds pie, cajun chicken pasta, some sort of meat with veg and potatoes, stew, curries, homemade fish and chips, homemade burgers, etc. I like comfort foods, but they are healthy the way I make them!

    Snacks: I eat quite a lot of snacks. I nearly always have an apple a day, possibly some other kind of fruit with it. Then I have crisps or popcorn, a greek yogurt, carrot sticks with humous, ice lollies, to name a few.
  • SJVZEE
    SJVZEE Posts: 451 Member
    Of food like? I'm just interested in seeing what others eat, I can't eat high fibre foods or red meat..,so struggle to keep things interesting! Looking for inspiration

    I'm just starting to make the transition to a whole foods, plant based diet so I'm still trying to figure out what a typical day looks like lol.

    But, yesterday I had an extra large green smoothie (kale, cucumber, collard greens, spinach, strawberries, blueberries, banana, raw honey, plain whole milk Greek yogurt and water/ice), a large serving of rice with mushrooms, carrot, onion and bell pepper and then some locally made dill cheddar (this stuff is sooo good!) and a handful of goldfish crackers. And then at the in-laws I ate a small piece of leftover cinnamon roll from a local bakery, that my crazy kid didn't want lol.

    Today's plan is the same green smoothie but will switch out the yogurt for almond milk and add flax seed. And then I think I'll have some meatless chili, with the dill cheddar melted on top :)
  • zenalasca
    zenalasca Posts: 563 Member
    Breakfast: Crumpets, toast, yogurt, porridge or cereal.

    Lunch and dinner: Salad, soup, meal like Lean Cuisine, or anything that is convenient really.

    Snacks: Fruit, chocolate.

    Dessert (I always must have something sweet after dinner!): Chocolate, usually.
  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    10-2pm
    Loven Fresh-Aldi's - 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins, 1 Bun 100 28 1 5 3 8
    Giant Eagle - Egg Substitute, 1/2 cup (60g) 60 2 0 12 0 12
    Sugardale - Hickory Smoked Sliced Bacon, 2 slices 80 0 6 6 0 0
    Kraft Natural Shredded Cheese - Mexican Four Cheese Style, 0.0625 cup (28g) 20 0 1 2 0 0
    260 30 8 25 3 20

    2-6pm
    Giant Eagle Market District - Southern Fried Chicken Breast Deli Meat, 2 oz. 70 1 2 11 0 0
    Loven Fresh-Aldi's - 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins, 1 Bun 100 28 1 5 3 8
    Canada Dry - Ginger Ale Ten, 12 oz can 10 2 0 0 0 0
    Cucumber - Peeled, raw, 0.3 cup, sliced 4 1 0 0 0 0
    Spinach - Raw, 1 cup 7 1 0 1 1 5
    Lettuce - Iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw, 1 cup shredded 10 2 0 1 1 2
    Giant Eagle - California Style French Dressing, 2 tbsp 100 10 6 0 0 0
    301 45 9 18 5 15

    6-10pm
    cookies and cream frosting, 2 serving 51 2 1 10 0 0
    pumpkin brownies, 2 serving(s) 214 49 2 1 4 9
    Optimum Nutrition - Gold Standard 100% Whey Cookies and Cream , 1 scoop (33g) 130 4 2 24 0 0
    Chobani - Nonfat Plain Greek Yogurt, 6 oz 100 7 0 18 0 0
    Generic - Banana - 126g, 69.3 g 61 18 0 1 2 1
    Strawberries - Raw, 55.0 g 18 4 0 0 1 1
    Spinach - Raw, 0.5 cup 3 1 0 0 0 2
    577 85 5 54 7 13

    10-12am
    Frito Lay - Lay's Classic Potato Chips (Small Bag), 1 package (28.3g/1oz) 160 15 10 2 1 2
    Loven Fresh-Aldi's - 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins, 1 Bun 100 28 1 5 3 8
    Sugardale - Hickory Smoked Sliced Bacon, 3 slices 120 0 9 9 0 0
    Cucumber - Peeled, raw, 0.3 cup, sliced 4 1 0 0 0 0
    Giant Eagle Market District - Southern Fried Chicken Breast Deli Meat, 3 oz. 105 2 3 17 0 0
    489 46 23 33 4 10

    Totals 1,627 206 45 130 19 158
  • onyxgirl17
    onyxgirl17 Posts: 1,722 Member
    My typical meals:

    Generic Breakfast:
    Banana and a Cup of Coffee

    Generic Lunch:
    Turkey, Peanut Butter, or Egg Salad Sandwich and a Cup of Coffee

    Snack:
    Coffee and a variety of random things depending on the day: mini wheats, yogurt, etc.

    Dinner:
    Meat, veggie, and starch

    or

    Pasta dish with meat

    or

    Big ole' salad

    Evening Snack:

    Coffee
  • jaysonhijinx
    jaysonhijinx Posts: 663 Member
    Go to breakfast:
    Proatein shake (instantized oats, multi stage release protein, skim milk)
    Banana (or other piece of fruit if out of banana's.
    Tablespoon of peanut butter

    Common lunch items:
    Grilled fish + brown rice + salad
    Grilled chicken + rice/pasta/sweet potato + salad
    Avocado

    Common dinner items:
    Grilled chicken
    Grilled rump steak
    Steamed green veggies (broccoli, spinach, sugarsnap peas)
    Stir fried veggies
    Grilled mushrooms
  • ellesence
    ellesence Posts: 4
    My diet differs depending on if I'm working or not that day. On days that I work, I just have something small for breakfast to wake me up, like a bagel with cream cheese. My snacks are every 2 hours: greek yogurt and granola; and apple or other fruit and a fiber 1 bar. My lunch is generally a salad with tomato, nuts, tuna, and olive oil and vinegar on top- delicious! I'm addicted to that stuff! Dinner is usually whatever I want within reason, usually fish of some sort or pasta.

    On my days off, I usually have a sandwich with avocado for breakfast whenever I decide to eat something, I eat some fruit for a snack, and my dinner is something light like soup or something.

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