What do real people eat?

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  • Will_Thrust_For_Candy
    Will_Thrust_For_Candy Posts: 6,109 Member
    I just ate way too many chocolate chip and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. But besides that....

    Also chicken, beef, pork, Quest bars, Trutein, veg, yogurt, eggs. All that sort of stuff. Deliciousness really.
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
    My diary is open. Not sure how many things I eat are three ingredients though. My breakfast is: toast with egg white & cheese. Bread in the toaster. Egg whites and cheese into the microwave for 1.5 minutes. coffee from the keurig while I wait. toast out of toaster, egg whites & cheese onto toast. Dinner tonight had six ingredients, but it was easy: chicken breast strips, canned tomatoes, bell pepper and onion all that baked together at 400 for 25 minutes (until the chicken is done) then eaten with shredded cheese and corn tortillas.
  • Kkangel21
    Kkangel21 Posts: 46 Member
    for breakfast today I tried Breakstone cottage cheese with strawberry sauce. 100 calories and it actually filled me up for quite a while.
  • Cindyinpg
    Cindyinpg Posts: 3,902 Member
    Mine's open. Every day is pretty much the same, cereal for breakfast (or Eggos), chocolate peanut butter protein shake, soup and/or sandwich for lunch. Spaghetti and meatballs or mandarin chicken salad for supper. Ice cream every day for dessert, sometimes with angel cake and fresh strawberries or Poptarts. Lots of Subway too, usually baked potato chips or popcorn as a late night snack.... Life is good.:bigsmile:
  • SugarLou57
    SugarLou57 Posts: 84 Member
    Apple and cheese
    nut thin crackers and hummus
    carrots/celery and hummus
    Think Thin bar
    Any fruit
    I keep rice cakes in my desk for times when I just want CRUNCH!
    Mix of nuts, seeds & raisins
    100 calorie bags of Skinny Pop popcorn
  • ATGsquats
    ATGsquats Posts: 227 Member
    Chicken, ground turkey, salmon, bacon, eggs, wheat bread, greek yogurt, fruits, brown rice, potatoes. Yea, pretty boring.
  • Warchortle
    Warchortle Posts: 2,197 Member
    Lately a lot of double protein bread with cookie butter spread on top of it.
  • victoriaalice39
    victoriaalice39 Posts: 22
    Please read mine and feel free to suggest anything further I would benefit from! I am an open book.
  • Cindyinpg
    Cindyinpg Posts: 3,902 Member
    beef wellington.

    1. tenderloin of beef
    2. puff pastry
    3. duxelles

    easy peasy, lemon squeezy!
    Every season of Hell's Kitchen, I see the contestants preparing this and want to make it myself. But then I see everyone getting yelled at for screwing it up...and I feel too intimidated to try.:laugh:
  • TigerBite
    TigerBite Posts: 611 Member
    Open diary ... Mostly FAGE Classsic and 2%, low fat and 4% small cyrd cottage cheese ... And vodka ... Haha ... My bf and I go out for dinner a lot (between 2 nights a week of pub trivia and attempting to use every coupon in the Kids Stuff coupon boo ... Yeah we're nerds, lol )
  • jason923
    jason923 Posts: 3 Member
    I am a fan of egg white omelets with mushrooms, light rye toast.
  • lessofless
    lessofless Posts: 40 Member
    The best snack of all time is frozen bananas. Mash them up and add other ingredients for different flavours. It tastes just like ice cream.
  • lauribear
    lauribear Posts: 28 Member
    One of my favourite lunches is a mix of brown rice, black beans, chopped frozen kale and feta cheese. I cook up a big pot of brown rice on the weekend (or barley, farro, etc.). In the morning I take the kale out of the freezer and add in the other stuff. By lunch time, it's all thawed and ready to go.

    I sometimes mix the rice and beans with salsa, then add some frozen corn and fresh red pepper. It's delicious and super filling!

    I also use the cooked grains for breakfast. Just add a cup to a bowl, add some skim milk, sprinkle with cinnamon and microwave until hot. Top with chopped fruit and sometimes maple syrup.

    I usually keep hardboiled eggs in the fridge for snacks. They are great sliced on a toasted English muffin, or with some veggie sticks and/or hummus. I love avocados spread on toasted English muffins, too, topped with a little curry powder and sometimes a slice of old cheddar. YUM!
  • katieshkins
    katieshkins Posts: 9
    You also need to keep in mind what everyone's goals are. Some people are here to gain weight, some are here to become body builders, etc.

    Haven't quite figured out how to share my diary yet, and I don't think I want to until I can get my foods to where I want them to be. But the reason I was able to start this diet so quickly is that I was able to set everything up and stick to the foods I normally eat, just keep track of everything. I have a very busy life and my job keeps me moderately active, so I am happy I can still eat frozen dinners (carefully selected for low sodium and nutritional value), take out, and canned soups. I love ready-made snacks like cheese, fruit, nuts, and granola bars. I try to cook at home and eat fresh, but if i can't, it's great that I have back-up options. I adjusted my calories and I honestly don't feel like I am on a diet. I will start incorporating heavy workouts next month, and I will work on getting foods prepared to just re-heat, but for now I am feeling pretty good. Already lost a few lbs.
  • naomijuliette96
    naomijuliette96 Posts: 153 Member
    As opposed to what? Dolls? Mannequins? Stuffed Animals?
  • jenifr818
    jenifr818 Posts: 805 Member
    Mine's open, peruse at your own peril
  • spikrgrl503
    spikrgrl503 Posts: 247 Member
    Mines open but I love to cook so my meals are more involved than you'd like.
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,711 Member
    My diary is open, almost all whole food and everything is home cooked...and it is Mexican food, because I live in Mexico:...:o). Might not be to your liking.....
  • PoisonDartFrog
    PoisonDartFrog Posts: 220 Member
    My diary is open....I cook about 70% of the time....Eat a fresh meal for dinner and left overs for lunch the next day. The other 30% is eating out, or "quick" stuff....I'm trying to work more toward cooking daily. Feel free to add me if you like.
  • msbanana
    msbanana Posts: 793 Member
    Diary's open... I cook a lot. Tons of prep on Sunday and it makes the week stupid easy.
    I lost 120lbs eating this way last time. I quit and gained 50lbs back. (ooops) Back at it.
  • glockman17
    glockman17 Posts: 15
    aliens
  • princessofmilk
    princessofmilk Posts: 15
    Breakfast: Porridge topped with fruit, muesli topped with fruit and natural yoghurt, scrambled eggs on wholegrain toast

    Lunch: Chicken in a wholegrain wrap with whatever salad you like, soup and a wholegrain roll (covent garden does great low cal, low fat ones that count towards your five a day if you're in the uk), omelette with sundried tomatoes, low fat mozarella (garlic and basil to season if you like) topped with baby spinach leaves

    Dinner: Chicken, mushrooms and onion (add more veg or chickpeas to bulk it up) with tandoori spice and brown rice as a side (this cooks really well in a foreman grill), steak topped with mushrooms and onions, side of salad and baby new veg, salmon and veggie noodles

    Snacks: Yoghurt (natural is best), fruit, rice cakes topped with light philadelphia, nuts, low cal/fat cereal bars, low calorie hot chocolate or milkshake powder
  • Wandering_1
    Wandering_1 Posts: 95 Member
    I'm still learning too. I don't like doing a lot of prep so I figure I'll cut up veggies and fruits & single servings of stuff like nuts, olives, pickles, low cal crackers, etc.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    My diary is open. I eat the same handful of things, so any one week of my diary is about all the variety there is. (Much of that being pizza.)
  • CheatinLil
    CheatinLil Posts: 71 Member
    Thanks so much for all the replies. I feel like I have my grocery list for the rest of the year! :)
  • j3nn14er
    j3nn14er Posts: 53
    Half cup of rice, can of tuna, random seasonings (soy sauce/sriracha for me), maybe some mayo if you're craving sometime creamy but don't eat cheese/peanut butter/etc. Only takes as long as cooking rice takes... like 5 min. So tasty and only around 300c for a super filling meal.
  • GingerLolita
    GingerLolita Posts: 738 Member
    Feel free to check out my diary. :)

    My go-to meal is a whole grain tortilla with 2 tbsp. crunchy peanut butter + 1/2 cup strawberries with 1/2 cup baby carrots on the side
  • silasrd
    silasrd Posts: 2 Member
    That. Is. Hilarious!
  • arrseegee
    arrseegee Posts: 575 Member
    Real people as opposed to...?
  • amn238
    amn238 Posts: 2
    My diary is open and I make most of my own meals. Some involve way more than 3 ingredients though. Another caveat: I am just back in the MFP game after a few months away :)

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