What's a normal day of eating like for you?

Well, lately I've been trying to use up stuff in my pantry and freezer. So I made up a big batch of pancakes (using Trader Joe's multigrain baking mix), and I have one for breakfast with some sliced strawberries mascerated in about a teaspoon of sugar to make them release some juice. (WAY better than any low-cal syrup I've ever had.) And sometimes I'll have some yogurt or something with it if it's a workout day or I get hungry mid-morning.

Lunch this past week has been a burrito made w/ 97% fat free ground turkey, whole wheat tortillas, fat free refried beans, 2% shredded cheese, salsa and low fat sour cream. Also a piece of fruit and yogurt (if I don't have it with breakfast). I also like to keep single serving containers of homemade soups like minestrone and chili in the freezer for days when I can't think of anything else to make for lunch.

Dinners vary lately since I've been trying out a lot of new recipes I got from the Cook Yourself Thin show on Lifetime. (You can view episodes on mylifetime.com if you're interested.) Or the husband and I will just toss something on the grill. Usually chicken and whatever vegetables we have on hand like asparagus or zucchini. Sometimes I'll quarter a sweet potato or regular potato and throw that on too. Quick and easy.

I've been trying to keep sweets out of the house, but lately I just want something for after dinner. I picked up some Edy's frozen strawberry bars that are a nice treat. Also, I realized I had all of the ingredients for oatmeal raisin cookies in my pantry, so I made a batch of those. They're a healthier recipe though (from the site I mentioned above). One pretty large cookie is just under 200 calories and it's big enough for one to be satisfying and low cal enough that I don't feel too guilty for having one.

Hope this helps...

Vanessa

Breakfast: Eggwhite omlet with fat free cheese, light wheat toast & some kind of fruit
Lunch: fruit or vegitables like a bananna or chopped up fresh veggies with low fat yogurt and sugar free jello
Dinner: varies, but I usually have a big salad with fat free dressing, and either a boca burger on light wheat bread, or an english muffin pizza with lots of veggis! For dessert sometimes i will have something by skinny cow like their mint ice cream sandwiches yummmm and perfect in the summer!
Snack: Veggies, fruit, granola bars, yogurts

breakfast: hi fiber oatmeal w/ 1/8cup raisins and 1/8cup sliced almonds
lunch: homemade pnut butter banana smoothie or 2 eggs with 1/6cup shredded mex cheese and tortilla and carrots
dinner: varies--mashed beans with veggies, salad, chkn (homemade fried), rice, meatballs, etc
no fish, no seafood

snacks: yoplait light yogurt, granola bars, oatmeal, apple, raspberries, grapes
(and then the stuff i overeat--pudding, cereal, cheese, nilla wafers, choc chips, etc etc)

if i only ate the good for you stuff, i wdn't be here!
portion control is KEY and try not to have the stuff that you overeat in the house at all. elminating temptation makes it easier to be successful in your efforts.

good luck!

honesly, i eat a 90 calorie breakfast bar, then i eat a small salad with no dressing for lunch (with lemon pepper seasoning) then a healthy choice or something under 300 cal for dinner

Breakfast is almost always coffee and oatmeal on the weekdays. I'll make an omlette or pancakes on the weekend. Lunch is either a lean cuisine type meal or a salad. Dinner is always a protien,starch and veggie.

And I have a snack between meals, usually fruit or yogurt during the day and cheese and crackers in the evening

And a glass or two of wine after my daughter goes to bed.

I'm not big on Variety at all, and am very picky at that.

Breakfast one of 3 :
Special K (2cups to 1.5 cup milk)
Special K Cinnamon Apple Fiber Bar
Quaker Oats Rice Cake Carmel Corn (2)

Lunch one of 4:
Special K (2cups to 1.5 cup Milk)
Chicken Fajita Pita from Jack in the Box
Chicken Salad No Croutons No Cheese & Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing (lite if i can get my paws on it)
6" Subway Sub(type varies), No Mayo (or lite on a good day) No Cheese, Lettuce Tom & Olive


Lunch one of 4:
Special K (2cups to 1.5 cup Milk)
Chicken Fajita Pita from Jack in the Box
Chicken Salad No Croutons No Cheese & Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing
6" Subway Sub(type varies), No Mayo (or lite on a good day) No Cheese, Lettuce Tom & Olive
Grilled Chicken Breast and 1 cup Steamed Broccoli

Snacks:
Rice Cake (1 or 2 depending how my calories look for the day and how hungry i am at the moment
Special K Apple Cinnamon Fiber Bar
Apple, Orange, Banana
Yogurt
Lite Vanilla Pudding

I stick to some more then others e.g. Special K and Chicken salads are regulars during the week Subs usually on the weekend and grilled chicken is a big one

Cod fish, Shrimp and when I can afford it Crab legs make thier way in too!

bumping this to give me new ideas

Coffie with skim milk - I try to eat breakfast but usually dont. I do notice I feel alot better during the day when I eat breakfast.

Arnolds flats
with cottage cheeze lettuce tomato
yogert

100 cal snack pack for morning or afternoon snack.

grilled chicken
asparagus
brown rice

Whole wheat toast with jelly if I get hungry later.

starting yesterday ill eat speacial k cereal in the morning with vanilla silk milk....really good i was suprised!! Then ill eat a handful of special k crackers or some cantalope then a salad for lunch with lite italian maybe throw some grilled chx on there. Then a nother snack like a yoplait yogurt then dinner i'll eat a lean cuisine. I just went out and bought like 15 of them!! so i should be good as long as i stick to the diet and keep up the cardio burning more calories than i take in. Youll see results real quick almost 5-6 lbs a week! I've done this diet before and it was great...but i loves to party on the weekends and drank about 1800 calories and would gain like 1/2 the weight back!! AYE!! Now I'm done witpartying and on a mission! GL!

I do IF (meaning I skip breakfast, basically). I have my first meal around noon; sometimes it's breakfasty stuff (English muffins, bacon, eggs) and sometimes it's lunch stuff (sandwiches with low-carb wraps or sandwich thins, salads). I try to keep it under 350 calories and focus on protein and vegetables. I usually have a snack around 3PM at work; it's typically string cheese but sometimes I'll splurge on something from the vending machines. I plan dinner like lunch (protein + veg) but bigger -- larger portions of lean meat, lots and lots of vegetables. Sometimes I bulk it out with carbs like pasta or couscous but not often.

This usually leaves me quite a few calories, some of which I will take up with alcohol and small evening snacks, some of which I will just ignore. About once a month I'll have a weekend where I'm really hungry or a special occasion to celebrate, and on those days if I go over my targets I don't care since I have such a large deficit the rest of the time. It's working pretty well so far!