WHAT DO YOU ALL EAT ...?

what I find very useful are cooking books with calories stated for each recipe. that way you can pick and choose what you like and still have control over your calorie intake. works for me :-)

Like a lot of people have said. Eat whatever you want for the most part as long as it fits in your calories. It'd be wise to eat chicken. I do almost every day. Fish is excellent for you too except I hate it unfortunately.

Welcome!

The most successful people long term eat whatever they used to eat, but in smaller portions. Trying to restrict or eliminate certain food types or groups rarely works.

Aim to meet you protein, fat, fibre and carb goals by eating foods you enjoy.

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I eat marinated tofu, egg noodles, sushi, tempura, greek salad, Chan's masala. Spinach salad, peanut butter on toast, ice cream, apples, broccoli and cheese sauce, tacos, veggie burgers with pickles and French fries, chilli, cookies and wine.

I have cut out as much sugar as possible because I do better on protein instead of carbs weigh your meat the calories add up on meat faster then you think have lots of non starchy vegetables instead of fries I have sweet potatoe fries also found that a veggie flatizza and veggie salad from Subway is a very good fast lunch or dinner log every single thing

Well...

Mondays are Meatless Mondays for me....so usually I end up making some type of cheesy pasta dish with salad.
Tuesdays are Around the World days...so whatever I feel is fun and from a different culture....usually ends up Mexican lol.
Wednesdays are Casserole/Crockpot days...could be pulled pork sandwiches, chili, stew, pot roast.
Thursdays are for fish.
Fridays are homemade pizza days...and no I don't use the cauliflower stuff. I use the Pioneer Women's recipe because it is yummy and actually not that bad on calories.
Saturdays are grilling...so could be fish again, or steaks, or hamburgers.
Sundays are soup and sandwich days...and I try to keep to the season with this.

Lunches range from turkey sandwiches, to left overs, to microwave dinners. But if I do a frozen dinner I go for the pricier versions in the organic aisle...they just taste better to me.

Snacks range from fruits, to vegetables, to cookies, to cake, to ice cream...whatever I can fit in for that day.

You can do this and eat whatever you want. Just look for lighter versions of things or mold it into a rounded meal. For example, my household gets Dominos pizza all the time...that can kill your efforts if you aren't careful. But take 2 slices and add a salad and some fruit for dessert and you can keep the meal well with in your limits.

Anything I want.

All the food. Feel free to look at my diary. I've been slacking with logging lately but basically I eat what I want in moderation. Except when I don't. But I don't ever stress out about it. It's not a race

Gluten free (celiac) and hopefully not more than I burn off!

today i had a chicken cutlet sandwich on a whole wheat roll, with mayo and cheese. i had a banana, and a yogurt. i also had a snickers for breakfast.

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This! And welcome to MFP :-)

it's all about portion control - I eat what I want to eat, I just don't eat a large bag of Doritos for lunch any more. I still eat chips, I eat chocolate almost every day, I eat fried foods sometimes (but not every day), etc.

calling some foods good and some foods bad and denying yourself access to the 'bad' foods (in my experience) will lead to a binge on those foods and derail your progress.

the best rule for me is all things in moderation

My diary is public if you want to look at it.

Basically my goal is to try and work on establishing long-term habits of eating foods I enjoy but in PROPER serving sizes.

I haven't "given up" any foods because in the long run that will make the "forbidden" food seem more attractive and entice me to binge on it.

There are foods that I've changed how I approach:

1) An easy way to eliminate calories for me was to lower the calories I picked up in liquids. I have all but phased out regular soda except very rare occasions. I still allow myself the occasional Coke Zero or Sunkist 10 or A&W 10 when I really want carbonation but most of my drinks these days are flavored water.
2) I avoid eating out as often as I once did since restaurant fare TENDS to be higher in calories and oversized in portion.
3) When I *do* eat out, I am more aware of portion sizes and am more likely (most of the time) to purpose to bring some of it home in a doggie bag and skip the appetizers.
4) If I know a more calorie heavy meal is coming, I "budget" for it by being stingier on the meals earlier in the day....focusing on eating more vegetables since they typically have a lower calorie score and the fiber is filling. Then I can "bank" the calories I didn't use for breakfast and lunch into my Chinese/Mexican/steak/pizza dinner.
5) I am not good with moderation with ice cream. I try not to have it in the house. I still eat it...but now it's a special occasion trip to the ice cream shoppe for a single-dip cone...instead of a pint of Ben and Jerry's that I invariably eat in one sitting.
6)EDITED TO ADD: I don't spazz out if I go over on calories 1 day (or even 2) in a week. Weight loss will NOT necessarily be linear, some weeks I might just decide I really WANT a certain meal and some times I see a weight gain (two weeks ago actually). That is not a "failure"...just means I refocus next week on the long-term goal. Incidentally, my loss last week was the biggest one I've had since joining MFP in October.
7)AND ALSO ADDING: If you put in a really good day at the gym, you "earn" extra food. Be aware the calories burned tend to be overestimated so it's a good idea to manually reduce the figure MFP spits out. Some will tell you by as much as 75%...I don't go THAT hard with it, but I do only take 2/3 of the calorie burn to make sure I don't "eat back" too many calories and lose my deficit.

I eat everything but wheat, rice and potato products. I need my food be optimized in protein and fiber and reasonable in calories. Wheat, rice and potatoes have too many calories for their nutrition. They are also trigger foods for me. I know most people promote moderation. For some of us some foods are best avoided. We never recommend moderation to a 2 pack smoker, or alcoholic. If I don't eat my trigger foods I don't even think about food. I transform into a person who eats normally and never binges. I have spoken to many obese people who have lost successfully for the long term. (Notice I said obese, not overweight). The vast majority let go of their binge foods, they did not moderate them. Maybe in 5 years my response to those items will change. But I have a 34 yr track record of being unable to portion control them. I no longer medicate or reward with food. I do use a few tbsp of wheat flour, rice starch or potato starch in recipes when I have no reasonable substitute and this causes no problem. But a croissant, hash browns or fried brown rice just lead to a binge or having to suffer 2 days of cravings. Other than that I eat all other foods. There are so many types of beans and the availability of non wheat flours is stunning. I make flat breads, crackers, crepes, bean flour breads. I eat very little processed food-which isn't hard since most of them are predominantly wheat, potato and rice based!! I do not vilify wheat, rice and potato. They just don't work for me.

Typical breakfast:
Cereal & milk
OR
Greek yogurt, cheese stick, apple or banana
OR
Eggs & toast

Typical lunch:
9" pita with grilled chicken, raw veggies, tzatziki sauce
OR
Soup & Sandwich
OR
Omelette & toast

Typical dinner:
Some type of meat (beef, chicken, pork, fish, whatever), side dish (potatoes, rice, sweet potato, whatever), Vegetable or salad.

Dessert:
Ice Cream