what does your daily food look like

Well... mine fluctuates wildly... because I follow IIFYM.... I eat whatever I want, I just make sure to get all of my protein/carbs/and fats before I go to bed.

For example today mine was.

Breakfast: Coffee with cream and Splenda and a Quest bar

Snack: Cadbury Egg (2 of them)

Lunch: 6g of chicken breast with hot sauce
Danon Light and Fit yogurt
Flatout wrap
100g spring mix salad with sugar free dressing

Snack/post workout: 37g of Cellucor peanut-butter marshmallow whey

Snack: Starbucks iced coffee with Splenda and a Starbucks marshmallow dream bar

Dinner: 8g chicken with veggies
8g sweet potato fries with cinnamon (homemade)

Snack: 2-3 servings of Edy's Slow Churned chocolate ice cream with some peanut butter

On work days (most week days)

Breakfast: cup of soy milk
Lunch: usually a small portion of leftovers or a sandwich wrap
Dinner: Biggest meal of the day. Contents vary but always included vegetables and protein. Often quinoa or brown rice.
Dessert: Usually a handful of cocoa roast almonds

About 25% of the time I will have a snack before lunch - usually a low sodium V8

There is no schedule on days I don't work.

My diary is open. but didn't track over the weekend.


and to poster #2.. 6g and 8g of chicken?? does g mean something other then grams or did you mean ounces???? i put 142g (about 5 ounces)of chicken in my scrambled eggs for lunch and it was hardly any.

Breakfast-Large banana & water with crystal light peach mango energy flavor (9:30am) (95 Cals.)
Snack- Peanut butter and crackers (10:45) (180 Cals)
Lunch-Two slice of ham & side of mash potatos (Easter Leftovers) and more water/mango flavor (Around 375 Cals)
Snack-1 or 2 chocolate rice cakes (3pm) (60-120 Cals.)
Dinner-Ham & Mash potato leftover again (6:30pm) (Around 450 Cals.) Iced Tea (100 Cals)
Snack-No sugar added fudgicle (40 Cals.)

This my day today

My food tends to be pretty consistent each day, but varies each week. I do a lot of food prep (salads, veggie snacks, juicing) on sundays for my week so it's easier to generally make the same thing. Luckily I don't get sick of what I make. I started juicing a couple weeks ago because I am just not a fruit person. I'm a vegetarian and have no problem with veggies, but fruit is a different story regardless of the fact that I do like it.

I vary protein shakes with protein bars once in a while and I'm trying to keep my protein around 70g/day which is quite difficult without eating meat and minimal animal products (eggs, milk, etc). Deciding to turn to a vegetarian diet and cutting out most animal products really helped me find healthier choices that I enjoyed. I don't even feel like I eat healthy at this point because it's just normal. When I do go out to eat and "cheat" (even though I don't consider this a diet, but instead a lifestyle change) I usually feel like crap after.

Breakfast:
Chocolate Whey Protein Shake (150cal)
8oz fresh juice: beet, carrot, lemon, kale and apple (90cal)

Snack:
Wheat pita with hummus (160cal)

Lunch:
Salad: feta dill dressing, tomatoes, chickpeas, bell peppers, green onion, romaine (275cal)
Banana (75 cal)
Chocolate Whey Protein Shake (150cal)

Snack:
16oz fresh juice: watermelon, strawberry, apple, lemon (180cal)
Iced coffee no cream/no sugar (10cal)

Dinner:
Veggie patty (90cal)
Wheat pita (80cal)
Raw red peppers, tomatoes and broccoli with hummus (160cal)

about 1330cal

My foods vary, but my eating habits are pretty uniform. During the week, I'll eat a small/medium breakfast. Typically at or below 300 calories. But I'll snack quite a bit before lunch (typically veggies or frozen berries or something). Then I have lunch, which is usually a sandwich or leftovers from dinner the night before. Then maybe an afternoon snack, then dinner, which is almost always unpredictable.

On weekends I just kind of eat whenever.

I try to stay low-calorie or eat things with protein or fiber to keep me fuller longer. Low fat cottage cheese is a current at-home go-to.