What you ate then and what you eat now....

rebprest
rebprest Posts: 149 Member
in Food and Nutrition
So I'm working on changing my entire way of eating from mostly carbs and dairy to mostly plant based with very limited grain and only lean meats. Honestly, I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm on day 6 and it is WORKING, which is so exciting. I'm just curious, what does a day of eating look like for you now and what did it look like before you started eating healthy? (Breakfast, lunch, dinner snacks, drinks and desserts if applicable). I'll start...

Before:
Breakfast: 2 loaded bowls of sugary cereal
Lunch: lean cuisine, an apple, and candy
Dinner: 3-4 slices of bread, 2-3 bowls of chili
snacks: doritos, hershey kisses
Desserts: snack cakes, brownies
Drinks: 30 oz water, 16 oz milk, 16 oz fruit juice


Now:
Breakfast: rolled oats and quinoa with blueberries and walnuts
Lunch: egg white omelette with mushrooms and bell peppers
Dinner: vegetable and chicken stir-fry
Snacks: apple with peanut butter, protein shake, hummus and carrots
Dessert: 1 mini hershey bar
Drinks: 100 oz of water

-I've lost about 5 lbs in 6 days, although I'm sure it's mostly water weight. IT'S STILL SO EXCITING!!!! Anyway, I love before and after examples, so please share!

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  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    About the same.
  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    Also, eat the yolks.
  • rebprest
    rebprest Posts: 149 Member
    I usually eat one yolk! Isn't it bad to eat so many egg yolks, for cholesterol?
  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    I usually eat one yolk! Isn't it bad to eat so many egg yolks, for cholesterol?

    No, and most of the protein/nutrition is in there - and it tastes better.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    I eat the same, just less of it.
  • MBrothers22
    MBrothers22 Posts: 323 Member
    Before- Cereal
    Now- a little less cereal

    Before- sandwich and chips
    Now- sandwich and a little less chips

    Before- 5 slices of pizza
    Now- 2 slices of pizza.

    Before- bowl filled with ice cream
    Now- 1 serving of ice cream

    Before- 2k calories or more of fast food for dinner
    Now- 700 calories of fast food for dinner


    If you don't think you can sustain your, to be honest, unnecessary diet change, there's no reason to change so drastically. Food is food.
  • besaro
    besaro Posts: 1,858 Member
    less cheese, less butter, less bread-like items, less cookies, cakes, ice cream.

    more veggies, more fruit.
  • misscem94
    misscem94 Posts: 114 Member
    I still eat some of the same stuff, but I have to admit I did cut a lot of things out.

    BEFORE
    Breakfast - Two/three chocolate bars, those Cadbury Animal biscuits
    Lunch - Two oily cheese paninis, large McDonalds meal, sandwich
    Dinner - 2 servings of pasta bake with extra cheese
    Snacks - Crisps, sweets, anything that was lying around. 8-14 cups of fizzy drinks/juice a day

    NOW
    Breakfast - Weetabix, an apple and 6 Mikado sticks or chocolate Ready Brek
    Lunch - Ranges from part-bake baguette with 20g cheese, carrot sticks and carvery turkey or a Pizzetta from Pizza Hut
    Dinner - Normally something like 100-150g serving of wholewheat pasta, light tomato sauce and carrots. I love those carrots
    Snacks - Don't really snack often - water

    So yes, it isn't the 'perfect' eating plan, but I hardly ever go over my calories and I exercise plenty to keep myself in shape.
  • rebprest
    rebprest Posts: 149 Member

    If you don't think you can sustain your, to be honest, unnecessary diet change, there's no reason to change so drastically. Food is food.

    I do think it was necessary for me, not that I think it is for everyone. I kept trying to eat smaller portions of the foods I liked for my entire life, but I would just relapse. For me it was too hard to not have the second, third and forth cookie, much harder than having no cookies in my house at all. I would just get ravenous and fall back into the same pattern. After only 6 days of eating healthier foods I have loads more energy and motivation. Time will tell if it is sustainable, I guess.
  • tinkbaby101
    tinkbaby101 Posts: 180 Member
    Before:

    Breakfast: A big bowl of sugary cereal, or a giant stack of pancakes. Or both.
    Lunch: Sandwich, mac & cheese, and a granola bar or snack cake
    Dinner: Pasta, pizza, fast food, etc
    Snacks: Whole bags of chips, dessert items, granola bars
    Drinks: Lots of soda, milk, and juice.

    After:

    Breakfast: Quinoa, greek yogurt, fresh fruit
    Lunch: BLT on sandwich thin and a side of veggies
    Dinner: Same sorts of things, just more appropriate portion sizing.
    Snacks: Fresh fruits and veggies, apples with peanut butter, cheese cubes
    Drinks: Mostly water, with an occasional something else.

    Today is a bad example because I went over my calories with fast food. :laugh: According to my TDEE, I'm still at a deficit, though, so I'm trying not to sweat it. Mostly, I eat the same sorts of things, just in smaller amounts.
  • MBrothers22
    MBrothers22 Posts: 323 Member

    If you don't think you can sustain your, to be honest, unnecessary diet change, there's no reason to change so drastically. Food is food.

    I do think it was necessary for me, not that I think it is for everyone. I kept trying to eat smaller portions of the foods I liked for my entire life, but I would just relapse. For me it was too hard to not have the second, third and forth cookie, much harder than having no cookies in my house at all. I would just get ravenous and fall back into the same pattern. After only 6 days of eating healthier foods I have loads more energy and motivation. Time will tell if it is sustainable, I guess.

    That's understandable then. Good luck to you
  • skyfall91
    skyfall91 Posts: 74
    for me I pretty much eat the same but smaller portions. Like no more heaped plates of pasta now I put 75g dry pasta in the pan for myself and add tons of veggies. I dont want to change all I eat then give in to cravings later. Id rather eat the foods I like but change portion sizes and replace some of the food with lots of veggies
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    I usually eat one yolk! Isn't it bad to eat so many egg yolks, for cholesterol?

    No, and most of the protein/nutrition is in there - and it tastes better.

    ^^^ this

    cholesterol in egg yolks doesn't cause high blood cholesterol, if anything, it lowers it. throwing the yolk away = throwing away most of the nutrients, including the fat-soluble vitamins. One very common mistake people on diets make is to cut too much fat out of their diet. Fat, essential fatty acids, fat soluble vitamins, cholesterol... all these are needed by the body and are found in fatty foods. Egg yolks, oily fish, nuts, avocados, fresh dairy, cold pressed vegetable oils are all good sources of those nutrients. Too much fat will put you over your calorie budget easily because it's so calorie dense which is why fat has a bad reputation, but you should still include some in your diet, and as long as you stick to your calorie goal, then fatty foods foods (or any other kind of food) won't make you fat.
  • FitMe758
    FitMe758 Posts: 177 Member
    BEFORE

    Breakfast:
    • 3 or 4 very large cups of coffee loaded with a TON of cream and sugar

    Lunch:
    • Nothing

    Dinner:
    • About 3,000-4,000 calories worth of food. Usually cooked at home, but still.

    Water:
    Virtually none


    NOW:

    Breakfast:
    •Smoothies with protein, chia, greens and fruit
    or
    • Veggie omelette
    • Shakshuka

    Lunch:
    • Sweet potato + grilled chicken + veggies
    • Tuna + salad
    • Protein + Quinoa

    Dinner (1 serving!)
    • Steak + salad
    • Chicken + salad
    • Chicken + veggie styr "fry"
    • Baked fish + veggies
  • HerkMeOff
    HerkMeOff Posts: 1,002 Member
    I eat the same, just less of it.

    Word.
  • hallo_spacedog
    hallo_spacedog Posts: 40 Member
    I always ate similar to now, but I'm trying to be aware of portions like others have noted. Another thing is I try to make meat a side instead of a main (I would think I eat 80% vegetable matter 20% meat, if not less) not for any other reason than that it just helps me, personally, keep my calories in check. I know that wouldn't work for a lot of people, which is fine.

    Yesterday for dinner, I had: rice, pickled vegetables that I made, another little bit of vegetable dish I made, a small portion of egg/meat over rice with onion, and eggplant miso soup. The meat portion constituted very little of the food.
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    Same delicious stuff like burgers, ice cream, bread, and cheese.....just smaller quantities.
  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    I eat the same, just less of it.

    Word.
    +2, but now I also eat dark chocolate the majority of the time instead of milk.
  • caitology
    caitology Posts: 50
    My breakfasts and lunches have always been the same, a combination of bananas, yogurts, and granola bars. I started mixing things like peanut butter, strawberries, cottage cheese, and string cheese in there as well after I started tracking. The main difference for me was snacks and dinner portions. My mentality used to be "how can I get the most food for the least money" which is horrible to admit, but I accept it now. Dinner could've been 4-5 plates at a buffet, a whole large pizza, a double cheeseburger with endless fries, or a plate of Mexican food with a whole basket of chips and salsa. Snacking was even worse. On top if terrible dinner, I could eat a whole bag of Doritos, a whole pack of Oreos, a dozen cookies, or a large blizzard from DQ (ice cream from anywhere, really). I don't snack like I used to and when I do, I weigh everything. Dinner is portioned out as well and I avoid buffets.

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