is this good enough for breakfast and lunch

entezio
entezio Posts: 33
edited November 11 in Food and Nutrition
instant oatmeal w/ half a cup of blue berries + skim milk for breakfast
peanut butter and banana sandwich (whole weat bread) + orange juice + yogurt w/ half a cup of blue berries for lunch
cup of walnuts some time during the day idk
and for dinner i'll just go out and eat some meat and vegetables with my meal plan

trying to make a cheap healthy meal plan for college so i'm wondering if this will give me a good amount of vitamins and iron and all that stuff

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  • _runnerbean_
    _runnerbean_ Posts: 640 Member
    Log all that food into your diary on MFP and it will tell you the nutrients and vitamins in that daily menu. You will need to weigh the quantities to get the most accurate info.
  • entezio
    entezio Posts: 33
    _runnerbean_ wrote: »
    Log all that food into your diary on MFP and it will tell you the nutrients and vitamins in that daily menu. You will need to weigh the quantities to get the most accurate info.

    ok
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    A whole cup of walnuts? That's a lot of calories?
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    For me? No. Virtually no fat or protein at breakfast, and all meals are way too low-cal. Still not enough protein at lunch and possibly more fat than I need. And still likely too low cal unless I was eating it not long before my workout (high fat lunches are fine on my rest days).

    Eat food. eat variety. Track macros and calories. You'll likely get plenty of micros without monitoring or being restrictive with your meal plan.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    A whole cup of walnuts? That's a lot of calories?

    LOL I missed that. This makes up for the rest of the meals being way too low cal. He is a guy though so he probably will benefit from eating something so calorie dense in such a high quantity to ensure he isn't eating ridiculously low for his needs.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Depending on your calorie goal, you can skip the orange juice. It has calories that you could save for dinner.
    Have you counted the calories in the walnuts? -- It's like 500 calories give or take.
    You are fine on the vitamins and iron and all that stuff. Good luck.
  • entezio
    entezio Posts: 33
    edited February 2015
    uhh I never really pay attention to calories because no matter how much I eat or don't eat my body stays roughly same size and weight. my metabolism is high as hell. plus I haven't been very active this year since I'm focusing on studying so with that I think it's best I stick with low calories like my meal plan apparently has.

    and about the walnut thing I googled it and saw that walnuts have a lot of omega-3s so I figured eating a cup would be good for me lol

    so yea I really only care about the brain power my food gives, I don't mind the calories if I get fat I'll just work out over the summer
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