Describe your typical diet

well I pretty much eat what I want but do my best to modify the calories/ingredients to fit my calorie goal so with that being said: i start off with 3 coffees at 5am, have breakfast at 8am of an egg with chopped veggies or a oatmeal packet with maybe a fruit, then lunch comes and Im hungry around 10-11ish and I have something light like 2 oz of my husband's ham and drink lots of water (Im not worried about filling up at lunch cuz I save my calories for dinners and I am out the door around this time to go for my walk) then husband comes home and I have dinner ready at 4ish: I create some type of meal that has meat, veggies, rice side. I try to keep it simple like porkloin or chicken breast made on the foreman grill or lately I been loading up the crockpot with my "creation" as I call them with meat, vegies and seasonings. I have to eat what my husband eats but I dont use oils or butter. I also weigh and measure everything out that goes on my plate. Only takes a minute to do so. We eat fajita taco salads, green chile chicken and rice, stuffed porkloin or chicken breast with feta and spinach, etc. Snacks can be a fruit smoothie with fresh fruit and almond milk and ice in a blender or popcorn or a slice of cheese. it varies. I just try to eat normal as I can really. My food diary is public but i just started logging again saturday so you have to go wayyyy back to see the rest. Eat what you like but modify the ingredients. I hope I helped. Sorry its so long.

I split up 1,200 cals into 4-5 meals. Usually evenly 300 or under. Usually small servings. I don't really eat a lot of carbs, but tends to be whole wheat bread. Unfortunately I don't get as much potassium or calcium at times. The most oil/fat I use is 1 tsp a day.
Breakfast: 1 serving of cereal and 2% milk, fruits and protein shake. Oatmeal with maple syrup. Poached/boiled eggs.
Lunch: cheeseless naan pizza with veggie toppings. Tofu stirfry. Chickpea pasta (no pasta, substitute with chickpeas). 1 serving of fat free cottage cheese with fruit. Tuna wrap. Fat free yogurt. Kale/spinach salad
Dinner(s): lean meats (salmon, chicken breast, ground chicken, canned tuna) yams, sweet potatoes, carrots side. Raw salmon sashimi.
Snack: 1 piece of individually wrapped small dark chocolates (Costco), sweet fruits, no sugar added apple sauce, fruit yogurt (lime), pb&j crackers

I eat everything I like, in smaller portions, and did this during my weight loss phase, during almost 3 years of maintenance, and now doing it through a short weight loss phase to correct some weight creep.

Yesterday was my first day back at tracking and I had sweet n' sour rice with veggies, chicken noodle soup (Progresso Light version-LOVE this line of soups!), loaded oatmeal (with flax seed, blueberries, walnuts, brown sugar and milk), an egg with a piece of jellied toast, 4 slices of bacon and then a serving of animal crackers. Came in right at 1,300 calories.

Today I'm having a Subway bacon chicken ranch salad, but I'll add my own dressing (Hidden Valley light). I do all the veggies on the salad except for pickles and jalapenos (heavy on the spinach). With a snack sized bag of Baked Lays bbq chips. Supper will be brown rice with veggies, egg and pork-stir fry style. And then another serving of animal crackers (I don't have a sweet tooth, but these are a low calorie snack that I enjoy). I'm under calories a bit for the day, so I'll add something else at some point!

Also, I do 16:8IF, so I eat all of my calories usually between 11am-7pm

I generally only eat once or twice a day. I always have coffee with milk in the morning but then don't usually eat a meal until 1pm. I don't necessarily eat traditional lunch foods at lunch time or dinner foods at dinner time. I do eat a lot of meat, eggs, leafy green veggies, berries sometimes, cheese, I love mushrooms so eat them a lot. I don't really do a lot of nuts because I tend to over eat them.

Here is my meal plan for today:

B: coffee with milk
L: 2 hb eggs, 4 slices bacon, 1/2 avocado, 2 wedges laughing cow cheese
D : NY strip, béarnaise sauce, mushrooms, asparagus wrapped in bacon

My diary is open if you'd like to see other days. I generally try to stay around 1200-1300 calories per day, though Monday and Tuesday I wasn't very hungry and came in well below that.

1200 calories: 25% carbs, 35% fat, 45% protein

Breakfast: banana, coffee, protein shake
Brunch: Dannon Light and Fit Greek yogurt
Lunch: romaine lettuce, 3oz grilled chicken breast, 2 hard boiled eggs
Dinner: Just find things to fill in the gaps. Either 1 can of tuna, pbj on one slice of bread, and half a cup of milk.......or more grilled chicken, veggies, and milk.
Night snack: Protein shake

Normally, I am on a maintenance schedule, but I'm on a serious calorie bank before my vacation in six weeks. I need to lose 2-3lbs before I eat Italy. So this is a bit more spartan than how I normally eat. 1200-1500 cals a day is the target, except Fridays, where I can hit up to around 3k and be fine. TDEE is 2100-2200.

Today:

Breakfast: Egg white mcmuffin, non-fat Greek yogurt, mixed berries. Ate about half the yogurt/berry mix.
Lunch: Grilled chicken salad - by that, it was literally just meat and vegetables. No fun stuff, no dressing.
Dinner Later: Homemade pizza, diet mixed drinks, ice cream.

Yesterday:

Breakfast: Egg white mcmuffin, non-fat Greek yogurt, mixed berries.
Lunch: Grilled chicken salad - by that, it was literally just meat and vegetables. No fun stuff, no dressing.
Dinner: Bison burger in a lettuce wrap, Baked Cheddar and Sour Cream Lays.
Dessert: Non-fat Greek yogurt, mixed berries, light chocolate syrup. Small piece of a Bark Thin just cuz.

Wednesday:

Breakfast: Egg white mcmuffin, non-fat Greek yogurt, mixed berries.
Lunch: Grilled chicken salad - by that, it was literally just meat and vegetables. No fun stuff, no dressing. But I was so bloated, I couldn't eat this. So ended up eating basically nothing for lunch.
Dinner: Spinach and goat cheese egg white frittata, fresh homemade ww pita bread.
Dessert: Non-fat Greek yogurt, mixed berries, light chocolate syrup. Small piece of a Bark Thin just cuz.

Tuesday:

Breakfast: Egg white mcmuffin, non-fat Greek yogurt, mixed berries.
Lunch: Grilled chicken salad - by that, it was literally just meat and vegetables. No fun stuff, no dressing.
Dinner: Spinach and goat cheese egg white frittata, fresh homemade ww pita bread.
Dessert: Non-fat Greek yogurt, mixed berries, light chocolate syrup. Small piece of a Bark Thin just cuz.

Monday:

Breakfast: Egg white mcmuffin, non-fat Greek yogurt, mixed berries.
Lunch: Grilled chicken salad - by that, it was literally just meat and vegetables. Did bring a little container of Bolthouse Farms dressing for dipping.
Dinner: Bruschetta, fresh homemade ww pita bread.
Dessert: Non-fat Greek yogurt, mixed berries, light chocolate syrup. Small piece of a Bark Thin just cuz.

Sunday:

Brunch: Rugbrod with smoked salmon, Nutella, strawberry jam. Non-fat Greek yogurt, mixed berries. Hard boiled egg.
Dinner: Grilled sockeye salmon, baked potato, spinach salad.
Dessert: Bread pudding, but it kind of sucked. At least the wine was good.