People who eat the same thing most of the time, or meal prep- what do you eat?

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  • Shana67
    Shana67 Posts: 680 Member
    OP, I'm sorry that you felt judged, I have before too, as I eat 1200 calories per day. Maybe 1300 on some days. I'm not hungry, grumpy, weak or exhausted. I'm fine :) You just keep doing you <3
  • kristen6350
    kristen6350 Posts: 1,094 Member
    My advice...instead of asking a bunch of random people if something is ok, then getting offended when they say it's not...try it for a few weeks. What is there to lose?

    To lose .5lbs a week (I only have 5-7 to lose, so that makes sense for me) I can eat 1630 calories. Some days, depending on my "life" I might make it to 1200. Sometimes 1100...and I'm 5'11 and almost 38 years old. I feel fine. I'm not hungry, because I eat things that fill me up. If that diet fills you up and gives you energy, do it. But if in a few weeks you start feeling like crap (hair is thin, you are super tired and your personality changes), up your calories. No one can tell you what is right for you.

    If I were you, I'd add some veggies on to your potato for dinner and use butter instead of margarine. I prefer "real ingredient food".

    Good luck finding something that works for you. That's why we are all here!
  • blwasson73
    blwasson73 Posts: 92 Member
    I regularly meal prep on sundays (breakfast and lunches) for the week, as commuting, work, and grad school suck up most of my time. Usually breakfasts are a frittata or egg/veggie muffins that are easily transportable. I Grill a variety of chicken/turkey/beef and roast a ton of diffferent veggies and eat some combo of that for lunches. It works great for my time and I enjoy not having to make individual meals during the week. Find what works for you and good luck!
  • DisruptedMatrix
    DisruptedMatrix Posts: 130 Member
    edited October 2016
    Duane2013 wrote: »
    ............what does "working from my bed" mean?? I've found doing calisthenics from atop a mattress is difficult because it gives too much....

    MY job consists of me sitting on my bed working on my laptop. So the average person gets 10k steps in before their workout. I put that I was less active, but MFP is still going to assume that I'm doing more than walking to the toilet everyday, before my workout.


    @lorrpb I can understand why people reacted the way they did, but in turn I think you can understand why I reacted the way I did, considering the "tone" of the first responder. That was not caring or teaching like people claim. So I guess there was a lot of frustration going around.

    And I measure everything.

  • ds41980
    ds41980 Posts: 133 Member
    I started by getting a small notebook and making lists. I made a list of all the foods I usually would eat for breakfast like eggs, bacon, toast, coffee etc. . I did the same for lunch and dinners. Lists for lunch looked something like turkey meat, soup, tacos etc. Dinner was the same. Once I had those lists going, for the first week I made lists of meals I would like to eat. I made a list of breakfast meals (ex. waffle with PB, and turkey bacon with juice). 2 meals I would like to eat for lunch (ex taco salad, chicken soup) and then list of meals for easy dinners (frozen chicken strips, frozen pizza etc). On Saturday or sunday shop for the ingredients that I need to make said meals and cook the lunches and portion out. As the weeks went on, I was able to see which meals worked best for me and my life style and which ones were good to keep me full etc. But I tell you the pre planning lunches is the best thing I do. It keeps me right on track.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    I have a 1250 daily calorie goal. In a perfect world, I wouldn't eat my exercise calories (not many because I just walk), but sometimes I eat into them.

    My stats:
    Sept 1 2016 weight: 256
    MFP SW: 246
    CW: 229.5
    GW: 150 +/-

    F
    42
    5'6"

    I'm pretty consistent with breakfast and lunch, with much more flexibility on dinner (since I prepare and eat that with my family). Breakfast is low sodium V8, an egg (scrambled or boiled, on thin crackers (50 calories for 2 crackers) with coffee and half and half. On weekends, I forgo the V8 and make an omelette with two eggs and veggies and feta.

    Lunch is two more of those crackers with a laughing cow cheese wedge, a protein such as tuna or salmon or chicken or whatever meat is leftover from dinner and a can of vegetable soup (under 150 calories for soup). Sometimes the soup is just fresh veggies if that's what I have around, but the idea is a fat, a carb, a protein and two servings of veggies for lunch and I try to keep it under between 300-400 calories total. When I am working at home and can cook myself lunch, I have sauted spinach and mushrooms.

    Snacks are typically various fruits and veggies based on what I have around but have been apples, watermelon, carrots, cucumbers, etc. If I'm sluggish I'll add a protein like peanut butter or hummus with one of my snacks.

    Dinner is the most flexible. Sometimes we grab food at Chick Fil A (grilled chicken sandwich with superfood salad), Noodles & Company (small penne rosa with grilled chicken), Chipotle (kids meal with chicken quesadilla, pinto beans, white rice, and veggies), or Modmarket (one half cheese and mushroom pizza with side arugula salad). That's about adventurous as I have been eating out and it takes a lot of planning.

    Dinners I have cooked at home have been stir fry, baked potato soup, chicken/mushroom marsala, various grilled meats with veggies and potatoes.

    My diary is open so feel free to check it out.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    I feel like I get a lot of bang for my buck when it comes to 1250 calories and unless I was ill, I wouldn't go a day without eating as many of them as I can.

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