Breakfast and Lunch

for breakfast I usually have a piece of whole wheat bread with peanut butter, lunch changes daily but today I'm having a nice big salad with some cooked chicken breast

I plateau'd a couple times during my weight loss, and in a few of the blogs on here it suggested that you need to vary your diet and exercise regularly to help prevent this

I would say congrats on sticking to something like that for 9 months, but your fiance has a point, if you dont learn how to eat "normal" foods while losing weight whats going to happen when you reach your goal and no longer "need" the speacial K cereal and start eating normal foods again? You will have no idea what proper portion sizes are or how to balance your calories throughout the day

I usually eat yogurt for breakfast and a piece of fruit. Sometimes a Fiber One bar and a piece of fruit.
Lunch is usually a cheese stick, crackers and fruit or canned chicken on 12 grain bread.
I don't mind eating the same things over and over because it's easy. I hate thinking about food!
I try not to eat a lot during the day because dinner time is so important to our family, I want to be able to eat with them and enjoy whatever we are having. I try to log dinner early in the dayso I know how much wiggle room I have for lunch.

i agree that i am impressed you could the same thing for two meals a day everyday for that long. i also agree that it isn't the best plan for your body, although not a terrible choice there are so many other nutrients out there and other ways of getting them. My breakfast varies-some options are protein bars and fruit, egg white omelets with soo many veggies (my favorite), low calorie toast with peanut butter and fruit, whole grain waffles, yogurt smoothies, etc. when you say "healthy" do you mean low calorie or do you mean actually "healthy"? for lunch they vary as well, sandwiches with 2oz of lean protein like turkey or chicken, veggie wraps (again a favorite) salads-just make sure to add a protein, tuna, chicken, black beans, chickpeas, etc to help fuel the body, any kind of wraps-flat out wraps are only 90 calories and you can stuff them full of all kinds of goodness.

OMG!!! How could you have followed the Special-K diet for 9 months and not have faded away to a whisper :laugh:

Breakfast is a variety of things:
Cheerios,
Rivita, cottage cheese and smoked salmon,
sometimes an oat & cranberry griddle scone with paté,
or scrambled egg with either smoked salmon or lean ham on multi-grain bread.

Lunch:
Rivita, cottage cheese and smoked salmon (if I didn't have it for breakfast)
baked beans with a slice of toast
Salad with chicken
Last night's leftovers
Soup

I do like to get some protein with breakfast and lunch because it keeps you feeling fuller for longer. Soup at lunchtime is very filling and it's quite good to make your own soup as it's delicious and lower in Calories than canned/cartoned soups. I usually also have a banana in the morning too especially if I go out on the bike before I eat.

What I have heard is make breakfast your biggest meal of the day because you have all day to work it off and make dinner your smallest meal of the day because you will be sleeping sooner and don't burn off the calories.

That's one of those old wife's sayings:

Breakfast like a King
Luncheon like a Prince
Dine like a Pauper

The reality is that while you sleep, you actually burn a lot of calories especially if you have exercised during the day. That's why even a little exercise every day or a full-on workout every other day is so good for you as long as it's regular :bigsmile:

Breakfast faves are natural yoghurt (soya for me, but it's not important). In the summer, I'll add berries or fruit. Other times, nuts and seeds (walnuts with a hint of ginger and cinnamon is a great combination)

Scrambled eggs - I usually have 1 whole egg and one egg white. Either with just herbs, or sometimes with a little cheese, or ham, or mushroom, or all 3....

Porridge oats - add stewed apple, almonds, cranberries to liven it up.

Lunches - google bento boxes for some great inspiration on lunch boxes. I love to make what I call salad, but there's rarely any lettucey leaves. Mix up some of:

Some firm veg - tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers
Something a bit fancy - marinated artichokes or mushroom anti pasta from a jar
Something zingy - black olives, capers
Some protein - chicken breast, ham, tuna, cheese, chickpeas.
Carbs if you like - cold rice or potatoes, chunk of baguette

Add a squeeze of lemon or lime juice and voila!

Special K shouldn't be the only thing you eat - even my DH is branching out from it now (Mostly to Honey Nut cheerios but still!)

I like these for breakfast:

cereal - which you know, but adding fruit to it is great
scrambled egg (sometimes with tofu or spinach or tomato added)
egg omelet
peanut butter on bagel or english muffin
oatmeal (a million add ins to this food!)
jam on bagel or english muffin
feta cheese on bagel or english muffin
pancakes (homemade with fruit, freeze and pop in toaster oven to eat)
waffles (multigrain or homemade ww)

for drinks:
tea
coffee
milk
(try to keep liquid calories down)

Lunch:
tuna on wasa crackers with cucumbers
sandwich
pasta salad (tons of add-ins here too)
veggie and rice stir fry

hope that helps - look around on the board for a zillion more ideas!

and drink tons of water throughout the day!!

Yeah, the timing of when you eat is totally irrelevant. I never have breakfast, cant face food in the morning, and normally have turkey chunks in toast for lunch.