Looking at each others meals

i eat lots of lean cuisines and smart ones. they have a huge variety so it doesnt get old. they even have deserts! besides the lean cuisines and smart ones the rest of the day i eat fruits, veggies, and the 100 calorie snack packs. for breakfast i have the low sugar oatmeal. hope that gives you some new ideas!

I had sent an email to someone with a few of my staples. I do like to change things up a bit so as not to get bored. Sometimes I will do hummus, etc for a week, then switch to sandwiches, etc. Just depending on my mood.


*Trader Joes Cinnamon Crumpets: 110 calories, 0 fat (great breakfast with a banana or yogurt)
*Trader Joes Roasted Veggie Enchiladas: 300 calories for the whole tray
*Trader Joes Southwest Style Gourmet Flatbreads: 90 calories and 3 g fat per serving (delish)
*Trader Joes Sour Cream and Onion Crisps (made with Rice): 120 calories and 3.5 g of fat per serving. (They really help my craving for chips. You can have 38 of them per serving and they almost taste like cool ranch doritos to me)
*Trader Joes Extra Lean Ground Beef Patties: 150 Calories, 5 g fat per serving
*Trader Joes Chili Lime Chicken Burgers (frozen): 110 calories
*Trader Joes Pomegranate/Cranberry Bran Muffins: 100 calories, 1.5 g fat and 13 grams fiber!


Other staples (not Trader Joes)
*Progresso low-sodium soups
*Mccains oven roasted potatoes
*Butterball or Healthy Ones lunch meats
*Pepperidge Farm Light Whole Wheat bread
*Frozen veggies (peas, spinach, mixed veggies, broccoli, etc)
*Sweet potatoes
*Yoplait Lite Yogurts
*Low-Sugar Quaker Instant Oatmeal (very filling!)
*Eggo Lite Nutri-Grain Waffles
*Sugar Free Maple Syrup
*Bananas, Strawberries, Blueberries
*Sargento Lite Provolone Slices
*Jello Sugar-Free Pudding Cups (60 Calories)
*South Beach Diet Southwest Style Chicken Salad Kit (usually around the lunchables area)REALLY good
*100 Cal Packs (various)
*Old London Melba Snacks (Garlic and Rye are my favs)
*Josephs Roasted Red Pepper Hummus (I spread on the melba snacks)
*Josephs Tortillas (usually sold around the deli section of the grocery store)
*Various Lean Cuisine, WW meals, Healthy Choice, etc
*Swiss Miss Diet Cocoa (one packet is 25 calories, I often have 2 for a bigger mug of it! lol)
*Liquid Egg Whites
*100 Cal English Muffins
*Chicken Breast
*Honey Roasted Wheat Germ
*Morningstar Farms Sausage Patties

One thing that is a great, easy and filling meal?? The WW Smartones Chicken Santa Fe (It's VERY low calories and full of veggies and flavor) and I put it on a baked potato. Sometimes I will put a dollop of ff sour cream on top.

I always start my day with a banana. Only because I don't have time to sit down and have breakfast right away. About 1-2 hrs later, I eat a bowl of oatmeal (not the flavored kind) with 1/2 cup of rasp (normally frozen) and a bit of cinnamon.

Snack: 1/2 cup plain yogourt with 1/4 cup granola or
1 large apple with 30g cheese

Lunch: Organic spring mix lettuce with 2 hard boiled eggs, 2 slices of turkey bacon and veggie of my choice. I normally add 2 tbls of low fat dressing or I'll eat 1 can of chicken and rice soup with 11 triscuits thins (if I didn't have cheese in the morning would eat it with the triscuits)

Snack: 1 fruit or veggies or
light popcorn or 1 cup of corn bran

Dinner: depending on exercise
2-4 oz of meat, and vegetables. I love the onion, mushroom and tomato combo. Very filling and low in calories.
sometimes when meat is low, I'll have 85g of pasta mix with veggies.

I don't normally eat after dinner (since I started a little over a week ago). I started writting in a journal and it seems to take my hunger away in the evening.

We have Trader Joe's all over the San Francisco Bay are too- I love it!
They may only be on the north/west coast.

We have them here in the East Coast too....love trader joe's!
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a usual day for me consists of

breakfast:
Coffee and Fat Free Vanilla Creamer
Fiberone bar
piece of fruit like plum or nectarine or two clementines

lunch:
pumpkin soup I make and nice veggie salad w/ a bit of feta and balsamic vinegar or lean turkey breast, swiss and lettuce and tomato on a toasted multigrain light english muffin (100 cals and 8 gm fiber woo hoo) and a piece of fruit

snacks:
fruit, apple w/ p&b, light 100 cal yogurt, lite cottage cheese and wheat crackers....etc...

dinners:
Chicken, fish or turkey burger 3 oz usually, big salad, steamed veggies or sauted veggies, baked pot/sweet potato or pasta...or I make fajitas...yum!

fruit if I need it later ....and LOTS OF WATER! I only drink water or coffee in the am ...lol...I have to say I'm blessed w/ not liking soda or juices...lol

good luck w/ all the new ideas...I'm certainly gonna take some of the advice too!
hugs,
Ali