Foods

Don't list the calories, don't list the exercise, don't list portion sizes.

None of those pesky numbers, since we all are different.

One person can need 1400 a day, while another can need 2,500, and it can be really triggering to see someone ate a lower number than yourself.

Therefore, just list the food you ate. This will help us understand the value of eating healthy food (for the nutrients), while also indulging moderately in empty calories when we want. I don't know about you, but I'm aiming for 90% healthy foods - and 10% empty calories. ;)

Also, do not post here if you are starving yourself. I'm not interested in the details, it is only going to get others riled up, and it is triggering to those of us trying to recover from an eating disorder. Okay, thank-you.

Here's me for today:

Breakfast: slept far too late
Lunch: sandwich (100% whole wheat bread, garden burger veggie medley patty, soy dijon "mayo", pickle, lettuce), dried apricots, diet soda, tums, vitamin
Snack: apple, no salt added raw almond butter
Dinner: corn, bell peppers, sugar-snap peas, lettuce, firm tofu, soy dressing, tums
Snack: soy delicious peanut butter zig zag! yumm.

Breakfast : Raisin Bran Crunch with 1% milk
Lunch : Pasta Primavera Smart Ones,Yoplait Very Cherry light,Quaker Oats and Berries Crunchy Granola Bar.
Snack : Chips n Salsa and Chiquitta Apple Bites with caramel
Dinner : Beef Tips and Noodles and Corn
Snack after dinner : not sure yet probably something sweet ; )

this was from yesterday:

Breakfast:
fiber one cereal
lactaid 1% milk (i can`t digest regular for some odd reason)
all whites (egg whites)
jenny-o turkey bacon
bottle of water

Snack:
apple
lifetime jalapeno jack cheese
bottle of water

Lunch:
salad (grilled chicken breast brushed with olive oil, rubbed with paprika and topped with t oasted slivered almonds,  lettuce, mushrooms, bell peppers, wishbone vinaigrette dressing spray, tomato, and shredded lifetime cheese)
my own pita chips (i cut up a western bagel alternative pita and stick it in the toaster oven w. nonstick spray)
bottle of water

Snack:
la tortilla factory low carb tortilla spread with organic peanut butter and sugarfree raspberry preserves.
green grapes

Dinner:
Ham and Cheese panini (made with my new panini maker!)
 *oscar meyer 98%ff deli ham, lifetime cheese, spices, italian bread.
grilled veggies on the side
iced tea

Dessert:
Dreyer`s mocha almond fudge light ice cream
melted hershey`s caramel filled 60 calorie stick thing on top

Breakfast

• Steel Cut Oatmeal
• Non-fat milk
• Frozen Raspberries
• Coffee and more coffee!

Morning Snack

• Pineapple
• Yogurt

Lunch (leftovers, so don't hate me)

• Broiled Ahi
• Brown Rice
• Frozen Peas

Afternoon Snack

• Yogurt
• Apple

Dinner

• Omlette with mushrooms, green onions and whatever is in the fridge.
• Steamed broccoli

B - Clif Bar (Chocolate Brownie); coffee with half-n-half and splenda

L - Salad with spinach, grilled chicken, hard-boiled egg, and balsamic vinegarette; multigrain bread

S - orange

D - Peanut butter and banana sandwich on multigrain bread

S - Chocolate covered pretzels and hot chocolate

What I ate today:

Breakfast(slept in):
Half decaf Irish Cream flavoured coffee with powdered creamer
Whole Wheat Lemon Muffin (homemade)

Mid morning snack:
Banana

Lunch:
Cucumber, Tomato sandwich on light whole wheat bread with light mayo
Cucumber slices
Kiwis

Mid afternoon snack:
Jasmine Green Tea
Yoplait Source Yogurt - Citrus Tango Vanilla
Raw Almonds

Dinner:
Quinoa topped with chopped seasoned tomatoes
Broccoli
Celery sticks
Baby carrots

Evening Snack:
Air popped popcorn seasoned with NoSalt and Garlic Powder
Low Calorie Ocean Spray Cranberry Cocktail
Strawberries
Light non-brand Cool Whip
Pomegranate Green Tea

Wow some of you have amazing days of healthy eating!!! Wow, haven't been fruit shopping in a while, went a little light today!

breakfast

Oatmeal concoction = delish, apple, coffee

• 1/4 cup oats
• 1/4 cup plum puree
• 2 big handfuls frozen peaches
• 1 light and fit peach yogurt

lunch number 1 

10 strawberries, 1 cup cheerios, 1 low carb tortilla with banana and natural peanut butter, apple, water

lunch number 2

progresso vegetarian veg barley soup with 1/2 zuchinni added

pear, water

dinner

1 plate steamed broccolli and 6 jumbo shrimp

fortune cookie, apple, water

B - oatmeal with cranberries, green tea

L - omelet with cheese, chopped jalepenos, onions, tomatos, and cabbage.  Sprinkled with salt and pepper.  Drizzled with pepper sauce.

S - Dole's mixed fruit cup, chocolate-covered pretzels&walnuts

D - Rice, cabbage and tomato, chicken katsu

Dessert - Belgian waffles topped with vanilla ice cream, sliced bananas, jam and whipped cream.

Interesting - I read an article called "The seven secrets of thin women" or something like that on msn.com yesterday, and one of the "secrets" was that thin people tend to have an "eating routine."  That is, they do have a varied diet, but tend to revolve their eating habits around a few healthy staples.  Wish I could link but I don't know where the article is anymore...

anyway -

Breakfast: cherry vanilla oatmeal (oatmeal with brown sugar, black cherries, vanilla extract) topped with light vanilla soymilk, some more light vanilla soymilk to wash down the morning meds/supplements

Lunch: whole wheat penne with black beans, tomatoes, bell peppers, and green chilis topped with vegan cheese sauce

Snack: broccoli, corn, and peas topped with homemade sesame ginger dressing

Dinner: leftover brown rice stir fried with bell peppers, broccoli, snow peas, corn, and chilis

Snack (well, sorta): left room for 4 glasses of red wine since one of my girl friends is coming over.   Mmmmmm....shiraz.

morning meal: 2 eggs scrambled wrapped in tortilla with sliced mushrooms and cherry tomatoes

snack: pear and a fiber bar

2nd meal: tuna, carrots and cherry tomatoes on top of spinach salad

water

its 9:41pm right now, and my stomach seems to be satisfied so I guess I'm done for the day.

b- cream of wheat with almonds, small apple dipped in dannon lightnfit vanilla yogurt, berry enviga

s- grapes

l- 2 la tortilla factory tortillas, fat free american singles, chicken breast all put together for a yummy quesadilla, then some vegetables

s-starbucks coffee light frappuccino and another apple dipped in yogurt

d-salad with packet of salmon and eggwhites

Oatmeal, almond milk, banana, maple syrup

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Bokchoy and Tofu

Almond milk and Banana smoothie w. cinnamon

B- 1/4 cup oats stuffed in a cored pear, dash of cinnamon, splash of orange juice and some natural apple sauce as well as 1 banana and some strawberries, coffee, 4 hard boiled egg whites

B2- apple, water

L- parfait with 100 calories of mini rice cakes, light n fit yogurt and sliced peaches, baby carrots, celery and snap peas in lemon poppy dressing

L2- apple, strawberries

D- steamed broccoli, squash, snap peas over 1 bag tofu shirataki noodles with a couple shrimp and about 1/4 package organic firm tofu and some homemade tomato sauce, water

What else...

Coffee with fat free Coffee Mate

Iced Oatmeal Cookie Luna Bar

Banana

Tomato-Basil Tortilla with roasted red pepper hummus, green pepper, red onion, cucumber, and alfalfa sprouts (i ??? sprouts)

1% cottage cheese

Haven't eaten dinner yet...

B: rice cakes with peanutbutter on top
L: egg beaters with ketchup, strawberries
D: salad, Lean Cuisine glazed chicken
S: 2 sugarfree puddings with kashi puffs, pineapple

Raisin Oatmeal, Banana & Coffee (my breakfast of champions)
Coleslaw, raisin, craisin, romain lettuce salad
Chicken, broccoli, macaroni & cheese
Pretzels

Not as many snacks today because of the mac & cheese.  I'm not sure it was worth it.  :S

B- oatmeal with cranberries, green tea

L- avocado cappacino w/pearls, handful of chocolate-covered pretzels and walnuts

D- baked chicken wings, rice, shumi, kimchi

B:  Blueberry pancake topped with heated up water/mango jam/syrup mix

L: Steamed veggies, tofu meatloaf, mashed potatoes

D: Piece of veggie pizza from WinCo (cheese removed)

Dessert: Diet root beer popsicle

B: Golden Grahams Cereal with Skim Milk and Low Fat Choc Milk as a drink

L: 1 breaded and fried shrimp,1 fish fillet, Falafel and Labna Fatayer (Middle eastern Food)

D: Beans,Bread,and Hot Sauce and Skim Milk

Breakfast: vitamin-enhanced cereal with banana and light soymilk; black coffee.

Snack: Light 'n' Fit orange mango yogurt.

Lunch: tomato basil wrap with spinach, cucumbers, tomatoes, onion, provolone cheese, tofu and hummus with black olives chopped into it; Green Giant Simply Steam No Sauce green beans (great microwaveable veggies with no sauce on them!) with almonds.

Snack: apple.

Dinner: spinach salad with green peppers, carrots, tomatoes, onion and light Zesty Italian dressing; tomato soup (sometimes I saute zucchini in a little olive oil and drop it in the soup).

Dessert: slice of toast with peanut butter melted on.  Yum.

All day: Approx 120 oz of water.