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.

I just signed up. And was kinda excited to find this thread. I LOVE getting new ideas for meals!

So far for me today:

breakie:toast w/ peanut butter and cottage cheese on top
Snack:apple. Yogurt
Lunch: veggie mix of snap peas, green beans, and corn.. topped with Salsa. Small handful of trail mix.
Snack:a few pieces of lettuce with turkey and mustard(lettuce wraps)

Going out tonight!! So saving some room for
Dinner: Honey BBQ boneless wings.. and a few bud lights. :-)
Gotta love 50 cent wing night.

• bfast-oatmeal
• snack-banana
• snack-grapes
• Boston market: skinless rotisserie chicken, steamed veggies, new potatoes (basically seasoned wedges)
• drive home snack-apple
• plann for dinner (after much exercise) pizza

breakfast; espresso, egg white omelette with smoked salmon, basil, spinach and feta; oatmeal with raspberries

lunch; quinoa, skinless chicken with avocado, green salad

snack; celery, melon, almonds, low fat cheese

dinner; soy burger with dijon mustard, spinach and muhrooms and aubergines

evening; red wine

breakfast- Special K w/skim milk and splenda

Snack- grapefruit

Lunch- tunafish made w/mustard, one slice of wheat bread, small salad w/light ranch dressing

snack- strawberries and a mango

Dinner- not sure yet, but there will be red wine involved =)

breakfast - grapefruit, banana bread, coffee with skim milk

snack - plain nonfat yogurt with blueberries, apple

lunch - turkey sandwich on wheat with cucumbers, spinach, creole mustard, parano cheese and tomato

snack - cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red, orange and yellow sweet peppers with pico de gallo and balsamic vinegar

snack - some peanut butter puffins, apple, plum

dinner - acorn squash, tilapia, green beans

so yeah...kind of boring....tomorrow I will have to make my food exciting!

Breakfast: cheese quesadilla and strawberries

Lunch: Pastrami sandwich with honey mustard, onions, cucumbers, and tomato, and a nectarine

Dinner: Sweet and spicy hoisin pork with brown rice

Snacks: String cheese and pineapple

Breakfast:  three scrambled eggs, 1 cup of breakfast potatoes (actual potatoes, not frozen hash browns), two smallish sausage links, and a thing of low-fat yogurt.

Snack: A small, plain crossaint.

Lunch:  Ham sandwich (just ham, cheese and some sort of bread),  small piece of salmon in some sort of fattening goo, a small, hardly-any-meat rib, a slice of rasberry cheesecake, and a piece of a triple-layer coconut cake.  I think there was a small piece of chicken or something on my plate as well.

Snack:  A handful of white cheddar crispy snacks (50 cals), and a small brownie (100 cals or so).

People don't fatten themselves.  Conferences do.  And job interviews.  Especially interviews for jobs that you don't really want.

Where is my TOM-unaffected manly willpower when I need it?

Breakfast: Tortilla wrap with scrambled eggs, ham and cheese.

Lunch: 6 out of 10 pieces of spicy tuna and veggies sushi. I still wonder how I found the willpower not to eat those 4 others. Thankfully, my co-worker accepts food donations all the time!

Dinner: Probably chicken fajitas. Mium.

5 am breakfast- cheerios with a banana and organic vanilla soymilk

7 am snack- grapes
9 am snack- banana
10 am snack- low fat blueberry yogurt

1130 am lunch- honey roasted turkey on a whole grain english muffin with honey mustard and all bran garlic and herb crackers

1pm snack- (lol, yes, I snack a lot :) )apple
3pm (?) snack (didn't have yet) - baby carrots

pre-dinner snack b/c we're goin out- possibly a peach, maybe some pretzels

dinner- Mexican! planning on a veggie fajita or chicken enchilada!

drinks- cranberry vodka with sprite zero

Breakfast: Yoplait raspberry whips yogurt, decaff tea, and a nectarine

Lunch: raw red bell pepper, and salad with vinigarette dressing

Snack: raw plum, and v8

Dinner: (will be later tonight) halibut and corn on the cob

b-no sugar added chocolate carnation instant breakfast
s-chocolate chip cookie (my friend makes the BEST...but i was good and only had one)
l- weightwatchers bagel with laughing cow swiss, 1/2 cup grapes, quaker 90 cal chocolate rice cake snack
s-apple, then a small spoon of mango italian ice at work
d-thin crust pizza with broccoli and tomato

i also had a little bit of cake batter (before i had added eggs), and a couple pieces of fruit.

My first post; Just started too, kalicokat =)

B: didn't get around to it until 11am, unfortunately (rare): scrambled eggs, a little bacon, a biscuit and some diet coke with a bit of regular coke in it (anyone ever tried that? Makes a diet coke taste sweeter -- and more palitable for those who do not like dc).

L: that was brunch. Not a habit I enjoy at all.

2.30 jog (3.5 mi), followed by iced coffee w/skim milk.

D: Sara Lee honey roast turkey slices, half cup skim milk, half a bottle of Special K2O (love the lemon).

Snack: green apple and orange flavored crystal light.

Now that I've written this down, I will learn to do better tomorrow. Glad I joined!

Quick question: I am a carb junkie who is trying to kick some of the habit (hence the poor quality dinner -- I do not keep many carbs at home (except for rice, pasta, oatmeal, etc.) ...but I can't keep popcorn, cereal, etc. Any ideas on what is a 'good' but lightly sweet carb snack?

Since i just woke up... you get yesterdays menu. :-P

8am-toast with cottage cheese n natty peanut butter. Mmmm. glass of milk.

130am-lettuce wraps with turkey mustard and a string cheese. apple. yogurt.

6pm-Whole Wheat rosemary(sp?) wrap with turkey, corn, snap peas, green beans, and salsa. 2 orea cookies. hehe

I hate working a full shift, mid-day, with ONE break. It makes my meal times SUCK big time.

Breakfast- Oatmeal, Splenda and Grapes

Lunch- Plain Salad with Vinagrette (tomaatoes, lettece, onions, olives, you know, the basics) and a Coke Zero

D- Chicken Breast Meat, Corn, Tomato Salad

Dessert- 40 calorie Fudgsicle

so far:

b fast: one bowl of scottish porridge with  REAL maple syrup/walnuts and raspberries

scrambled eggs and a glass of milk and coffee with it.

snack: apple and some raisins

lunch: peanut butter jelly sandwhich, some milk and a dish of blueberrys, and some baby carrots.

I have decided I can only do this before D, so I guess I'll start w/that and then end w/mid-afternoon snack.

D (as in last night): The Sara Lee honey roasted turkey slices, half cup skim, half bottle of K20 water.

S: green apple, orange flavored crystal light.

B: bagel w/peanut butter, diet coke w/bit of regular, coffee w/skim.

L: three tips of hangar steak, one leek.

S: sip of odwalla sample, sip of smoothie sample, handful of chex party mix, diet coke --the new one w/minerals, etc.--not bad! and half glass of ginger ale (I was at a party).

S: peanut butter on an english muffin.

I think dinner is late and some type of vegetarian Indian meal.

Breakfast - Caesar Salad (mom was making her lunch when I was waking up), Butterscotch Pudding.

Lunch - Not-Grilled Cheese Sandwhich (toast the bread, add cheese&throw it in the microwave), Grapes, Water

Dinner - Steak, Cucumbers, Water

I realize that's not a lot, but I'm going to a grad party in a few and will be eating my second and third dinners&some cake. lol

B: bowl of cheerios with sliced banana.

S: fresh cherries and steamed broccoli.

L: 1 soft taco supreme from Taco Bell (because of family)

S: fresh cherries and 1 Weight Watchers twinkie

D: I am planning on making vegetarian burritos.