MysticRealm
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I am just wondering what a 'normal' day of eating is for you? Include Breakfast, lunch, supper and snacks. If you know the rough calories of each item that would be great!
A Day in the Life of your Meal Plan.
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nfarnham2001
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Well, I just recently started counting my calories, and I now know that I'm out of shape because I am not eating enough/being active enough lol.
But my average day, up until I go shopping for my new agenda of foods, was 2 or 3 packets of oatmeal for breakfast, with milk. For lunch 2 sandwiches and sweet tea. For dinner Hamburger Helper or Soup, if I have nothing cooked or available, sandwiches again.
It totals around 1700 calories maybe. Not quite sure I would have to read over all the labels again.
But my average day, up until I go shopping for my new agenda of foods, was 2 or 3 packets of oatmeal for breakfast, with milk. For lunch 2 sandwiches and sweet tea. For dinner Hamburger Helper or Soup, if I have nothing cooked or available, sandwiches again.
It totals around 1700 calories maybe. Not quite sure I would have to read over all the labels again.
KaraCooks
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My standard day when nothing else interferes:
Breakfast: greek yogurt, oats, blueberries (sometimes some honey)
Snack: apple and cheese
Lunch: tuna or chicken salad on whole grain or on a spinach salad
Snack: can of low sodium spicy v8
Post workout: protein powder drink
Dinner: chicken, shrimp, fish, or pork (sometimes beef, but maybe 1x a week or less), and either a big mixed salad or steamed or roasted veg. Once in a while some type of carb like brown rice or a baked potato or sweet potato.
(As an example, last nights dinner was a big stir fry with broccoli, onion, garlic, carrot, celery, and shrimp. Sodium was a little high becuase of the soy salt, but my macros were spot on.)
In fact since I posted it elsewhere, here's the printout from my dailyplate log:
Some nights that just doesn't happen. For example, tonight I went out with friends and we had chicken nachos for dinner. I knew we were going to do that, so I had a smaller lunch (butternut soup) and no afternoon snack. Then I allocated those calories to my dinner (ate more chicken, fewer chips).
But really I do much better when I stick to my above plan ... and eat the same thing during the day with variety for dinner.
Breakfast: greek yogurt, oats, blueberries (sometimes some honey)
Snack: apple and cheese
Lunch: tuna or chicken salad on whole grain or on a spinach salad
Snack: can of low sodium spicy v8
Post workout: protein powder drink
Dinner: chicken, shrimp, fish, or pork (sometimes beef, but maybe 1x a week or less), and either a big mixed salad or steamed or roasted veg. Once in a while some type of carb like brown rice or a baked potato or sweet potato.
(As an example, last nights dinner was a big stir fry with broccoli, onion, garlic, carrot, celery, and shrimp. Sodium was a little high becuase of the soy salt, but my macros were spot on.)
In fact since I posted it elsewhere, here's the printout from my dailyplate log:
Some nights that just doesn't happen. For example, tonight I went out with friends and we had chicken nachos for dinner. I knew we were going to do that, so I had a smaller lunch (butternut soup) and no afternoon snack. Then I allocated those calories to my dinner (ate more chicken, fewer chips).
But really I do much better when I stick to my above plan ... and eat the same thing during the day with variety for dinner.
MysticRealm
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Thanks guys. Kara that is exactly what I was looking for, Thanks!
Anyone else?
Anyone else?
Harold14370
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Here's what I ate yesterday.
Amt. Food Calories
1 Cereal, cheerios 1c 100.0
1 Milk, skim, 1 cup 86.0
1 Bananas, raw 1 large 150g flesh only 130.0
Breakfast calories 316.0
1.2 Sandwich, 6" turkey breast 336.0
1 Pear, raw, 1 med, 178 g 86.0
1 Tangerine, Clementine 1 med 70g 37.0
1.5 Almond smokehouse, 1 oz (~28 nuts) 255.0
Lunch calories 714.0
1 Beef, Porterhouse Steak 3 oz Trim To 1/4" Fat 183.0
0.7 Potato, boiled, cooked w/o skin, flesh 1 med 167g 100.8
1 Salad with nonfat dressing 47.0
0.25 Soynuts, 1 cup, 172 g 194.0
1 Beer, 12oz 153.0
6 Popcorn, air popped, 1c 186.0
0.5 Candy, peanut butter chocolate 28g 75.0
Dinner+snack calories 938.8
Day Total 1968.8
Amt. Food Calories
1 Cereal, cheerios 1c 100.0
1 Milk, skim, 1 cup 86.0
1 Bananas, raw 1 large 150g flesh only 130.0
Breakfast calories 316.0
1.2 Sandwich, 6" turkey breast 336.0
1 Pear, raw, 1 med, 178 g 86.0
1 Tangerine, Clementine 1 med 70g 37.0
1.5 Almond smokehouse, 1 oz (~28 nuts) 255.0
Lunch calories 714.0
1 Beef, Porterhouse Steak 3 oz Trim To 1/4" Fat 183.0
0.7 Potato, boiled, cooked w/o skin, flesh 1 med 167g 100.8
1 Salad with nonfat dressing 47.0
0.25 Soynuts, 1 cup, 172 g 194.0
1 Beer, 12oz 153.0
6 Popcorn, air popped, 1c 186.0
0.5 Candy, peanut butter chocolate 28g 75.0
Dinner+snack calories 938.8
Day Total 1968.8
alphaX
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If I eat anything from a restaurant, no matter how small, I will gain 1-2 lbs almost immediately. This is because all restaurant food has mega doses of sodium, which causes severe water retention for me.
I had a bowl of chili in a restaurant the other day, and it was so salty that it felt like it was burning the coating off the inside of my mouth. It was the salt that caused the burning, not the peppers (I'm a long time chili pepper addict, and they don't even phase me nowadays). I weighed myself a few hours later, and sure enough 2 lbs gained (even though the chili itself was less than one pound). The same thing happened when I went to an Indian restaurant last week - the food was salty as hell.
What's up with restaurant cooks and salt?
I had a bowl of chili in a restaurant the other day, and it was so salty that it felt like it was burning the coating off the inside of my mouth. It was the salt that caused the burning, not the peppers (I'm a long time chili pepper addict, and they don't even phase me nowadays). I weighed myself a few hours later, and sure enough 2 lbs gained (even though the chili itself was less than one pound). The same thing happened when I went to an Indian restaurant last week - the food was salty as hell.
What's up with restaurant cooks and salt?
WineDeer
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Breakfast:
Kashi Strawberry Fields cereal 1 serving
Rice Dream Organic Rice milk 2/3 serving
Snacks:
Cascadian Farms Chocolate Chip granola bar
Gala Apple
Lunch:
Salad with grilled chicken (lettuce mix, green peppers, carrots, celery, 2 oz. chicken)
Light Honey Mustard Dressing
1 breadstick
Dinner:
Black beans
Brown rice (1/2 cup)
Collard greens cooked with olive oil and garlic
This is approximately 1400 -1500 calories and it keeps me full for the day.
I also drink tons of water, I don't really drink coffee, juices or soda or any dairy.
Kashi Strawberry Fields cereal 1 serving
Rice Dream Organic Rice milk 2/3 serving
Snacks:
Cascadian Farms Chocolate Chip granola bar
Gala Apple
Lunch:
Salad with grilled chicken (lettuce mix, green peppers, carrots, celery, 2 oz. chicken)
Light Honey Mustard Dressing
1 breadstick
Dinner:
Black beans
Brown rice (1/2 cup)
Collard greens cooked with olive oil and garlic
This is approximately 1400 -1500 calories and it keeps me full for the day.
I also drink tons of water, I don't really drink coffee, juices or soda or any dairy.
MysticRealm
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Cool, thanks for the replies.