To ask what you eat in a day if you are a size 10 or less

Breakfast; cereal with yoghurt and a banana
Lunch, third of an M and S quiche and salad
Dinner Burger, bun, more salad. Fruit. Raspberries and yoghurt for pudding

Haven't eaten snacks because I have run out but usually would have a couple of biscuits with coffee at around 11am and again at 4pm. Very fond of a chocolate malted milk or, queen of biscuits, M and S extra cream custard creams ( more filling).

I have a BMI of 19. I eat what I want but I don't ever eat rubbish because I don't want it. I also make everything from scratch and don't eat packaged meals. I make all our bread.

Breakfast - toast or porridge or greek yog with berries.
Lunch - soup or eggs, usually. Small cake/chocolate for pudding.
Dinner - family meal - pasta, fish, pizza, always with veg. Followed by a couple of squares of dark chocolate.
Handful of nuts and piece of fruit for snacks each day. Often a glass of wine.

Basically, 3 square meals of pretty normal food!

Size 10. 5’7. 60kg. Mid 40s.

I get porky really quickly if I’m not careful.

My strategy is

• try to avoid all white carbs - brown rice, bulgar not pasta etc
• never make sandwiches or wraps for lunch - always protein and veg
• never have toast / crumpets for breakfast - always oats, yoghurt, egg
• never eat obvious sugar - cakes, biscuits, chocolate bars. But do eat eg dates, dark choc squares, strawbs. I break this for birthday parties or dinners.
• drink minimally and at the weekend only

It’s boring as hell but I do feel good on it and if I am not disciplined my weight can creep up and up.

Size 8 but short so not skinny, just lower side of average.

Ok, completely honestly ...

About 8-10 weeks of:
breakfast - low fat vanilla yogurt and blueberries
lunch - hard boiled egg, carrot, cucumber, lettuce, melon
dinner - zero carb noodles, diced chicken breast, mushrooms, babycorn, peppers
snacks - rice cakes, fruit, babybel lights
overall total - 700 - 950 calories

Followed by 8-10 weeks of:
breakfast - nothing
lunch - nothing
dinner - binge eating on large amounts of junk food (particular culprits being ham sandwiches, Skips, haribo, cake, cheese toasties and icecream but there are other issues...)
Sometimes I will purge that but generally not anymore.
I have no idea of the calorie total on those days but I'm guessing 3000ish+

Weirdly, my weight doesn't fluctuate as much as you'd think with those extremes. I suspect I gain and lose the same stone or so over and over.

Breakfast: Greek yoghurt with spelt flakes, maple syrup, fruit
Lunch: greek salad/potato salad or boiled egg on crispbread
Dinner: anything really
I only drink water or juice. I don't eat anything after 6pm

To be fair to her, OP might be cooking veg into the stroganoff or in with the chickpeas. If I make something like that, I tend to throw in peas and spinach, but don't really list it as an ingredient unless asked. It's sort of a "throw stuff in" process. 😅

But that might just be me making assumptions based on my own cooking, though. If it's not the case for OP, I'd definitely agree some veg would be helpful!

Today is not the best example probably!
im a size 6 but running around after 2 small children is probably the cause.

breakfast - cup of tea and 3 oat choc chip biscuits

brunch - beans on toast with loads of cheese

lunch - small portion of leftover roast chicken, potatoes, carrots and broccoli

snack - leftover chickpea and aubergine salad from yesteday

snack - tropical fruit smoothie made with my son. (Pineapple, mango, yogurt)

snack - small Milky Way choc bar

dinner - probably will be salmon and rice and veggies

snack - cup of herbal tea and probably choc

I'm size 10 ish. Weight varies between about 7 st 10lb and 8st 5lb. I'm 5' 3".

I've been the same size for the last 50 years or so, though over that time my diet has totally changed. I eat much better food now than I used to. I rarely eat takeaways or ready-meals or branded breakfast cereals and I haven't eaten red meat or processed meat for about 25 years.

I eat mostly non-UPF home cooked food, comprising mainly of vegetables, fish, tofu, beans of all sorts, lentils, occasionally chicken, occasionally sourdough, salads, fruit, nuts, barley and the occasional piece of very dark chocolate.

A typical daily total intake is between 1,700 and 2,300 calories, about 120g of fat, about 100g of carbs and about 65g of protein.

Four squares of chocolate - I mean this is why I'm not a ten 🤣

I'm size 8. I can't tell you what 'skinny' people eat as I'm not thin. I have a BMI mid point healthy and plenty of spare flesh. It's probably easier to tell you what I don't eat. I'm vegan, so that does away with a lot of calories from meat and diary and most treat foods. I also don't drink alcohol or drink calories in any form. I eat a varied diet of up to ten fruit and veg a day, protein from nuts and tofu and ALL the carbs. I'm 55 and not as active as I should be so have to keep my daily calories to 1700 or I gain weight. Fortunately plants give a lot of bang for your buck so I can eat a lot and stay within that.

Size 8.
I do intermittent fasting between 10pm and 2pm the next afternoon (maybe seem odd hours but they work best for me at the moment).

I also low carb but not through choice, due to a hereditary form of diabetes I can just about control with diet.

I do drink black coffee and water until 2pm (no sugar or milk)

2pm: cheese sandwich on low-carb bread.

Evening meal: always salad with something low carb, e.g. cheese, tuna, egg mayo, cottage cheese, veggie sausages, coleslaw (I'm vegetarian). Usually a combination of two or three of those things.
After tea: low cal jelly with low fat squirty cream and one small chocolate.

I snack in between the two meals on cheese and nuts if I can't keep away from the kitchen. I would probably be a lot slimmer if I could stay away from those!

Having seen your update I'd ignore dress sizes and go by your BMI @Mamabear04

I am 5 3 tall (160cms) and if I was 10 st I'd be obese.
The most I've ever been was just under 8 st and I was getting fat around my waist.

Being really hones, your diet is very unhealthy.

You're hardly eating any fruit or veg.
No green veg, nothing with Vitamin C , not enough fibre , almost no calcium (for your bones.)

You should be aiming for 7-10 portions a day.

As PP said you need to cut out so many carbs (I try to limit to one meal a day but that doesn't include things like chick peas and beans.)

I mean people are all different heights and sizes

im size 8 and only went up to a 10 or 12 even when heavily pregnant

dont really watch what I eat but do a lot of exercise

I'm late 40's sadly now I cannot exceed 1400 calories a day to maintain weight. I use MyFitness Pal too as it is sooooo easy to underestimate portion sizes etc. Asking people what they eat is a little pointless as everyone will have different energy requirements and you have no idea what portion sizes they are eating. Look up on line calorie calculators and take it from there.

I'm a size 10, 67kg, heavy exercise 6 days a week, long walk on rest day.

I eat eggs or yogurt plus fruit & seeds & nut butter for breakfast, sometimes sourdough toast with fruit. Then tuna or chicken or avocado, cottage cheese, sandwich / wrap or salad for lunch, spag bol/stir fry/veg chilli/jacket potato for dinner. Snack on nuts, fruit, cheese, quorn veggie cocktail sausages, hard boiled eggs, raw veg sticks, houmous. Small amount of dark chocolate every day, loads of water & tea.

I drink alcohol 1 or 2 nights a week & limit carbs like bread & pasta as I find I feel bloated if I eat too much of these. I lost a lot of weight eating like this and doing IF (16:8). I am now maintaining and have done for the past year, on approx 2000 cals a day.

You're eating almost no fruit or veg.

Your diet is high in refined carbs:

oats in the morning
rice at lunch
baked wedges at dinner.

You need to eat a lot more fruit, salad and veg.

Replace half your oats with nuts and berries in the morning
Make sure at least half your plate is freshly cooked veg and salad for lunch.
Dinner again, should be high protein, lots of chicken, lots of veg and a few wedges. That's too much with the chickpeas as well.

Overall you're low protein, low good fats and high carb.

Look at Zoe Nutrition on YouTube. You'll find a ton of good stuff there. You can also get a blood glucose monitor from Abbott for around £50 if you want to do a cheap version of Zoe.

You've also got almost no calcium in there. Worrying long-term for your bones

I am very overweight. I track my calories and if I ate as much as some on here I would be the size of a house. I literally have to keep under 1000 a day, plus I do intermittent fasting, I dont drink alcohol or eat processed food, all home cooked. My metabolism is rubbish and always has been, it runs in our family. In a week I do 2 X 1hr aerobics, 1 X 1hr weight lifting and 2 X 45/60 mins lane swimming plus I try and always walk at least 6,000 steps a day. Still doing all this its 1/2 or 1lb a week loss at slimming world.

Today I have eaten fruit and yoghurt for breakfast. Ham salad no dressing for lunch and this evening its half a chicken breast with roasted vegetables. The weight has never just fallen off me and if I go to 1200/1500 cals a day it goes back on.

It's a bit meaningless to discuss dress sizes as all brands are different @Mamabear04

But as you ask, I am between an 8 - 10.

I am early 60s and my BMI is about 18.5. I weight 48 kgs.
Pretty much the same as since my 20s but I have lost muscle and gained about 3lbs flab on my middle.

Breakfast- full fat Greek yoghurt, berries and seeds.
Sometimes 1 or 2 eggs and oat cakes.
Sometimes 3 oat cakes with almond butter.

Lunch
Homemade soup, or cheese and fruit, other things like hummus and veg sticks, or eggs and salad.

Dinner
Homemade - a lot of simple baked fish (often 4 times a week) veg, chicken, stir fry, veg curry, cottage pie , loads of veg - carrots, broccoli, kale, sweet peppers, cabbage, peas, green beans, sweet potato, avocado,

Fruit - every day an apple, banana, blueberries
Greek yoghurt

1 square 75% dark choc a day.

Drinks- tea and water.

Up until the age of 35 when I had my last child I was a size 8,ate what the hell I wanted,now I’m 44 a size 10 5,5 I only eat one meal a day that is protein based,I walk a hell of a lot with my job!aging sucks!

Don’t eat breakfast.
Coffee or tea. In fact loads of coffees / teas throughout a day.
Not hungry til about 11 ish. Might have a pastry then and satsuma or yoghurt.
maybe a sandwich or soup for lunch
something ricey / fish / meat for tea / dinner
Granary bread with butter.

got a sweet tooth so do have a few haribos or other sweets often.

I don’t usually eat in the mornings so first meal will be around lunchtime, usually a wrap containing some sort of protein (houmous or cheese) plus spinach (and coriander which I’m obsessed with). Alternatively, I might have salad with hard boiled eggs or a slice of quiche. Maybe some couscous with roasted veg.

In the evening, I usually have whatever I have made for the family, which is pretty standard boring stuff like chilli/curry/jkt spud/fajitas/spanish tortilla. My portions are quite small I would say. Not because I’m trying to lose or control weight- just because I hate feeling bloated after eating and get a lot of heartburn. When I was younger, I ate bigger portions but I just can’t do it now without it making me feel a bit shit.

I eat some sort of treat most evenings after dinner- a couple of chocolate bars or some cake.

Too much sugar, I know. But I get away with it weight-wise because I exercise a lot (I teach fitness classes). I very rarely drink alcohol- maybe two beers once a month or so.

Size 10, 5'10", late 40s.

Breakfast good grainy/sourdough toast with avocado. Sometimes feta or Cheddar too, or salmon paté. Two black French press coffees, no sugar.

Mid-morning is terrible tea with oat milk (not sweetened). Handful of crisps and something like a biscuit or half a slice of cake. If I'm having a 'must eat less shite' phase I'll have a banana and/or apple or small orange instead, maybe a few fancy crackers (sourdough or spelt) with more advo and/or cheese, or plain unsugary granola with plain sheep yoghurt and some soft fruit.

Lunch is sometimes a curry and rice or bread from a lovely Indian place; sometimes a sourdough chicken salad sandwich; sometimes tuna mayo sandwich or tuna melt from Pret.

Mid-afternoon a repeat of a variation on the tea/crisps/biscuit/cake/crackers/granola/fruit thing.

Dinner is usually veggie or vegan, although I'm not prescriptively either: I make a range of veggie curries, and eat them with brown rice or naan or both, sheep yoghurt and pickles/chutneys.
Or simple pastas: puttanesca or courgette with olive oil, cheese and lemon, that sort of thing. Usually with some buttered toast.
Stews, usually made with vegetables and pulses, occasionally chicken or fish.

Occasional takeaway: Asian or pizza most frequently.

Usually have herbal tea after dinner (rock n roll, I know) and sometimes a few squares of dark or nutty chocolate.

Do a fast and furious zumba class 2–3 times a week, an hour of ballet fitness most weeks, yoga sometimes, albeit not strenuous yoga.

I don't drink, and rarely eat red or processed meat, and I live in a city and don't drive, so walk anything from fifteen minutes to half an hour quite habitually. I think all of these have a big impact.

I think as well as height being improved in relation to weight and dress size, your age will also have a factor in your metabolism. Up until 35, I really found I could eat pretty much what I wanted and always stay a 8/10 no problem. But now as I approach 40, I have to be very mindful about what I eat and I find alcohol in particular adds the pounds on very quickly (e.g if I’ve drank a bit extra on holiday. Even if I’ve been active, I still put weight on rapidly!)

I genuinely wonder how some people to eat so little! And I do no exercise, if I did I would eat more, esp protein. For me, going home made for most things, whole foods etc has been key (I used to be very very fat!)

I could have eaten this in my 20's but now in my 50's I would gain weight

When you get older I think carbs are a treat tbh.

I excercise 5 times a week
Yoghurt and home grown compote for breakfast
3 ryveta with anything except cheese for lunch
Normal dinner but no garlic bread or naan mostly
Pretty much no takeout or McDonald's etc
No snacks
Occasionally have Brazil nuts
Not saying I never eat anything else but if I did I would gain weight