What do you all eat

@Whatwouldscullydo

Have you tried Lidl Milbona Greek Style Natural Yogurt? It's full fat, and so thick, and creamy, and honestly the best I've tried by far. I am really fussy with my yogurt, because I hate when it is runny. We get the 1kg tubs of it, as my kids have it mixed with honey, and we go through alot. You can get it in a pack of smaller tubs though.

It doesn't matter how long it takes you. You'd still be running for 30 minutes if you were running 5K. And there's no way I could do it in or under 30 minutes these days, even though I am pretty gym fit!

Indeed! When I was regularly running 5K, so for around 30 minutes, it was only 300-320 calories according to my running stats. It's very easy to eat/drink those back.

How about eggs in the morning, you could make a frittata and eat it over a couple of days. Or use slimming world’s baked eggs and veg recipe. Then you could have your yogurt as a snack during the day or with fruit after dinner.
A high protein yogurt is 20g, a tin of tuna 20g, a chicken breast is 45g ish, a portion of peas is 5g. It’s. It that hard to eat a lot of protein without using all your calories.

Aldi does 10% Greek yoghurt which is nice, I usually buy that one

My diet isn't great
One snack I do like is some ham/turkey slices, spread a little cream cheese and wrap around cucumber. Some protein and veg in there
I also have apple slices dipped in Greek yoghurt with peanut butter powder

Mornings are always porridge with protein powder plus frozen berries or a banana which really fills me up

Try splitting your meals into 4, I saw this on Instagram recently
So instead of it being 3pm and you're raiding the place for snacks, make it an actual small meal with protein

I was trying to get from 64 to 59 and on a typical day I'd eat: 2 white coffees for breakfast, 300g fat free cottage cheese with tablespoon of lemon curd for lunch, tea with skimmer milk all afternoon, and a weighed portion of whatever I was making for the kids (bangers and mash, macaroni cheese, shepherds pie, Bolognese as an example). My evening meals are purposely full fat, high carb. I just worked out what portion size I could have to meet the ridiculous 1250 cals MFP gave me to lose the weight. It worked. I look great, and I'm so tired 😂

No bullshit shakes, just eat regular food. You need more calories if you are actually working out a lot.

How high is your protein goal and how did you calculate it? If you have to use artificial sources at every meal to reach that goal, there might be something wrong with the number.
I can't see how eating in this forced manner can be beneficial to your health goals.
Where did you get the advice on your meal plan from?

I average out at about 7-10 hours of exercise a week - varied. I do 16:8 so I don't have breakfast. I'll have a brunch or lunch which is high protein plus a piece of fruit and dinner high protein and high veg plus greek yogurt and fruit.

Brunch/lunch
2 scrambled eggs with smoked salmon or bacon on a small slice of homemade 100% rye bread.
Salmon and spinach frittata - I make a big one for dinner one evening and then have left overs. It usually works out at 1 egg and 1/2 a salmon fillet per portion.
2 chaffles (egg and cheese waffle) with 1/3 tin low sugar and salt baked beans
Tuna and mixed bean salad
1/2 tin tuna and 1/2 avocado mashed up on a small slice of rye bread.
1/2 tin tuna and 1/2 tin of baked beans on rye bread or chaffle
Dhaal (home made with extra veg eg grated carrot or swede when I make it and then I'll wilt in some greens when heating it up).

Dinner is usually something from The Doctor's Kitchen website so lots of beans lentils and veg although I often add a portion of chicken or fish if I need to up the protein content. If I'm making a curry I may well serve with dhaal instead of rice - I make in bulk and freeze it.

Would I be better off adding soya or oat cream to the almond milk in the readybrek to up the fat content a bit?

This is why I was saying you need to decide which approach you're going to take! If you're eating things like Reddybrek, which are high in carbs, then you're better off not adding in the extra fat. High carbs + high fat = weight gain!

How about more beans? I've been buying Bold Beans, they are so lovely and their website has loads of good recipes. Gives you extra protein and they can fill you up. Lentil salad (Merchant Gourmet pouches are handy) is another good one for me, with roasted veg, salmon and green salad.

On my training days I have

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs & 2 turkey bacon rashers (can make as an omelette type thing as well with spinach/peppers etc without adding many more cals)

Lunch: 100g chicken breast in a wrap with lots of salad leaves etc in to bulk it up

Snacks: Fibre One bar & an apple

Before/after training depending on time: 80g coco pops with whey protein (this is a massive portion of coco pops fills me up massively)

Evening meal: Tuna pasta salad

Snack before bed: Protein yoghurt with some frozen berries and almond butter

It’s about working smarter not harder, that is a LOT of food, I’m never ever hungry but it’s 1750 cals roughly and 160 grams of protein x

I eat

Homemade smoothie with 4 or more rupee of fruit and high protein yogurt.

Lunch, salad (around 6 types of salad) with protein and a roll/bread.

Dinner, Protein with lots of different veg and a small portion of carbs. For example a roast dinner with a couple of roast potatoes, meatballs, sauce and tonned of veg, fish, veg, rice etc etc. I’d ditch the soup and have a regular dinner.

I always feel satisfied.

A lentil dahl with extra pulses and veggies

You need to decide which approach you're going to take! If you want to go low carb, then pasta (of any kind) doesn't work.

If you're cutting the carbs, then you need to up the fat. That, along with the protein, will stop the hunger pangs. Hunger is caused by an imbalance of your hormones (not an empty stomach!).

Anything too carby - including your bagel, wrap and dates - will result in an increase in insulin, which is the key hormone which drives your hunger (along with grehlin and leptin). A low carb diet will be medium protein and high in fat. So avoid low fat/light foods.