What have you eaten, or what will you eat today?

[HUNGRY4MORE]

Aargh!

I was intending to eat better this year, and bought the stuff to do so, but I'm struggling to actually bother.

Dinner is usually fine, but I'm struggling with breakfast and lunch.

I'm not on a diet or anything; I would just like to eat more variety as I seem to always end up having bread lately, and it gets boring. Plus I'm constantly feeling bloated and lethargic.

It's homemade sourdough, so it could be worse, but I'm also shattered all the time, and had hoped that eating more variety would help with any physical symptoms.

I thought writing it all down here might encourage me to make more effort.

If anyone else wants to join me, that would be great 😊

I didn't start well this morning, hence this thread:

So far all I've had today is a cup of tea with oat milk and 1 thin slice of sourdough bread with butter and peanut butter

Retired so no big job. Self-employed part-time, so yes if WFH writing etc, no if on site or on video.

A chocolate brownie and a white coffee
Three cups of white tea
A small packet of tomatoe snap crisps
Overnight oats with cranberries, cherries, honey, chia, pumpkin seeds, milk and Greek yoghurt
A white roll with tomatoes, gherkins, lettuce, mayo and a tempurah battered fish burger

Miserable food day today mostly due to being incredibly time poor. i usually make sure I have breakfast as it’s my favourite meal of the day but today didn’t have it 😫

didnt have lunch until about 13:30 and was starving! I didn’t have much time to eat so scoffed some leftover couscous I had made yesterday with butternut squash, feta, cucumber, beetroot, tomatoes and radish.

sadly dinner was more of the same couscous again, due to time and need to get something in me quickly.

hopefully tomorrow will be more exciting and I plan on definitely having breakfast!!

Aw well, suppose its not a big deal then to have 1 with breakfast then if theres no work commitments everyday. Some people have a mimosa or bucks fizz with breakfast and thats ok. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Toast for breakfast
Muller rice for lunch
Lasagne for tea with salad

Weird day today as I was up half the night with pain.

Crumpet with butter at 4.30am plus tea.

9am. Cup of Tea.

11am sourdough slice with blackforest ham and a leerdamer cheese slice. More tea.

3pm crackers with butter and a small pot of petit filous

5pm 4 squares of dairy milk plus tea

7.20pm ¼-⅓ pack of Gnocchi boiled for 2 mins then fried wirh onions, mushrooms, garlic and aubergine pesto, and beef burnt ends.

Will have a tea and 2 custard creams before bed.

4 petit beurre biscuits and a mug of tea
Home made hummus and a bag of crisps
Waitrose dine for 2 deal: spinach ricotta lasagne/ green veg/ tiramasu
Satsuma, kitkat
Not my best day 😊

Branflakes

Half an avocado on rocket with cherry tomatoes, porridge with pomegranate seeds and nuts

Sweet potato, kidney beans, chopped tomatoes, pesto, onions, garlic, chilli with a little bit of grated mozzarella roasted in 2 wholemeal wraps.

Breakfast 11am: Greek Yoghurt, Jumbo Porridge Oats, Kefir, Raspberries, Blueberries, Chia, Walnuts, Medjool Date. Apple & Orange.

Lunch 3pm: Homemade Vegetable, Lentil & Bean Chunky Soup.

Dinner 6.30pm: Mackerel, Baked Potato, Courgette, Beetroot, Peppers, Avocado.

Pudding: Greek Yoghurt, Honey, Raspberries. Brazil nut. Square of Dark Chocolate.

Breakfast blueberries and porridge with skimmed milk, lunch homemade egg mayo sandwich on Warburtons thins, 1 baton of cucumber, kinder bueno, sausage in batter and chips, orange. Cups of tea. 2 butter biscuits.

How do you home make the hummus, assume you use tahini paste? Must try this. Love hummus.

B - Chocolate and black coffee
L - plaki followed by a satsuma
D - left over spaghetti bolognaise followed by 2 ginger biscuits

I dont use a recipe anymore so a bit hit and miss: I blitz a can of chickpeas with a tablespoon of tahini, and 1 or 2 cloves of grated garlic, glue of olive oil, and salt. I also add grated lemon zest and some lemon juice. I add a splash of water if too stiff, and taste to see if needs more salt etc

Glug not glue!

I thought I’d write down what I ate yesterday as I found the portion size discussion on the other thread absolutely fascinating!

Wednesday:
-Breakfast: Protein porridge (oats, almond milk, 2 scoops of plant protein, cacao powder, ground almonds); oat latte

-Lunch: 1/2 ham and mozzarella ciabatta, 1/2 vegetable wrap, plate of fruit

-Snack: cupcake, handful of cashew nuts, oat flat white

No dinner due to cupcake and carb-y lunch.

Thursday:
Breakfast: Porridge with chia seeds and blueberries, oat latte

Lunch: chicken, sweet potato, mushrooms, goats cheese, rocket with dressing. Small bag of chocolate covered almonds.

Dinner: [not yet eaten as it’s 4:30pm here] maybe an omelette with spinach.

Muesli with oat milk, chopped banana and pear and grated apple.
Coffee with oat milk, maca powder, coconut oil and chaga mushroom powder.
Chicken pot pie with potatoes and broccoli.
Little slice cake.
Lots of water.
Couple of cups ginger and lemon tea.
Cheese, crackers and cornichons, and a non-alcoholic Peroni, and a bag of ready-salted McCoys.
100g bag of Dairy Milk Giant Buttons with a cup of redbush tea and oat milk.
Happy with that lot!

Shashuka pot from M&S
berry pot from M&S
meatballs with tomatoes sauce and veg
salmon with sweet potato fries for dinner

B: apple, mixed seeds, black coffee
L: roast veg (aubergine, courgette, red onion, broccoli, tomato, olive oil), halloumi, black coffee
D: dhal and salad (rocket, cucumber, carrot, spring onion, pickled beetroot, blue cheese), tea.

There would have been some dark chocolate and wine but I got over-excited and finished them off last night.

Breakfast - Fruit and Fibre with milk and a sliced banana
Lunch - 2 baby bel cheese with 2 Ryvita (buttered) and some rocket and cucumber
Tea - slow cooker beef stew, roast potatoes and sprouts/carrots
Treat - a Frys Chocolate cream

1 coffee
4 x tea
about 1/2 litre of water

1406 calories in total

Those who use oat milk... I've just started using it as I was finding milk made me feel sick, but it doesn't last as long as uht milk does so I'm finding it quite wasteful.

I'm currently looking at overherd oat milk powder and MYOM as less wasteful options. I only drink tea so it doesn't need to be overly creamy, I just don't want it too sweet.

Has anyone tried either of these? if so, opinions welcome 🙏🏼 on any other longer shelf life options, too.

Thanks.

What do you mean about it not lasting as long @HUNGRY4MORE
I use oat milk and it seems to last ages. Do you mean once opened or unopened?

Today I’ve had some Fruit and Fibre with milk and some Baby Bel cheese x 2 wrapped in a slice of ham each. I’m about to start dinner - (part of my diet is to eat nothing after 6pm and before 10am the next day). Tonight it’s grilled salmon, 3 x veg and some homemade lemon/garlic and parsley potato wedges.

Porridge
Hummus soup
Corned beef, chips and beans. Home made chocolate mousse. Packet of Terry's Chocolate Orange pieces, ready salted crisps (Asda Exceptional, they're very very nice)

I have crisps and chocolate on Fridays. I could live on crisps, this is my compromise.

Breakfast - toast with butter and marmite
snack - 4 biscuits
Lunch - cheese and pickle roll, crisps and a yogurt
snack- crème egg
Dinner- salmon fish cake, rice and rocket leaves.
pudding - a yogurt

Okay TODAY

Breakfast: porridge with chia seeds and blueberries, made with almond milk; oat latte

Lunch: Tofu stir fry (tofu, spinach, green beans); leftover quinoa; apple

For dinner I’m thinking boiled eggs and smashed avocado.

Another ‘reset’ day after ciabatta-and-cupcake gate on Wednesday!