To ask what you eat on an average day?

[Goldmonday]

And whether you tend to lose/gain or maintain your weight?

Unless I monitor every single mouthful I take I seem to gain weight. Just wondering if what I normally eat is that much different to other people.

I don’t have a typical day. I have to average my calories over a month because some days I eat loads, some days not many, today has been a bad day:

B - belvita duo and nutri grain
L - homemade soup and pasty
D - 1/4 of a pineapple and picked at my son’s kfc
S - Bakewell tart (small) and half an Easter egg. Two smarties

I maintain my weight of 9 stone 4lns. I eat mostly the samended each day.

Breakfast porridge or cereal
I weigh the correct 40g portion.

Lunch 2 pieces of fruit and a veg stir fry with out noodles . Or egg on toast. Followed by a fun size twix or a naked bar.

Dinner home made curry or chilli or some grilled meat and veg sometimes a salad with chicken. I don't really eat any carbs with my dinner. At least half my plate is veg

Before bed I have a huge slice of cake or maybe three or four fun size bars of chocolate. As I'm breastfeeding this sees me through night feeds.

I exercise for 45 mins a day either running or dvd. Every day.

this sounds awful but, i am very skinny never diet or do structured exercise. i walk alot during the day my job is a desk job but im up and down all day. i also don't eat much before 6pm most weekdays.

my average work day looks like this:
Coffee about 9ish with milk no sugar.

sometimes i will have a cracker with a banana bout 2.30 with a coffee again more often or not its a coffee only.

i drink normaly a small 250 ml glass of water or squash.

for tea about 8/9pm i have curry or spag bol or some other kind of dinner like that. then normaly a small fun size mars. with a pint of squash.

more coffee

weekends are diffrent depending what plans we have and if the kids are home to eat .

Today I’ve had a shake made with almond milk, berries, peanut butter and maca powder; lunch was an ounce of cheese and 2 slices of ham, cherry toms and cucumber, I’ve had 4 cups of coffee, 5 pints of water, and dinner was homemade chilli with mince and loads of mixed beans, tinned toms and served with veg with 15g of cheese on it (small portion, even by my measly diet standard!)- came to 1050 cals, just over 50g carbs. I ran 4K on the treadmill, and did 16k steps.

I’m dieting at the moment, losing 2-3lb a week. Tomorrow is a resting day from running, so I’ll probably have similar meals except a less carby tea (maybe chicken wrapped in ham with green veg?)

These threads always end up the same way- such a broad spectrum of diets and calorie needs. It’s impossible to judge your intake in what other people eat.

Breakfast: 1 grapefruit and tea with skimmed milk

Lunch: salad with salmon or lean ham

Dinner: steak, salad, cottage cheese

No snacking inbetween, LOTS of tea and some Pepsi max to keep me sane!
I’m 5.6 and weigh 8 stone as I have a young baby. Although I prefer to be under 8 stone.
No carbs, no sugar, and the weight falls off!

@bigfatgoalie - 8 stone doesn't sound much for your height! I think I'm 8 stone and I'm 5ft, size 8.

I had 3 shortbread biscuits and a cup of tea for breakfast
Egg and cress sandwich for lunch.
Homemade spag bol with garlic bread and a lemon mousse for tea.(Oh, and two glasses of wine)

Breakfast - scrambled eggs
Lunch - homemade soup/ham & cheese salad/leftover chilli, bolognaise, etc.
Tea - chicken or fish & veg/spag bol/chilli/curry *

• No pasta or rice, just the bolognaise or curry

I've been low carbing but am slowly introducing them to not lose any more weight.

I'm 5' 9" and weight 68kg (I can't remember if this was asked in the original OP!)

@bobo, it is pretty slim, but that where I feel my most comfortable. I like to weight train and be strong, lean etc. Not there right now as DD3 is still tiny. I’m healthy though! And weekends are for pizza and ice cream...

If I am at work, I eat no breakfast, a salad or soup from Pret for lunch (try to stick to 300 cals or less) and then something like salmon or chicken with baked veg for dinner.

I eat whatever I like at the weekend.

This is how I maintain my weight.

Breakfast is usually peanut butter on toast/Greek yoghurt with fruit and honey/porridge and banana with a tea or coffee

Lunch is typically a salad, I was working from home today so I had baked kale, roasted peppers, mushroom and tomatoes, avocado, sweetcorn, bit of leftover rice and 2 veggie sausages. Fruit after.

Dinner tonight will be fish pie and veg, usually have something like stir fry, spag bol, fajitas, curry, egg fried rice, some kind of pasta dish, roast etc.

I snack on fruit, oat cakes, raw veg or just a hot drink. I can't have just one bit of chocolate or one biscuit as I go mad and eat the whole thing/packet so I'm trying to cut those out, cold turkey is the only thing that works for me.

I'm 5ft3 and about 8 stone 9 at the min
I like to be 8st 5(or less). Lose a bit pre Xmas.and holidays.
Today ive had:
B muesli with maca powder. Oat milk and raspberries
L peanut butter on granary toast
D.veg casserole and slice crusty bread and vegan butter
Snacks so far = Apple,few chocs bag crisps, biscuit,few dry crackers.
2 glasses wine,may have more

Litre weak squash
3 or 4 coffee and tea with oatly barista milk.
I'm veggie but going as much vegan as poss.
I would 100%loss weight if i.didnt have all these extra calories with the alcohol which.i .have approx 4 days a week.
Walk.a hell of a lot
Some days eat more,some less.
Usual have a few savoury snacks in the evening-crisps or nuts

Bmi 19.5 here

Museli, seeds, mixed berrries
Banana, grapes
Salad, crackers
Nuts, Apple,
Cream egg/hot choc/cake/crisps/liquorice (one or two treats per day generally)
Chicken, mash, brocolli, carrots, sweetcorn.

People say I eat a lot but it doesn't look that much written down...

This thread makes me feel like the biggest pig. I'm slim but with wobbly tummy from having babies. Size 8 and about 120lbs. I maintain my normal size but I have IBS and poo a lot sooo...

Today I've eaten:

3 pieces of toast and 2 poached eggs
Piece of cheese
Big handful of Reeces chocolate cups
Tuna/mayo/cucumber sandwiches
Bag of crisps
More Reece's chocolates
Mini dohnut
Pot noodle (the fancy type)
Spaghetti with garlic bread and green beans
Couple of olives
I have one of those Sainsbury's taste the difference all butter and sultana scones for tonight and some Danish blue cheese and crackers

I've embarrassed myself writing that down.

I’m 8st 9lbs and 5 for 4 and not on a diet but try to eat reasonably healthily but do like treats! I’ve had:
Skinny latte
Banana and one of those wholesome ish nut bars
Creamy mushroom soup and roll with butter and choc mousse for lunch
Satsuma and two squares of dark choc as snack
Salmon fillet with hollondaise sauce, potatoes and salad for supper with glass of wine
Maybe another choc or two!

I have IBS and several other health disorders. I follow a low fat non dairy diet. I have lost 9 stone in a year.

For breakfast I have a bowl of plain porridge with almond milk, sweetener, banana and dedicated coconut. Or a bowl of rice crispies with sweetener and banana and almond milk.

Snack: green tea and pack of go ahead biscuits.

Lunch: bowl of heinz no sugar added beans and rye crackers, or a salad with chicken, or soup.

Snack: green tea, apple, raisins, salt and vinegar rice cakes.

Dinner: usually a portion of fish or chicken, brown rice or couscous, and lots of green veg.

Later: herbal tea, grapes, sometimes non-choc sweets, sometimes blueberry and vanilla rice cakes.

Forgot to add--I don't weigh myself but went from size 16-18 to a size 10.

Baldricks Have you tried cutting out all oats and tea/coffee? They are absolute killers for my IBS. I also can't eat corn or lettuce/kale but nothing screws with my stomach like porridge/museli/flapjacks. Just a thought!

Sorry for derailing thread, op!

Today I've had :

Two scrambled eggs
Thin slice toast and peanut butter

Coffee and milk
Large coffee at work

Four melba toast crackers with peanut butter

Lunch was 3/4 of a chicken fillet, small bowl homemade soup, half a cup of cottage cheese and four more crackers

Dinner will be 1/3 thin pizza, big salad and small glass of wine

This is a typical day for me. I'm 5'5 and just under 10 stone. I find lower carb higher protein works best for me.

This is my usual weekday, though I have ate a whole box of chocolates today.
Breakfast - 1 slice of wholemeal toast (no butter), half a tin of baked beans, 1 poached egg. I eat this after swimming, about 11 am
Afternoon snack - yoghurt, fruit
Tea - salad, tin of mackerel or houmous or cheese, new potatoes. Or lentil stew, pasta with pesto and peas, or similar.
Evening snack - 1-2 slices of wholemeal toast, butter, jam or marmalade.
Lost 3 stones over the last 18 months, want to lose another stone.
I eat like this nearly all the time now, it's simple, cheap, I don't feel hungry, feel fit and strong.

I go one way or the other - so:

Chicken salad
Chicken/ prawn stir fry

And that's it. No carbs whatsoever, and v little fat. Or:

Toast with loads of butter
Chicken and chorizo (red onion, sweetcorn) sandwich with crisps and a chocolate bar
Some form of takeaway
Loads of wine

Rarely somewhere in the middle really unhealthy I know. I guess I'm maintaining, but am trying to lose (a stone overweight). Just no willpower.

Today I had :
2 weetabix and semi skimmed & 1 tea, then 1 coffee au lait
Pkt ready salted crisps
2 lemon Danish (they were on offer in Waitrose, couldn't eat just one they were too yummy)
3 slices pizza, 1 slice garlic bread
apple crumble/custard
Can San Miguel

Today wasn't 'normal' but we had parents evening and were back late.
I'm about 9 stone, 5'5, active job.

Overnight oats at 8am (oats yoghurt and blackberries) , cheese and coleslaw sandwich at 12. Carrot sticks and watermelon at 4. Homemade fish curry with lots of veg and a mini naan at630. I am about 4 stone overweight :-(

Interesting thread. I think it would be more interesting to see pictures of portion sizes! Lol

Breakfast- 2 slices of toast and cottage cheese

Lunch - large salad

Afternoon snack - tea and flapjack

Dinner - pasta with veg and cheese sauce

I'm slightly overweight. Trying to get back into exercise now my 9 month old seems to sleep .

Today I have had

1 oatibix with half a sliced banana, blueberries and a large strawberry, skimmed milk

4 baby potatoes left over from last night with mushroom, spring onion, cherry tomatoes and some quark (all heated up in microwave) plus small portion natural fat free Greek yogurt with a sprinkling of cinnamon

Tagliatelle with home made fresh tomato sauce (half of which will be tmorrow’s Lunch). Two squares of dark (90%cocoa) chocolate.
Exercise 6 days a week for 30-40mins.
I am 9st 7lb and trying to get down to around 9st.