To ask the January dieters what you have/are eaten today

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Nosey! I am starting mine today..and the thought of sald makes me want to cry.

So far....shredded wheat and milk. Decaf tea

Breakfast will be a banana, lunch I am taking DS to see DM so will be soup as I’ve told her I’m dieting, but she will also have bought me a fancy bread roll from the supermarket bakery and have some sort of pudding, usually a gu choc pot or crepe brûlée with raspberries.

Dinner will be Jamie Oliver’s griddled steak and peppers.

Assuming I end up eating 800 cals for lunch thanks to DM, dinner is 600 and the banana approx 100 so that puts me on 1500 ish calories today.

I fill up on protein: milky coffee for breakfast, houmous and falafel for lunch, or chicken and nuts; steamed chicken and veg for tea, or omelette with spinach, or other meat and little carb. The odd apple or carrot raw.

I had a great day then came home starving

Bfast banana and rice cakes
Lunch beans and lettuce
Snack dark choc

Then dinner was pasta , salad , cheese , crackers , and a bit of panettone
Oops

But held
Off the wine

Alpen light bar and banana for breakfast
Apple mid morning
Lunch is chicken salad - lots of spinach, tomatoes, beetroot, cucumber, peppers
Tea is grilled turkey, carrots and broccoli with a small sweet potato
Decaf tea but lots of water through the day
Must admit the only thing that tends to change is what I have for tea! Last night was poached salmon, cous cous, Mediterranean veg with quark.

Porridge so far
No idea for lunch as I have lunchtime meeting
Dinner will be Chicken and Veg
Following SW and have found some focus for the first time in about a year

Yesterday I ate 4 kitkats.

I have no self control. I really need to find my drive!

b - boiled eggs x 2 , spinach, asparagus, and lean bacon

L - same as yesterday, homemade whole grain pasta, broccoli, peas, asparagus and spinach with homemade pesto. Muller yogurt

I also have a banana and orange if I’m hungry later

Decaf tea and plenty of water

T - I’m not too sure yet, probably Salmon with medetarian veg and couscous

I'm not on a diet as such, but changing my lifestyle to be more healthy. My mum has a terminal illness and it has inspired me to eat more nutritious food. I am also doing veganuary with a view to becoming vegan the majority of the time, if not totally.

In a typical day, I eat this:

• Marmite on wholemeal toast with a green juice (usually consisting of apple, kiwi, celery, cucumber and kale)
• Snack of an apple/banana and hummus with either pitta bread or carrots/cucumber sticks
• Lunch of noodles with veggies
• Dinner of veggie fajitas with wholemade quacamole or veggie chilli

I have to say I find it very satisfying, and you can eat a lot more on a vegan diet without worrying about weight as most of what you're eating is very nutritious.

You do need to be mindful of B12 (either take a supplement per day or eat three helpings of B12 fortified foods, not hard to do as pretty much anything vegan is fortified with it.) Also need to be mindful of calcium and iron, I use oat milks and eat lots of broccoli and kale for this.

I realise you aren't vegan OP but went off on a bit of a tangent there

Breakfast... milky coffee.
Lunch.... I'm on a course and they will provide sandwiches so I will choose the ones with the lightest filings and have one round worth of them, no more. I will take fruit and maybe a cereal bar to avoid the biscuits they will have.
Dinner is salmon, salad leaves and balsamic dressing.
Then I have an exercise class this eve.

I've been dieting all January so far, yesterday I had
Coffee for breakfast
Battered cheese and spicy jam for lunch
Burger and chips for tea

As you can see my diet isn't going well....

B - Scrambled Eggs with onion and tomato
L - Pork Chop with Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Carrots, New Potatoes and Apple Sauce (leftovers from last night)
T - Pollack with a Citrus Glaze, Broccoli, Cauliflower and New Potatoes.

I will probably have a clementine or two after lunch or tea. I tend to avoid salads in this time of year, nothing tastes as good out of season, and the cold weather makes it somehow worse.

I've got three rules:

1. No breakfast (16:8 rule - no eating outside of noon to 8pm window)
2. No sweet stuff except one treat at the weekend
3. Eat loads of veg

Other than that I can eat what I like.
Yesterday was

B - black tea
L - massive salad with chicken breast and a slice of bread
Snack - a few almonds
D - pork steak with mustard sauce, 2 veg and new potatoes

Breakfast - Protein shake, 4 egg-white and 1 egg yolk omelette, turmeric and chilli juice (50ml). Small serving of muesli (skimmed milk). Ristretto.

Lunch - pomello and kale salad. Daal. Grilled chicken breast. Double-baked jacket potatoes. Massive mug of Earl Grey - milk no sugar (stopping sugar in tea is my NY resolution)

Tea - falaffel, chicken breast, home-made pita bread / flatbread, salad. Fingerling potatoes and I think there's some spicy rice left over from Saturday.

Yesterday I had 2x slices of seeded bread & butter, fish, crispy potatoes and veg, 2x slices of white bread and butter and then an apple.

I'm not on a diet as such, just cutting right back on the chocolate and snacks whilst still eating my usual meals.

Gosh everyone eats so much more inventive things than me....I have a ham sandwich on brown bread and a bag of low cal crisps for lunch plus grapes and an apple 😕 I really need to get inspired for work lunches

Plan is -

2 slices white toast and anchor light

Tin of tomato soup (ww) and a bag of squares

Grilled chicken, pesto pasta, salad.

Hmm that looks quite boring - typical Wednesday! Snacks if they happen (probably will) will be yogurt and honey / few sweets / 2 squares of chocolate etc

Fruit smoothie made with almond milk for breakfast and dinner. Big lunch. Yesterday was hummus, mackerel and spelt. I also did 23,000 steps yesterday (walking). Only mentioning it because I was quite proud of that!

I'm not dieting as I had a massive overhaul of how I was eating last year and cut out potatoes apart from sweet potato. I'm ill right now and eating causes pain so I'm hardly snacking just trying to eat what I can. So yesterday I had

B - banana
L - burger from McDonald's
D - spinach and pine bites (falafel type affairs) with couscous

Choc chip brioche swirl, Apple biscuit . All the decaf coffee. Not very healthy but what I could manage.

I’m sticking to 1400-1500 cals a day.

To do so and to stay satisfied I prefer to still eat a large dinner, so I don’t eat breakfast (and don’t miss it).

Breakfast: Black coffee
Lunch: salmon pate on crackers with cucumber and salad and carrot sticks on the side with a blob of houmous
Dinner: fresh linguine with Caroline Nero, leeks, courgette and herby chicken and a light creamy sauce.

I tend to eat about 400-600 for lunch and save the rest for dinner. Occasionally I have a snack mid afternoon of fromage frais and fruit/small blob of jam as it’s high protein and tides me over.

I haven't eaten a thing in four days as very sick. Liquids only. So I've gone from starting the year trying to reach my target weight...to having gone half a stone under.

Don't know if that's good or bad. Fingers crossed today I'll manage some lentil soup

I was doing so well then have just gone wrong the last few days. Had beer and crisps yesterday, pizza the night before and am doing no exercise as injured my leg. My dh came home with nackos to cheer me up. I love cheese and its my favourite dirty food so god knows if I can resist temptation given its only 10:30am and I am looking at them.

Nothing but coffee and water. I hate all the food we have left (dc s diet is way different from mine). I don't get any money till tomorrow so it will be toast later.
At school we have the sad leftovers of Xmas...the tough hard sweets from roses and quality street that no one likes and some very dodgy stollen.
Really hoping to lose weight this week.

But ds got us pizza the other night and I had 4 slices so hardly starving

Breakfast = muesli plus BOB skimmmed milk
Snack = banana
Lunch will be home made spicy butternut squash soup with some croutons
Dinner will be a chicken dish with vegetables, either chicken with oyster sauce or cola chicken (both SW dishes)
I may have a further snack of sweet chilli snack a jacks as they're low cal/low fat

Very few of the above, are diets that will really shift the pounds :-/ depends how much you need to lose but most people tolerate a lower carb, higher lean protein diet with a healthy amount of good fats.

A typical day for me would be 2 eggs & smoked salmon, mackerel or grilled turkey with a big portion of spinach for breakfast. Tuna or chicken salad for lunch with chia/sesame seeds, maybe a small bit of cheese. Protein shake if training & piles of veg and grilled chicken or fish (nothing battered or breaded) for dinner. Snacks might be the odd rice cake or peanut butter & an apple. Really helps to mix up the veg you have & add lots of variety to the salads, seasoning is your friend. Avoid breakfast bars & diet foods like the plague. On training days I might have a small portion of brown rice, baked beans or lentils. It's boring but if you want to reach a goal... I don't drink which makes things easier.

Play around. Find what works for you & ignore Insta gurus. If you don't like the diet you won't stick to it. Good luck!