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Is this a lot of food for an adult in one day

271 replies

dogexplosion · 13/04/2023 19:33

Adult female:

Breakfast - bowl of cereal with milk, apple juice
Lunch - chicken toastie with side salad and a few crisps, water
Snack (lunch was early) - beans on toast, 2 biscuits
Dinner - homemade chicken curry and rice with peas, water

Is this too much?

OP posts:
AtleastitsnotMonday · 13/04/2023 19:51

As others have said a curry and rice could come in anywhere from about 300 calories or 1300! Help us out a bit!

Viviennemary · 13/04/2023 19:53

No sounds ok. But too much if you are trying to lose weight.

Vegetus · 13/04/2023 19:55

These threads make my blood boil. The nutrition advice on here is terrifying.

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 13/04/2023 19:56

Beans on toast is a meal, not a snack.

But whether it's "too much" will depend on your portion sizes and activity levels.

Skyeheather · 13/04/2023 19:56

You've had two lunches - the toastie and then the beans on toast. You had lunch early then had to have a second lunch because you were hungry and it was a long time until dinner?

Why not have a morning snack and an afternoon snack?

No pudding or dessert with your evening meal!

Tarantullah · 13/04/2023 19:56

Impossible to tell without knowing portion sizes etc. I'd say that if you're having lunch early and then need a substantial snack before dinner it'd be worth actually eating more at breakfast and a better balance of protein/carbs/fats though.

ShowUs · 13/04/2023 19:58

MN is the worst place to ask as so many people are competitive under eaters.

For me beans on toast would be a meal in itself but you may have a much more active lifestyle than me and need more food.

The rest is absolutely fine and sounds like a normal day for most people of a healthy weight.

ShowUs · 13/04/2023 20:01

Zhougzhoug · 13/04/2023 19:38

Assuming normal portions, no that is an extremely normal day’s food.

Beans on toast is an unusual choice for a between meals snack but it’s not a bad choice, no worse for you than a lot of other things. I eat hummus and oatcakes to tide me over between meals all the time.

I agree.

Beans on toast isn’t usually seen as a snack but it’s probably much better for you than most peoples snacks and less calories.

I know a personal trainer who eats at least 4 meals a day.

purplecorkheart · 13/04/2023 20:01

It is impossible to say without knowing the potion size. A tablespoon of beans on a thin slice of toast is different to a big can and doorstep slices of toast. Equally the portion size of the curry and size of the bowl of cereal

GoodChat · 13/04/2023 20:02

I think it's a fine amount of food but beans on toast isn't a snack. A snack is a banana.

zoemum2006 · 13/04/2023 20:05

That’s a Maintenance level
of food for me. Take out one of the lunches and it’s my weight loss diet.

THisbackwithavengeance · 13/04/2023 20:05

Normal food in RL.

About a week's worth of food on MN.

If you're fit and healthy and not overweight, good on you for eating well and without cutting out entire food groups and starving yourself.

GeneHuntsCowboyBoots · 13/04/2023 20:05

If you’re physically hungry for it, then no. Do you (assuming it’s you) have days where you don’t eat as much?

Dymaxion · 13/04/2023 20:05

Too many carbs and not nearly enough green shit !

Comedycook · 13/04/2023 20:06

Beans on toast assuming a full tin and two slices of toast is a meal.

Elvis1956 · 13/04/2023 20:08

As a working man in a physical job no. Since I've retired hell yes...Which is why I'm fat!

GoodChat · 13/04/2023 20:09

Elvis1956 · 13/04/2023 20:08

As a working man in a physical job no. Since I've retired hell yes...Which is why I'm fat!

😂😂😂

EatingPeanutButterWithASpoon · 13/04/2023 20:10

Depends on what your aim is. If you want to maintain your weight and you eat that amount regularly and maintain weight it's fine. If you are unintentionally gaining weight then it's too much.

Dymaxion · 13/04/2023 20:11

Sorry green shit in this house = vegtables Wink it is what DH calls them, personally I love them all apart from the weird aniseedy Fennel. Possibly related to an unfortunate Pernod related incident in my early teens Grin

Plannersareus · 13/04/2023 20:12

Today I have eaten an apple and croissant for breakfast, a quarter slice of mushroom pizza ( standard frozen supermarket size), scoop of hazelnut and vanilla ice cream as a snack and 2 pork sausage size of my middle finger, two carrots, corn on the cob, cucumber, 8 cherry toms and two glasses of red wine, I'm on holiday in Europe for comparison

EatYourVegetables · 13/04/2023 20:14

Don’t ask MN, you will not get a balanced answer here. There are NHS guidelines on calories, servings, fruit and veg portions, fibre etc, and you’d be better off looking there.

Fallin · 13/04/2023 20:16

That's a lot of high calorie food.

My day today was

Breakfast 2 x white coffees
Lunch - 1 homemade tuna mayo wrap
Snack - grapes and fat free yogurt
Dinner ... hello fresh meal (turkey mince tagliatelle thing)

I weigh 57kg not trying to lose any weight.

UnshakenNeedsStirring · 13/04/2023 20:17

Oh yes it is a lot. I couldn't eat anything after the beans on toast. Seems like a lot. And Im a chubby girl who likes to eat.

blackbeardsballsack · 13/04/2023 20:18

What are these responses? I eat more than that every single day and I am a totally normal weight.

Greensleevevssnotnose · 13/04/2023 20:18

Out it in my fitness Pal and work it out. Pretty high sugar content

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