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To ask what you eat in a day if you are a size 10 or less

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Mamabear04 · 18/09/2024 14:00

Just wondering how much skinny people eat in a day and if I am over eating?

OP posts:
3peassuit · 18/09/2024 15:44

Breakfast porridge with berries

Lunch. homemade veg and lentil soup with wholemeal toast

Dinner grilled chicken with rice and veg

I usually have a couple of pieces most days and Greek yogurt with nuts and a bit of honey if I’m peckish. Cakes and puddings are for those Sundays when I have the DC and DGC round for lunch.

Mamabear04 · 18/09/2024 15:44

OK, so I probably should have put what I eat! I'm 5'5 and probably about 10 stone but I'm a size 10. I've had 2 kids and fit all my pre pregnancy clothes but I think I'm bigger now even though that sounds like it doesn't make sense. I used to exercise a lot 3-4 times a week but now I'm not able to because I'm still recovering from birth injuries and my women's physio said I'm still not ready to run.

Today I ate;

Small bowl of oat flakes with milk for breakfast
Tea with milk
Black coffee

Tea with milk late morning

Lunch was left over mushroom stroganoff with rice (home made).

Afternoon tea with milk

Dinner will Sumac chicken with chickpeas, tzasiki and baked wedges (all homemade too).

I don't snack and I make all meals from scratch. I can't understand why I can't loose wright without exercising!

OP posts:
poppymango · 18/09/2024 15:44

Breakfast is either 2 slices of toast (always with real butter) and jam, or a 2 egg omelette. Sometimes a bowl of porridge in the winter time instead if I'm cold. I'm trying to stay away from cereal as I don't think it fills me up enough.

Lunch at the moment is a homemade soup, apple, banana, and a packet of crisps. I might have a baguette from Pret occasionally if I'm very disorganised but I can't usually afford it!

Dinner - I try to keep it to homemade stuff (paneer curry, vegetable pasta) but I am guilty of using super noodles as a base sometimes, just adding vegetables and some chicken or a fried egg on top.

I have a pretty bad sweet tooth and it takes a lot of willpower for me to not snack! My job is more sedentary now than in previous years and I've noticed how much that's affected my body, so I try to walk an hour a day and get some proper exercise once or twice a week.

I only really drink water or tea, nothing fizzy. Alcohol once or twice a month but I can't drink much really, 2-3 drinks at the most.

DancingPhantomsOnTheTerrace · 18/09/2024 15:45

Breakfast - 40g oats, 150ml milk, some flaxseeds and pumpkin seeds on top. This is the only thing I weigh out as I'm a terrible judge of the milk/oat ratio.

Lunch - cheese sandwich, omelette, soup, something like that. Generally with crisps and some fruit.

Dinner - various, obviously. Carbonara last night, fish cakes with salad the night before, a slow cooker tarragon chicken thing with potatoes and broccoli tonight. Always cooked from scratch due to a few allergies in the house. Sometimes a biscuit or some cake in the evening, maybe popcorn. I realise this isn't much use to you without portion sizes, but I don't know them.

I gave up alcohol and never liked tea or coffee so unless I go out for a meal the only thing I drink is water.

I used to snack between meals but I had Invisalign and you can't eat with the things in your mouth so that broke that habit.
I'm a size 4/6.

Silviasilvertoes · 18/09/2024 15:46

Before peri, I was a size 8-10 and could eat anything. Now I’m peri and I… can’t. And I’m not size 10 any more Confused

PenelopePitStrop · 18/09/2024 15:48

Breakfast: A spoon of Greek yog with oat bran, ground flax, a few walnut halves and frozen blueberries. Coffee

Lunch: One or two modest slices of wholemeal toast (not massive hunks of loaf...) with some protein (e.g an egg, about 30gof cheese, baked beans, tuna , tinned sardines or mackerel, hummus) or mashed avocado, and some salad or other veg.

Afternoon- some grazing. Might be crisps or cheese and crackers or a couple of biscuits. I often eat a grapefruit in the afternoon, too. I am conscious to keep a handle on this afternoon snack. Snacking is a big trap for me!

Dinner: Normal sort of dinner with some sort of relationship to 'healthy' .At least two veg , protein (pulses or beans / fish/ eggs / occasional red meat) . Carbs: potato , rice or pasta - I keep a handle on portion size and try not to double-carb (e.g I wouldn't have garlic bread with lasagne or naan plus rice). If I have pizza I have half a standard sized pizza with salad.

If I am hungry before bed I have a small bowl of cereal (a basic sort - 1 Weetabix or Quaker OatCrisp )with semi skimmed milk,

4 or 5 nights: 1 can of beer (not the tall ones) or 1 glass of wine or 1 vodka and tonic. If i don't have alcohol I have 1 or2 squares of dark choc.

This is standard maintenance for me. Sometimes I eat a lot more. I am quite active. Do at least 10k steps a day, 3 other exercise sessions a week - (e.g swim, gym, body pump) I do quite a bit of hill walking.

I am post-menopausal. I ate A LOT when I was in my 20s.

Epli · 18/09/2024 15:48

Today:
Breakfast: 2 eggs + one slice of sourdough bread + avocado or tomatoes, black coffee with 1 spoon of sugar
Lunch: tagliatelle with tomato sauce & prawns
Post work out: Grenade Protein bar
Supper: salad with feta cheese, 1 slice of bread

+~2 portions of fruits
I drink wine (usually half a bottle) on weekends and maybe 1-2 bottles of beer.
If I am hungry I just add a slice of bread with ham, cheese & some vegetables.

Tryonemoretime · 18/09/2024 15:50

Q124 · 18/09/2024 14:11

I'm a size 8/10 and am not skinny.
I intermittent fast so I don't eat anything between 8pm and 12pm. I eat pretty much anything i want in my eating period. We don't eat ready meals or fizzy drinks, not sure whether that has anything to do with it?

I'm a size 10 now (was a few kilos lighter before LC stopped me going for longish walks). I have plain yoghurt with maple syrup for breakfast with milled flaxseed). No mid morning snack - just coffee. Lunch is 2 rice crackers, olives, tomatoes and a little ham or cheese plus 2 easy peelers and some cashew nuts. Cashew nuts as a snack mid afternoon. Fish, veggies and maybe a few small potatoes for dinner. A glass of wine with it. Mint tea from lunch time onwards. Sometimes I have some chocolate but am trying to cut down on my sweet tooth. Fall off the wagon big time if I see Quality Street on offer in Tesco!

GiddyRobin · 18/09/2024 15:51

Mamabear04 · 18/09/2024 15:44

OK, so I probably should have put what I eat! I'm 5'5 and probably about 10 stone but I'm a size 10. I've had 2 kids and fit all my pre pregnancy clothes but I think I'm bigger now even though that sounds like it doesn't make sense. I used to exercise a lot 3-4 times a week but now I'm not able to because I'm still recovering from birth injuries and my women's physio said I'm still not ready to run.

Today I ate;

Small bowl of oat flakes with milk for breakfast
Tea with milk
Black coffee

Tea with milk late morning

Lunch was left over mushroom stroganoff with rice (home made).

Afternoon tea with milk

Dinner will Sumac chicken with chickpeas, tzasiki and baked wedges (all homemade too).

I don't snack and I make all meals from scratch. I can't understand why I can't loose wright without exercising!

It sounds to me like it's just the lack of exercise! I broke my ankle a few years ago, so my usual exercise regime had to change. I didn't really gain any weight and stayed the same dress size, but my body "felt" bigger and less tight. As soon as I started exercising again, it all just went back to normal.

I wouldn't worry about it! Your diet sounds really healthy, so I'd just listen to your physio because birth injuries are definitely nothing to mess around with. Maybe some stretching of the legs and arms whilst sitting, if that's something she might give a green light on. Ask if there's anything that won't pressure your injuries if you feel you want movement. Walking, maybe. Obviously all completely dependent on what's happened.

But I don't think you need to worry at all, from the sounds of it!

rosesareredvioletsareblueaimverytiredandsoareyou · 18/09/2024 15:53

Mamabear04 · 18/09/2024 14:00

Just wondering how much skinny people eat in a day and if I am over eating?

Being 'skinny' is partly genetic and partly related to age. I didn't eat any better when I was an 8 to 10 than now at around a 12. Skinny also doesn't mean healthy.

motherofbees · 18/09/2024 15:54

midgetastic · 18/09/2024 14:17

Today so far

1 slice Toast butter and cheese
Packet of crisps
Lots of milk in endless tea
2 eggs ( one as an egg mayo sandwich with 2 slices bread)
2 shortcake busicuits
Handful or 2 of nuts
Sone pineapple
Dinner will be veggie chilli and rice and a dollop of chutney
Evening snacks and puddings likely - possibly rice cakes and cheese and 4 squares chocolate
And an apple if I feel healthy

I could have eaten this in my 20's but now in my 50's I would gain weight

When you get older I think carbs are a treat tbh.

I excercise 5 times a week
Yoghurt and home grown compote for breakfast
3 ryveta with anything except cheese for lunch
Normal dinner but no garlic bread or naan mostly
Pretty much no takeout or McDonald's etc
No snacks
Occasionally have Brazil nuts
Not saying I never eat anything else but if I did I would gain weight

AllTheChaos · 18/09/2024 15:55

timeforanewmoniker · 18/09/2024 15:28

This gives me hope, a lot more than I expected a size 4 would be able to eat, especially at 50!

I genuinely wonder how some people to eat so little! And I do no exercise, if I did I would eat more, esp protein. For me, going home made for most things, whole foods etc has been key (I used to be very very fat!)

Amammai · 18/09/2024 15:57

I think as well as height being improved in relation to weight and dress size, your age will also have a factor in your metabolism. Up until 35, I really found I could eat pretty much what I wanted and always stay a 8/10 no problem. But now as I approach 40, I have to be very mindful about what I eat and I find alcohol in particular adds the pounds on very quickly (e.g if I’ve drank a bit extra on holiday. Even if I’ve been active, I still put weight on rapidly!)

MarkWithaC · 18/09/2024 16:01

Size 10, 5'10", late 40s.

Breakfast good grainy/sourdough toast with avocado. Sometimes feta or Cheddar too, or salmon paté. Two black French press coffees, no sugar.

Mid-morning is terrible Blush tea with oat milk (not sweetened). Handful of crisps and something like a biscuit or half a slice of cake. If I'm having a 'must eat less shite' phase I'll have a banana and/or apple or small orange instead, maybe a few fancy crackers (sourdough or spelt) with more advo and/or cheese, or plain unsugary granola with plain sheep yoghurt and some soft fruit.

Lunch is sometimes a curry and rice or bread from a lovely Indian place; sometimes a sourdough chicken salad sandwich; sometimes tuna mayo sandwich or tuna melt from Pret.

Mid-afternoon a repeat of a variation on the tea/crisps/biscuit/cake/crackers/granola/fruit thing.

Dinner is usually veggie or vegan, although I'm not prescriptively either: I make a range of veggie curries, and eat them with brown rice or naan or both, sheep yoghurt and pickles/chutneys.
Or simple pastas: puttanesca or courgette with olive oil, cheese and lemon, that sort of thing. Usually with some buttered toast.
Stews, usually made with vegetables and pulses, occasionally chicken or fish.

Occasional takeaway: Asian or pizza most frequently.

Usually have herbal tea after dinner (rock n roll, I know) and sometimes a few squares of dark or nutty chocolate.

Do a fast and furious zumba class 2–3 times a week, an hour of ballet fitness most weeks, yoga sometimes, albeit not strenuous yoga.

I don't drink, and rarely eat red or processed meat, and I live in a city and don't drive, so walk anything from fifteen minutes to half an hour quite habitually. I think all of these have a big impact.

Waitingfordoggo · 18/09/2024 16:01

I don’t usually eat in the mornings so first meal will be around lunchtime, usually a wrap containing some sort of protein (houmous or cheese) plus spinach (and coriander which I’m obsessed with). Alternatively, I might have salad with hard boiled eggs or a slice of quiche. Maybe some couscous with roasted veg.

In the evening, I usually have whatever I have made for the family, which is pretty standard boring stuff like chilli/curry/jkt spud/fajitas/spanish tortilla. My portions are quite small I would say. Not because I’m trying to lose or control weight- just because I hate feeling bloated after eating and get a lot of heartburn. When I was younger, I ate bigger portions but I just can’t do it now without it making me feel a bit shit.

I eat some sort of treat most evenings after dinner- a couple of chocolate bars or some cake.

Too much sugar, I know. But I get away with it weight-wise because I exercise a lot (I teach fitness classes). I very rarely drink alcohol- maybe two beers once a month or so.

TealTraybake · 18/09/2024 16:01

Don’t eat breakfast.
Coffee or tea. In fact loads of coffees / teas throughout a day.
Not hungry til about 11 ish. Might have a pastry then and satsuma or yoghurt.
maybe a sandwich or soup for lunch
something ricey / fish / meat for tea / dinner
Granary bread with butter.

got a sweet tooth so do have a few haribos or other sweets often.

Itiswhatitis80 · 18/09/2024 16:02

Up until the age of 35 when I had my last child I was a size 8,ate what the hell I wanted,now I’m 44 a size 10 5,5 I only eat one meal a day that is protein based,I walk a hell of a lot with my job!aging sucks!

MakeMineAJaffa · 18/09/2024 16:03

It's a bit meaningless to discuss dress sizes as all brands are different @Mamabear04

But as you ask, I am between an 8 - 10.

I am early 60s and my BMI is about 18.5. I weight 48 kgs.
Pretty much the same as since my 20s but I have lost muscle and gained about 3lbs flab on my middle.

Breakfast- full fat Greek yoghurt, berries and seeds.
Sometimes 1 or 2 eggs and oat cakes.
Sometimes 3 oat cakes with almond butter.

Lunch
Homemade soup, or cheese and fruit, other things like hummus and veg sticks, or eggs and salad.

Dinner
Homemade - a lot of simple baked fish (often 4 times a week) veg, chicken, stir fry, veg curry, cottage pie , loads of veg - carrots, broccoli, kale, sweet peppers, cabbage, peas, green beans, sweet potato, avocado,

Fruit - every day an apple, banana, blueberries
Greek yoghurt

1 square 75% dark choc a day.

Drinks- tea and water.

mummymeister · 18/09/2024 16:03

I am very overweight. I track my calories and if I ate as much as some on here I would be the size of a house. I literally have to keep under 1000 a day, plus I do intermittent fasting, I dont drink alcohol or eat processed food, all home cooked. My metabolism is rubbish and always has been, it runs in our family. In a week I do 2 X 1hr aerobics, 1 X 1hr weight lifting and 2 X 45/60 mins lane swimming plus I try and always walk at least 6,000 steps a day. Still doing all this its 1/2 or 1lb a week loss at slimming world.

Today I have eaten fruit and yoghurt for breakfast. Ham salad no dressing for lunch and this evening its half a chicken breast with roasted vegetables. The weight has never just fallen off me and if I go to 1200/1500 cals a day it goes back on.

Mabs49 · 18/09/2024 16:04

Mamabear04 · 18/09/2024 15:44

OK, so I probably should have put what I eat! I'm 5'5 and probably about 10 stone but I'm a size 10. I've had 2 kids and fit all my pre pregnancy clothes but I think I'm bigger now even though that sounds like it doesn't make sense. I used to exercise a lot 3-4 times a week but now I'm not able to because I'm still recovering from birth injuries and my women's physio said I'm still not ready to run.

Today I ate;

Small bowl of oat flakes with milk for breakfast
Tea with milk
Black coffee

Tea with milk late morning

Lunch was left over mushroom stroganoff with rice (home made).

Afternoon tea with milk

Dinner will Sumac chicken with chickpeas, tzasiki and baked wedges (all homemade too).

I don't snack and I make all meals from scratch. I can't understand why I can't loose wright without exercising!

You're eating almost no fruit or veg.

Your diet is high in refined carbs:

oats in the morning
rice at lunch
baked wedges at dinner.

You need to eat a lot more fruit, salad and veg.

Replace half your oats with nuts and berries in the morning
Make sure at least half your plate is freshly cooked veg and salad for lunch.
Dinner again, should be high protein, lots of chicken, lots of veg and a few wedges. That's too much with the chickpeas as well.

Overall you're low protein, low good fats and high carb.

Look at Zoe Nutrition on YouTube. You'll find a ton of good stuff there. You can also get a blood glucose monitor from Abbott for around £50 if you want to do a cheap version of Zoe.

You've also got almost no calcium in there. Worrying long-term for your bones

ffsgloria · 18/09/2024 16:05

I'm a size 10, 67kg, heavy exercise 6 days a week, long walk on rest day.

I eat eggs or yogurt plus fruit & seeds & nut butter for breakfast, sometimes sourdough toast with fruit. Then tuna or chicken or avocado, cottage cheese, sandwich / wrap or salad for lunch, spag bol/stir fry/veg chilli/jacket potato for dinner. Snack on nuts, fruit, cheese, quorn veggie cocktail sausages, hard boiled eggs, raw veg sticks, houmous. Small amount of dark chocolate every day, loads of water & tea.

I drink alcohol 1 or 2 nights a week & limit carbs like bread & pasta as I find I feel bloated if I eat too much of these. I lost a lot of weight eating like this and doing IF (16:8). I am now maintaining and have done for the past year, on approx 2000 cals a day.

Chenecinquantecinq · 18/09/2024 16:06

I'm late 40's sadly now I cannot exceed 1400 calories a day to maintain weight. I use MyFitness Pal too as it is sooooo easy to underestimate portion sizes etc. Asking people what they eat is a little pointless as everyone will have different energy requirements and you have no idea what portion sizes they are eating. Look up on line calorie calculators and take it from there.

Fupoffyagrasshole · 18/09/2024 16:06

I mean people are all different heights and sizes

im size 8 and only went up to a 10 or 12 even when heavily pregnant

dont really watch what I eat but do a lot of exercise

MakeMineAJaffa · 18/09/2024 16:09

Having seen your update I'd ignore dress sizes and go by your BMI @Mamabear04

I am 5 3 tall (160cms) and if I was 10 st I'd be obese.
The most I've ever been was just under 8 st and I was getting fat around my waist.

Being really hones, your diet is very unhealthy.

You're hardly eating any fruit or veg.
No green veg, nothing with Vitamin C , not enough fibre , almost no calcium (for your bones.)

You should be aiming for 7-10 portions a day.

As PP said you need to cut out so many carbs (I try to limit to one meal a day but that doesn't include things like chick peas and beans.)

bobberra · 18/09/2024 16:12

Size 8.
I do intermittent fasting between 10pm and 2pm the next afternoon (maybe seem odd hours but they work best for me at the moment).

I also low carb but not through choice, due to a hereditary form of diabetes I can just about control with diet.

I do drink black coffee and water until 2pm (no sugar or milk)

2pm: cheese sandwich on low-carb bread.

Evening meal: always salad with something low carb, e.g. cheese, tuna, egg mayo, cottage cheese, veggie sausages, coleslaw (I'm vegetarian). Usually a combination of two or three of those things.
After tea: low cal jelly with low fat squirty cream and one small chocolate.

I snack in between the two meals on cheese and nuts if I can't keep away from the kitchen. I would probably be a lot slimmer if I could stay away from those!