How would you rate my food today?

[BlazesBoylansHat]

I'm trying to be more mindful of UPFs + also lose the last 10lbs of a 3 stone weight loss .

Breakfast: porridge made with half & half water & low fat milk, tiny sprinkle of brown sugar, small glass of freshly squeezed orange juice (from the juicing machine in supermarket), proper coffee with low fat milk

Lunch: homemade soup (roasted butternut squash, carrot, sweet potato, red onion, garlic, fresh ginger, turmeric, cumin, coriander, chilli flakes, salt pepper, low fat coconut milk & chicken stock) with a slice of organic wholemeal seeded sourdough with real butter

A tiny pink lady apple

6pm- proper coffee & 1 fun sized bag of malteasers (was really tired after work )

Dinner: fesh salmon cooked in foil with spring onion, thinly sliced Red pepper, grated fresh ginger, chilli flakes, fresh coriander & soy sauce served with roasted asparagus & steamed new
potatoes

A clementine

Water with lemon slices to drink

Resisting Friday night wine 🍷 ☹️

The breakfast is really not for me but the rest sounds delicious and healthy bar the malteasers, but you earned them!

Looks great and definitely healthier than mine
If I had anything to suggest I would add nuts and seeds to the porridge and substitute sugar for stevia

If you’re trying to stealth boast, it’s not working. I don’t believe you went to all that effort 🤣

So how does it help with your weightloss? Without knowing calories or portion sizes, what can we say?

I don't see why you'd have orange juice and a clementine. You didn't need butter on your bread for soup.

Surely the orange juice and the clementine were about 12 hours apart?

Ditch the sugar on the porridge. If you need something sweet stick some berries in. Could you add nuts and seeds to it?

Personally I wouldn't ditch the orange juice. Just eat an orange. Better for you and much less sugar.

Personally I'd save the fat and calories by having the bread plain and dipping it in the soup.

Salmon is goof for protein and omega 3s, but otherwise not much of either so make sure that's not typical.

I did really make those meals (well dh made breakfast).

Very interesting comments, thanks all.

The small glass of juice & the clementine were more than 12 hours apart.

I eat a lot of salad & veg but not so much fruit so trying to inject a bit more into my diet.

Also want to eat as well as I can without breaking the bank so not really buying berries at the moment & I'm not so keen on frozen ones

I love real butter & think it's good for you. We use kerrygold. So am happy to have that on my bread

I recommend frozen berries or cherries in your porridge - no need to add sugar if you add fruit and you can increase your fruit intake :)

God lord, this thread will probably derail over the stupidest of reasons like orange juice and a clementine in the same day!! You absolute citric junkie! 😱

Honestly, it doesnt matter what strangers think.

How did you feel about your food intake today? Were you full enough after breakfast to last til lunch?
You said you were tired so grab the maltesers (absolutely nothing to worry about that, by the way!) so maybe more protein for lunch.

Overall, I think it was fine, I personally wouldnt mix water and milk in porridge for the sake of 70 odd calories.

Breakfast favourite of mine right now is 100g yoghurt, 15g chia seeds, 15g walnuts, berries drizzled with honey!! Its so yummy!! The high protein yoghurt pouches from aldi are great for this.

It’s a good start. I think it’s a bit carb and sugar heavy without enough protein but truthfully it’s probably better than I ate today.

Congrats on your weight loss so far.

Me personally I would take the fruit, sugar and juices out, take the bread out. Take the maltesers out, take the potatoes out

Use full fat milk, coconut milk, add in nuts, more veg, greens, avocado, beans, lentils.

But thats me personally. And Im not even consistent with it because Ive just had some crisps!!

Stop dressing up the words like some sort of menu and just list what you’ve ate. “Tiny” “fresh” and “proper” don’t make a difference. Nor does the location of a juicing machine 😵‍💫???

porridge milk and water with orange juice and a coffee
soup and a piece of sourdough
an apple
a coffee
a packet of malteasers
salmon asparagus and potato’s
water.

fresh salmon cooked in foil? Thinly sliced red pepper? Good grief. sounds a normal day of food for what it’s worth. Is it validation you’re seeking?

Potato's what?

All good, to be healthier, you could switch in fruit for sugar and chocolate. When you say proper coffee what does that mean? If it involves much milk or any sugar, switch to basic tea or coffee or water.

Wow

I’d say water in the porridge and some chia/quinoa/seeds/nuts for protein.
pumpkin seeds sprinkled on the soup, for protein
the clementine - on its own it’s a sugar spike…could you have had it with a ryvita and cheese spread say

Proper coffee means made from beans (half afraid to say that, just in case it's too pretentious)

I love cherries so frozen cherries are a great suggestion if I can find any. Thanks

I have to admit I love reading about what other people eat..

Looks good to me.

Speaking from my low sugar, low-carb preferences: that is a lot of sugary orange carbs for the soup. Delicious, though.

I guess asking folk to critique the day’s food depends if you are frustrated at not losing the last few pounds? If so, go deep with leafy green and low-carb.

Not much fun though!

Sounds nice but I'd personally ditch the juice and add a bit more protein and fat to my breakfast and lunch as it keeps me fuller longer so I have fewer cravings. I like nut butter but it is fairly high in calories.

It's fine to have a bit of butter on a slice of bread, some people are ridiculous. It's about 30 calories and presumably you're not having toast every lunchtime too. (Although nothing wrong with it if you are)

Quite low in protein, do you get hungry? If you added in a bit more protein at lunch you might not need the Maltesers in the afternoon. Lots of nice colorful plants though.

Did you work out how many calories it was for the day? Do you know your TDEE?

Am I the only one who adds nothing to porridge (apart from milk)?

Sounds grand to me.

If it helps, I've lost 7.5st and am 6 months in to maintenance (I'm a size 6-8, and 5ft 2). I've spent 2yrs 4 months at this and think I've got things sorted for me.

This is a typical day for me:
B: fruit n fibre 40g 100ml semi skim milk or 35g porridge and 150ml semi skim milk. Occasionally 3 scrambled eggs.
L: Tinned or home made soup (time depending!), or (shocking!) white bread sandwich (chicken, no butter or spreads) or 3 egg omelette. Followed by protein Yogurt and fruit (often pink lady apple and tangerine).
D: something made from scratch, balanced with protein, carbs, healthy fats and fibre rich veg. Tonight was pasta bake, with a side of green veg. Originally a slimming world recipe, but adapted as I realised SW kept me fat! Tomorrow is baked potato, salad and homemade quiche. Yesterday was lentil dahl with homemade parsnip crisps.

I always have a protein dessert after.

I also include a pack of pom bears, and another piece of fruit as snacks.

1900cals. If I'm cutting, I knock off breakfast, or cut one snack (I prefer to eat like a baby 2-3 hourly though 🤣).

It's all calculated to my tdee and high protein diet as I lift heavy weights (have been for 18 months). I'm also not afraid of UPF. I'm all for everything in moderation. Enjoy your food, and crack on if it's working for you!