Is this too big a portion?

[fishfingergate]

Context that my dad said he couldn’t believe I was eating “all that”
don’t judge the oven food, it’s Thursday and I’m tired!

I'd eat that.
I actually did eat similar yesterday but is was 5 veggie fingers, peas and those little waffle things.

Wouldn’t be for me - I eat like a snake sometimes though - A whole sheep and then nothing for a fortnight. If I’m working on my feet and busy then more whole sheeps. Either way no - your portion is exactly right assuming you were full enough at the end.

I looked at the picture again - that’s not even a quarter of a sheep. Sorry

I'd need some ketchup though!

Ah no I’m from well built stock. More shire horse than thoroughbred
7 stone was probably when I was 8

Well according to this thread many of them do, and apparently if they dont then they should!

One of the joys of an eating disorder is that you know a great deal about calories, protein etc, and the OPs meal looks fine as a "fuck it" dinner!

i have 5 ff and chips with my dh sometimes have peas

your dads dinner looks too much

I did ask where his veg was

That looks ok. Possibly more than I might eat of that sort of food, but the amount is fine - and I lose weight on that portion size (not that food, though!).

The portion is fine, but I would replace half the potatoes with a slice of brown bread and have a fish finger sandwich! 😋

Babes, I could put away twice that. Don't sweat it.

Way too many waffles. Ultra-processed, probably a lot of salt and little nutritional value. If you want carbs, some steamed new potatoes or baked potato would be better.

Other than that, portion looks fine. If you take the breadcrumbs off the fish fingers, it’s not a great deal of fish. Especially if you only ate four. Nutritionally, would be better to have a couple of baked fillets. Or make your own coating with wholemeal breadcrumbs, if you prefer goujons.

The vegetables look the correct amount.

Absolutely right about good fats and protein, fish fingers do not supply much of that. Its not oily fish, hardly any actual fish in them.

Adult eating fish fingers??? UPF waffles? Quantity isn't the problem, it's the quality.

Why are so many answering a question @fishfingergate didnt ask?!

She didnt ask "is this meal healthy? If not how can I make it better?" she references that in her op! Its clear from her later posts that she was tired and using up freezer stuff.

@fishfingergate

I don't think it's a massive portion. I would have 4 or 5 fish fingers, but with mashed potato and either baked beans or mushy peas. Often, I might have slightly less in one sitting, but that's because I prefer to eat little and often, and it would be the potato I'd cut down on.

Or I'd have 4 fishfingers between 2 slices of buttered bread with some rocket (and scoff the 5th whilst I was serving up). 😂

Also intrigued by where you work. 🤔

I eat 40% of that. 2 fish fingers, half the veg and less than half the fried potato things. It’s a lot of food. I expect you to have a manual labour type job.

Looks about right to me! Can't believe some people are saying 2 fishfingers??!!

I could smash that away along with a few slides of bread and butter and pudding 🤣 i mean obviously you shouldn't do that often but I'm a healthy weight.

My 7 year old would ask where the rest was if I gave him 2 fish fingers!

I like fish fingers. And waffles. Sometimes a McDonald’s breakfast
I also cook from scratch and make my own bread

I do about 600kcals for evening meal so I’d go for less.

It's not as big as it looks. The veg doesn't count in terms of volume as it's so low-cal, fish fingers are pretty small, and that other stuff you have looks very thin and has lots of air holes. By weight, it's probably not much. It's light food.

This is a similar response to what I was going to say.

I think after 3 or 4 fish fingers I'd be full enough (not full, just full enough) to remember I don't really like them and I'd have given the last couple a miss.

I'd probably eat the rest of that, but the way you have plated it is a bit odd: everything is spread out flat like there was a gale force wind in the kitchen pressing it against the plate. I think if you had sort of heaped the potato thing-thongs, and let the fish fingers cross over each other a bit, it would look less of a kind of "spread-out" meal. Maybe that's what caught your Dad's attention?

Ah now I understand the plating!

The fish fingers look like a picket fence!