To think this is a decent day of eating?

[jennyhumphreyseyeliner]

I have prepped food for tomorrow and my partner says it’s awful, but I think it’s decent!

Breakfast is baked oats - whey protein added and made with dark chocolate chips and some frozen raspberries. 420 calories and 33g of protein.

Lunch - chicken pie with baby potatoes. Lighter puff pastry used. 520 calories and 54g of protein.

Dinner - beef stew. Beef, potatoes, vegetables and gravy.

Snacks - light Greek yoghurt with stewed berries, and a packet of popchips.

Total - 1511 calories, 137g of protein and 37g of fibre.

I’m on a weight loss journey and will go to the gym before work tomorrow. I think it’s balanced, provides all my fruit and veg for the day (8 portions), hits my goals (im more worried about fibre than protein) and is genuinely tasty wholesome food.

YABU - this is unhealthy.

YANBU - it’s a good day of food.

Please get rid of this negging useless waste of space. You deserve better.

What’s actually in the pie with the chicken ?

I’ve posted a literal full breakdown 😂 peas and carrots with a bit of vegetable stock as a gravy

So do the anti two hot meals a day never have an omelette or jacket potato for one meal and chicken casserole etc for another?

Looks great to me.

Going against the grain but I think you might do better with hot, ‘heartier’ meals compared to classic diet food. I imagine you’d be more satisfied and less likely to stray off plan.

Yeah I definitely succeed more in the winter when I’m eating like this

It sounds pretty decent but it's a lot of food for one day.

Especially for someone who wants to lose weight.

It’s 1511 calories?

It all sounds really nice. I don’t eat powders and wouldn’t have two hot meals in a day so it wouldn’t be for me but you’re the one eating it. It all individually sounds delicious!

I said it's a lot of food.

If I needed to lose weight, I'd probably skip the breakfast and snacks.

It's not always about the calories, and more about why you need so much volume.

Apologies, not meaning to doubt you, what you've achieved is fantastic. Great that you are so motivated and determined and going to the gym. But your loss over 2-3 years is averaging about 1lb a week. Which is what might be expected (usually with more lost in the early stages and tailing off). That's why losing 3lbs per week now looks unusual. Unless you've made some drastic changes.

Yes, it averages out to that. I’m in a huge loss phase at the moment - I cycle my weight loss to ensure I don’t become fatigued. I have higher loss phases like I’m in now, I slow it down sometimes and I also spend some months at maintenance (usually around summer when I’m going out a lot!)

I think there's a lot in this.

If I ate cheese and crackers I'd probably end up eating the same number of calories but be hungry.

Increasing your steps as a regular habit is also good.

I’m confused. I’m in a good deficit and losing weight, but because I’m bulking meals out with veg that’s bad?

I get hungry. I like the oats after the gym as they keep me full after a fasted workout. I have a hot lunch around 1, and then because of my commute won’t eat until 7/7:30pm. I might not eat the snacks, but have them there and counted in case I want them. If I do get peckish, I’ll have the yoghurt and fruit before the crisps.

Are these very small portions? As otherwise I think you might be underestimating the calories

Exactly. I really subscribe to volume eating. So I’ll make “lower calorie” snacks that aren’t any good, but are better than reaching for a chocolate bar because it’ll keep me fuller for longer.

Genuinely if you’re not going to read the whole thread at least look at my replies where you’ll see that I’ve posted the exact breakdown of the calories twice, where I’ve weighed everything and tracked it in a calorie counting app.

Too many hot meals!? According to what metric? If you're reaching 130+g protein on 1500 calories then you're not eating too many carbs. Ignore him, he's a know-it-all who knows nothing.

Him. He likes huel meal replacement shakes and think I should be drinking two a day like he does

Why is it a bit much?

Fuck me - what an idiot he is. Disgusting slop instead of real food - ignore!!

You get hungry because you eat a lot of food in one day.

If you ate less you'd eventually need less and wouldn't have to watch your weight so keenly.

The overriding difference between people who aren't overweight and those who are, is generally far less food consumption.

That's a question of taste though? Not health? Why would OP be interested in whether anyone else would fancy her meals for the day, that's not what she was asking!

I’m fat because I eat a lot of vegetables 😂 I’ve heard it all now

It's 1500 calories. Please don't promote this kind of eating disorder rhetoric, it's harmful nonsense.