Post What You Eat

[HereComesTheMum]

Hi, I've just joined, and wondered if this might be helpful? Might give people (me!!!) some good ideas of nice filling but low cal meals?

I'll start but bear in mind I'm finishing off what's in the fridge from last week so still a bit on the high side, and hopefully will improve as time goes on:

B: Poached Egg on wholemeal toast with a thin spread of butter (232)
L: Yorkshire pudding, Roast Chicken Carrots and gravy >left overs< (508)
D: Small portion of Spaghetti Bol and Green Beans (431)

Total: 1171 + Tea with SS Milk and Black Coffee

Breakfast - two weetabix and a coffee (250 calories)
Lunch - tinned mackerel on two slices of wholemeal toast (400 calories)
Dinner - homemade chilli con carne with rice and sour cream (550 calories)

1200 calories … not enough to function on sensibly so for snacks I have Greek yogurt with protein powder in (250 calories)
Couple of ginger biscuits (150 calories)

1600 calories. Perfect.

I'll join good to keep accountable! Yesterday I had:

B - Bran flakes, whole milk and large chopped banana (294)
L - 3 egg omelette with red pepper and onion and side salad with small amount of salad cream (466)
D - King prawn stir fry with egg noodles and sweet chilli sauce (570)
S - Kit Kat (104)

1434, so slightly under my 1600 goal.

Today I'm having...

B - Banana pancakes with strawberries and honey (310)
L - Undecided
D - Cottage pie with peas/carrots/sweet corn and some gravy (543)
S - Either another Kit Kat or a couple of small cookies, will see how I feel tonight

Yay! Yesterday I was much better - thank goodness.

B: 1 x weetabix, milk and honey (139)
L: Aubergine Parmigiana (235)
D: Hot and Spicy Prawns (curry) and pops (309)
S: 2 x Bounty Celebrations (love that nobody likes these!) (98)

My biggest calorie saver has been not having wine - not as hard as I thought tbh!

TODAY:

B: Weetabix, Milk, Honey (139)
L: Aubergine Parmigara (235)
D: Chicken Breast, SMALL portion of pasta, 2 pepper sauces, spinach (440)

So I have a bit left over for snacks! yay!

@HereComesTheMum my evening snack is one of the first things I add onto MyFitnessPal on a morning, I need to know I've got a chocolate biscuit to look forward to on an evening 😂

I might have a BIG tuna salad for lunch, will see how I feel.

Do you all weigh your veg? I didn't actually add my salad onto MFP yesterday, or the pepper/onion I put in my omelette. Did include the salad cream though.

Today -

Two weetabix and a coffee
Sweet chilli mackerel on wholemeal toast
100g Greek yogurt with a scoop of protein powder (would highly recommend this is you’re struggling to get enough protein! Tastes like angel delight without the sugar!)
Tonight will be a “grill up” for dinner … 2 reduced fat sausages, egg, black pudding and beans.

I’m on 1500 calories so will probably have a couple of ginger biscuits tonight

I skip breakfast and just have water as personally if I eat breakfast I’m hungry about an hour later, even if I have porridge. I’m not hungry if I stick to water.

Lunch is usually soup, mostly on its own but sometimes with some weighed out feta or a boiled egg and a yoghurt afterwards.
Dinner is vegetarian protein with a big undressed salad. Sometimes I’ll add a portion of edamame beans or broccoli/cauliflower/kale/whatever veg I have in (I love most veg).
Snacks vary depending on calories remaining (I’m on 1200) so low calorie jelly, coffee, flavoured tea, yoghurt, walnuts, salad, fruit and/or a weighed out portion of crisps or chocolate sometimes if I have the calories.

I take a multivitamin with minerals and also vegan omega 3 everyday.

2 weetabix with a coffee

Reduced fat sausage sandwich

Homemade chilli con carne

Ive done shit loads of exercise today so could eat more … just trying to think what I fancy

Today will be:

2 weetabix and 4 coffees (bad night!)

Left over chilli con carne (without the rice)

Chicken casserole

Let's not discuss the weekend for me shall we

How did you all do? Hope you had a better night last night @SnotRags

@BrandNewFor2022 I've started doing that too!

Today I am feeling more organised again:

B: 2 poached eggs, 1 slice of wholemeal toast
L: Chicken Enchilada left over from last night, and some green beans
D: NOT organised as I am going to my first session at the PT so am hoping he will take control a bit more of my diet so I don't have to think!!

@HereComesTheMum I'd like to not discuss the weekend too please! I was disappointed this morning as my weight has stayed the same, but I was SO good all last week and then out with DH and the kids over the weekend and it all went to hell. Meh.

I had wheatabix and milk (194)
Bacon, herb Philadelphia and pasta for lunch and dinner(305)🙈 because I had gone on a massive walk and new I would be tiered by the time dinner time came so cooked a double portion. Then 250 calories on snacks throughout the day.

Struggled yesterday but aiming to get back into it today! Will come back and post tonight

I had:
B: porridge
S: miso soup
L: minestrone soup
S: gyoza, pecan nuts
D: cheese, mixed veg
S: protein shake

Great thread.
I'd like to join in please.
I had a day off counting calories yesterday and felt bloated by bed time. I'm quite near target so it gets easier to let things slide..
The plan today is...
B - Crumpet, half fat butter and Good Good jam.
L - tuna and sweetcorn salad and a packet of Hula hoops puft
D - spicy sausage pasta and veg.

My snacks will be ginger biscuits or a small kinder bar or maybe a meringue nest with fruit and light squirty cream if I fancy it