I shoot for 1500 cals a day most days, but trying not to be too rigid about counting. I previously did Fast 800 before the pandemic but I think I got a bit obsessed and even orthorexic with the tracking. Plus I gave myself gallstones from losing too much too quickly, and not sustainably; gained it back and more in the pandemic. So taking this very slowly and in it for the long haul, and hoping to introduce additional exercise too so that it's all less crash-diet-ish.
Breakfast is overnight oats with raspberries and almonds, or greek yogurt with fruit and almonds, or scrambled eggs with a bit of cheese, spinach, and salsa.
Mid-morning snack an Activia and 4 prunes. IYKYK as the kids say.
Lunch varies but often a salad with chicken breast, or chicken or tuna or ham on crackers with goats cheese, or chicken plus brown rice plus spinach plus steamed veg. I often try to have some cherry tomatoes or a glass of gazpacho with lunch, or more fruit of some kind.
Dinner something like lunch, or smaller portions of my faves preMJ so it feels less like 'diet'. Or if I go out or over to someone's for dinner, just shoot for smaller portions and cut my wine intake with sparkling water.
Snacks are pumpkin seed ryvita with goats cheese or cottage cheese, or a smoothie made with frozen fruit, greek yogurt, chocolate protein powder, and almond milk.
My diet in terms of meals has never been bad. I ate similar to this for meals but more of it. The problem was constant snacking on cakes at work and post-work bingeing, esp on crisps, ice cream, wine, cheese, chocolate, nuts just anything really. So breaking the cycle of stopping off at the corner for a big bag of crisps/large chocolate bar/pint of ice cream and bottle of wine at least every other day is making a big difference for me. MJ has been amazing for that. The post-work bingeing also suggests I may have a bigger problem with my job, but I'll have to figure that out later.