Typical day for you on 1500-1700 cals ?

[CokeZeroPlease]

I need inspiration ! I am hungry all the time and I Don’t think I should be on this amount
I’ve tried lower carb before but I really struggle with doing it as I try to have a fair few veggie meals and I don’t eat dairy
not sure whether to try IF and split meals into two of about 800 cals or whether breakfast lunch and dinner is best

I am also veggie (and carb lover with a sweet tooth!) and find 1500-1600 is usually enough for three meals and a couple of decent snacks. I tend to be less hungry in the morning so my food is loaded towards the afternoon/evening, I don’t like to skip breakfast altogether though.

eg today I had:
Breakfast: Porridge with coconut milk (250 cals)
Lunch: Spicy noodle pot (250 cals)
Afternoon snack: satsuma, hot chocolate and a lebkuchen (250 cals)
Dinner: pasta with homemade tomato sauce and a ton of veg (500 cals)
Evening snack: Apple and a Double Decker (250 cals)

Tomorrow...

Breakfast..

2 large poached egg, 60g avacado, 2 slices of prosciutto ham and 2 instant coffees with sweetener and a bit of milk.

Lunch...

Protein bagel with chicken (it's home roasted, I'm guessing the calories for half a chicken breast) 5g reduced fat pesto, 10g light mayonnaise, 10g cheddar and some rocket.

Snack...

Propercorn sweet and salty 64g pack

Dinner
Homemade beef and chicken Bolognese with 70g spaghetti and 20g cheddar.

Snack...

Protein yoghurt

Total calories for the day 1526. Still have some to play with or reserve for those sneaky bits of cheese.

Just to add you can modify my meals to add more vegetables, replace with a dairy free spread/cheese and do the Bolognese with a meat replacement/mushrooms/beans.

Full fat Greek yoghurt, kefir, blueberries and half a banana.

A two egg bacon and cheese omelette. Apple/pear or other fruit.

Ribeye steak with grilled mushrooms and plenty of veg.

These are good ideas thank you !

Mine today is:

Breakfast
Overnights oats with plain yogurt, peanut butter powder and (frozen) blueberries 240 cals

Lunch
Huge salad with lentils, beetroot and usual salad leaves/tomatoes/peppers and onions. Lemon juice as a dressing. 350 cals

Dinner
Home made soup 220 cals (early dinner)
Second dinner - Home made chunky veggie curry and brown rice - 600 cals

Snacks
2 small satsumas 50 cals
2 lite babybels 90 cals
Sweet chilli rice cakes x2 60 cals

Total 1610 cals

I'm careful that I only eat stuff that is filling and high protein. Felt like I ate loads today!

My tdee is 1490 but I exercise loads. I'm maintaining now as I've been at goal for ages so my exercise goes into my calculation on what I can eat. I had a busy wfh day today so have barely exercised today - usually I can eat more!

I'm a meal prepper. Today I made today's lunch but made enough for 3 days. The soup I make is delicious and I cook a batch and store in the freezer to last a few weeks. The curry was made yesterday so have eaten 2 days worth.

I find it easier if I'm organised tbh.

Also I'm a strict vegetarian but always hit my protein goals everyday. This helps me to feel fuller too.

I'm mostly veggie and on a high fibre diet, so lots of carbs. I aim to get at least 25g fibre a day preferably 30g through natural sources. This has meant I feel full after my meals so I haven't been snacking much.

Yesterday I had:

Breakfast: porridge with nuts, seeds, tahini, dates. Latte.
Lunch: chopped salad with figs, butterbeans, carrot, lettuce, olives, tomatoes, cucumber, pepper etc, and a bit of cheshire cheese.
Dinner: roast carrots with chickpeas, croutons, parsley, tahini and yoghurt sauce.
Snack: date and peanut butter.

I have something along those lines every day - definitely one soup or salad every day. Most of my days I think what can I do with pulses today and work back from there. I don't count calories, and I'm losing 1-2 lb a week.

I used to have a really sweet tooth and ate loads of biscuits, desserts, etc but I went cold turkey on it in November and I don't even miss them now.

My allowance is 1570 cals, I also find it very hard. I've currently got into a routine where I am doing ok, but only by carefully planning snacks as well as meals.

I have the same for breakfast every day:
Baked oats, 100g Greek full fat yogurt, raspberries and blueberries
125ml milk in tea throughout the day or black coffee

Lunch is either a rice/prawn/veg mix with soy sauce and lime or a sweet potato curry with chicken, I batch cooked these a week ago and made 6 portions of each, and I have a veg bag steamed with it. Maybe a fruit or sugar free jelly

Dinner yesterday was a chicken curry, no rice or today was baked potato and tuna. I cook from scratch every night, aim for 500 ish calories

Snacks- rice cakes with cream cheese, pop works chips, fruit, carrot sticks and hummus. (I've planned in 2 snacks each day)

Totals around 1560-1600 each day.

It's hard though, and there's no room for any extras, or alcohol. Any less and I get too ravenous and end up bingeing.

Thanks all

Plan for today
breakfast : none
lunch : bagel thin, chicken breast , avocado, salad , pop corn
snack : carrots, rice cake, hummus , 20g cheddar
dinner : salmon fish cakes, broccoli , half pack rice mixed with cauliflower rice
snack : 2 sq dark chocolate

milk in coffee

I really struggle with breakfasts, the only thing I really like is a croissant 😳 so I thought I’ll try and skip it and give myself more
cals for lunch and dinner

Try eating a pound of veg a day. They have very few calories and fibre slows down digestion, so you will feel fuller for longer.

Although I'd recommend upping the amount slowly, if you're not used to that amount of fibre you might get IBS type symptoms.

Today I had baked pancake with protein yoghurt and berries for lunch and Chinese style chicken and veg noodles with spring rolls, gyozas, a bao bun and 2 fortune cookies for tea. I also had a curly wurly. That with some cups of tea is 1600 calories. I find it easier to have two bigger meals than spreading the calories across more meals and snacks. Also it is IF which is meant to be good for me 😁 I didn’t eat enough fruit and veg today though.

Today I had:

B - don't eat it (16:8 fast)
L - 3 eggs, thin bagel, banana, protein yoghurt
D - Lamb steak, couscous, broccoli, green beans
Protein shake with raspberries & blueberries after the gym

That came in at around 1600 calories and 100g protein ✅️

This is what I try to aim for:

• Breakfast - 420 kcal
• Lunch - 400 kcal
• Snack 1 - 175 kcal
• Dinner - 515 kcal

Daily calories: 1500
Protein 24%
Carbs 47%
Fat 29%

Breakfast

• eggs, avocado, slice of sourdough
• ryvita with smoked salmon and cucumber
• yoghurt, peanut butter, apple and blueberries
• smoked salmon omelette
• chocolate protein shake with banana and peanut butter
• overnight oats

Lunch

• tuna and salad in pitta
• chicken and salad in pitta
• tuna cheese sandwich
• prawn salad
• salmon and veg
• veg omelette

Dinner

• baked potato and tuna
• prawn and veg stir fry
• feta salad
• Mexican bean salad
• chicken, avocado and sweet potato fries
• prawn and pesto spaghetti
• fish with sweet potato mash and spinach
• sweet and sour cod stir fry with rice

If you have instagram these are good for recipe ideas

• bettercheatmeals
• davefellfitness
• lukealfanofitness
• adamhoad_coaching
• fillingmeals
• ketosnackz

That's a lot of snack and a lot of calories from them. I think your daily average is actually higher than your estimate.
How is it working for your?

I like your suggestion. Vegetables and more vegetables is key to success in weight loss, and please no sauces.

Breakfast - porridge or Greek yoghurt every day (around 250 cals)
lunch - soup / dinner leftovers / tuna or egg salad (400)
dinner - always homemade, save most of my calories so it feels like a normal (not diet) dinner (750-850)

I don’t snack or drink alcohol. Don’t count the milk in my tea.

@Maraschina 30g low fat hummus and 2 rice cakes is 140 ish cals, 2 boiled eggs is 130ish... it's not that much. I try to split the day into 4, each meal around 400-450 and a couple of snacks but I'd prefer the snack to be actually filling not just fruit. It's actually working out better than when my meals were bigger.

Breakfast: porridge made with soy milk, tablespoon of peanut butter 400cal

Lunch: salad with dressing & skinless chicken breast 260cal

Snack: bag of crisps or a banana 130cal

Dinner: something from hello fresh 600-800cal depending what it is

Pudding: chocolate hobnob 93cal

B - full fat Greek yoghurt, kefir, blueberries, teeny bit of honey.

L - 2 egg, mozzarella and mushroom omelette followed by some fruit.

D - Grilled mackerel stir fry.

@thenewaveragebear1983 I was talking more about the overall daily calories amount and how the snacks might make it over your allowance and hindering your calories deficit.
Is is hunger or the need to much on something? What about @OwlsDance ‘s suggestion. Could the snacks be raw vegetables? Or cooked one if we are talking about green beans. Your meals are great.

@Maraschina possibly except I find they aren't very satiating. I do like carrot sticks but I need some protein with it. I've tracked every single morsel this week and it is coming in 1550-1600 a day.

Vegetables have way more proteins than you think. A lot more. In fact, calorie for calorie, they have more proteins than meat. Not per 100 gr, per 100 calories.

Broccoli has 11 gr of protein per 100 cal, cooked lean beef only has 6.5 gr of protein for 100 cal
100 cal of cooked spinach give you 11 gr of protein, 100 cal of chicken breast will only give you 7.6 gr of protein.
I can guarantee that 100 calories of cooked broccoli will satiate you.

We are just so used to protein being an egg, tuna or meat or worse shakes. Even the eggs you are eating have less protein than Brussel sprouts. Again per 100 cal . Same as lean beef, 6.5g vs 9.

This is actual nonsense.

Vegetables don't have more protein than meat.

Yes they do have more than people think but not more than chicken! Where do you get your info from?