What we ate today in a calorie deficit thread

[TheresNoSuchThingAsBadThoughts]

Hi all

I just thought I'd start this thread and add to it everyday as I think I struggle to figure out what to have for meals when losing weight - just thought it might help someone.

(At the moment I'm tending to have like 2 meals a day but sometimes 3 - there's no rules haha)

Breakfast

Cornflakes and semi skimmed milk with a cup of tea - 390 calories.

Half a protein bar - 70 calories.

Burger bowl - 447 calories - this was absolutely amazing, genuinely like a Big Mac haha and here's the recipe for anyone else who fancies it.. I changed it slightly.

125g - Mince beef - 155 kcal
110g - Baking potatoes - 118 kcal
17g - Cheese - 46 Kcal
20g - Ketchup - 21 kcal
20g - Mayo - 67 kcal
10g - Mustard - 9 kcal
Total 422 Kcals

Total around 907 calories which is way too low, I have about 600 left but I don't feel too good today, might have a snack later.

Please feel free to share your foods and recipes!

Hello. Mind if I join? I feel hungry today so need some motivation

Breakfast - muesli, shreddies and semi skimmed milk (161 cals - small portion)

Lunch - salad, 2 carrs light crackers, air fried chicken breast, dairylea light slice and cocktail gherkins (257 cals)

Dinner - home made chilli con carne but no rice. Followed by greek yoghurt and strawberries (330 cals)

Snacks - apple, protein bar and babybel light (332 cals)

Total - 1080 but probably more for milk in tea (around 4 cups!)

Today-

toast -250
stir fry-400

plus fruit, tea, coffee.

That seems very little, I hope you're OK. I know it's difficult to tell from a snapshot of one day.

Stayed up watching a film with dd last night so forgot to post!

Breakfast- sourdough with butter - 347
Lunch- Beef Shanghai udon noodles with Chinese cabbage and peppers - 501
Dinner- Halloumi and mixed veg rice - 563
Snacks- coffee and popcorn - 80

1490 overall

Yes it’s because I was on shift so asleep until lunch time 😂. Tonight I’ll probably make up for it by having dinner at 3am.

No breakfast, a breakfast burger type thing around 11am for lunch at the local market; a bite of sugar doughnut; stir fry veg and a chicken breast grilled for dinner; two biscuits; lots of coffee. I hate eating things where I don’t know the calories, throws me totally!

Fell into a kfc last night which wasn’t ideal but never mind! Day went

B- sourdough toast and a little butter 200
L- Baked potato, beans, cheese and salad 490
D- kfc 1074
S- Tru Fru raspberries and a couple glasses of wine - 756

making 2520. Shall be virtuous today

Brunch out - 1150
Dinner - chicken breast grilled, stir fry veg - 300 (?)
Fudge bar - 98

• coffees aplenty, apples

I’ve had a shit week but back on it now

Breakfast - Ham and cheese omelette - 342 cals
lunch - chicken and cucumber sandwich - 348 cals
Snacks - A strawberry monster and cheese twist stick - 52 cals
Tea - Half a pizza and some potato’s with burger sauce - 553 cals

Total - 1295 cals

So today:

toast 200
egg mayo roll 400
ready meal 500

so just over my aim of 1000. Plus milk for tea/coffee, and fruit, so around 1400 in total.

I think that’s day 5 or day 6 so hoping for results soon 🤞

Porridge

Crustless quiche
Fruit salad

Half avocado
Smoked mackerel
Salad
Yoghurt

Coffee, tea, small slice homemade fruit cake - might have busted my cals today but had plenty of protein

15st 11 this morning so 2lb loss 🥰

Today - Missed Breakfast
Lunch was 2 pieces of toast with crunchy peanut butter - 434
Dinner is Lebanese flatbread with marinated chicken breast, halloumi, roasted yellow peppers and roasted red onion - 901
Snacks - off to the pub quiz so having a mini bottle of Prosecco there! Plus some crisps when I get home so 320

1650 ish for the day

Today:

toast 250
egg roll and packet of crisps: 500
will have cauliflower ready meal tonight- 400

so 1150. Plus tea, coffee and fruit. Probs around 1400 in total.

Mine today is

breakfast- cereal and tea 394 cals
lunch - chicken sandwich and crisps - 435 cals
tea - pizza and potato’s and some salady bits - 553

plenty of water and a Diet Coke

total:- 1382 cals

(I need more volume eating meals tbh)

No breakfast,
lunch was ready meal 350, snack was biscuit 90, dinner will be grilled chicken + veg (450) + biscuit (90) , and then lots of apples and black coffee.

@TheresNoSuchThingAsBadThoughts cabbage, peppers, mushrooms, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower are great for volume eating. And apples.

What a great thread. I am trying to lose weight for myself but also I found my cholesterol was super high and it’s being tested again end of April. So a lot of my diet is intended to be low in saturated fat and high in fibre

this is approx 1350 cals

breakfast
oat bran porridge (40g) with soya milk (100ml) - 190 cals
an orange - 87 cals

lunch
merchant gourmet 3 bean chilli with lentils and chickpeas (218 cals)
artichokes in oil (305 cals)
Benecol tropical (31 cals)

dinner
cod fillet lightly dusted (200 cals)
Brussel sprouts 200g (102 cals)
fage0% (80cals)
banana (105 cals)
flaked almonds (31 cals)

I’m doing fast800 so it’s a big deficit for me today!

no breakfast.
black coffee
lunch- salad with balsamic vinaigrette, 75g baked halloumi, cherry toms, pepper etc
milk x 3 cups of tea
40g roast pork
grapes (v small amount, maybe 5)
dinner- cod loin baked in lemon and herbs, green beans, carrots and sprouts. 80g roast potato
skyr and blueberries
Sprite Zero

comes in at 790 cals and 52g carbs - brilliant fast 800 day.

Not very hungry today so wouldn't normally eat so few calories but just not feeling it.

Breakfast - scrambled eggs with greek yoghurt (+milk in 2 cups of tea) -230 calories

Lunch - 3 chicken sausages and salad including pickled slaw. -165 calories

Dinner - Bolognese but without the spaghetti and 10 calorie jelly - 260 calories

Snacks - babybel light and protein bar - 274 calories

Total: 929 calories.

No breakfast, but Cov Garden veg soup (180) and a cookie around 10am (90), chicken on a bed of lettuce (235), cookie (90) chicken breast with veg gravy and cauliflower, carrot, mushroom, spinach - no idea on calories.

Apples, coffees. Bought some interesting herbal teas too, which are sweet without sugar added.

Down to 79.4 from 87.5 at the start of Feb. Juuuuust on the cusp of a healthy BMI.

Kitchen closed 😊

Breakfast - shreddies and milk (204 cals)
Lunch - salad with egg and turkey breast, apple and babybel (265 calories)
Dinner - chicken sausage bagel with salad, strawberries and squirty cream (343 calories)
Snacks - protein bar (232 calories)

Total: 1,044 calories. Probs a bit more, nicked JUST two oven chips from my son's plate 😁

chicken sausage bagel with salad, strawberries and squirty cream

Read this as one meal and initially thought it sounded delicious @Sallysushine

Hahahaha a squirty cream and strawberry bagel doesn't sound too bad actually, not sure the chicken sausage would work 😂

I fell off the wagon at the weekend 🙈
We did some decent walks (approx 20 miles over the two days) but it made me ravenous and I went a bit bonkers
Trying to rein it back in this week.
Greek yog & protein granola & berries (370)
Tuna salad protein flatbread & lentil crisps (430)
Jacket spud with cottage cheese (620 but BAD amount of carbs!)
Dates with peanut butter and a satsuma (250)
Total of 1670!
I should be on 1320, so reining it in is clearly not going well!
I should really get rid of the calorific dates and PB but they’re SO GOOD

Today is proving impossible to calculate.

Had another small loss overnight so now (just) into a healthy BMI, woohoo!

Apple crumble at 10am - there was a chef onsite at my work making it in front of me . No idea of calories. Google reckons 500 max, so assuming 500.

Pulled pork (again, hard to quantify) and salads for lunch, cookie for dessert - 600 altogether?

Dinner will be similar I think.

Instant porridge 100
Yoghurt fat free 100
Raspberries 30
White Americano 20
Almonds 80

Tortillla 370
Seeded crisp bread 80
Guacamole 90
Radishes 20
Protein ball 150

Dinner will have to be fish/veg in order to keep under 1700.

I'm vaguely using mfp but it doesn't seem accurate