Poll: Your food for one day

[acorreia]

I read thru Kim's post about eating like other people. I did not post a reply on that thread b/c it looks like everything was covered. But, it got me thinking.

How would yall like to post what you eat today? Just for fun, not for analyzing.

I'm just curious. I'm one of those people who are constantly eating all day. But, lots of fruits and veggies which go right thru you, so I'm always hungry. I sometimes surprise myself at how much I eat. I have days that I eat so many apples, I get a tummy ache and feel all bloated. I am so addicted to fuji apples. At work, they provide free food including all the fruit you could want. Not a good thing all the time.

Let me know what yall think. If yall agree, I'll post my intake today on this thread tomorrow.
-Angela

[hlao23]

Just a suggestion. I tend to snack throughout the day too. I've found dried fruits to be more satisfying than fresh (though I do eat both).

also Angela

[BevP]

Ok, here goes:

Breakfast was oat bran with dried fruit and some honey drizzled on top.

Lunch was left over cassoulet from last night. Very healthy with low fat smoked sausage, beans, mushrooms and tomato sauce. Lots of water today.

And right now it's 2:15 and I just snacked on a SlimFast chocolate chip cookie dough bar. (I know, it's not the best thing but sure beats the Hershey's kisses still from Christmas).

Dinner will be spaghetti with a jar sauce. Parmesan bread sticks (dough is in the bread maker right now). Looking at it, I ought to hit the salad bar at Giant.

If we crave dessert, then we'll have ff chocolate pudding (or those kisses!).

[MrsReber]

Well, I don't know if I should post what I ate. We had a two hour lunch meeting and they ordered sanwiches (swiss and ham with cole slaw- I took the turkey off of the sandwich) potato chips, pickles and a pasta salad. Oh, and cookies. Darn it! Bad day to post what I ate! I usually eat better than that! I did have a bowl of fruit for breakfast in anticipation of this meeting and I have a pear for my afternoon snack.

[acorreia]

How about this? Below is little list you can fill out. After today, fill out the list and post it on the thread.

For Jan 11, 2001:
Breakfast:
Snack:
Lunch:
Snack:
Dinner:
Snack:

The snack can be anything eaten between the main meals. If you don't eat a standard B/L/D, then just put Meal #1, Meal #2, etc....

[hhcowgirl]

Sorry that little list format is just too complicated for me. For breakfast, I had a Breyer's light yogurt (strawberry-flavored) and a banana plus two cups of coffee with skim. Lunch was a grilled cheese sandwich made with soy cheese (only 40 calories and 1 g of fat--so delicious, too) and a cup of healthy choice soup, plus a chocolate rice cake for dessert. I just ate a large granny smith apple for a snack and will probably have a diet coke here soon. Finally, dinner will be a lite tina salad over greens from this incredible healthy jamaican restaurant where my SO and I eat almost every Thursday night b/c no time to cook.

[Pat58]

Well I was "good" today so yeah, I'll participate!

Breaky: veg burger and slice of tofu cheese on toasted lo-cal wheat bread

Snack: grapefruit cut up in chunks

Snack: WW Just 2 Points chocolate nutrition bar

Lunch: Sandwich of LightLife turkey flavored tofu slices on Jewish rye with deli cheddar and romaine lettuce; side of baked tortilla chips and salsa

Dinner will be orzo with chopped veggies in broth and a Guinness stout (maybe two, I have enough points left!) I should have milk but right now - see yas later, a pint sounds mighty nice!

[acorreia]

Pat,

I eat the LightLife sliced deli turkey-flavored slices almost every day!!!!

-Angela

[Laura]

I started so well http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/frown.gif
Breakfast: banana nut crunch cereal w/skim milk
Snack: Apple
So far so good http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif
Snack: Butter crunch lemon bar
Snack: Butter crunch lemon bar (notice a pattern? http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/redface.gif)
Lunch: Left overs (tortilla with pork meat and salsa)
Snack: Chips/salsa http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/eek.gif (not a lot but yikes!)
Dinner: Brown rice stir fry and veggies (Phew!)
I can see how journaling will help you watch your weight.

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[Natasha]

I think this is the first time I have ever written down everything I ve had in a day, so bear with me. I m probably forgetting a few things, too. I tried to break things down into the categories on Angela s list, though I probably spread out the food listed below over 10 times rather than the 6-7 indicated.

For Jan 11, 2001:

Breakfast: big bowl of All-Bran with lots of milk; 1/2 cup orange juice
Snack: blueberry Newtons; banana; Reese p.b. Miniature cup
Lunch: bowl of couscous and vegetables; some barbecue miniature rice cakes; sliver of pie
Snack: apple; banana; about 15 potato wedges (1/2 a box from a deli); about 1 oz. reduced-fat cheese with a couple crackers
Dinner: bowl of vegetarian chili with huge spinach salad; 2 carrots
Snack: 2 puffed-up chocolate chip cookies
Before Bed [not yet had]: glass of milk

That s probably about what I eat many days as far as amount goes, but today was a bit junkier (time of month, I think!) http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif Angela, cool idea; it was interesting (and a bit weird) to try writing down everything!

[cryskie]

I just started journaling my diet and exercise on New Year's Day...I've found it very helpful and motivational. There's something about writing "none" under the exercise column that motivates you to get up and do something, and it always feels great to journal a good diet day. Anyway, here's mine:
Breakfast: rice heated with rice milk and sugar (sort of like a rice pudding, I guess)
Lunch: steamed rice, buddhas delight, vegetable lo mein, sauteed cabbage, pineapple, and a little ice cream with a fried puff http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/redface.gif at our favorite Chinese spot
Snack: leftover pasta with eggplant, tomatoes, mushrooms, capers
Dinner: possibly tomatoes, mushrooms, and spinach over ciabatta toast, possibly pizza!
Snack: will be gingersnaps

[lindrusso]

Well, my day started out weird and atypical with our club meeting and ended that way as well.

Before breakfast - orange juice, tea.
Breakfast/brunch was the French Onion-Beef Bowl, Chocolate-Cream Pie and Diet Coke.
Lunch - 1/2 grapefruit - was still full from the late and large brunch.
snack - handful of Cheezits
Dinner - took 6-year-old to Burger King for a treat - so I ended this weird day with a hamburger (the junior whopper - no cheese or mayo) and some of his fries.
snack - other half of grapefruit
glass of red wine

UGH! Can I post again on a more typical day?? http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif My veggies for the day consisted of french fries!!!! Ack!

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[Gina O]

Sounds like fun to me... but I wonder if I will change what I eat today because I know you all will be reading about it tomorrow! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif Gina

[lindrusso]

Boy - my intake would look very weird for breakfast today! We had a recipe club meeting here this morning and the theme was low-fat - so for breakfast I had CL's French Onion-Beef Bowl and Chocolate-Cream Pie (only two of us participated)! Weird breakfast, but VERY yummy....

[mightyh]

I want to play! This is fun...

Breakfast: raisin bran with 1/2% milk

Lunch: spinach rice and feta pie, side of spaghetti squash with tomatoes and garlic

Snack: large apple

Snack: 2 CL double chocolate cookies

Dinner: french onion soup with beef and barley

[Kerri]

B: Bagel (toaster size, the small one), light cream cheese, 1 cupe OJ with Calcium.

L: left over smoked chicken with roasted red pepper sauce, 2/3 cup couscous, 1 apple

snack: danish cookie
snack: blueberry yogurt muffin

Dinner: Santa Fe Black Bean topped potato, salad with romaine lettuce, red and yellow pepper chunks, slices of red onions, light dressing, and a bunch o' crackers

dessert: non fat cookies and cream yogurt

[Gina O]

My turn! Well, I didn't alter what I ate even though I knew it would be posted here for all the world to see. I actually had a pretty good day.

For Jan 11, 2001:
Breakfast: one bite of Brian's bagel (I bought a new flavor and wanted to taste it)

Lunch: Salad with chicken, cheese, lettuce, tortilla chips and low-fat ranch

Snack: 2 lemon flavored prunes

Dinner: leftover pasta with chicken, pine nuts, tomato and parmesan

Snack: 4 bites of low-fat yellow cake, no icing

[acorreia]

This is my first time to do this, too. So, let's see....

For Jan 11, 2001:
Breakfast:16 oz. egg whites, 6 slices LightLife turkey tofu, 1/2 package of Quaker's regular oatmeal (the above all mixed together with Cholula hot sauce)....then 2 aplles, and an orange
Snack:
Lunch:leftover ground turkey dish (ground turkey with tomatoes, onions, okra, and spices), green beans, 2 apples, an orange
Snack:2 pints of cut watermelon, 1/2 pint cherry tomatoes, 1 can of low-sodium/low-fat tuna
Dinner: SUSHI!!!! - 3 pieces of red tuna sashimi, 3 pieces of octopus sashimi, 6 pieces of squid sashimi, lemon and wasabi and some low-sodium soy sauce.....and one bottle of Gundlach chardonnay
Snack:

[hlao23]

I think I did pretty well today. It's the first time this week that we didn't eat dinner out
For Jan 11, 2001:
Breakfast: Oat bran cereal with milk, tea with milk (skim, of course)
Snack: dried apricots
Lunch :peanut butter and jelly on whole wheat, orange, milk
Snack:none
Dinner:veggie stir-fry, mango couscous, kiwi (one piece of caramel for dessert)
Snack:1 c. cheese popcorn

Angela 2

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[acorreia]

I sent my mom this thread. She was impressed with all you guys. Here is her 2 cents:

I had my one package
of oatmeal (apples-cinammon) and a small banana, and a chicken salad and
an apple for lunch. The ingredient in the salad include greens, tomato,
celery, and 1 chicken breast. We were supposed to top with 1/4 cup of
cottage cheese, but I had to eat my separately. Tonight, we are
supposed to have broiled fish, one corn on the cob, and grean
vegetable. I drink water.

-Angela

[BethH]

Hmmmm...I'll give this a try too. I don't think I was especially virtuous at all--oh the guilt or actually typing it all out!

Breakfast: big bowl of Kashi with vanilla soy milk, coffee
Snack: piece of orange nut bread someone brought into work
Lunch: Indian--naan, portions of three vegetarian dishes, diet coke
Dinner/Snack: fruit smoothie with bananas, strawberries and vanilla soy milk, cheese quesadilla and small bowl of chipolte chicken stew, 2 slices of a mini poppyseed cake/loaf (hope that makes sense--a poppyseed cake baked in a mini loaf pan) http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/redface.gif and some sips of SO's beer.

[acorreia]

Beth,

I love the puffed kashi cereal. Is that the one you had? Do you eat any of their other cereals?

-Angela

[meg]

I was getting hungry reading about what everybody ate!! maybe it should be mandatory to include any delicious recipes too!!! like that roasted red pepper sauce I saw in one of the responses....I stopped eating meat & I'm always looking for something good to pour on my tuna or pasta or whatever!!!!

[SusanD]

Okay...count me in! Yesterday was:

Breakfast - Special K w/skim milk and orange juice

Snack - Graham crackers and an orange

Lunch - Turkey sub w/lettuce, tomato and onion (no mayo..blech!), Baked Lays and a Snapple

Snack - 2 Candy Canes (I still have a box in my desk left from Christmas, and I had to do something to get rid of that onion breath!)

Dinner - 2 pieces of pizza topped w/artichoke, sausage, mushroom and onion. (Not the best way to end the day, but hey I'm pregnant! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif )

We should do this more often...it's certainly an eye-opener to see your diet (compared to that of others) in print!

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[food girl]

Please, please tell me that you are all lying through your teeth! A 'bite' of bagel for breakfast? A single caramel for dessert? Do I have a tapeworm or what?


Breakfast: 2 pieces of raisin toast with butter, 2 pieces veggie sausage, 4 cups (yes, 4!) of coffee with Skim milk & sugar

Snack:1 piece of veggie pizza with goat cheese

Lunch : Did 45 cardio class and 1 hour body pump class

Snack: a Big bagel with peanut butter, 1/2 cup applesauce, 2 girlscout cookies (where did those come from in Jan??)

Dinner:a few pieces of low-fat pepperoni to start things off, 2 glasses of skim milk, an entire baked acorn squash, quinoa with lots of veggies, a bowl of ice cream (not low-fat) with choc. syrup AND a coors light beer. (The beer was separate, I did not have it over my ice cream...although there's a thought)

After all that, I rode my bike trainer for about an hour while I watched "Super-Star".(I couldn't look at those little 20-somethings with their flat bellies without feeling guilty!)

Since I am sure that you are wondering how much I weigh - 117lbs..

I even went to bed hungry after eating all of that!

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[hhcowgirl]

Foodgirl: no, I don't think you have a tapeworm, you just happened to get a lot of exercise that day so you ate to fuel your body. My day on which I posted I was certainly not "lying through my teeth," I just only had time for a short run because I was studying all day so I wasn't really burning much off, thus could not/did not really feel like eating a whole lot. I guess I did forget the 3 cups of coffee I had in the morning, sorry. Anyway, I just think that of course with the amount of exercise you got that day, you could probably eat a ton. On the days when I have that much time to work out, I certainly eat a whole lot more myself too.

[LIsaP]

Like foodgirl, I eat way more than everyone else, even the pregnant Suasan! I am not overweight-(5'8", 135) but I am always hungry!

Here it goes:
Breakfast: bowl of multigrain cereal with skim milk, pear.
Snack: 1/4 cup almonds
Lunch: 2 pieces of leftover pizza (mushroom and green pepper), green salad
Snack: apple, 1 cup kettle chips, handful of dry cereal
Dinner will be catfish, cauliflower, baked potato.
Dessert, slice of mocha coffee cake.

Only water to drink.

3 mile run.

I guess to see it written down, it's not as bad as I thought it would be!

[Laura]

Food girl if I exercised like you I am sure I would eat way more. I am impressed with all the exercise you get in.

[food girl]

Really? You think I worked off all that crap? Beer AND ice cream? Would you all be less impressed if you knew that I was riding the bike in my pajamas - slowly so that I wouldn't get sweaty?


Lisa

Ps: I have never worked out at lunch-time before and I didn't like it at all!

[Natasha]

Originally posted by food girl:
Please, please tell me that you are all lying through your teeth! A 'bite' of bagel for breakfast? A single caramel for dessert? Do I have a tapeworm or what?

Aw, shucks, I tried to post a worm graphic in response to food girl s question, but seem to be having technical difficulties. Oh, well...food girl, I hope you know that I m just kidding. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif Keep it up! It s fantastic to be able to get in a good deal of physical activity and to eat well and copiously.

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[Laura]

Originally posted by food girl:
Beer AND ice cream? !

Well it was Coors Light after all. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif If you had been drinking a Guiness you might have more to worry about.

[greta]

food girl,
i can't imagine that anyone was wondering how much you weigh after seeing how much you exercise!

what i ate:

bfst--kashi go lean (my new favorite kashi) with banana and skim milk, one big mug of coffee w/ milk.

lunch--trader joes' lentil soup (my favorite canned lentil), 2 wasa crackers

dinner--turkey burger and a salad

snack--apple, pear, dried berry medley (from trader joes) & a couple of spoonfuls of chocolate peanut butter soy icecream (from trader joes)

i always drink lots of water throughout the day...it's become a habit.

[emilycat]

You all are like straight-A students complaining because you got a 97 on your last exam! Now lets see who's an oinker...I swear, I don't know how my little self burns off all the food I eat in a day!

I was going out of town the day this post came up, but I keep track anyway, so here goes:

Breakfast: 1 bowl (a serving size, not the American version of a bowl) of Complete Bran flaks with about 2/3 c. milk, 1 banana, 1 Earthgrains whole wheat bagel with 1/2 T. light butter

Snack (well, sort of) a couple handfuls of white chocolate chips

Lunch: Whole wheat penne with turnip greens, about 3 ounces of halibut and 2 olives, 3 kings salad (1 navel orange, 1 beet, red onions), 2 sheets graham crackers

Dinner: 2 rosemary-glazed vidalia onion halves, Brussels Sprouts with Browned Garlic (about 10, I think) , 1/2 Balsamic-Glazed Plaintain

Snack: Bowl plain oatmeal with Equal and cinnamon, about 1/4 c. frozen fat free vanilla yogurt, 1 tootsie roll

And I did a 7 mile tempo run that day.