What is your daily diet?

In My Humble Opinion
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No worries, its a fair enough question in response to what I have said in this thread.

One of things everyones’ responses made me think is about is lunch. I do, I now realise, have big issues with having lunch. I was wondering ‘do I have to have lunch?’, ‘why do I have to have lunch?’, but seeing other people’s diets EVERYONE has lunch in some kind of way. If they do skip a meal it tends to be breakfast.

I need to have something when I get up everyday otherwise I don’t have enough energy to do anything, but when it comes to lunch, I’m not hungry, I’m always out and on the move, and I never know what I want to eat. And also if I do have lunch (and I have to most Saturdays) I’m never feel hungry in the evening enough to want dinner.

So I need to sort that out because I do recognise that its not right and I’m not sure that it is okay to skip lunch.

The other things the thread made me think is that I need to be having a better meal in the evening that is more balanced with veg, meat and some kind of carbohydrate. Not just because of any weight related reason but because I don’t have enough iron and vitamins in my diet and my hair is all falling out and I’m anaemic.

And also that its okay to eat unhealthy things sometimes!

Thank you all for your responses by the way, it has been very helpful.

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Another good thing to add would be enough healthy fats. A sprinkle of sliced almonds on a salad, add some pine nuts to pasta, walnuts in your oatmeal. Nuts are really good for you and pack a powerful amount of nutrition in a small package (if it’s difficult to eat a big quantity, at least you would be getting a lot of quality with a small portion). Other good stuff is salmon, avocados, drizzling healthy olive oil on your veggies, etc.

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May I humbly suggest soup?

It’s very soothing, comes in a variety of non-threatening varieties, and can be consumed on the go. It also won’t give you an uncomfortable ‘over-full’ feeling.

I have a good friend who’s mom makes soup anytime anyone has a crisis. Broke up with your boyfriend? Soup! Lost your job? Soup! Sucking chest wound? SOUP!

Anyhoodle, you could give it a try. :slight_smile:

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I guess I’m the exception to prove your rule? :slight_smile: Yes, I know that I don’t eat the greatest and it’s something I need to work on improving… It sure would help if there wasn’t a big ol’ bowl of chocolate in our office kitchen that is kept stocked.

Honestly, I don’t keep track of my food habits. Usually, for breakfast I’ll have a packet of oatmeal and a thing of yogurt. However, sometimes I break down and run thru McDonalds for a Sausage Egg McMuffin on the way into work. Lunch and dinner really vary, so I really don’t know what to tell you.

I guess I mainly came into this thread to see what other people tend to eat in a given day, since I’m looking to be more consistent with making healthy choices for food.

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I am currently dieting, nearly 10kg down on my start point and I need to lose another 5kg to get to 65kg which for my height would skim the border of “not overweight”. To be in the middle of the healthy zone would be 57kg.

I am writing this so you know I am dieting, it is not a normal volume of food!

I keep to 1200 calories a day, divided into three meals and two snacks. It is complicated by the fact that I am allergic to yeast so can’t eat bread. I tend to eat crispbreads and tortillas for my carbs, with eggs, cheese and chicken for protein, lots and lots of veggies, a lot of fruit, too.

In order to encourage me to exercise and so as to not make my calorie deficit too bad, I calculate calories burned by the day’s exercise and then eat them too! I don’t think it would be healthy to eat 1200 calories and do a big workout session on top of that. Someone my height, weight and age needs 1700 calories a day for a sedentary lifestyle.

Hoping this give you some more perspective when added in to everyone else’s responses.

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So true but fat in any form at the moment makes me squirm in my seat. I genuinely don’t like nuts or avocado, but used to have salmon a lot…I should have that more again.

That is a really good idea thank you. I have to think of something to take to a supportive eating lunch next week and a cupa soup is easy to take and make there. I do have wonton soup sometimes in the evening so it shouldn’t be a big deal to have soup at lunch time. Thank you :slight_smile:

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Seconded. I love my metabolism and natural hunger level; I eat as much as I want of whatever I want (I just don’t tend to want very much) and do little exercise, and I weigh about 115-120 pounds. (I’m 16 and about 5’8".)

Valete,
Vox Imperatoris

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Another WW member here. Biggest change to my eating habits over the past few years has been a dramatic decrease in simple carbohydrates (I do get plenty of complex carbs though).

During the week:

Breakfast shredded wheat with skim milk (I bring boxes to work and our fridges are stocked with all types of milk & cream), cup of tea.

I don’t bring my lunch so I tend to eat at one of a couple of places right nearby:

a. Salad bar. I avoid stuff like eggs, cheese, croutons, most meats. About half the time I’ll have some plain chicken breast or salmon. Just lots of greens, brightly colored veggies, beans, sometimes a bit of fruit (an orange wedge or two is yummy on salad). Dressing a little olive oil and vinegar.

b. Soup and salad place. Small plain green salad (I use about half the dressing they provide), might have a small whole wheat roll, usually a nice veggie soup. They also have a great turkey chili.

c. Middle Eastern place. If I’m really hungry they have a nice veggie plate (tabouli, hummus, falafel, etc). They also do small prepacked containers of tabouli, a nice lentil & veggie salad, ash soup (it’s a veggie soup with beans, couscous, spinach, mint…no ashes).

Skim milk. Water (we have a soda water machine at work which is nice sometimes).

Dessert - I have a weakness for peanut M&M’s so I’ll get a small bag of them.

Snack before heading home - I start getting a little nibbly again around 4pm so I’ll have something like an apple; I also keep those little one-serving cups of organic applesauce and a tub of plain oatmeal handy, some raw oats and applesauce stirred together is filling and tasty.

Dinner - Something bigger and healthy. I do a lot of soups, stews, stirfrying, big salads, etc. Not vegetarian but I tend to eat mostly vegetarian food.

Dessert - depends what I’ve got around. Fresh fruit, cup of tea, some nuts (Costco size bags of things like almonds and walnuts are good to have around). If I have a bag of chocolate chips or a thing of biscotti around I can usually behave (that is, have one biscotti, not one dozen).

I run and bike a lot; used to do a ton of working out but I injured my shoulder so that’s taking time to heal but my weight has stayed very steady for several years now.

On the weekends I cut loose a bit, especially since that’s when I get my longer runs/rides in. I’m having some friends over for pizza and beer Saturday night, for example, and Sunday doing a 17 mile run. It works out.