Thread: what do you eat....

.....on a normal day?

i was just thinking that if people posted their meals (a little like one big, joint food diary) then we could give each other ideas for mixing up our low cal meals? i tend to find that i eat a lot of the same things because i know the calorie content, but we can add recipes to the thread, and it'll give everyone ideas for more varied diets (that we dont have to pre-count)

i aim for 300 for breakfast, 400 for lunch and 500 for dinner. so here i am today:

2 weetabix + skimmed milk + banana = 300

chicken noodle soup with wholemeal pita bread with tuna = 400

for tea i dont know what to haaaaave! i've had a lot of salmon this week so i want a bit of a change. any ideas??

Day 1
Breakfast, Choc/Coffee shake (142 calories)
Lunch, Vanilla/Cinamon shake (142 calories)
Dinner, 2 tablespoons of cabbage (24 calories)
205g cod (170 calories)
Drinks, 2.5 litres of water. 2 black teas, 1 black coffee, 1 coffee with 1 tablespoon of skimmed milk (11 calories).
Total calories 489.

Day 2.
Breakfast, Vanilla/Coffee shake (142 calories)
Lunch, 130g drained Tuna, (135 calories)
75g lettuce, (9 calories)
50g red onion (16 calories)
50g beansprouts (14 calories)
40g green pepper (11 calories)
3 teaspoons of balsamic vinegar (15 calories)
Dinner, 175g grilled trout stuffed with sun dried tomatoes and peppers (260 calories)
2 tablespoons of cabbage (24 calories)
Drinks, 1 black tea, 2 coffees with 1 tablespoon of skimmed milk (22 calories) 3.5 litres of water.
Total calories 648.

Day 3
Breakfast, Vanilla/Coffee shake (142 calories)
Lunch, 4oz chicken breast marinated with chilli, garlic, ginger and soy sauce (140 calories)
Tomato (20 calories)
Green pepper (15 calories)
Red onion (16 calories)
Cucumber (8 calories)
Lettuce (9 calories)
Dinner, 4oz chicken leg marinated with ginger, chilli, garlic and soy sauce (180 calories)
6oz potato (100 calories)
Leeks (10 calories)
Cabbage (24 calories)
Swede (10 calories)
Carrots (10 calories) All veg small desert spoonfull.
Drinks 1 black tea, 1 white coffee (11 calories) 3 litres of water, 1 can of diet coke.
Total calories 695 calories.

Day 4
Breakfast, Strawberry shake (142 calories)
Lunch, 1 wholemeal pitta bread (140 calories)
1 desert spoon of fromage frais (15 calories)
1 tin of sardines in brine (160 calories)
Tomato (20 calories)
Green pepper (15 calories)
Red onion (16 calories)
Cucumber (8 calories)
Lettuce (9 calories)
1 apple (72 calories)
Dinner, 4oz chicken breast marinated with chilli, garlic, ginger and soy sauce (140 calories)
6oz potato (100 calories)
Leeks (10 calories)
Cabbage (24 calories)
Swede (10 calories)
Carrots (10 calories) All veg small desert spoonfull.
1 muller yogurt small (59 calories)
Drinks 1 black tea, 2 white coffees (22 calories) 3 litres of water, 1 can of diet coke.
Total calories 972 calories.

Day 5
Breakfast, Vanilla Shake (142 calories)
Lunch, Home made chicken broth (160 calories)
1 apple (72 calories)
Dinner, Home made chicken broth (160 calories)
2 rashers bacon, fat trimmed (180 calories)
2 grilled tomatoes (28 calories)
1 muller yogurt small (62 calories)
Drinks1 black tea, 3 white coffees (33 calories) 3 litres of water.
Total calories 837 calories.

Day 6
Breakfast, Chocolate Shake (142 calories)
Lunch, 2 pieces of Wholemeal bread (small loaf) (164 calories)
Half a can of tomatoes (38 calories)
1 apple (72 calories)
Dinner, 1 tin of tuna (135 calories)
Salad, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, cucumber, red peppers, (50 calories)
3 teaspoons of balsamic vinegar (15 calories)
1 muller yogurt small (62 calories)
Snack 1 apple, (72 calories)
Drinks 1 black tea, 4 white coffees (44 calories) 3 litres of water.
Total calories 794 calories.

Day 7
Breakfast, Chocolate shake (142 calories)
Lunch, 4oz chicken breast, grilled (140 calories)
Brussel Sprouts (24 calories)
Cabbage (20 calories)
Cauliflower (16 calories)
Dinner, 1 wholemal pitta bread (140 calories)
2 slices lean ham, fat trimmed off (64 calories)
Mixed salad, lettuce, beetroot, red onion, tomato, cucumber, Red pepper, (60 calories)
1 small muller yogurt (59 calories)
Snacks 1 apple (72 calories)
Drinks 1 black tea, 3 white coffee (33 calories) 3 litres of water, 3 cans of diet coke (was at a funeral this afternoon and didnt eat so just drank coke.
Total calories 770 calories.

Day 8
Lunch, 2 slices lean ham, fat trimmed off (64 calories)
2 large boiled eggs (148 calories)
Mixed salad (50 calories)
1 Tablespoon of low calorie salad cream (17 calories)
Dinner, 4oz chicken breast (140 calories)
6oz potato (100 calories)
Leeks (10 calories)
Cabbage (24 calories)
Carrots (10 calories) All veg small desert spoonfull.
Muller small yogurt peach (59 calories)
Drinks 1 can diet coke, 2 white coffees (22 calories) 3 litres of water.
Missed breakfast today after working nightshift last night, got up at 1pm.
Total calories 627.

Day 9
Breakfast, 1 Lipotrim Maintenance Bar (204 calories)
Lunch, 1 slice lean ham, fat trimmed off (32 calories)
Mixed salad (25 calories)
1 Tablespoon of low calorie salad cream (17 calories)
1 Wholemeal Pitta Bread (140 calories)
1 Apple (72 calories)
1 Muller yogurt, small (62 calories)
Dinner, 4oz chicken breast (160 calories)
6oz potato (100 calories)
Leeks (10 calories)
Carrots (10 calories) All veg small desert spoonfull.
WW Yogurt yogurt, lemon cheesecake (58 calories)
Snacks 1 fox's biscuit (131 calories)
Drinks 2 black teas, 1 black coffee, 3 litres of water.

Day 10
Breakfast, 1 Lipotrim Strawberry Shake (142 calories)
Lunch, 4oz chicken breast, grilled (140 calories)
Mixed salad (50 calories)
1 Tablespoon of low calorie salad cream (17 calories)
1 Muller yogurt, small (56 calories)
Dinner, 4oz chicken breast, grilled (140 calories)
Mixed salad (50 calories)
1 Tablespoon of low calorie salad cream (17 calories)
1 Apple (72 calories)
Snacks 10 chips (120 calories)
Drinks 2 black teas, 1 white tea (22 calories)1 black coffee, 1.5 litres of water.
Copious amounts of vodka, probably about 1000 calories.

Total calories 1826.

Day 11
Breakfast, 2 Wholemeal bread (164 calories)
2 grilled tomatoes (42 calories)
1 poached egg (74 calories)
Lunch, Chicken and soup (250 calories)
1 WW yogurt (62 calories)
Dinner, Roast Beef (180 calories)
2 new potatoes (116 calories)
120g Leeks (25 calories)
75g carrots (15 carrots)
100g swede (10 calories)
Gravy (50 calories)
Snacks 1 finger timeout (85 calories)
Drinks 2 black teas, 2.5 litres of water, squash (5 calories)

Total calories 1073.

Day 12
Breakfast, 1 vanilla shake (142 kcal)
1 apple (72 kcal)
Lunch, Chicken broth (200 calories)
1 funsize packet of chocolate buttons (75kcal)
Dinner, Chicken broth (200 calories)
Mixed salad, peppers, red onion, cucmber, tomato, lettuce, beetroot (79kcal)
1 tablspoon reduced fat salad cream (17kcal)
159g Cod Steamed (150kcal)
Drinks 4 white coffees (44kcal) 2.5 litres of water, squash (25 calories) 1 can diet coke.
Total calories 1004.

Day 13
Breakfast, 1 chocolate shake (142kcal)
Mid morning snack,2 salt and vinegar snackajacks (56kcal)
Lunch,1 wholemeal pitta bread (140kcal)
Mixed salad, same as Mon night (75kcal)
2 slices of ham(60kcal)
1 apple (72kcal)
Dinner, Chicken Broth and chicken (300kcal)
WW lemon and lime yogurt (50kcal)
133g black grapes (80kcal)
Drinks 3L water, 4 white coffees (44kcal) squash (25kcal) 1 can diet coke.
Total Calories 1044

Introduced a mid morning snack to try and up my calories to 1200 per day.

Day 14
Breakfast, 163g Strawberries (40kcal)
70g Black grapes (45kcal)
Lipotrim maintenance shake, summer fruits flavour (189kcal) - this was delicious, so much nicer than the normal lipotrim shakes.
Mid morning snack, 2 Salt and vinegar snackajacks (56kcal) WW yogurt (49kcal)
Lunch, Chicken broth with some chicken breast (300kcal)
1 ww yogurt (50kcal)
Dinner, 1 wholemeal pitta bread (140kcal)
Mixed salad, yellow pepper, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, spring onion, red onion (71kcal)
70g lean ham (85kcal)
WW Yogurt (50kcal)
Evening snack (working nights) 1 apple (72kcal)

Drinks, 2 white coffees (22kcal) 2.5 litres of water, 1 diet coke, 2 black teas.


Total 1120 calories.

Day 15

Breakfast, 3 oatcakes (135 kcal)
1 cheese triangle (20kcal)
33g Cheddar (130 kcal)
Red onion (5kcal)
Lunch, 130g Strawberries (35kcal)
130g Black grapes (80kcal)
WW Yogurt (49kcal)
Dinner, 2 Fish Cakes, Homemade from herring, potatoes, carrots, chilli, onion, garlic, (200kcal)
Salad (70kcal)
Salad cream (17kcal)
Snack, Grapes (64kcal)
Drinks 2 white coffees (22kcal), 2.5 litres water, 1 black tea.
Snack, another home made fishcake (100kcal)

Evening drinks (up to now)
2 double vodka's with diet coke (200kcal)

Total calories (up to now) 1127

Day 16/17/18/19 away to Nottingham for the weekend, no food logged.

Mon 13th April Menu.

Breakfast,
106g grilled bacon (199kcal)
2 grilled mushrooms (5kcal)
2 grilled tomatoes (14kcal)
1 egg fried in frylite (74kcal)

Lunch,
Home made chicken broth (200kcal)
234g honeydew melon (65kcal)
WW yogurt (62kcal)

Coffee with skimmed milk (11kcal)
Penguin biscuit (113kcal)

Dinner,
91g Chicken breast (120kcal)
86g cauli (20kcal)
50g carrots (14kcal)
62g swede (7kcal)
72g new potatoes (80kcal)

Snack 1 apple (50kcal)
1 salt and vinegar snackajack (28kcal)
1 jordans frusli bar (118kcal)

Tuesday 14/04/09

Early morning snack, up at 4am for work.
1 lipotrim maintenance bar (204kcal)

Breakfast,
3 oatcakes (135 kcal)
1 cheese triangle (20kcal)
1 tomato (14 kcal)
1 Shape yogurt (70kcal)

Snack 1 apple (52kcal)

Lunch,
Home made chicken broth (200kcal)
179g honeydew melon (50kcal)
68g strawberries (15kcal)
63g green grapes (40kcal)

Afternoon snack
1 Jordans frusli bar, (118kcal)

Dinner
96g chicken breast (120kcal)
59g new potatoes (80kcal)
49g swede (7kcal)
35g leeks (8kcal)
79g cauli (20kcal)

Drinks 1.5 litres water, squash (15kcal) 4 white coffees (44kcal)

Total calories 1212

Wednesday 15th April

Breakfast
45g porridge made with 150ml skimmed milk and 150ml of water (210 kcal)

Morning snack
1 apple 108g (50 kcal)

Lunch
79g tomatoes (13 kcal)
68g cucumber (6 kcal)
51g red pepper (18 kcal)
33g spring onions (7 kcal)
90g lettuce (11 kcal)
56g beetroot (18 kcal)
71g turkey (135 kcal)
1 teaspoon mustard (5 kcal)
2 tablespoons of low fat salad cream (34 kcal)

Afternoon snack
179g honeydew melon (50 kcal)
55g strawberries (14 kcal)
61g green grapes (40 kcal)

Drinks, 1.5 litres of water, 3 squash (15 kcal) 4 coffees with skimmed milk (44 kcal)

1 french fancy (boss's birthday, he brought in cakes (106 kcal)

Dinner,
1 wholemeal pitta bread (140 kcal)
71g turkey (135 kcal)
Salad and low calorie salad cream (50 kcal)
1 pear (81 kcal)
1 tangerine (50 kcal)

Vodka and diet coke (200 kcal)

Total 1432 calories

Thursday 16th April

Breakfast,
45g porridge made with 150ml skimmed milk and 150ml of water (210 kcal)
1 desert spoon of honey (40 kcal)


Snack
WW Yogurt (51 kcal)
92g strawberries (20 kcal)

Lunch
2 Wholemeal bread (164 calories)
Small salad portion (30 kcal)
76g grapes (45 kcal)

Snacks
2 salt and vinegar snackajacks (56 kcal)

Supper
130g drained Tuna, (135 calories)
1 wholemeal pitta bread (140 kcal)
79g tomatoes (13 kcal)
68g cucumber (6 kcal)
51g red pepper (18 kcal)
33g spring onions (7 kcal)
90g lettuce (11 kcal)
146g grapes (88 kcal)
Shape yogurt (75 kcal)

Snacks (nightshift)
Tangerine (25 kcal)
Apple (50 kcal)

Drinks, squash (10 kcal) white coffee (33 kcal) 2.5 litres of water.

Daily total 1227 calories.

Here is mine since I have been on refeed, but I was on lipotrim, so I had to follow a strict diet the first few days.

Friday 17th April

Breakfast,
45g porridge made with 150ml skimmed milk and 150ml of water (210 kcal)
1 desert spoon of honey (40 kcal)

Snack,
2 salt and vinegar snackajacks (56 kcal)

Lunch,
4 finn crisp original (80 kcal)
2 laughing cow extra light cheese triangles (40 kcal)
76g tomato (16 kcal)
43g cucumber (4 kcal)
52g pickled onions (18 kcal)
WW peach yogurt (56 kcal)

Snack
Tangerine (25 kcal)
Apple (50 kcal)
1 Jordans frusli bar (118 kcal)

Dinner
165g chicken (300 kcal)
35g onions (14 kcal)
3g red chilli (1 kcal)
50g mushrooms (7 kcal)
3 desert spoons soy sauce (20 kcal)
2 desert spoons oyster sauce (10 kcal)
(mixed all these ingredients together and added the chicken and cooked in a tinfoil parcel in the oven - tastes amazing)
62.5g boiled rice (219 kcal)
1 apple (50 kcal)

1 white coffee (11 kcal) Squash (5 kcal)

Total 1350 calories.

wow! that first log is epic! did you copy and paste? lol. glad you didn't continue on the 450 cal a day diet.

my brekkie was:
2 x weetabix w/ skimmed milk - 200
banana - 130
black coffee

B- Activia fat free cheery yoghurt 59cals
Banana 105 cals
L- Ham and cheese sandwhich 440
D- chicken & broccoli & couliflower & new potatoes 370
S-Buscuits 362

lunch yesterday was blue dragon wonton soup: 100
wholemeal pita: 145

and for dinner i had king prawn stir fry, which i kinda guessed was 500 cals??

not sure though, i should probably calculate it better.

i have discovered something tasty and relatively low cal that really fills you up!!

in asda i found these sharwoods sachets (the size of the uncle bens microwave rice) it's curry - there are 5 different kind. today i had vegetable curry which was 208 cals for the whole packet and two pieces of nimble bread = 100 cals.

that's 308 cals for a tasty lunch and i'm still really full over two hours later. i'm thinking they'd make an excellent dinner with a portion of boiled wholemeal rice. yumyum.

(they're on offer for a pound a packet in asda atm)

today
b - boiled egg, activa yoghurt and banana
l - rice and natural yoghurt
d- chicken with broc and couliflower
s - oat so simple yoghurt, apple, raisins, almonds, cashew nuts.

total 1393, im still kinda hungry today today tho

yesterday I had -

Lunch - med salad = 199 cals
pot of sugar snap peas and carrot stick = 32 cals
Packet of diet crispts = 111 cals

Dinner - Steak, peas, sweetcorn and baby potatoes = 550 cals

Total cals = 892

Yesterday I had:

B: Granola & skim milk - 300cal
S: banana raspberry & orange smoothie (homemade) - 150cal
L: Soup - 160cal
S: SF jelly, red delicious apple, almonds = 200cal
D: mince & wholewheat pasta, steamed carrots & cauliflower = 300cal (small portion)
S: cadburys fudge bar, small cadburys bar (20g) = 200cal
Total: 1300cals approx

As you can see I subscribe to the little and often thing!

Today: (went out exercising today so I'm allowed 500 extra cals - I do it by cutting out 1000cals a day in diet, then whatever I exercise I just add those calories on top so today is 1900cal allowance, whoop!)

B: 2 x scrambled eggs, 1 slice wholegrain toast, 1 clementine: 400cals
S: 4 almonds = 24cal,
1 20g dairy milk = 100cals
L: probably DC soup again, usually 150cal
S: rice cakes & houmous? = about 150?
D: DC pack (I'm thinking Lamb hotpot) plus veg. = about 400cal
S: SF jelly probably. = 7cal
= about 1250 at a guess.

Today...
Breakfast - 200g strawberries about 80 cals
Lunch - fresh Tomato soup - 92 cals
Dinner - jacket potato, chicken breast and salad - 462 cals.
Snack - a pot diet pot noodle type thing - 140 cals

TOTAL - 774

probs nibbling on a few things will make it up to 1000!

I don't know excact cals (sorry) but roughly here is what I have quite often:

Breakfast: small bowl of special K original with s.s.milk approx 200 cals (if you have the recommended 30g with 125ml s.s.milk this is 171 cals) so I take 200 as I now measure by eye.

Lunch: 3 rivita at 34 cals each, with Tescos own low fat soft cheese (in a tub) I have about 50 cals of this. Some fruit, about 100 cals.
so approx 252 cals total for lunch

Evening meal: Dried Penne Pasta (fresh has much more cals in I believe so stick to dried) not sure of the grams as I prepare the meal for me and hubby.
Add tin of tuna (regular size) and 2 table spoons of low fat mayo..
to this I add a sprinkle of grated cheese.
You can also add sweetcorn but that's more cals and it tates GORGEOUS without it so I don't bother anymore.

I usually count about 600 for Tuna Pasta coz when I first started counting cals that is what I calculated it to and I try to stick to the same portion size.

As a treat I usually have some sugar free jelly in the fridge and count nothing for that, as it works out at about 4 cals per pot that i make. I also have mini twisters in the freezer at 45cals each and they are soooo gorgeous, and ideal for those with a terrible sweet tooth like me.

so approx 1100cals for this day.

Great thread girls! You've inspired my to get back into it, THANKYOU!!!

Oh my goodness, I had the yummiest healthy dessert last night. Low fat natural yoghurt, raspberries on top and 1tsp sugar (ok that bit was bad I know but hey it's 20cals and made it taste amazing!) which was about 100cals in total (61cal for yog, 19 for r's & 20 for sugar). deeeeelicious.