Unusual request - your daily food

[superfrostymo]

Hi guys :wave:

This is my first post here, but I am a long time lurker. I don't have any kids at the moment as I'm waiting to finish my late starting Uni degree, however this seems a really positive, supportive environment so I'm looking forward to getting involved (particularly in the Christmas section - love Christmas )

Anyway, I know this is a slightly odd request, especially for a first post, but bear with me. I feel like my daily eating has got completely messed up since I started dieting - I don't want to lose anymore weight, in fact I'd even like to put a bit back on, but my idea of portion size is all out of whack and I find myself staring at potatoes in the evening thinking "How many of these does everyone else have?"

Would anyone mind (although maybe not if you're on a really restrictive diet) posting what their daily eating plan looks like? I'm also keen for some ideas for good breakfasts and nice dinners, so feel free to add detail!

 

[HazzaB]

Hi and welcome!

A pretty average day for me is;

Breakfast: A breakfast bar (like a nutrigrain or ceral bar) that's if I have anything!

Lunch: Beans on toast/ noodles with veg. Something quick, cheap, fast and simple.

Dinner: Something like Spag bol, stir fry, lasagne etc. Then maybe some fruit and yoghurt or cake for afters.

Snacks: I rarely snack, if I am hungry I may have some crisps, piece of cake, fruit etc.

Pretty average I think.

 

[Dizzy321]

B - bran flakes with skimmed milk
S- apple
L - scrambled egg on a warburtons thins
D - grilled chicken breast salad, lettuce, onion, tomato, cucumber, beetroot, grated carrot.
S - WW yogurt and a hot chocolate before bed.

thats a typical diet day for me.

 

[babydevil1989]

breakfast - toast with something (peanut butter/ham/dairylea)

lunch - pasta usually - with veg/sauce

dinner - meat and veg/spag bol/lasagne ect

if i have potatoes with dinner (boiled/new/roast) i have 3 x

 

[Rachel_C]

Breakfast - 2-3 slices of toast with peanut butter or jam
Snack - Couple of biscuits with a coffee
Lunch - Either 2 sandwiches or 1.5 sandwiches with something else like an apple/bag of crisps
Snack - Fruit or maybe a cake or two if we've made them that day
Dinner - tends to be small for me as I eat quickly with the kids quite early. Just normal boring stuff but portion sizes would be as follows for another adult, I tend to split one portion between me and the kids then eat a bit more later when OH gets home:

The recommended portion (on the packet) of pasta per person, I think it's normally 75g uncooked, with a big spoonful of sauce with veg in it, maybe 4-6 Quorn meatballs.

A medium jacket potato, half a mini tin or half a snap pot of beans, big handful of cheese, maybe a tablespoon of coleslaw.

2-3 Quorn sausages, fist sized portion of mash potato, fist size portion of veg (all veg combined, so half a fist size for each if we have two veg).

75g spaghetti with a big serving spoon of veggie chilli/bolognese and a handful of cheese.

Roast dinner would be 3 roast potatoes, heaped tablespoon of stuffing, a meat alternative like Quorn escalope, fist size portion of carrot and swede, half a fist size portion of 1 or two other vegetables. OH would have meat.

Dessert is rare, just occasionally after a Sunday dinner. That would be a big spoonful of something like apple crumble with ice cream, or just ice cream.

 

[morri]

I eat whenever I am hungry. Normally i have bread (2 slices) or a bowl of cornflakes or weetabix for breakfast. I may have a bread roll or similar for lunch and i just eat as much as fits loosely on a plate for dinner.
If you are unsure I would suggest you visit a nutritionist.

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

Brekkie- cereal bar
toast when I get home from school run with peanut butter (2 slices)
choco bar
lunch is sandwich or soup, sometimes pasta
crisps
pear
cake
dinner usually something like spag bol, curry
toast

 

[TennisGal]

I eat loads...I think partly as I am still feeding Ally quite frequently!

Breakfast...this morning I had a large bowl of Dorset Cereals muesli with oat milk and chopped figs

Snack...cup of tea with a nine bar

Lunch: ham and salad sandwich, few handfuls popcorn, apple, plum, frozen yogurt

Snack....handful nuts, few handfuls carrot sticks

Dinner...will be paella with salad, followed by chocolate peanut butter brownie

 

[amjon]

I usually just have the three main meals, but occasionally throw in a snack or two. I also have at least 3 16oz bottles of water in addition to the meals.
Breakfast- fruit juice smoothie, banana or string cheese
Lunch- frozen meal, beef sandwich, or hot pocket sandwich, greek yogrut, water
Dinner- salad, baked potato (loaded), mini burger, unsweet tea
OR
sandwich, vegetables, grapes, water
OR
5 chicken wings, salad, broccoli, unsweet tea
(My dinners actually vary more than anything else. The others are pretty consistent.)

 

[louandivy]

Breakfast: usually a small bowl of sultana bran or porridge or 1 slice of toast and a fruit salad a little later on!
Lunch: usually humous and veg pitta or a few crackers with soup and some more fruit later on, maybe share a slice of cake with Ivy if we are out!
Dinner: homemade curry with a small amount of rice/sausages with lentils and veg/risotto with salad etc I usually have quite a small portion of carbs.
And when Ivy is in bed I usually have an apple, a cup of chai with honey and sometimes some kind of treat, seems to coincide with my period!

 

[porkypig]

Typical at at the mo for me as I'm watching what I eat is;

Breakfast: 2 weetabix with semi-skimmed milk with a tea or coffee

Snack:banana

Lunch: 3 ryevitas with a slim spread of Philadelphia light. A pack of snacajacks,a nectarine and/or a fat free yoghurt.

3:30pm: a coffee with a ww caramel mallow thingy or a nutri grain bar.

Dinner: may be bowl of pasta, or grilled chicken with salad and veg or chilli con carne etc

 

[Boothh]

I eat quite badly at the moment..

Yesterday I ate
2 slices of toast with butter and jam for lunch

Dinner was 1/3 pepperoni pizza with 2 handfuls of chips and mayo

A strawberry and white choc muffin and a glass of wine


Today I had a white choc muffin for breakfast I probably won't have lunch just a choc bar if I do ill probably have a cheese toastie. Dinner will be eggs and toast.

I really need to start eating better again but since my oldest has started nursery in the afternoon and I'm weaning the youngest I don't have time to eat properly until DH gets home in the evening and I make us all something x

 

[Boothh]

I eat quite badly at the moment..

Yesterday I ate
2 slices of toast with butter and jam for lunch

Dinner was 1/3 pepperoni pizza with 2 handfuls of chips and mayo

A strawberry and white choc muffin and a glass of wine


Today I had a white choc muffin for breakfast I probably won't have lunch just a choc bar if I do ill probably have a cheese toastie. Dinner will be eggs and toast.

I really need to start eating better again but since my oldest has started nursery in the afternoon and I'm weaning the youngest I don't have time to eat properly until DH gets home in the evening and I make us all something

When I ate properly I would eat more like this

Breakfast - sliced banana and blueberries with fat free flavoured yoghurt

Lunch - 2 warbie sandwich thins with turkey, cucumber lettuce and mayo, maybe a mini roll or 2 jammy dodgers afterwards

Dinner - small portion of pasta with bolognaise sauce/ medium baked potato with tuna mayo and grated cheese/ chilli con and potato wedges/ grilled sausages and mashed potato/ hm soup and crusty bread

Snacks would be, grapes, the odd pack of sweets or an ice lolly and lots of tea and coffee x

 

[CRWx]

My usual lately is

Toast for breakfast
No lunch
Raisins/sultanas/pineapple or something similar when I get home
Whatever I have for tea!

 

[Blah11]

50g of porridge made with 200ml water & 100ml milk
an apple
dinner - soup & bread, stirfry, jacket potatos, pasta etc
sometimes i then have a yogurt & fruit after



im kind of dieting just now though or id be snacking more. i dont recommend skipping lunch either but i have breakfast at 6am then nothing til i finish work at 2pm & then its an apple on the run to nursery. dont get home til around 3.30pm so too late for lunch by then!

 

[emsiee]

B: usually a slice of toast
Packet of crisps
L: pasta salad/ salad sandwich, more crisps
D: usually something like curry, meat and veg(some nights I'll go without dinner)
Evening I will have cheese and crackers (but not every night) only when I've not had dinner

With a treat of takeaway once a week
I'm not dieting as u can tell, my weight stays stable

 

[WanaBaba]

A typical day for me would be:

Breakfast - 2 Weetabix with semi skimmed milk

Lunch - cheese omelette with toast or rice then yogurt and fruit afterwards.

Dinner - usually pasta or a curry
2 digestives with a cuppa for pudding lol

Supper - 30g porridge with semi skimmed milk

Drink water and lots of tea throughout the day (decaf)

 

[Twinkl3]

Breakfast: Porridge Oats.
Snack: Apple or a handful of strawberries.
Dinner: Salad, fat free yoghurt & packet of french fries.
Tea: Varies from curry, pasta salad, WW meal, Toast and Ravioli, etc.

 

[porkypig]

Breakfast: Porridge Oats.
Snack: Apple or a handful of strawberries.
Dinner: Salad, fat free yoghurt & packet of french fries.
Tea: Varies from curry, pasta salad, WW meal, Toast and Ravioli, etc.

What's the difference between dinner and tea? I thought it was the same thing x

 

[mumandco]

My daily food before getting pregnant was

Breakfast-nothing
Lunch-nothing
Snack-pack of crisps
Tea-whatever I cooked eg lasagne and chips,grilled chicken and wedges etc

Since getting pregnant I usually eat 2 pieces of toast for breakfast
Lunch and tea are the same,snacks I still have crisps but also have a yogurt and a piece of fruit