What did you eat today, and are you fat?
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Anonymous
If I eat enough protein I am not hungry all the time although I do get hungry eating like this if I am also working out and breastfeeding--- though I try not to get hangry (hungry angry). Some days I eat more. Today I had a turkey burger with avocado at lunch and a piece of salmon and lots of sautéed spinach for dinner, so lots of protein and healthy fat--I also worked out. But I can't indulge like some people--and never have been able to. I was diagnosed with a thyroid condition 15 years ago and am medicated for it, but have never had a fast metabolism, but the corollary is that I don't need as much food as someone with a super fast metabolism either. |
Anonymous
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Here's what I have/will eat today:
Breakfast:half a bowl of cereal when I got up (5am, buttcrack of dawn as always). Splurged on a coffee. Lunch: white chicken chili with cheddar cheese and blue corn chips Dinner: I don't know yet. I don't get home until 8pm three days a week so sometimes I don't eat dinner, just a snack. Snacks (I may not eat all) Yogurt Strawberries Smart food popcorn (100 cal bag) Glutino wafer cookies Handful of Hershey's kisses I'm about 140, so I need to lose about 10 pounds (or a few more if I want to get back to my college weight). I try to run at least 10-20 mins a day, and I walk to/from work. |
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Breakfast: Luna bar and big travel mug of coffee w/ skim milk and real sugar
Lunch: spicy tofu roll, small spinach salad with carrots, peppers, quinoa and balsamic vinaigrette, and water While prepping kids' dinner: way too much Pirate's Booty, more than a few cubes of cheddar cheese (was making spinach, egg and cheese omelets for kids' dinner) Dinner: turkey burger (99% fat free turkey) and slice of swiss cheese on wheat english muffin, grilled zucchini, small mixed green salad with ginger dressing, water, 1 glass of red wine Late night snack: very small cup of rice pudding I'm 5'9", 127 lbs and nursing. I weigh about 5 pounds less than normal, but I'm sure that will change once I wean for good. Baby is 13 months and I'm still nursing in the AM and PM. I've always been tall and lean but could definitely be more toned. The only exercise I do is yoga 2x week during lunch and walking our dog. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the way I eat. I have a fairly fast metabolism, so can eat larger portions. I don't snack during the day. I do need to work on the grazing while I'm prepping the kids' dinner. DH and I don't eat until after the kids are in bed, so it's 8 or 8:30 by then. I should eat something healthy when I leave work or right when I get home, so I'm not grazing on crap during that time. |
Anonymous
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Breakfast - two cups of coffee, a cup of oatmean (steel cut, 1/4 cup dry) with handful of walnuts and raisins, sweetened with agave nectar, and a yogurt.
Snack - grapes and celery sticks Lunch - Homemade Lentil soup (just lentils, onion, water, and salt and pepper) and an apple dinner - salad with oil and vinegar dressing - chicken and cherry tomatoes snack - popcorn not fat. |
Anonymous
Probably anorexic! |
Anonymous
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Breakfast: an apple (my usual)
Lunch: raw veggie salad (red cabbage, radish, beats, carrots, green onions and arugala on top - all raw) Dinner: miso soup with tofu or tempeh (home made) 2 liters of water a cup of coffee with milk in the morning a starbucks chai tea latte Ran 5 miles (do so three times per week) I am 5'6, 153, size 8 or 10. Could certainly lose 10, but don't consider myself overweight. |
Anonymous
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I work nights:
Somewhere around 1 am: 2 cups coffee with cream and a quarter cup of tj tzatziki dip, plain Around 0830: chicken soup, no noodles and a square of do chocolate. Around 4p: spinach omelet with salsa and Parmesan cheese, soy latte, avocado half, and anothe piece of dk chocolate. Handful of craisins. This is a rest day, so no exercise beyond chasing patients all night and 6 flights of stairs. Not fat. Losing weight anyway. |
Anonymous
It is am amazement to me that you have not wasted away. If that were a normal day for eating for me, I would collapse into a heap of bones. I too am a runner, running about 25miles a week and consume about 2200cal a day 5'9' 140lbs. How many calorie you doing a day....800? |
Anonymous
I wish I were! this is today. M - F less Friday night drinks I try to be this regimented. I only drink alcohol on weekends and generally eat what I want on weekends. this is my weekly routine to keep it all together. Some days I have a piece of toast rather than an apple. 10 years ago I would have weighted 15 pounds less, but at 40 my metabolism has slowed down enough this maintains my frame. It is what it is. |
Anonymous
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Breakfast cup of tea, and egg sandwhich with one slice of wheat toast and one slice of canadian bacon
Lunch - La Madeleine mediterranean salad with chicken and very little dressing on the side, no egg (I hate hard boiled eggs on my salad) and 1/2 the cheese left. Diet Coke Snack- 2 carrot sticks in a dip of hummus Dinner: 2 grilled skinless chicken thighs, a cup of TJ's basmati rice medley, grilled asparagus and one TJ guilt free brownie... oh and 2 glasses of Vinho Verde wine. Ran this a.m. for 4 miles (do that 4x week). Currently 145, 5'5 and working on that last 10 lbs. Using Fitness Pal to help me record as a food diary which makes me a more aware eater. Today was not my most stellar day, but it could have been worse. |
Anonymous
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1/2 bagel w/ cream cheese and 1 orange (breakfast.)
small corn & chicken chowder (lunch.) 1 glass red wine/ chopped salad/ 3 beef sliders w/ cheddar cheese & fries (dinner.) Shared a hot fudge sundae (dessert.) 3 chocolate non pariels before bedtime 
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Anonymous
| PP here. Walked about 3 miles in NYC. Would not mind losing 10 lbs. |
Anonymous
If this is a typical day for you the math doesn't make sense. At all. Have you had a physical recently? Because you're consuming *maybe* 500 calories a day (why are you eating so little?), burning it all off, and yet your BMI is just about considered overweight. Time to consider medical reasons IMHO. |
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To the PP with the extremely low intake, you have probably really damaged your metabolism by eating this way. You realize you're probably burning off more than your total caloric intake for a day with one 5-mile run, and that is not right. You need calories to fuel your activities both physical and mental and instead, you're starving yourself. I'd talk to a nutritionist and see if you can somehow reset your metabolism so you can actually eat like a normal person.
I weigh 150 at 5'8" (typically more like 140-145) and can eat 2,000 calories a day without gaining, and run 5-6 miles a day 3-4 times a week. and this is my slowed-down metabolism at age 40. |
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Breakfast - Blueberry muffin (whole grain) and Blue machine drink from Naked
Lunch - 1.5 sandwiches from Devin and Blakely (1/2 tomato mozz and 1 cubano) plus two pieces of cornbread and a cookie Dinner - tuna avocado sushi and two pieces of fried chicken, 1 beer Dessert - Thai "pudding" (coconut milk with taro root) Throughout the day: lots of water I'm about 130 lbs. Currently breastfeeding, don't work out right now (hope to again soon when I have more time!) |