If you’re thin what do you eat daily (and approximate calories)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 5’4” and 110lbs, size 0/2. Age 39.

Breakfast - big smoothie with Fage 5% yogurt, frozen blueberries, frozen banana. And black coffee.

Lunch - usually a sandwich I make with deli meat, cheese, mayo and mustard. With some crackers and a sparkling water or a Coke.

Snack - cookies and whole milk or a Clif bar.

Dinner - usually a Blue Apron meal, half a frozen pizza from Trader Joe’s, or some takeout like an Indian curry and naan.

Bedtime snack - I often have a small bowl of cereal with whole milk. I love cereal.

I have no idea how many calories this is.

I'd guess 1700-1800. If you also exercise, I'd guess you need more than that. I'm also a 0/2, 5'6, 117lbs and eat so much like you, except with mostly salads and soups for lunch instead of sandwiches, and I do bagels in the morning and yogurt at night.

[Anonymous]

This board is funny sometimes. If you don’t snack or eat dessert every day it’s disordered. I don’t do either of those and I frankly struggle to get enough nutrition in to support my activity level. I’m a middle aged 40 something M and on super active days the random calculators I ignore are saying 3000+ which is a lot of food if you aren’t eating processed garbage.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. There is some serious gross disordered eating described on here.

+ 1 trillion

Why? Most women who replied have a normal BMI and are petite or medium height.
How many of them would be advised by a professional to gain weight?

Not all..but there are a handful of sample diets do seem to be very minimal calories and intentionally restrictive.

I know this might be hard to believe but once formed good habits become unintentional.
Most overweight people use their own logic to point out some sort of calculation "intentionally starving" when in reality most thin people don't think much about food, let alone obsess with calories.

That's why the legendary chocolate covered strawberry is someone's satisfying sweet treat and to others a sign of disgusting disordered eating. It's a huge contrast of what amount of food / sugar can make one satisfied.

Eating a single chocolate-covered strawberry, versus "a piece" of one, is not a huge contrast. Eat the whole damn strawberry. It's really okay.

Both are in contrast with what you really expect: eating the whole box or at least half of it is what normal people should do.

Our culture is so messed up that the idea of eating a single chocolate cover d strawberry is so offensive to some people. I sometimes eat a few small pieces of dark chocolate after dinner and I find it pretty satisfying. I don’t need to binge and eat the entire package, I can stop eating after a few. Clearly some of you cannot do this.

You misread. We are raising our eyebrows over eating *a piece* of a chocolate covered strawberry. No one is upset over a single strawberry.

[Anonymous]

I am 5’4” and 111 lbs. I eat:

- No breakfast (have never been a breakfast person), just a cup of black coffee in the morning
- A mini tortilla and a piece of cheese, or a bowl of oatmeal with almond milk (Quaker Maple & Brown Sugar), or some soup, or grilled vegetables and a serving of steak (available for free at my work cafeteria if I am at the office), or a slice of toast topped with smoked salmon and capers, for lunch.
- Big serving of roasted veggies and a serving of chicken or fish for dinner. Sometimes a slice of pizza or a stir fry or something else. I try to limit carbs at dinner and eat a small portion of the entree, but don’t limit vegetables.

I don’t snack or eat dessert really, mostly because I don’t like to - not out of active restriction.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. There is some serious gross disordered eating described on here.

+ 1 trillion

Why? Most women who replied have a normal BMI and are petite or medium height.
How many of them would be advised by a professional to gain weight?

Not all..but there are a handful of sample diets do seem to be very minimal calories and intentionally restrictive.

I know this might be hard to believe but once formed good habits become unintentional.
Most overweight people use their own logic to point out some sort of calculation "intentionally starving" when in reality most thin people don't think much about food, let alone obsess with calories.

That's why the legendary chocolate covered strawberry is someone's satisfying sweet treat and to others a sign of disgusting disordered eating. It's a huge contrast of what amount of food / sugar can make one satisfied.

Eating a single chocolate-covered strawberry, versus "a piece" of one, is not a huge contrast. Eat the whole damn strawberry. It's really okay.

Both are in contrast with what you really expect: eating the whole box or at least half of it is what normal people should do.

Our culture is so messed up that the idea of eating a single chocolate cover d strawberry is so offensive to some people. I sometimes eat a few small pieces of dark chocolate after dinner and I find it pretty satisfying. I don’t need to binge and eat the entire package, I can stop eating after a few. Clearly some of you cannot do this.

You misread. We are raising our eyebrows over eating *a piece* of a chocolate covered strawberry. No one is upset over a single strawberry.

Why? What's the difference? That poster already explained that these strawberries come in pieces (halves) and she would take a whole strawberry, if that's how they were made. Don't be ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to be slim. Idk what people think after I’ve had 3 kids - not as thin.
Anyway I literally have small bones fwiw.
I don’t drink my calories. I have one cup of coffee in the AM with a little sugar & a little milk - but other than that water and one la croix daily.
I should probably eat something different for breakfast but most days I have one packet of Quaker maple & brown sugar oatmeal made with hot water.
Morning snack is often apple & PB. And then it kind of goes downhill from there.

I drink alcohol fairly moderately. One to two drinks a week on average I would say. I exercise at least 20 mins 6 days a week.

I’m trying to limit myself to one dessert daily of around 100 cals.

I try not to do anything too crazy because if it’s too strict of a diet - I can’t maintain it. I try for slow and steady and what I can keep up with long term.

I do the oatmeal too. Satisfying and low calorie.

might as well just eat candy

What? Are you equating oatmeal with candy? You have an eating disorder.

Stop being inflammatory and do a little research. Don't just spout nonsense.
Have you looked at the nutritional value of the Quaker maple and whatever oatmeal? Probably one of the worst foods you can eat.

Feel free to make a super easy alternative suggestions! I’m open to it! But I’m getting 3 kids and myself ready for work and school and I don’t have much time at all. Like two mins. Lol.

I try not to get involved in these catty remarks on other people’s food choices, but that oatmeal really is terrible. Just get plain oats if you want oatmeal. Another easy suggestion is to grab a couple of hard boiled eggs - you can buy them already cooked and peeled! - and eat. No prep time at all, high protein and filling, no sugar.

Lol thanks (really). I was being serious on the suggestions. I said in the original post I should probably do something else for breakfast. I’ll check out plain instant oats and add my own brown sugar.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to be slim. Idk what people think after I’ve had 3 kids - not as thin.
Anyway I literally have small bones fwiw.
I don’t drink my calories. I have one cup of coffee in the AM with a little sugar & a little milk - but other than that water and one la croix daily.
I should probably eat something different for breakfast but most days I have one packet of Quaker maple & brown sugar oatmeal made with hot water.
Morning snack is often apple & PB. And then it kind of goes downhill from there.

I drink alcohol fairly moderately. One to two drinks a week on average I would say. I exercise at least 20 mins 6 days a week.

I’m trying to limit myself to one dessert daily of around 100 cals.

I try not to do anything too crazy because if it’s too strict of a diet - I can’t maintain it. I try for slow and steady and what I can keep up with long term.

I do the oatmeal too. Satisfying and low calorie.

might as well just eat candy

What? Are you equating oatmeal with candy? You have an eating disorder.

Stop being inflammatory and do a little research. Don't just spout nonsense.
Have you looked at the nutritional value of the Quaker maple and whatever oatmeal? Probably one of the worst foods you can eat.

Feel free to make a super easy alternative suggestions! I’m open to it! But I’m getting 3 kids and myself ready for work and school and I don’t have much time at all. Like two mins. Lol.

I try not to get involved in these catty remarks on other people’s food choices, but that oatmeal really is terrible. Just get plain oats if you want oatmeal. Another easy suggestion is to grab a couple of hard boiled eggs - you can buy them already cooked and peeled! - and eat. No prep time at all, high protein and filling, no sugar.

Lol thanks (really). I was being serious on the suggestions. I said in the original post I should probably do something else for breakfast. I’ll check out plain instant oats and add my own brown sugar.

Me again. I finally tried overnight oats and I guess I can be a convert now. It’s probably better than the instant oatmeal I was doing health wise???!!!

[Anonymous]

I’m 5’4’’121 lbs. I usually eat about 1300-1400 calories a day.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to be slim. Idk what people think after I’ve had 3 kids - not as thin.
Anyway I literally have small bones fwiw.
I don’t drink my calories. I have one cup of coffee in the AM with a little sugar & a little milk - but other than that water and one la croix daily.
I should probably eat something different for breakfast but most days I have one packet of Quaker maple & brown sugar oatmeal made with hot water.
Morning snack is often apple & PB. And then it kind of goes downhill from there.

I drink alcohol fairly moderately. One to two drinks a week on average I would say. I exercise at least 20 mins 6 days a week.

I’m trying to limit myself to one dessert daily of around 100 cals.

I try not to do anything too crazy because if it’s too strict of a diet - I can’t maintain it. I try for slow and steady and what I can keep up with long term.

I do the oatmeal too. Satisfying and low calorie.

might as well just eat candy

What? Are you equating oatmeal with candy? You have an eating disorder.

Stop being inflammatory and do a little research. Don't just spout nonsense.
Have you looked at the nutritional value of the Quaker maple and whatever oatmeal? Probably one of the worst foods you can eat.

Feel free to make a super easy alternative suggestions! I’m open to it! But I’m getting 3 kids and myself ready for work and school and I don’t have much time at all. Like two mins. Lol.

I try not to get involved in these catty remarks on other people’s food choices, but that oatmeal really is terrible. Just get plain oats if you want oatmeal. Another easy suggestion is to grab a couple of hard boiled eggs - you can buy them already cooked and peeled! - and eat. No prep time at all, high protein and filling, no sugar.

Lol thanks (really). I was being serious on the suggestions. I said in the original post I should probably do something else for breakfast. I’ll check out plain instant oats and add my own brown sugar.

Me again. I finally tried overnight oats and I guess I can be a convert now. It’s probably better than the instant oatmeal I was doing health wise???!!!

I eat instant oatmeal every morning and am interesting in trying overnight oats. I just don't know about eating the oatmeal cold though, that doesn't sound appealing. Do you warm yours before eating it?

[Anonymous]

I eat 2,200 calories a day and love them all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This board is funny sometimes. If you don’t snack or eat dessert every day it’s disordered. I don’t do either of those and I frankly struggle to get enough nutrition in to support my activity level. I’m a middle aged 40 something M and on super active days the random calculators I ignore are saying 3000+ which is a lot of food if you aren’t eating processed garbage.

This!!

I started eating junk food just to reach my calorie goal.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to be slim. Idk what people think after I’ve had 3 kids - not as thin.
Anyway I literally have small bones fwiw.
I don’t drink my calories. I have one cup of coffee in the AM with a little sugar & a little milk - but other than that water and one la croix daily.
I should probably eat something different for breakfast but most days I have one packet of Quaker maple & brown sugar oatmeal made with hot water.
Morning snack is often apple & PB. And then it kind of goes downhill from there.

I drink alcohol fairly moderately. One to two drinks a week on average I would say. I exercise at least 20 mins 6 days a week.

I’m trying to limit myself to one dessert daily of around 100 cals.

I try not to do anything too crazy because if it’s too strict of a diet - I can’t maintain it. I try for slow and steady and what I can keep up with long term.

I do the oatmeal too. Satisfying and low calorie.

might as well just eat candy

What? Are you equating oatmeal with candy? You have an eating disorder.

Stop being inflammatory and do a little research. Don't just spout nonsense.
Have you looked at the nutritional value of the Quaker maple and whatever oatmeal? Probably one of the worst foods you can eat.

Feel free to make a super easy alternative suggestions! I’m open to it! But I’m getting 3 kids and myself ready for work and school and I don’t have much time at all. Like two mins. Lol.

I try not to get involved in these catty remarks on other people’s food choices, but that oatmeal really is terrible. Just get plain oats if you want oatmeal. Another easy suggestion is to grab a couple of hard boiled eggs - you can buy them already cooked and peeled! - and eat. No prep time at all, high protein and filling, no sugar.

Lol thanks (really). I was being serious on the suggestions. I said in the original post I should probably do something else for breakfast. I’ll check out plain instant oats and add my own brown sugar.

Me again. I finally tried overnight oats and I guess I can be a convert now. It’s probably better than the instant oatmeal I was doing health wise???!!!

I eat instant oatmeal every morning and am interesting in trying overnight oats. I just don't know about eating the oatmeal cold though, that doesn't sound appealing. Do you warm yours before eating it?

I wonder if I am the one who recommended overnight oats? We discovered the concept earlier this year. Yes, I think you could warm them up. It’s worth a try!

I add soy milk for some extra protein and sometimes chocolate chips along with apples and/or banana.

[Anonymous]

I’m the 2200 calorie eater.

Breakfast:
2 packs instant oatmeal with
-walnuts
-cut banana
-coconut flakes
-sometimes ground flax

Coffee with soy milk
Sometimes a grapefruit

Lunch:
Clif bar
Veggie sushi roll
Scrambled egg
Fruit
soy milk

Snacks - any of the below
Cashews
Cookies
Banana
Toast with olive oil
Two scoops of almond butter
Sometimes a smoothie

Dinner:
Tacos
Green salad
Kombucha
Sometimes ice cream

[Anonymous]

I‘ve never been overweight, but I don’t think counting calories is healthy. No naturally think woman I know counts calories.

[Anonymous]

5’4”, 118 lbs, 40 y/o woman here:

YESTERDAY
Breakfast-1/2 of DD’s leftover homemade sausage McMuffin
Lunch-McDonald’s cheeseburger, 4-piece nuggets, small fries, Diet Coke, last gulp of strawberry shake shared with 3 DC’s.
Dinner-Thai green curry pot roast, steamed rice, carrots
Dessert- 2 peppermint Oreos
16 oz beer

TODAY
Breakfast- 1/2 slice banana bread, scrambled egg, rest of my DD’s cut fruit
Lunch- small grilled corned beef and Swiss sandwich, handful of kettle chips, 1 peppermint Oreo
Dinner-1/2 Costco stuffed pepper, side salad, small piece of garlic bread
Dessert-Probably a Reese’s peanut butter egg
16 oz beer

I don’t know how many calories that is, but I’m guessing 1800-2000?