For thin moms...

[Anonymous]

Breakfast: two scrambled eggs, endless amount of coffee
Lunch: either one slice of pizza, or turkey burger, or little salads and tofu from Chinese salad bar, or turkey wrap
Dinner: what we are having. or Thai food, chinese, etc.

I don't eat pork/beef/fried foods

Snacks: 10-12 peanut mm's; apple; greek yogurt with strawberries/other fresh berries. piece of cheese.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not processed?! Your low-cal day is one long parade of chemicals and FrankenFood. McFood. "Food." np here, and I know that nothing tastes as good as thin looks, or whatever, but just yuck. Does thin look as good as cancer feels?


Breakfast: 1 serving fiber one cereal with skim milk

Lunch: turkey sandwich on whole-wheat sandwich thins with spray I Cant Believe Its Not Butter and a piece of cheese, 1 piece of fruit (like an apple or pear), and a 100 calorie packet of pretzels, crackers, or chips.

Snack: Weight Watchers cookie or baby carrots with fat-free dip

Dinner: 4 oz chicken breast, 1 cup rice/pasta, 1 cup steamed veggies

Snack: weight watchers ice cream or 100 cal bag of microwave popcorn


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Fiber ONE Ingredients
Corn Bran, Whole Grain Wheat, Wheat Bran, Corn Starch, Guar Gum, Color Added, Cellulose Gum, Salt, Baking Soda, Corn Oil, Aspartame (Phenylketonurics: contains Phenylalanine)Vitamin E (Mixed Tocopherols) Added to Preserve Freshness. Vitamins and Minerals: Calcium Carbonate, Zinc and Iron (Mineral Nutrients)Vitamin C (Sodium Ascorbate)a B Vitamin (Niacinamide)Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine Hydrochloride)Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)Vitamin B1 (Thiamin Mononitrate)A B Vitamin (Folic Acid)Vitamin B12.

Sandwich Thins ingredients:
Whole Wheat Flour, Water, Wheat Bran, Sugar, Wheat Gluten, Cellulose Fiber, Yeast, Salt, Polydextrose, Canola and/or Soybean Oil, Preservatives (Calcium Propionate, Sorbic Acid), Guar Gum, Cultured Wheat Flour, Monoglycerides, Citric Acid, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Sucralose, Soy Lecithin.

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spray
Water, Liquid Soybean Oil, Salt, Natural Sweet Cream Buttermilk (Adds a Dietarily Insignificant Amount of Cholesterol)Xanthan Gum, Natural Soy Lecithin, Polysorbate 60, Lactic Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Calcium Disodium EDTA) Used to Protect Quality, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Vitamin A (Palmitate)Beta Carotene (Color)

You have a lot of time on your hands.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Breakfast: 1 serving fiber one cereal with skim milk

Lunch: turkey sandwich on whole-wheat sandwich thins with spray I Cant Believe Its Not Butter and a piece of cheese, 1 piece of fruit (like an apple or pear), and a 100 calorie packet of pretzels, crackers, or chips.

Snack: Weight Watchers cookie or baby carrots with fat-free dip

Dinner: 4 oz chicken breast, 1 cup rice/pasta, 1 cup steamed veggies

Snack: weight watchers ice cream or 100 cal bag of microwave popcorn

What's striking about this is how rigid it is. What happens when you eat out, spend the day at the beach or as a guest at someone's house, wander around with friends, or just feel like a change of pace? Or if you are hungry and want to grab something quick? It just sounds like one day you are going to BLOW!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Breakfast: 1 serving fiber one cereal with skim milk

Lunch: turkey sandwich on whole-wheat sandwich thins with spray I Cant Believe Its Not Butter and a piece of cheese, 1 piece of fruit (like an apple or pear), and a 100 calorie packet of pretzels, crackers, or chips.

Snack: Weight Watchers cookie or baby carrots with fat-free dip

Dinner: 4 oz chicken breast, 1 cup rice/pasta, 1 cup steamed veggies

Snack: weight watchers ice cream or 100 cal bag of microwave popcorn

What's striking about this is how rigid it is. What happens when you eat out, spend the day at the beach or as a guest at someone's house, wander around with friends, or just feel like a change of pace? Or if you are hungry and want to grab something quick? It just sounds like one day you are going to BLOW!

I'm not the PP but how is it rigid? It's an example of what she eats for one day. Geesh. She answered the OP's question, directly and with detail. She didn't wander into your kitchen while you were eating fried pork rinds and uninvited plunk this list down in front of you.

[Anonymous]

19:56 here. I just gave an example of a day of food. I don't eat this EVERY day. Sometimes I eat more, sometimes I eat less. OP didn't ask for a week-long menu. It is bizarre to me that anyone would assume that this is this would be my daily menu that I don't deviate from every under any conditions. I think a few of the other posters are projecting their food issues onto me.

As for processed foods - yeah, I don't have a problem with eating them. If I want ice cream, I'm going to eat some and I'm not going to make it from scratch. If I want some potato chips, I'm going to eat them. I like eating bread, so I eat bread and I don't have the time or inclination to make it from scratch myself.

I also eat McDonalds sometimes. I also eat organic blueberries a lot. All things in moderation, people.

[Anonymous]

19:56 I don't know why they are picking on you. there are a few other responses that have a very unbalanced diet compared to yours!

[Anonymous]

How do I stay motivated??

I have a closet full of beautiful, form-fitting clothes.
If I gain weight or get out of shape, I would have nothing to wear!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do I stay motivated??

I have a closet full of beautiful, form-fitting clothes.
If I gain weight or get out of shape, I would have nothing to wear!

This worked for me until I started having kids. Now I have clothes that fit me on the way up and on the way down. But she's right, it's a great motivation if you can get rid of the other clothes. I should box mine up in waiting for the next kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:19:56 here. I just gave an example of a day of food. I don't eat this EVERY day. Sometimes I eat more, sometimes I eat less. OP didn't ask for a week-long menu. It is bizarre to me that anyone would assume that this is this would be my daily menu that I don't deviate from every under any conditions. I think a few of the other posters are projecting their food issues onto me.

As for processed foods - yeah, I don't have a problem with eating them. If I want ice cream, I'm going to eat some and I'm not going to make it from scratch. If I want some potato chips, I'm going to eat them. I like eating bread, so I eat bread and I don't have the time or inclination to make it from scratch myself.

I also eat McDonalds sometimes. I also eat organic blueberries a lot. All things in moderation, people.

You said it, PP. Some people here are definitely pushing their own food issues on you. You answered the OP's question honestly, and gave an EXAMPLE of what you eat in a typical day. And the PP who took the time out to list all of the ingredient in your processed food obviously has tons of time on her hands, which is why she can bake her own bread, milk her own cow, make her own cheese and grow her own fruits and vegetables.

[Anonymous]

I'll tell you about today (I am 5'9 and 125 with a very small frame):

7am: latte with soy milk

10am (after my morning workout and at my desk): Whole wheat english muffin w/ peanut butter

(Probably around 2-3pm, whenever I get hungry): Leftovers from my "African peanut potato stew", a great vegan recipe I found on line, served over whole wheat couscous. If I'm still hungry, I brought an apple.

When I get home around 6pm I'll probably have a glass of wine while I get dinner ready for husband/kids, but I really don't each much for dinner during the work week. I'll just have a very tiny portion of whatever everyone else is eating (tonight will either be more leftovers of my stew or leftover pizza).

If I'm hungry for a snack later it is usually popcorn, although I'm currently on a cupcake binge where I eat one 2-3 times a week.

Main points- I don't eat when I'm not hungry, and I stop eating when I feel satisfied. Also a lot of water. I probably drink about 3L at day when I am at work.

[Anonymous]

Here's my menu for today. I'm 5'4" 115 lbs. Feel free to attack me for eating processed food - who cares, this is what I like and it ain't McDonalds.

Breakfast - Kashi Golean cereal with skim milk. Cup of coffee with skim milk.

Lunch - one of those cups of greek yogurt by Chobani. Today I had blueberry. A big handfull of almonds. Water. Apple.

3pm - snack with kids. Probably homemade fruit smoothie, crackers, cheddar cheese, water. If I'm still hungry I might have a cup of the leftover vegetarian chili that I made yesterday.

Supper - grilled salmon, brown rice, steamed broccolli, glass of skim milk. (I love milk. It fills me up and tastes great.)

I sip water all day and in the evening. If I feel cold, I switch to hot green tea.

[Anonymous]

And the PP who took the time out to list all of the ingredient in your processed food obviously has tons of time on her hands, which is why she can bake her own bread, milk her own cow, make her own cheese and grow her own fruits and vegetables.

I'm that poster. I do have a lot of free time some days, but that has nothing to do with eating bucketfuls of chemicals developed in a lab on the Garden State Parkway. It takes the same amount of time and forethought to eat a handful of walnuts as it does to eat a 100-calorie foil packet of miniaturized Oreos. I also have a high HHI and can buy silly artisan breads at farmers' markets instead of, what was it, sandwich thins?

What I'm not, though, is rail thin. Seriously, hats off to all of you for your discipline and restraint. It's not easy.

[Anonymous]

I now know why I am not thin. I would starve.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll tell you about today (I am 5'9 and 125 with a very small frame):

7am: latte with soy milk

10am (after my morning workout and at my desk): Whole wheat english muffin w/ peanut butter

(Probably around 2-3pm, whenever I get hungry): Leftovers from my "African peanut potato stew", a great vegan recipe I found on line, served over whole wheat couscous. If I'm still hungry, I brought an apple.

When I get home around 6pm I'll probably have a glass of wine while I get dinner ready for husband/kids, but I really don't each much for dinner during the work week. I'll just have a very tiny portion of whatever everyone else is eating (tonight will either be more leftovers of my stew or leftover pizza).

If I'm hungry for a snack later it is usually popcorn, although I'm currently on a cupcake binge where I eat one 2-3 times a week.

Main points- I don't eat when I'm not hungry, and I stop eating when I feel satisfied. Also a lot of water. I probably drink about 3L at day when I am at work.

This doesnt even sound like 1000 cals a day. How do you sustain a workout too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I now know why I am not thin. I would starve.

ditto. If I ate like this I'd chew off my arm in about a week.