What did you eat today, and are you fat?

[Anonymous]

Breakfast: left over Eggo from DD.

Lunch: small chicken salad with caesar dressing

Afternoon snack: raw green pepper & pear
Afternoon walk.

Dinner: take-out lemon grass chicken & fried rice.

I need to lose about 20 lbs.

[Anonymous]

*yo/to


*seaman's/sushi

[Anonymous]

Breakfast -coffee with skim milk and a glass of home squeezed carrot orange juice with splenda


Lunch-salad with some shaved pecorino (or something cheese) and balsamic vinegar (just the straight up vinegar )

Dinner - salad with tomatoes and carrots and some lemon dill salmon

About 15 pounds overweight and currently doing bootcamp 3 days a week and 60 min of cardio 2-3 times a week. Am on a pretty strict 1200 calories a day diet (am under most days but have a party to attend almost every weekend until may so I figure it evens out lol).

And like a pp, drink about 2 litres of diet coke a day and about 6 nalgenes of water.

[Anonymous]

Hmmm...hard to remember.

Breakfast: hardboiled egg, 1/2 whole wheat bagel with cream cheese, couple apple slices, decaf coffee w/half & half

Lunch: veggie yellow curry with brown rice

Dinner: 1/4 whole wheat boboli with tomato sauce, mushrooms sauteed in garlic & olive oil, artichoke hearts, and mozzarella. Trader joe's whoopie pie.

No snacks. Seltzer water all day. Not fat but could stand to get into better shape (more about needing to exercise than anything...although skipping the whoopie pies would also help!).

OP, when I was trying to lose weight about a year ago, I identified foods I really liked that had few calories. One of them is artichoke hearts (packed in water NOT oil) and another is green tomatillo salsa. Then I would have lots of lean protein. Hardboiled eggs are really satisfying as are poached eggs. Obviously you can't have eggs constantly but I agree with a PP about nuts in moderation. I also ate tuna once a week. I think fish is a good source.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP. Weight loss is tricky! Wishing you the best of luck. While today's food intake was not all good, it was far from (Imo) as bad as some posters said. Forget about the cheats/treats, move on, do not deprive yourself, do your best....and be kind to yourself. Treats I recommend: Godiva chocolate pearls. They come in a small metal tin. 200 calories for entire tin. Whole Foods 365 frozen fruit bars (strawberry.) Trader Joe's has a similar frozen fruit bar (multi-flavor w/ strawberry, radpberrry, lemon.) Peppermint Pattie from the ftidge. A large one in 140 caps. Those treats are for my significant sweet tooth. Health items that I like : banana/apple with a little bit of peanut butter, good quality oatmeal, laughing cow cheese or those little round ones, handful of nuts/cranberries, medium sweet potato. 2 dates (23 calories each.) Sparkeling water helps me, too.

OP here- thanks for the tips! I will try the godiva pearls and fruit bar hints

I used to drink sparking water, and I really enjoyed it.

[Anonymous]

Wow, op. I usually split a bagel with one of my kids. And fast food and deli food are only on road trips.
Here's what I ate:
Breakfast: homemade bread with nutella and sliced banana, tall glass of skim milk
Snack: string cheese, lots of water
Lunch: leftover bean and veggie soup
Snack: 2 oranges
Dinner: watercress soup, brown rice, steamed broccoli, stir fry cabbage, steamed egg
Dessert: Milano cookies
I'm at a healthy weight.

[Anonymous]

Not fat but really have to work at it. Try starting the day off with protein, OP.

breakfast: egg white, bell pepper, and cheese omelette, coffee w/ whole milk and splenda

lunch: salad with a scoop of homemade tuna salad, light dressing

snacks: 15-20 almonds, apple

dinner: turkey burger (no bun), roasted asparagus

1 square of chocolate

[Anonymous]

Weird snacking day.

Whole wheat roll, apple slice

Yogurt, 1/2 banana, cereal mixed together

Apple with almond butter

Handful of wheat thins

Pulled pork, slice whole wheat bread, steamed broccoli, baked apple

At a healthy weight, exercise and breast feeding.

[Anonymous]

I agree with PP not to deprive yourself. I like this guy:
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/home

[Anonymous]

I had Life cereal with milk for breakfast. (typically I'd have oatmeal and yogurt w/ berries, but I eat cold cereal on telecommute days to shake things up.) For lunch, I had a microwave entree of alfredo pasta and added broccoli and tomatoes. When I got hungry mid-afternoon I snacked on pretzels dipped in guacamole. For dinner I had half an order of Moby Dick chicken kabobs with rice and tomatoes. I had some M&M's for dessert and I'm drinking a glass of wine. I'm not overweight, and I worked out twice today. (1 hour yoga class plus 30 minutes arc/elliptical and 20 minutes of weight lifting.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay, I'll start.

I had
Breakfast
A poppy bagel with tomatoes and light cream cheese (it's a big bagel- I'd say 2 servings)

Mid Morning Snack:
1/2 cup of mixed berries
coffee with 1/2 and 1/2
a small (SMALL!) pastry with chocolate- like bite sized

Lunch-
Arby's junior roast beef sandwich
Small salad with dressing on the side

Mid Afternoon Snack-
Small Diary Queen Cone

Dinner-
1/2 Italian Cold Cut (But it's a big sub, so 1/2 is still 6 inches)
A few sips of ginger ale

Dessert-
A brownie

So- in looking over my choices, I noticed I "treated" myself 3 times today (pastry, dairy queen and a brownie) AND I had a huge amount of salt- and I gave up by dinner.

I did get 3 servings of fruit/vegetables in- but still.

And yes, I am fat

So- for other fatties out there, make me feel better and let me know I'm not alone. I suck at willpower, I don't get people who say "just eat less." At least I know myself enough to know not to drink, because I obviously have a personality that's prone to addiction.

For all you skinnies out there (or people who are less than my size 16 self) please motivate me! Tell me yummy things you eat that satisfy you~

Thanks

FOr fun, I decided to take your menu for today and make it lighter and healthier with a few substitutions:

Breakfast - a light english muffin or bagel thin (preferably whole wheat) with TBS light cream cheese and tomato

Mid-Morning Snack - substitute fat free milk or half & half in coffee; go with a square of dark chocolate in lieu of the pastry (even if tiny)

Lunch - substitute a leaner meat like turkey, roasted or grilled chicken instead of RB. Skip the bread and get the meat on a salad, or go with whole grain breads if possible.

Afternoon snack - go with frozen fat free yogurt. Better yet, go with fruit or light yogurt (like Dannon lite and fit)

Dinner - see suggestions for lunch. Stay away from italian cold cuts. Veggies, turkey, poultry (skinless) are all better choices.

Dessert - fudgesicle (fat free), fruit

And yes, I'm 10% overweight (dislike the word "fat") and don't always eat right even when I know what I should be eating. : )

[Anonymous]

I went to Moby Dick, too (Bethesda). I love Moby Dick SO much! I had an entire order of chicken/bread/grilled tomato, humus. For dessert @ home: angel food cake, fresh strawberries, whipped cream. Had not eaten all day except for hot chocolate (skim/dark) for breakfast. No time to eat all day!

[Anonymous]

Breakfast: soy cappuccino and an almond croissant.

Snack: banana & half a pita bread.

Lunch: forgot to have lunch I was so busy at work.

Dinner: roast turkey, potatoes and roasted cauliflower (home made).

Snack: olives, small clementine, chocolate brownie Lara bar, three cheese sticks and a glass of wine.

I'm really skinny.

[Anonymous]

B: fat-free pomegranate Chobani and an iced coffee with skim milk (no sweetener)

L: strength training class, then a big salad of spinach and veggies (all 0 WW points), 2.5 Ak Mak crackers (1 WW pt) and a mini Bonybel cheese (1 pt) with low-fat pepper Parmesan dressing (about 2 TBS). Water. Small York peppermint patty (1 pt)

Snack: Clementine, apple.

D: turkey chili over brown rice with some shredded cheddar, steamed broccoli, corn bread with yogurt butter. 4 girl scout cookies. More water.

I need to lose 10-15 lbs. size 8-10 right now. But I used to be a size 14. Lost 45 lbs on Weight Watchers 4 years ago, then slacked off and gained back 15. For the past six months I have really started exercising regularly, so I've gained a lot of muscle but still have belly fat. I know I could lose it easily if I just cut out desserts (or replaced with low point dessert) and was careful about my portion sizes.

OP: you need to steer clear of Arby's and any kind of fast food. Please try Weight Watchers. You won't believe how much you are overloading your body with crap food.

[Anonymous]

Thin 5'9" 140
Breakfast: bowl of cereal and a 1 1/2 egg omlette filled with sausage and cheese

Snack: trail mix (the kind with m&ms), plus smoked salted almonds.

Lunch: Chicken pita from "perfect pita" and a bag of Route 11 potato chips.

Snack: 5 or so chocolate covered raisins

Dinner: Red Robin Fried zuccini and mushrooms to start and then a Whiskey River Chicken wrap with sweet potato fries and whatever else I could pillage off my children's plates.

I eat HORRIBLE, but I exercise like a maniac in order to support my excessive caloric intake.