what do skinny people eat in a day?

[Anonymous]

Yesterday:

-Granola with almonds, almond milk, tea
-Thai food (about a cup of pad thai), a cup of shrimp, veggies and rice and a spring roll
-Apple for dinner

Today:
-Granola with almonds, almond milk, tea
-Salad (mix of spring mix and spinach, tomatoes, carrots, hard boiled egg, chick peas, walnuts, balsamic vinaigrette)
-Work dinner at a steak restaurant, I'm guessing I'll have my usual small filet, and share of whatever sides the table orders. I will NOT have a dessert, even if I'm the only one at the table saying "no."

Generally, I never have more than one big meal a day, don't snack and avoid sweets (which isn't hard for me because I don't have a sweet tooth). I do have a fast metabolism, but also think I'm more disciplined than most people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a thin family. It's a combination of genetics (metabolism), healthy eating habits and the food itself.

There's nothing special about what we eat but we have a lot of vegetables and salads and more veggie nights than not. We don't have pasta often, but will have a baguette along with a salad, steamed vegs and roast chicken and that is a typical dinner. Fruit and yoghurt for breakfast. Simple sandwiches for lunch with carrot sticks and hummus. Once a month I will bake a cake or pie and that will last several days as our dessert after dinner. We rarely have takeaways but we do enjoy our weekend croissants that I pick up at a local bakery. Never get pizza takeaways but will occasionally pop a frozen pizza into the oven (frozen pizzas are a) smaller portions and b) not as overloaded with cheese and fat). We eat out as a family for dinner every three weeks or so and will usually go for a Chinese or Thai. We do eat out (very well) when we travel overseas.

As you can infer, the food we eat isn't special. It's all about portion control and having a range of nutritious food with the occasional splurges. We rarely snack and I never keep snacks in the house other than a bag of pretzels and we'll reach for an apple if hungry between meals. I've noticed the kids are the same and I've noticed that like their parents, they are quickly full without eating much food, so I do think there's a genetic makeup in our bodies that automatically triggers these reactions and that keeps us slender and prevents us from eating when we're not hungry, which is a big problem for too many people.

It also helps that we are also active. We exercise, play sports (I play tennis and swim laps) and enjoy long walks.

Sorry, but this sounds incredibly rigid and boring, especially for the kids.

Not PP, but I don't see the problem?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5'4" 165

Greek yogurt and nuts
Coffee
Nothing for lunch
Protein shake for dinner

...and I work out, yet I'm still "heavy"

If that's truly all you ate you're still heavy because you're undereating and your body is hoarding fat. You need to google reverse-dieting.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5'4" 165

Greek yogurt and nuts
Coffee
Nothing for lunch
Protein shake for dinner

...and I work out, yet I'm still "heavy"

How the heck are your 165lbs with hat diet. Only explanation is that you aren't eating enough.

Yup. Either that or its this 'diet' peppered with unhealthy binge days (...which would be unsurprising given that type of restriction)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a thin family. It's a combination of genetics (metabolism), healthy eating habits and the food itself.

There's nothing special about what we eat but we have a lot of vegetables and salads and more veggie nights than not. We don't have pasta often, but will have a baguette along with a salad, steamed vegs and roast chicken and that is a typical dinner. Fruit and yoghurt for breakfast. Simple sandwiches for lunch with carrot sticks and hummus. Once a month I will bake a cake or pie and that will last several days as our dessert after dinner. We rarely have takeaways but we do enjoy our weekend croissants that I pick up at a local bakery. Never get pizza takeaways but will occasionally pop a frozen pizza into the oven (frozen pizzas are a) smaller portions and b) not as overloaded with cheese and fat). We eat out as a family for dinner every three weeks or so and will usually go for a Chinese or Thai. We do eat out (very well) when we travel overseas.

As you can infer, the food we eat isn't special. It's all about portion control and having a range of nutritious food with the occasional splurges. We rarely snack and I never keep snacks in the house other than a bag of pretzels and we'll reach for an apple if hungry between meals. I've noticed the kids are the same and I've noticed that like their parents, they are quickly full without eating much food, so I do think there's a genetic makeup in our bodies that automatically triggers these reactions and that keeps us slender and prevents us from eating when we're not hungry, which is a big problem for too many people.

It also helps that we are also active. We exercise, play sports (I play tennis and swim laps) and enjoy long walks.

Sorry, but this sounds incredibly rigid and boring, especially for the kids.

Not PP, but I don't see the problem?

Huh? It sounds fine to me and although DH and I eat out every weekend, that's not the normal for typical families with kids. If you're referring to the lack of snacks, if the kids are eating nutritious, filling meals, then they don't need them. They're not animals. In fact, even my animals don't "snack" very much.

[Anonymous]

Breakfast is usually either 2 scrambled eggs, fruit, & 1 piece of whole wheat toast with nut butter or oatmeal with nut butter & fruit on the side. I don't drink coffee or juices, so I'll sometimes have a green tea with 1 stevia packet or just a bottle of water.

Lunch is usually a salad with a protein, usually a chicken breast of some variety. I'm not a fan of oil & vinegar dressings, so it's either ranch or blu cheese. Or I'll do a sandwich and then veggies & hummus as a side.

Dinner is mainly proteins and veggies. Some brown rice or a sweet potato a few times a week. I'm not a pasta fan at all, so I only have that maybe once a month and it's always a wheat or protein pasta. I don't really do bread with dinner unless I'm out at a restaurant or eating pizza. I try to eat my bread and sandwiches at lunch so I have longer to burn off the carbs.

I do dark chocolate as my dessert pretty much every night. Twice a week I'll do ice cream with melted nut butter on it.

We eat out usually 2-3 times per week. If we get pizza, I do a side salad first and then eat 1-2 pieces of pizza. I don't do french fries if we get subs out. I don't eat noodles or rice when we get Chinese out and stick to the meat and veggies.

I try to stay away from lots of processed foods. I grew up in a house where dinners were things like hot dogs with canned veggies and french fries; fish sticks & fish patty sandwiches with chips; sloppy joes with baked potatoes; frozen pizzas; and packed lunches always included chips, a juice box, and a Little Debbie cake. Friday dinner ways always some kind of fast food and Saturday lunch was usually McDonald's. I was definitely a fat kid growing up until college when I could start buying my own food and making my own healthier choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: 5'4" and 113, yesterday's food

An orange and string cheese

Chicken with cheese ravioli and tomato cream sauce
Side salad with ranch

A lobster roll and a few potato chips
A brownie and a chocolate chip cookie
2 small glasses of wine

I have a fast metabolism and am also a nursing mom

nursing can burn 500 calories a day! I was 20 pounds lighter when nursing so I'm not sure this counts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a thin family. It's a combination of genetics (metabolism), healthy eating habits and the food itself.

There's nothing special about what we eat but we have a lot of vegetables and salads and more veggie nights than not. We don't have pasta often, but will have a baguette along with a salad, steamed vegs and roast chicken and that is a typical dinner. Fruit and yoghurt for breakfast. Simple sandwiches for lunch with carrot sticks and hummus. Once a month I will bake a cake or pie and that will last several days as our dessert after dinner. We rarely have takeaways but we do enjoy our weekend croissants that I pick up at a local bakery. Never get pizza takeaways but will occasionally pop a frozen pizza into the oven (frozen pizzas are a) smaller portions and b) not as overloaded with cheese and fat). We eat out as a family for dinner every three weeks or so and will usually go for a Chinese or Thai. We do eat out (very well) when we travel overseas.

As you can infer, the food we eat isn't special. It's all about portion control and having a range of nutritious food with the occasional splurges. We rarely snack and I never keep snacks in the house other than a bag of pretzels and we'll reach for an apple if hungry between meals. I've noticed the kids are the same and I've noticed that like their parents, they are quickly full without eating much food, so I do think there's a genetic makeup in our bodies that automatically triggers these reactions and that keeps us slender and prevents us from eating when we're not hungry, which is a big problem for too many people.

It also helps that we are also active. We exercise, play sports (I play tennis and swim laps) and enjoy long walks.

Sorry, but this sounds incredibly rigid and boring, especially for the kids.

+1 This sounds way better than the diet at 95% of the houses where we have playdates-"Larla will only eat grilled cheese on white bread with the crusts cut off...and she'll eat chicken nuggets, but only one brand! Plus her kids eat Chinese and Thai.

Not PP, but I don't see the problem?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are a thin family. It's a combination of genetics (metabolism), healthy eating habits and the food itself.

There's nothing special about what we eat but we have a lot of vegetables and salads and more veggie nights than not. We don't have pasta often, but will have a baguette along with a salad, steamed vegs and roast chicken and that is a typical dinner. Fruit and yoghurt for breakfast. Simple sandwiches for lunch with carrot sticks and hummus. Once a month I will bake a cake or pie and that will last several days as our dessert after dinner. We rarely have takeaways but we do enjoy our weekend croissants that I pick up at a local bakery. Never get pizza takeaways but will occasionally pop a frozen pizza into the oven (frozen pizzas are a) smaller portions and b) not as overloaded with cheese and fat). We eat out as a family for dinner every three weeks or so and will usually go for a Chinese or Thai. We do eat out (very well) when we travel overseas.

As you can infer, the food we eat isn't special. It's all about portion control and having a range of nutritious food with the occasional splurges. We rarely snack and I never keep snacks in the house other than a bag of pretzels and we'll reach for an apple if hungry between meals. I've noticed the kids are the same and I've noticed that like their parents, they are quickly full without eating much food, so I do think there's a genetic makeup in our bodies that automatically triggers these reactions and that keeps us slender and prevents us from eating when we're not hungry, which is a big problem for too many people.

It also helps that we are also active. We exercise, play sports (I play tennis and swim laps) and enjoy long walks.

Sorry, but this sounds incredibly rigid and boring, especially for the kids.

Not PP, but I don't see the problem?

+1 This sounds way better than the diet at 95% of the houses where we have playdates-"Larla will only eat grilled cheese on white bread with the crusts cut off...and she'll eat chicken nuggets, but only one brand! Plus her kids eat Chinese and Thai.

[Anonymous]

I posted above already but reading many of the responses I'm reminded of the apple test. If you're hungry enough to eat an apple, then go ahead and eat. Usually I end up actually eating an apple, but whether you do or not, this can help with mindless snacking.

[Anonymous]

Most of the thin people I know have one thing in common: they are careful about carbs.

[Anonymous]

Today so far I am sipping on a cup of apple cider vinegar and hot water to detox from last night's big meal.

For lunch I might have an egg on sourdough bread.

For dinner I will have lentil and carrot soup.

[Anonymous]

I follow the biggest to smallest meal rule.

A large, hearty breakfast that usually keeps me full until 12:30. Eggs, bacon or turkey sausage, fruit, and oatmeal.

I only allow carbs at breakfast and lunch. Lunch is when I'll do a sandwich, pizza, pasta, etc. and we'll I'll eat processed items like chips or crackers. I also have my dessert at lunch, not dinner.

Dinner is just veggies (low sugar veggies only) and around 6 oz of protein.

I'm a former fatty and this is how my nutritionist taught me. Carbs in the morning to give you energy and the 'full' feeling. Less carbs at lunch. No carbs after 4 PM.

This method helped me lose 80 lbs. and I've found it very easy to stick to. I don't feel like I'm missing out on food because I just put the not as healthy stuff earlier in the day when my body has more time to burn it off rather than at dinner or after dinner.

[Anonymous]

I'm 5'9" and 130 lbs., size 4. If that qualifies as "skinny" enough for you, here's what I eat in a typical day:
Breakfast--1-3 eggs, usually fried in butter, sometimes with a piece of toast and 2 cups of coffee with whole milk. Water.
Lunch--big salad with leftover roasted veggies, garbanzo beans, chopped nuts or a cooked grain with hummus or salsa as dressing (those don't make my salad wilted by lunch time). Cut up fruit. Water.
Dinner--grilled chicken, 2-4 servings of roasted or raw veggies, maybe a cooked grain. Water.
Snacks--fruit, cheese, nuts, dried fruit, chips & salsa
I don't have much of a sweet tooth; I can take or leave baked goods and ice cream. If I want a snack after dinner, I usually have popcorn. I drink a beer or glass of wine 3-4 times a week. Can't remember the last time I ate at McDonald's. Usually eat meatless 2-3 times a week.

I am 40 and have been the same weight since high school, excepting pregnancy, so it's probably genetic. I like to cook and eat, I just don't like a lot of junk. I also exercise regularly--HIIT type workouts 2-3x/week and run about 10 miles/week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Today so far I am sipping on a cup of apple cider vinegar and hot water to detox from last night's big meal.

For lunch I might have an egg on sourdough bread.

For dinner I will have lentil and carrot soup.

This is abnormal