what do skinny people eat in a day?

[Anonymous]

5'6" 120lb Today looks like this:
5am: overnight oats with instant oats, PB2, half a scoop banana flavored protein, vanilla, salt
8am: protein shake after the gym
11am: 3oz turkey and cheese sandwich on wheat bread with a side salad
2pm: 6oz burger with cheese on wheat bun and a whole sliced tomato
6pm: 4oz steak with corn on the cob and tomatoes
9pm: 1.5oz peanuts and Greek yogurt

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5'6" 120lb Today looks like this:
5am: overnight oats with instant oats, PB2, half a scoop banana flavored protein, vanilla, salt
8am: protein shake after the gym
11am: 3oz turkey and cheese sandwich on wheat bread with a side salad
2pm: 6oz burger with cheese on wheat bun and a whole sliced tomato
6pm: 4oz steak with corn on the cob and tomatoes
9pm: 1.5oz peanuts and Greek yogurt

Do you actually weigh/measure your food or are these estimates to denote smaller portion sizes?

What I'm reading here indicates that people who consider themselves to be skinny either link it to their genetic makeup or restrict their calories...no magic bullet after all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5'6" 120lb Today looks like this:
5am: overnight oats with instant oats, PB2, half a scoop banana flavored protein, vanilla, salt
8am: protein shake after the gym
11am: 3oz turkey and cheese sandwich on wheat bread with a side salad
2pm: 6oz burger with cheese on wheat bun and a whole sliced tomato
6pm: 4oz steak with corn on the cob and tomatoes
9pm: 1.5oz peanuts and Greek yogurt

Do you actually weigh/measure your food or are these estimates to denote smaller portion sizes?

What I'm reading here indicates that people who consider themselves to be skinny either link it to their genetic makeup or restrict their calories...no magic bullet after all.

Not PP, but you have that right. It's not magic. Personally I weigh everything to make sure I get enough protein and limit carbs.

[Anonymous]

I eat a lot but there's two things working in my favor:
1. I like to exercise--I lift and I walk everywhere.
2. My parents are both very thin, I have over 20 cousins and over 10 aunts and uncles and I can tell you for sure not a single one has an even slightly overweight BMI.

[Anonymous]

5'10"
125 lbs

Typical day:
Frozen waffle with almond butter (I workout in a.m. so need protein)
Snack: usually a peach or apple
Lunch: Salad with lots of protein, sometimes a slice of bread (Sweetgreen). Once a week I will have a chicken pita or pulled pork/veggie combo from Whole Foods.
Afternoon snack: Yogurt with flax seed

Dinner: Turkey Burgers w/ side of veggies, Salmon burger w/ side of veggies, Chipotle Bowl from Costco if I am really hungry

I found that cutting carbs helped me lose fat. I really dropped pounds when I switched to a standing desk from sitting all day. I walk at least 7500 steps a day (10k is unrealistic with work) and also try to run or do barre/weights at home 4x a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5'6" 120lb Today looks like this:
5am: overnight oats with instant oats, PB2, half a scoop banana flavored protein, vanilla, salt
8am: protein shake after the gym
11am: 3oz turkey and cheese sandwich on wheat bread with a side salad
2pm: 6oz burger with cheese on wheat bun and a whole sliced tomato
6pm: 4oz steak with corn on the cob and tomatoes
9pm: 1.5oz peanuts and Greek yogurt

Do you actually weigh/measure your food or are these estimates to denote smaller portion sizes?

What I'm reading here indicates that people who consider themselves to be skinny either link it to their genetic makeup or restrict their calories...no magic bullet after all.

I do weigh it all, but I portion out all the meat on Sunday. Some of it I leave raw and either freeze in its portion size or put in the fridge to cook in the next couple days (mainly steak). Some of it comes individually packaged like fish fillets. The nuts are all single serving packs. I don't preassemble anything like the sandwiches or salads; that's done as needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5'6" 120lb Today looks like this:
5am: overnight oats with instant oats, PB2, half a scoop banana flavored protein, vanilla, salt
8am: protein shake after the gym
11am: 3oz turkey and cheese sandwich on wheat bread with a side salad
2pm: 6oz burger with cheese on wheat bun and a whole sliced tomato
6pm: 4oz steak with corn on the cob and tomatoes
9pm: 1.5oz peanuts and Greek yogurt

Do you actually weigh/measure your food or are these estimates to denote smaller portion sizes?

What I'm reading here indicates that people who consider themselves to be skinny either link it to their genetic makeup or restrict their calories...no magic bullet after all.

Nobody claims there is a magic bullet. This is the deal: eat well and exercise, you have a good chance of being thin. Eat like hell and sit on your ass, you'll gain weight sooner or later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5'6" 120lb Today looks like this:
5am: overnight oats with instant oats, PB2, half a scoop banana flavored protein, vanilla, salt
8am: protein shake after the gym
11am: 3oz turkey and cheese sandwich on wheat bread with a side salad
2pm: 6oz burger with cheese on wheat bun and a whole sliced tomato
6pm: 4oz steak with corn on the cob and tomatoes
9pm: 1.5oz peanuts and Greek yogurt

Do you actually weigh/measure your food or are these estimates to denote smaller portion sizes?

What I'm reading here indicates that people who consider themselves to be skinny either link it to their genetic makeup or restrict their calories...no magic bullet after all.

Nobody claims there is a magic bullet. This is the deal: eat well and exercise, you have a good chance of being thin. Eat like hell and sit on your ass, you'll gain weight sooner or later.

+1 this also doesn't seem like a calorie restriction. It's pretty balanced and has lots of variety. The skinny women probably stick more to 90/10 instead of the 80/20 rule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5'6" 120lb Today looks like this:
5am: overnight oats with instant oats, PB2, half a scoop banana flavored protein, vanilla, salt
8am: protein shake after the gym
11am: 3oz turkey and cheese sandwich on wheat bread with a side salad
2pm: 6oz burger with cheese on wheat bun and a whole sliced tomato
6pm: 4oz steak with corn on the cob and tomatoes
9pm: 1.5oz peanuts and Greek yogurt

Do you actually weigh/measure your food or are these estimates to denote smaller portion sizes?

What I'm reading here indicates that people who consider themselves to be skinny either link it to their genetic makeup or restrict their calories...no magic bullet after all.

Not PP, but you have that right. It's not magic. Personally I weigh everything to make sure I get enough protein and limit carbs.

Do you work full time and cook nightly for the family, including teenagers? I can't imagine having the time and focus to weigh my food, between family and work.

[Anonymous]

I think the misconception about there being a "Magic bullet" comes from how easy or hard people perceive stuff like eating healthy and being active to be. For some, they just have a natural preference for eating mostly healthy foods and/or they are naturally active people for whom working out or physical activity is something they really enjoy. For those people, they are going to find it easier to be thin because their lifestyle supports that. For those who prefer junk food and hate working out, it LOOKS like the others have some magic bullet simply because they don't struggle to eat well and move.

There in actuality is no magic bullet. Eating well and being active and physical is the key. It all comes down to whether that is work for you or not. If it is, you will find it hard and think others have some secret you don't.

[Anonymous]

I know why I am overweight. I eat too much and too much of the wrong thing. I eat to relieve stress not just to fuel up. I eat to celebrate and relax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the misconception about there being a "Magic bullet" comes from how easy or hard people perceive stuff like eating healthy and being active to be. For some, they just have a natural preference for eating mostly healthy foods and/or they are naturally active people for whom working out or physical activity is something they really enjoy. For those people, they are going to find it easier to be thin because their lifestyle supports that. For those who prefer junk food and hate working out, it LOOKS like the others have some magic bullet simply because they don't struggle to eat well and move.

There in actuality is no magic bullet. Eating well and being active and physical is the key. It all comes down to whether that is work for you or not. If it is, you will find it hard and think others have some secret you don't.

I love working out but also love to eat, so I'm overweight but not by that much

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am overweight. I ran before work for 30 minutes.

Today I ate:

Two cups of black coffee, a bagel with smart balance butter substitute
A grilled chicken wrap

Dinner will be a salad, a protein and a starch.

I generally eat about 2200 calories a day and exercise 5 days a week. I am also in my 50s.

2200 calories? Are you trying to gain weight?

No. That's just what I normally eat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I eat normal food until I'm full. There's no secret to it. Most of the overweight people I know engage in emotional eating or otherwise eat when they're not hungry.

Today:

Bowl of cereal, OJ and coffee with milk for breakfast.

Lunch -chicken leg, crackers, watermelon and cheese.

Afternoon snack -full fat yoghurt and almonds.

Dinner -fish sticks, potatoes, steamed zucchini and corn. 1 beer after kids in bed.

I would be a cranky bitch with those few calories. Is that all you eat when you've burned 500 calories exercising that day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not what they eat that matters, it's how much. You can fit any type of food into your diet and still be thin or lose weight. Also, how much you can eat varies significantly from person to person. What a thin person eats to maintain weight may be more calories than what a fat person eats to try to lose weight. It's all about creating the calorie deficit that's right for you based on height, weight, age, and activity.

True. We recently went on vacation- teen son brought a friend. Nice kid- very overweight. It was SHOCKING watching him eat. Three pieces of bread with each plate of dinner and no less than 2 plates of dinner. One night we all got giant slices of pie from a bakery. My whole family ate half and saved the rest (they were massive)- he ate all of his and then threw away the box and got cookies from the pantry. He ate 2 packages of cookies before anyone else even got any. I mean, the kid just ate TONS. Same stuff we were all eating for the most part... but in vastly greater quantities.

This makes me want to puke. How on earth do you eat that much food and not get sick...gross.

'Cause some of us eat like that on a regular basis. That's the truthful answer.