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

[Anonymous]

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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?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

It's not intentionally restrictive to be intentional about your food. Stop encouraging bad habits.

Thinking about a balanced diet, being aware of calories/energy in foods, aiming for good health (and sure, being attractive) are all good habits to form young. No, this does not equal disordered eating. Passing on empty calories and skipping a breakfast here and there when you realize your pants are getting tight is not disordered eating. Exercising daily (obviously without being obsessed about it) is not disordered.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

It's not intentionally restrictive to be intentional about your food. Stop encouraging bad habits.

Thinking about a balanced diet, being aware of calories/energy in foods, aiming for good health (and sure, being attractive) are all good habits to form young. No, this does not equal disordered eating. Passing on empty calories and skipping a breakfast here and there when you realize your pants are getting tight is not disordered eating. Exercising daily (obviously without being obsessed about it) is not disordered.

No..but there are a couple responses that go beyond this IMO. If you think they all sound perfectly normal..well ok then

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Minimal calories? This should be obvious: you have two choices. Eat the minimal number of calories to maintain your weight, or something other than that abs watch your weight change. Of course thin people who are maintaining their weight aren’t eating more than the minimum to do so… or they would be gaining. The minimum is also the maximum.

It seems to me the thing most of these meal plans have in common is few/no snacks. Looks jarring and unusual to the American eye but is provably necessary to stay thin.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Minimal calories? This should be obvious: you have two choices. Eat the minimal number of calories to maintain your weight, or something other than that abs watch your weight change. Of course thin people who are maintaining their weight aren’t eating more than the minimum to do so… or they would be gaining. The minimum is also the maximum.

It seems to me the thing most of these meal plans have in common is few/no snacks. Looks jarring and unusual to the American eye but is provably necessary to stay thin.

I am a thin person in a family with individuals who struggle to maintain a healthy weight, and this is THE number one difference between us from what I see, in terms of eating. We eat fairly similar sized meals but I don’t eat in between, and they do. (Exercise is the other key difference.)

[Anonymous]

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

No kidding. The piece of a chocolate covered strawberry is alarming

Exactly. Yet she's getting the 'you go, girl' from other posters. Very sad.

Overeating and needing bigger deserts daily is what's alarming and sad.

I’m a size two and eat desserts daily and can assure you it’s not sad. And a single chocolate covered cherry would never do it for me!

You're a total liar.

I’m not. I know a lot of thin people with a sweet tooth. Doesn’t mean our overall caloric intake is high.

[Anonymous]

Portion control is the most important thing. I eat pretty much whatever I want, but I keep the portions sensible, and I eat pretty slowly. This is the big difference between friends and family who are large and people who are thin. I can actually stop at two cookies, whereas friends who are constantly battling the bulge will eat a dozen. I'll grab a handful of potato chips, but then close up the bag and put it away. I'll have a huge salad (sensible, because fruits and veggies tend to be lower in calories), but just one slice of bread dipped in olive oil.
Also, it's important to always eat a carb with fat and protein.
Finally, if your budget allows, invest in high quality fruits and veggies. They taste better and make eating them more appealing. You cannot outrun your fork, so you might as well make the fork as healthy and tasty as possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Portion control is the most important thing. I eat pretty much whatever I want, but I keep the portions sensible, and I eat pretty slowly. This is the big difference between friends and family who are large and people who are thin. I can actually stop at two cookies, whereas friends who are constantly battling the bulge will eat a dozen. I'll grab a handful of potato chips, but then close up the bag and put it away. I'll have a huge salad (sensible, because fruits and veggies tend to be lower in calories), but just one slice of bread dipped in olive oil.
Also, it's important to always eat a carb with fat and protein.
Finally, if your budget allows, invest in high quality fruits and veggies. They taste better and make eating them more appealing. You cannot outrun your fork, so you might as well make the fork as healthy and tasty as possible.

The control is key. I generally eat what I want, I just try to eat a small amount. One cookie, one bite, smaller bowl, etc. And no seconds, unless it's vegetables.

[Anonymous]

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

+ 1 trillion

Actually most of what's been posted is healthy, and with a good amount of calories. Not disordered at all - unless you consider someone being able to recite what they eat during the day as "disordered"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Whatever I want, I don't count calories. I get in at least 2.5 hours of walking everyday (dog) and I do strength training twice a week.

Today I had/will have:

Breakfast: N/A I never eat breakfast
Lunch: chicken breasts stuffed with sundried tomato pesto and mozzarella cheese; roasted broccoli and potatoes
Dinner: Snack on prosciutto and cheese while cooking. 2 glasses white wine, rice, Pork meatballs with spinach and mushrooms in a coconut cream sauce

So basically you eat Keto, less the 2 glasses of wine. Not knocking it, it sounds pretty doable actually. Also 2.5 hours of walking! I need to get a dog

She eats potatoes and rice also. I think the stuffed chicken breasts sounds great.

PP here - thanks for catching that. I skipped right over the word "rice".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have no idea on calories. But here's what I ate today:

B: banana, oatmeal with flax and chia seeds, water
L: lentil soup, piece of sourdough bread, water
D: Marinated tofu, white rice, roasted broccoli, water
Dessert: a piece of chocolate covered strawberry from Trader Joe's

OMG. I would starve to death on that. Are you kidding me? That's all you eat? I'm 5'5", 130 pounds, and I eat at least 2,500-3,500 calories a day with at least 50 grams of that in protein every day. I'm active but I'm not crazed about it - I walk or jog a few miles, my job keeps me active, and I have a lot of kids so I am running around the whole time I'm home - in other words it isn't like I'm training for a marathon. If I ate what you eat in a day by afternoon time I would be so ravenous I probably would start eating my kids.

3,500 calories day? Weird.

Seriously that is a lot of calories for someone who's only 5'5 and not doing much structured exercise. I mean good for you - but don't discount your good genes that enable you to eat as much as you don and not be overweight.

I eat about that much without much structured exercise. I am a size 2-4, so not like a 00 or anything but a healthy BMI, like 21-22. However, I do agree genetics probably plays a role. My kids eat the same as all their friends but are consistently in a much lower weight percentile than height one. My father and mother were also both thin without dieting or effort, in fact my dad had trouble keeping weight on.

[Anonymous]

We get this question once a month. Knowing how much I eat won't make you lose weight. Everyone is different.

You should calculate how many calories you are eating, then try to reduce at least 500 calories/day of what you are already eating, and exercise at least 30 min/daily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Portion control is the most important thing. I eat pretty much whatever I want, but I keep the portions sensible, and I eat pretty slowly. This is the big difference between friends and family who are large and people who are thin. I can actually stop at two cookies, whereas friends who are constantly battling the bulge will eat a dozen. I'll grab a handful of potato chips, but then close up the bag and put it away. I'll have a huge salad (sensible, because fruits and veggies tend to be lower in calories), but just one slice of bread dipped in olive oil.
Also, it's important to always eat a carb with fat and protein.
Finally, if your budget allows, invest in high quality fruits and veggies. They taste better and make eating them more appealing. You cannot outrun your fork, so you might as well make the fork as healthy and tasty as possible.

The control is key. I generally eat what I want, I just try to eat a small amount. One cookie, one bite, smaller bowl, etc. And no seconds, unless it's vegetables.

+2 portion control and don’t drink too much alcohol. It’s so hard to get in the habit though. If you’ve been overeating and overindulging your whole life, stopping at 2 cookies or a single serving of chips or a single glass of wine is going to feel incredibly difficult. If you’ve been careful with portions your whole life, stopping at 2 cookies is normal. I feel mentally gross and WTF when my friends “joke” about eating a whole sleeve of Thin Mints or whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We get this question once a month. Knowing how much I eat won't make you lose weight. Everyone is different.

You should calculate how many calories you are eating, then try to reduce at least 500 calories/day of what you are already eating, and exercise at least 30 min/daily.

True, but I like seeing new ideas. I get in ruts and then start snacking too much.