These threads are pointless. You starve yourself and can barely stay “thin.” I seat whatever I want and have always been thin. It isn’t about the food, a lot of it is genetics.

I have no idea about calories. BMI is under 20, not sure if that is thin by DCUM standards.

No breakfast - studies came out showing that the "you must eat breakfast to stay thin and healthy" was garbage. All eating breakfast does was add additional calories to your day.

For me, all eating breakfast does is allow me to concentrate on my work instead of thinking about food all morning. I had my usual banana and whole oats with fresh blueberries and strawberries and 3 cups of black coffee.

Lunch - it's for the weak!!! Just kidding. I had a wheat English muffin with an egg and a chicken sausage patty, an Icelandic yogurt with more berries, cherry tomatoes.

Snacks - random handfuls of roasted almonds and dried mango.I don't measure or weigh these things. Espresso with a little whipped cream. Plain herbal tea.

Dinner - DH made a chicken, leek and mushroom pie with a puff pastry top. I had seconds.

Dessert - frozen chocolate dipped banana. More espresso. Spent an hour taking a 4.5 mile inclined walk to nowhere on the treadmill.

Breakfast:
oatmeal made with flax/chia seeds and fresh berries
Roasted sweet potatoes
Black coffee

Lunch:
Curry chicken, white rice, one cup arugula, five big carrots

Snack:
Five small sweet peppers

Dinner:
Chickpeas, Roasted carrots, beets, mushrooms, onions, and eggplant with a light coconut curry sauce
One glass of white wine

Between 60-80 oz water a day

I am 47 and exercise an average of an hour a day.

Honestly I have no idea how many calories I eat per day. It could be anywhere from 1200 to 3200 and my BMI is around 21.

I'm 5'7" and 120. Have been this weight most of my adult life. Now in my late 40s.

Breakfast: oatmeal with an egg and banana. On weekends it's usually blueberry pancakes or waffles. Black coffee.

Lunch: usually left over dinner from the day before. Before covid I ate lunch from the buffet at my work cafeteria most days, and always had a variety of veggies, fruits, and protein.

Dinner: one protein (fish, chicken, and pork are in heavy rotation), one veggie, rice with sweet potato.

These meals are all in hearty portions. I don't count calories but probably eat at least 2000 cal a day. Dessert is not an everyday occurrence, but happens more often in the winter months. We bake our own cakes and cookies, and always half the sugar as called by the recipe.

Things I never or rarely consume: soda, any sugary drinks, juice, syrup.

My exercise is 30 minute walk daily.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Only on DCUM gluttony is normal, but eating in moderation, or avoiding meat, is gross and considered "starvation".

Omg! It’s the person who accuses everyone of disordered eating. I bet you are fun at cocktail parties.

I know. PP who talks about disordered eating: What do you mean by disordered eating?

Anonymous wrote:And I eat maybe the equivalent of one meal a day. Good genes is a large part. I’ve been 92-95 lbs since college ( except for two pregnancies where I got up to 135). I’m petite.
Breakfast: tea with lemon and sometimes a bit of honey
Lunch today was 1/2 a minneola orange and a roll (delicious home baked)
Dinner. Some leftover chicken dish with potatoes and onions, green beans and tomatoes PLUs another bit of leftover pesto pasta with shrimp

Then later while watching tv I will likely eat 1/2 pint of ice cream which I do MANY evenings

I did 1.5 hr stretch class today. And some days I walk or have horse riding lesson but mostly drive kids many hours every week and do lots of stairs running up and down doing laundry. I am very happy and lucky to be thin! But the age spots on my hands make me look at least 85!

Oh, dear.

Anonymous wrote:

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

Only on DCUM gluttony is normal, but eating in moderation, or avoiding meat, is gross and considered "starvation".

Omg! It’s the person who accuses everyone of disordered eating. I bet you are fun at cocktail parties.

I eat 2100 calories or so a day.

Morning: 2 packets of oatmeal and add flax, walnuts, cut apple, soy milk, banana. Green tea, coffee with soy milk
OR 2 eggs with 1-2 pieces of toast

Lunch: tuna sandwich or dinner leftovers (curries, chili, turkey, rotisserie chicken, etc)

Snack: cookies, banana

Dinner: Salad, curry, jasmine rice or homemade chili, salad, and toast

If I work out, I add in a smoothie with 15-30 grams of protein, raw almond butter, strawberry, banana.

I use FitPal to be sure I get all my macros + vitamins + iron, and I aim for 70+ grams of protein a day.

I was not eating enough before and didn’t realize it. I’ve had a surge of energy since I began to eat more.

Anonymous wrote:I used to be slim. Idk what people think after I’ve had 3 kids - not as thin.
Anyway I literally have small bones fwiw.
I don’t drink my calories. I have one cup of coffee in the AM with a little sugar & a little milk - but other than that water and one la croix daily.
I should probably eat something different for breakfast but most days I have one packet of Quaker maple & brown sugar oatmeal made with hot water.
Morning snack is often apple & PB. And then it kind of goes downhill from there.

I drink alcohol fairly moderately. One to two drinks a week on average I would say. I exercise at least 20 mins 6 days a week.

I’m trying to limit myself to one dessert daily of around 100 cals.

I try not to do anything too crazy because if it’s too strict of a diet - I can’t maintain it. I try for slow and steady and what I can keep up with long term.

Are you trying to lose weight? Eating more protein in the morning will help you feel full and be good for health. You sound like you are starving yourself.

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

Only on DCUM gluttony is normal, but eating in moderation, or avoiding meat, is gross and considered "starvation".

I always eat the same breakfast on work days- a wrap on a corn tortilla with one egg, swiss cheese, tomato pesto spread, and some kind of veggie- mushrooms, peppers, onions, etc...
Morning snack at work- small latte and either a granola bar, a couple cookies, something carby because that's what I like.
Lunch- whatever the entree is at our work cafeteria- today it was orange shrimp, white rice, steamed broccoli and a small bowl of coconut curry soup
Dinner- crab dip with toasted bread and cucumbers and carrots. I was going to have something with it, but ended up filling up on crab dip.
Night snack/dessert- tbd most likely a glass of wine and leftover Reeces cheesecake from the Cheesecake factory.

5'4" and 110 and just eat what I crave but have no problem stopping when I'm full and have always been pretty active

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

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I do IF (16/6) and relaxed/not hardcore keto. In the morning, I drink black coffee. I have my first meal around 1 or 2 pm, usually a Caesar salad with whatever protein I have around, meat with sauerkraut or kimchi, sandwich with keto bread, mayo, turkey or smoked salmon and arugula, feta cheese and cherry tomatoes, an apple with sharp cheese, chicken veggie soup, Greek full fat yogurt with berries and nuts etc. I also have fruit and more coffee with a splash of half and half. For dinner I have whatever the family has less the carbs. So if they have spaghetti, I put my sauce on sauteed zucchini. If we have burgers and grilled veggies, I eat mine without a bun. Today we had halibut, sweet potatoes and broccoli, so I had whatever everyone had. My keto is pretty relax, as I eat all the fruits and veggies. I'm not a huge fan of regular potatoes, so I don't really eat those but I have sweet potatoes. I do have regular sushi with white rice once a week and a glass of red wine. I don't keep track of calories or carbs or size of servings, I eat until I'm full but not stuffed. I run a little, hike and do a lot of yoga, and also a ton of gardening which is my hobby / passion. I volunteer with the park service, so I usually walk the trails for 2-3 hours each week. I'm 46 y/o, 5'7 and 130 lbs.