Normal Daily Food Intake? Options

[Hartmann]

Using the "What the world eats" thread as a basis, what do you eat normally in a week? What does your diet contain?

[Mommy]

sadly a lot of french fries....

I either eat way too much in a day or I dont eat at all. Im trying to work on this

[Psykopath]

Well, my diet used to be shit...literally up until a couple of weeks ago. I wondered (ignorantly...) why I had plateaued in my training and remained stagnant at a little over 180lbs.

I tried that stupid Sacred Heart mega calorie restriction diet to cut weight for my fight this Saturday, and it made me weak as a kitten on day 3 (a couple Mondays ago).

I have since switched to a SMART athlete's diet, as in I eat 5-6 smaller meals a day and take in about 1,800 calories (with lots of good protein). In 2 weeks I've lost 7 pounds (at 175 now...hopefully I'll shed 2-3 more by Saturday) and feel in the best shape of my life.


::EDIT::
And you know what's a good way to eat healthy? Write every single thing you eat/drink down.
It seriously makes you consider how good/bad you eat on a regular basis.

This post has been edited by Psykopath: Jun 5 2007, 02:06 PM

[Testm0nkey]

when i was in training i kept a meal log it does make you subconsciously eat really well. i never thought oh i shouldnt eat that or this but i just started to. works well


1/2 noninstant oatmeal cooked in 1c of skim milk with 2 equal packets and a banana chopped up in it every morning. with some crystal light or juice or more milk to wash it down
sandwich at lunch. ham or turkey a little light mayo, mustard, greens and tomato on 100 hull wheat nut. sometimes i have cheese in it. with some prezels or chips and milk, crystal light to wash it down
dinner hugely varies. i will go out to eat and eat too much but not really bad stuff or ill make a pasta, fish or meat. or just fish sticks and mac n cheese!

thats all i eat in a day. i try on occasion to eat more than 3 meals a day or break the food into lesser meals just more frequently but i havent been able to stick with that in recent years. though when i did do it nearly religiously i think i did lose weight but more importantly my stomach felt a lot better when id do my workouts

what im trying to work on is to drink something more than 3x a day and not replace liquids with soda as much. diet soda of course
not diet sodas and pure sugar rip me apart like saturated fats and hamburgers

[impala454]

M-F
breakfast:
one of two things typically, either a breakfast bar and water, or 2 kolaches and a dr. pepper (from Mornings Kolaches).
lunch: lately, every day is restaurant, but slowly getting back to bringing
bring lunch: sandwich (100% whole wheat bread + lean ham + provolone cheese), small baggie of chips, fruit cup.
restaurant: quiznos, subway, whataburger, sonic, fuddruckers, chilis, bennigans, bravos (local messican food), crazy cajun (local seafood, and actually very healthy as I love their grilled fish)
dinner: usually 3-4 at home, 1-2 restaurant
home meals: spaghetti, a really good lil taco stew recipe, plain ol sandwich, casserole + veggies, or leftovers from previous restaurant meals, etc.
restaurants: tx roadhouse, gringo's (local houston place, and one in SA I think), antonios (local italian place), sometimes pizza hut.

weekends
breakfast: sleep
lunch: early lunch, usually leftovers from friday night's restaurant dinner
dinner: either saturday or sunday is eat out (usually from the M-F list) and the other is eat the leftovers from other night out, or a home meal from the M-F list.

other
I go to a decent amount of astros games, races, out w/friends, and of course drink beer (non-light, usually bud or dos equis) and eat several high calorie snacks
we also tend to snack at home while watching movies and stuff, chips & dip kinda stuff. sometimes bbq, which is usually free reign to chow down as well

once I get my ... condition ... finished off with a final surgery here in a week or so I'll be gettin back to lifting and working out, which for me will alter my diet all by itself. as when I get on a good workout regimen, I don't want any of the bad foods. so hopefully within a month i'll be posting something a little different

[impala454]

And you know what's a good way to eat healthy? Write every single thing you eat/drink down.
It seriously makes you consider how good/bad you eat on a regular basis.

totally agreed. especially if you go back and total up calories and other nutrition info.

another good idea is (if you're like me and use a check card and never use cash) go through your monthly bank statement as a spreadsheet and total up how much you spent on going out.

[Psykopath]

another good idea is (if you're like me and use a check card and never use cash) go through your monthly bank statement as a spreadsheet and total up how much you spent on going out.

Yeah, this really surprised me too. Spent way too much on fast for for a couple of months near the end of last semester. Made me not want to eat out as much and just more food myself.

[Dogmeat]

entirley too much sodium, entirley too much saturated fat, then a various assortments of protein bars and/or shakes and lots and lots and lots of air. I drink air because I'm a water breathingfish.

[James]

Breakfast gets toast and oatmeal and raisins (these are totally necessary as plain oatmeal is fucking NASTY!)

Lunch gets fruit and salad with either chicken (in the salad, of course) and pb sandwich or spaghetti and meat sauce. I use ranch dressing just because it's all I've used for the past 10+ years and don't feel like experimenting with others again to find out I still don't like them.

Dinner gets fruit and nuts, preferrably almonds. They taste the best, but whatever is available for the season.

Once a week, I go eat my American Chinese food, General Tso's Chicken with steamed rice and a side of hot and sour soup. MMmmmmm.

Drink only water, usually half a gallon a day, but that might go up to a gallon as it gets hotter.

And after feeling tired and blah after lunch, I'm not eating the General Tso's again. Every other day I'm wide awake and such, but that stuff makes me sleepy every damn time. Pity, too. It tastes really good. Especially when they make it extra extra spicy.

I also take a multivitamin and a 1g vitamin c everyday. Just in case I'm missing out on something, which I think I might be a couple of things. Worst-case, I shit out those two vitamins the next day, but they're not that expensive.

[Testm0nkey]

james has the same diet as my rats
except replace general tsos with children

[James]

LOL

Do they get really sleepy after the children, too?

[Testm0nkey]

yes and they snuggle together on their little purple igloo upon a mountain of bones

[James]

Awww! How cute!

They can climb into the skulls and leave the rat babies in there, then you have to smash the skull open to get them out. Fun for the whole family, right.

[cupcake]

breakfast varieties:
-1 or 2 chorizo breakfast burritos, or a kolache

lunch variety:
-2 chicken breasts with teriyaki, fresh veggies, and steamed rice (only truly healthy meal)
-mcdonald's chicken sandwich meal and fries
-some kind of fatty salad
-3 fresh illegal alien made chicken tacos

dinner variety examples:
steak, potatoes, salad
pork loin chops, beans, macaroni
chicken parmasean, salad, sketti
teriyaki chicken and veggies and soup
chili and crackers

beverages consumed daily:
~easily over a gallon of water per day (don't drink sodas)
~7 light beers or a bottle of cab sav (I know I have issues kthx)
~1/4 gallon 2% milk

the only pros in my diet are that I do not eat sweets nor drink sodas at all. a "treat" to me is 3 more beers.

I've eaten this way forever. I should be fat or dead.

[Spectatrix]

Some of the most common things I eat, by meal, in order (under each category) from most to least often consumed.

Breakfast
~ Shake w/ almond or cashew milk, banana, and either greens or more fruit
~ Orange juice and fruit
~ [Weekends] Wheat pancakes w/ real maple syrup and tons of fresh fruit (usually strawberries and something else).

Lunch
~ Large salad. Usually contains greens, cucumber, tomato, red bell pepper, carrot, and dressing. Sometimes has turkey bacon and hard boiled egg.
~ Leftovers from dinner (see below)
~ Sandwiches (usually avocado, tomato, sprouts, and light miracle whip) and fruit.

Dinner
~ Homemade guacamole (avo, onion, tomato, jalapeno, cilantro, garlic) w/ chips and organic salsa.
~ Sushi: vegetarian, California roll, sweet omelet, grilled eel, other varieties (all homemade)
~ Pasta (I'm getting into having whole wheat pasta) with sauteed veggies and sauce, sometimes meat; usually with salad on the side.
~ Vietnamese-style spring rolls: rice paper, lettuce, rice vermicelli, cucumber, cabbage, bean sprouts, carrot, herbs; served with sweet chili sauce or peanut sauce.

As far as beverages are concerned, I drink mostly water (easily upwards of 64 oz/day). I also drink green tea chai latte (made with soy milk) and orange juice. I very rarely have soda, coffee, or alcohol.