1 cup rice + ½ cup lentils + ½ cup quinoa. Rinse. 3 cups of water. Cook in rice cooker. Really good grain base for a bowl meal. Add whatever protein and veggies on top.
It’s so funny how whenever someone asks this question I’ve suddenly forgotten everything I’ve ever eaten in my life. I can say for sure tons of yogurt with fruit and granola.
My diet hasn’t changed much. I went mostly vegetarian and lactose free in my 20s because Americans on average eat way more animal protein than they actually need and I’m lactose intolerant. I also don’t really eat fast food or drink soda – but that was true in my 20s as well.
I do take more supplements, in my mid-to-late 20s my vitamin d levels crashed a couple times and I suspect it’s because I can’t eat most of the fortified foods. I also am more intentional about a b complex supplement- my levels have been on the low end of the normal range a few times in recent years, and I found out I have a single copy of the MTHFR gene variant so I process b-vitamins at about 80% efficiency.
Something balanced, but not overly fussy. Breakfast is usually a fruit, a carb, a protein and coffee. Lunch is a carb, vegetables, a protein. Dinner is the same. I avoid eating fried foods. I don’t drink pop (coke, sprite, etc) and I rarely eat candy and chocolate. That being said, from time to time there will be a bag of chips or a box of cookies in the house.
I realised a couple of years ago that my diet had almost no protein in it. I work out most days and don’t buy meat/cheese for environnemental reason. I felt great but once I actually minded my protein intake my appearance really changed, my muscles developed and I lost fat.
I am still under what my protein intake should be but I feel like I can’t do more.
Breakfast is soy yogurt/oats/nuts, lunch vary. If I am doing cardio I’ll have pasta or any carbs with tons of vegetables, if it’s weight lifting/yoga, vegetables/beans and protein. Dinner is usually light, soups in winter and salads in summer, and some protein (eggs most likely). I am now buying a lot more processed food that I would like (tofu, vegan steaks etc) but I would rather do that than buy meat.
My goal now is just to feel fueled for the kind of day I’m having and not feel hungry/weak 🙂
I like eating more protein/meat, over veggies and fruits. To me meat keeps me full longer. Then I eat veggies, such as salads, roasted, baked etc. I also look up Asian and Mediterranean.
Less dairy for sure. Almost no cheese and I don’t miss it! Thinking about how bad it makes my stomach hurt makes me feel better about not eating it.
I incorporated more fruits and veggies. I eat two daily dates for cholesterol control. I am trying to add more things to my diet and I saw this ginger & turmeric bone broth at Costco this morning & got it to try. I have RA so I want to add more anti inflammatory foods to my diet.
I LOVE breakfast. It’s probably my largest meal. I’m a huge oatmeal girl. I love how much I can put in it for breakfast and it helps keep me feeling “good full.” Also smoothies. Super easy and I can add some fiber and protein in there.
Lunch is usually pretty simple for me. I like to prep those “dense bean salads” and add chicken/kale or whatever else is going bad from the fridge. Because I am using whatever I have, they don’t feel super repetitive.
I eat a late lunch and snack throughout the day. Nuts, veggies, and apple or whatever. So I don’t usually do a sit down dinner, usually. But when I do, I do a lot of roasted veggies. I could do a whole dinner or roasted veggies.
I’m a runner and work with a sports dietitian to consciously eat enough carbs and protein. I don’t own a scale and skip being weighed at the doctor to avoid having it get in the way of my goals.
Hmm lots of beans, veggies, fruit, a smattering of nuts and seeds, healthy fats, some eggs, a mix of different meats (vary between chicken, beef, and occasional pork or fish), dark chocolate, oatmeal.
For breakfast I’ll often have a smoothie with protein powder (Ora Organic currently) and collagen Skin & Bone powder. Sometimes I’ll just do the two powders with some whole milk or cashew milk.
Looking back on my teens and 20s I can’t believe how much I just didn’t know about nutrition or what’s healthy! I used to eat so much more sugar and processed foods. I feel much better now.
I worked with a nutritionist to lose weight before I got married in 2020 and have been roughly following that meal plan ever since. Each meal has a protein, carb, healthy fat, and green vegetable, besides breakfast which is typically yogurt and blueberries. The marriage only lasted 2 years but the lessons I learned working with my coach will stay with me for life.
I have been the same size since like forever but we all go through periods where we just want to exercise more/eat better for whatever reason be it to lose weight or just feel better. Those times for me I cut sugar. No mindless snacking at night watching TV. I read labels: nothing more than 7g of sugar per serve. Usually within the first week I drop 1kg and lose a lot of puffiness and water weight. My face is brighter and clearer and I feel amazing. Mind you when I am doing this it’s usually only to lose 1-2 kilos but I feel 1000% better off sugar.
My basic “meal prep” meal that I make is rice, grilled chicken, and some kind of veggie in fairly equal portions. I like it because it’s satisfying, I don’t have to overthink it, it can be customized with different seasonings/sauces, and overall helps keep me sane. I like to throw in a veggie-heavy smoothie each day just to make sure I’m getting enough vegetables in my day. I don’t eat breakfast.
I do supplement this predictable meal by eating whatever on the weekends and having desserts and snacks when I feel like it at the end of the day.
I don’t drink milk, I have decreased the heavier dairy products that were making me sick. I have increased protein by adding protein snacks (I’m not much a meat eater). Trying to increase water intake. Less sugar and carbs. When I do have a heavy sugar/carb meal, I try to have it later in the day. Rarely have caffeine, since I figured out it makes me fall asleep. Less fried foods.
I have a small breakfast 200-400 calories. Either a protein snack/fruit/royo bagel with cream cheese.
I’ve been buying that baby spinach and sauteeing it down with olive oil, garlic (the freeze dried stuff) and a squirt of lemon juice. And a bit of salt and pepper. Ohhhh!
I cook dinner at home 6 days a week and that really helps. I want my kids to have a well rounded diet and that forces me to eat my vegetables and fruits. I drink protein shakes for lunch because I’m always busy and never get enough protein in my diet for weight lifting. I meal plan a month at a time, so I know exactly what I’m eating for the entire rest of August already, and that helps me stay on track.
My husband and I started eating a balanced, mostly healthy plantbased diet.
We don’t do it for health reasons though.
We include lots of Tofu or TVP for protein (and of course legumes, mostly beans and peas), fresh vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds.
We do add some junk food obviously as well.
Our diet is mostly just a veganised version of German standard diet with lots of international dishes added.
Tbh I wish we did that sooner…. It’s heartbreaking how long we chose to shut our eyes.
Plus, while health isn’t the reason we’re doing this, our health greatly improved, my chronical gastritis just vanished, and so on.
My favorite types of cuisine to eat are Mediterranean, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Spanish, Caribbean and Latin American. Black espresso for breakfast, and a variety of the above for lunch and dinner. I love wraps and making tacos out of anything. Eggs, mushrooms. SPICES. Fresh, sauteed veggies. Mango salsas and roasted mojo pork. Grilled seafood marinated in lemon and garlic. To drink, I drink water all the time and then also 2% organic grass fed milk – it literally tastes different and I’m obsessed with it lol.
I try to stick to Gluten and dairy free but some days I fail. Try to eat 90g+ protein Daily, again that’s not always possible but 80% of the time for both of these. No coffee or alcohol.
Breakfast is usually a banana and some brazil nuts with lots of water, lunch is either egg-based (Scrambled eggs with avocado & gf bread, or an omelette) or a Poke bowl style meal with lots of chicken, rice and veg. Dinner is either Thai chicken curry, beef stuffed peppers, a large salad, roast chicken with roasted veggies, or another Poke bowl style thing. Matcha latte once or twice a week. And a truck load of vitamins.
I’ve been TTC for too long now, discovered a bunch of health issues along the way and got serious about my diet about a year ago. I needed the wakeup call, before that I existed on a diet of coffee, sugar and cortisol.
Here is my sample day today: the breakfast shake was made using pescience frosted chococolage cupcake +ryse skippy + water, and the evening shake was made using Herbalife vanilla PDM+ Herbalife strawberry cheesecake healthy meal powder (not healthy bc it has sugar lol) + water. I freeze both shakes for 30 mins before eating and don’t use enough water so they come out like ice cream! I hate protein shakes that use the recommended amount of water.
August 12th
Morning Snack: Hard boiled egg – 70 calories | 6g protein
Breakfast Shake: 330 calories | 61g protein
Lunch: 3 Trader Joe’s turkey meatballs, 85g broccoli, 59g collard greens, ¼ cup peas, sauerkraut, 59g Dozen Cousins rice in bone broth, Kikkoman soy sauce packet – 358 calories | 29g protein
Dinner: Beef patty, ½ cup cottage cheese, 47g russet potato, 44g sweet potato, 27g avocado, 82g asparagus, ½ tbsp hot honey – 535 calories | 38g protein
Evening Shake: 310 calories | 48g protein
Hasn’t really changed, just being more conscientious about portions. Partner and I both work 12+ hr days so we meal prep.
Example meals:
Breakfast: boiled eggs or baked egg cups (spinach and feta this week)
Lunch: Various Salads! Sometimes lettuce based, sometimes not. (This week was a protein pasta w/ feta, olives, cucumber, and sliced black pepper chicken sausage and an olive oil based dressing)
Dinner: Protein, carb, and veggie. (This week was bbq chicken tenders with sweet potato and broccoli + ‘fried’ cauliflower rice with sautéed ground beef)
On a heavy workout day, I’ll add a protein shake if needed.
Snacks always on hand: Cottage cheese, yogurt, fruit, dark chocolate, seaweed snacks, protein bars, low cal oatmeal packets.
I try and stick to variations of these every week to keep it consistent and not have to put too much thought into it. Too tireddd.
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1 cup rice + ½ cup lentils + ½ cup quinoa. Rinse. 3 cups of water. Cook in rice cooker. Really good grain base for a bowl meal. Add whatever protein and veggies on top.
It’s so funny how whenever someone asks this question I’ve suddenly forgotten everything I’ve ever eaten in my life. I can say for sure tons of yogurt with fruit and granola.
My diet hasn’t changed much. I went mostly vegetarian and lactose free in my 20s because Americans on average eat way more animal protein than they actually need and I’m lactose intolerant. I also don’t really eat fast food or drink soda – but that was true in my 20s as well.
I do take more supplements, in my mid-to-late 20s my vitamin d levels crashed a couple times and I suspect it’s because I can’t eat most of the fortified foods. I also am more intentional about a b complex supplement- my levels have been on the low end of the normal range a few times in recent years, and I found out I have a single copy of the MTHFR gene variant so I process b-vitamins at about 80% efficiency.
Something balanced, but not overly fussy. Breakfast is usually a fruit, a carb, a protein and coffee. Lunch is a carb, vegetables, a protein. Dinner is the same. I avoid eating fried foods. I don’t drink pop (coke, sprite, etc) and I rarely eat candy and chocolate. That being said, from time to time there will be a bag of chips or a box of cookies in the house.
I realised a couple of years ago that my diet had almost no protein in it. I work out most days and don’t buy meat/cheese for environnemental reason. I felt great but once I actually minded my protein intake my appearance really changed, my muscles developed and I lost fat.
I am still under what my protein intake should be but I feel like I can’t do more.
Breakfast is soy yogurt/oats/nuts, lunch vary. If I am doing cardio I’ll have pasta or any carbs with tons of vegetables, if it’s weight lifting/yoga, vegetables/beans and protein. Dinner is usually light, soups in winter and salads in summer, and some protein (eggs most likely). I am now buying a lot more processed food that I would like (tofu, vegan steaks etc) but I would rather do that than buy meat.
My goal now is just to feel fueled for the kind of day I’m having and not feel hungry/weak 🙂
I like eating more protein/meat, over veggies and fruits. To me meat keeps me full longer. Then I eat veggies, such as salads, roasted, baked etc. I also look up Asian and Mediterranean.
I find it easier to meal prep 5 days a week.
i have to give up rice. or at least control the portions. i don’t wanna!!!
Less dairy for sure. Almost no cheese and I don’t miss it! Thinking about how bad it makes my stomach hurt makes me feel better about not eating it.
I incorporated more fruits and veggies. I eat two daily dates for cholesterol control. I am trying to add more things to my diet and I saw this ginger & turmeric bone broth at Costco this morning & got it to try. I have RA so I want to add more anti inflammatory foods to my diet.
I LOVE breakfast. It’s probably my largest meal. I’m a huge oatmeal girl. I love how much I can put in it for breakfast and it helps keep me feeling “good full.” Also smoothies. Super easy and I can add some fiber and protein in there.
Lunch is usually pretty simple for me. I like to prep those “dense bean salads” and add chicken/kale or whatever else is going bad from the fridge. Because I am using whatever I have, they don’t feel super repetitive.
I eat a late lunch and snack throughout the day. Nuts, veggies, and apple or whatever. So I don’t usually do a sit down dinner, usually. But when I do, I do a lot of roasted veggies. I could do a whole dinner or roasted veggies.
I’m a runner and work with a sports dietitian to consciously eat enough carbs and protein. I don’t own a scale and skip being weighed at the doctor to avoid having it get in the way of my goals.
Hmm lots of beans, veggies, fruit, a smattering of nuts and seeds, healthy fats, some eggs, a mix of different meats (vary between chicken, beef, and occasional pork or fish), dark chocolate, oatmeal.
For breakfast I’ll often have a smoothie with protein powder (Ora Organic currently) and collagen Skin & Bone powder. Sometimes I’ll just do the two powders with some whole milk or cashew milk.
Looking back on my teens and 20s I can’t believe how much I just didn’t know about nutrition or what’s healthy! I used to eat so much more sugar and processed foods. I feel much better now.
I worked with a nutritionist to lose weight before I got married in 2020 and have been roughly following that meal plan ever since. Each meal has a protein, carb, healthy fat, and green vegetable, besides breakfast which is typically yogurt and blueberries. The marriage only lasted 2 years but the lessons I learned working with my coach will stay with me for life.
Breakfast: microwave protein brownie with cottage cheese, protein powder, cocoa, flour, yogurt or protein pancakes
Snack: maybe apple and PB, maybe toast
Lunch: chicken breast, salad, pita, cottage cheese, yogurt, maybe a protein bar, maybe another protein brownie
Pregym Snack: energy bar / toast and banana
Dinner: chicken breast, veggies, bread or baked potato, or homemade burger in a bun or turkey sausage in a bun with veggies.
Snack: chocolate, yogurt, maybe a nectarine, berries
I have been the same size since like forever but we all go through periods where we just want to exercise more/eat better for whatever reason be it to lose weight or just feel better. Those times for me I cut sugar. No mindless snacking at night watching TV. I read labels: nothing more than 7g of sugar per serve. Usually within the first week I drop 1kg and lose a lot of puffiness and water weight. My face is brighter and clearer and I feel amazing. Mind you when I am doing this it’s usually only to lose 1-2 kilos but I feel 1000% better off sugar.
My basic “meal prep” meal that I make is rice, grilled chicken, and some kind of veggie in fairly equal portions. I like it because it’s satisfying, I don’t have to overthink it, it can be customized with different seasonings/sauces, and overall helps keep me sane. I like to throw in a veggie-heavy smoothie each day just to make sure I’m getting enough vegetables in my day. I don’t eat breakfast.
I do supplement this predictable meal by eating whatever on the weekends and having desserts and snacks when I feel like it at the end of the day.
I run regularly and am currently training for a half so I have to eat more. I feel like the size 0 fad in the early 2000s ruined my body image.
A lot of peanut butter, slice of bread, granola, greek yogurt, fruit – breakfast
chicken, greens, veggies for either.
I have never really eaten processed food at all, usually cook at home, and hardly drink.
You can be a very healthy eater, but drinking can absolutely ruin that for your health.
Lots and lots of iron-rich foods like legumes daily.
All types of produce. I rotate my produce to get varied nutrients
I’ve noticed I only reach my fiber goal if I have oatmeal for breakfast so I eat 50g of oats with half a scoop of protein powder.
For lunch I’ll either have a salad or a lentil / bean mix with rice, veg and meat or a stew/curry in the winter.
Snack is usually fruit with yogurt or a smoothie.
Dinner is similar to lunch except that I hardly ever eat salads for dinner unless I have a bunch that I need to eat quickly.
Of course this is all within a weekly balance because I do like eating out as well
I don’t drink milk, I have decreased the heavier dairy products that were making me sick. I have increased protein by adding protein snacks (I’m not much a meat eater). Trying to increase water intake. Less sugar and carbs. When I do have a heavy sugar/carb meal, I try to have it later in the day. Rarely have caffeine, since I figured out it makes me fall asleep. Less fried foods.
I have a small breakfast 200-400 calories. Either a protein snack/fruit/royo bagel with cream cheese.
Lunch-light sandwich, veggies chips, fruit, cheese stick.
Dinner-either a big salad, a sandwich, or turkey hot dogs lately.
Breakfast: coffee and chocolate almond milk, and a granola bar.
Work lunch: microwave noodles or protein shake and granola bar.
Dinner and snack after work is when I actually have a lot of different foods. I make lots of pizza and pasta.
I’ve been buying that baby spinach and sauteeing it down with olive oil, garlic (the freeze dried stuff) and a squirt of lemon juice. And a bit of salt and pepper. Ohhhh!
I cook dinner at home 6 days a week and that really helps. I want my kids to have a well rounded diet and that forces me to eat my vegetables and fruits. I drink protein shakes for lunch because I’m always busy and never get enough protein in my diet for weight lifting. I meal plan a month at a time, so I know exactly what I’m eating for the entire rest of August already, and that helps me stay on track.
My husband and I started eating a balanced, mostly healthy plantbased diet.
We don’t do it for health reasons though.
We include lots of Tofu or TVP for protein (and of course legumes, mostly beans and peas), fresh vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds.
We do add some junk food obviously as well.
Our diet is mostly just a veganised version of German standard diet with lots of international dishes added.
Tbh I wish we did that sooner…. It’s heartbreaking how long we chose to shut our eyes.
Plus, while health isn’t the reason we’re doing this, our health greatly improved, my chronical gastritis just vanished, and so on.
My favorite types of cuisine to eat are Mediterranean, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Spanish, Caribbean and Latin American. Black espresso for breakfast, and a variety of the above for lunch and dinner. I love wraps and making tacos out of anything. Eggs, mushrooms. SPICES. Fresh, sauteed veggies. Mango salsas and roasted mojo pork. Grilled seafood marinated in lemon and garlic. To drink, I drink water all the time and then also 2% organic grass fed milk – it literally tastes different and I’m obsessed with it lol.
I try to stick to Gluten and dairy free but some days I fail. Try to eat 90g+ protein Daily, again that’s not always possible but 80% of the time for both of these. No coffee or alcohol.
Breakfast is usually a banana and some brazil nuts with lots of water, lunch is either egg-based (Scrambled eggs with avocado & gf bread, or an omelette) or a Poke bowl style meal with lots of chicken, rice and veg. Dinner is either Thai chicken curry, beef stuffed peppers, a large salad, roast chicken with roasted veggies, or another Poke bowl style thing. Matcha latte once or twice a week. And a truck load of vitamins.
I’ve been TTC for too long now, discovered a bunch of health issues along the way and got serious about my diet about a year ago. I needed the wakeup call, before that I existed on a diet of coffee, sugar and cortisol.
Beans beans beans
Lean protein, fish like salmon and tilapia, sardines, anchovies, vegetables, fruit, beans, cheese lots of water
Baked salmon + a veggie like broccoli or zucchini
Mediterranean salad bowl: grilled chicken, quinoa, cucumbers, tomatoes, feta, olives, chickpeas
Here is my sample day today: the breakfast shake was made using pescience frosted chococolage cupcake +ryse skippy + water, and the evening shake was made using Herbalife vanilla PDM+ Herbalife strawberry cheesecake healthy meal powder (not healthy bc it has sugar lol) + water. I freeze both shakes for 30 mins before eating and don’t use enough water so they come out like ice cream! I hate protein shakes that use the recommended amount of water.
August 12th
Morning Snack: Hard boiled egg – 70 calories | 6g protein
Breakfast Shake: 330 calories | 61g protein
Lunch: 3 Trader Joe’s turkey meatballs, 85g broccoli, 59g collard greens, ¼ cup peas, sauerkraut, 59g Dozen Cousins rice in bone broth, Kikkoman soy sauce packet – 358 calories | 29g protein
Dinner: Beef patty, ½ cup cottage cheese, 47g russet potato, 44g sweet potato, 27g avocado, 82g asparagus, ½ tbsp hot honey – 535 calories | 38g protein
Evening Shake: 310 calories | 48g protein
Total Calories: 1,603
Total Protein: 182g
steps: 15,200
Hasn’t really changed, just being more conscientious about portions. Partner and I both work 12+ hr days so we meal prep.
Example meals:
Breakfast: boiled eggs or baked egg cups (spinach and feta this week)
Lunch: Various Salads! Sometimes lettuce based, sometimes not. (This week was a protein pasta w/ feta, olives, cucumber, and sliced black pepper chicken sausage and an olive oil based dressing)
Dinner: Protein, carb, and veggie. (This week was bbq chicken tenders with sweet potato and broccoli + ‘fried’ cauliflower rice with sautéed ground beef)
On a heavy workout day, I’ll add a protein shake if needed.
I try and stick to variations of these every week to keep it consistent and not have to put too much thought into it. Too tireddd.