Typical meals

I've been asked quite a few times recently about the specifics of what some of my typical meals are, especially since I've been doing Weight Watchers. I was avoiding this post, because I know that my diet is FAR from perfect. I probably have too many carbs, too little protein, not enough veggies, too much processed crap, and too many sugary grapes. However, this is an honest look at what I eat.

The point of posting this isn't for a "meal plan" but to show that I eat things I like and still manage to lose weight. I don't live off of salad and grilled fish. These are things I enjoy eating. I usually go through phases, where I eat the same thing for a long time before switching to something else; but these were the common things I found while going through my food journal from the last three months. I just eat whatever I feel like eating, and I count the PointsPlus in it.

Typical breakfasts:

• Healthy Life English muffin (toasted) with 1 Tbsp. peanut butter + 1 Tbsp. Nutella and a banana
• 1/2 cup (dry) oatmeal prepared with 1/2 cup milk + 1/2 cup water and 1 Tbsp. brown sugar, and a banana
• Healthy Life English muffin (toasted) with 1 egg + 1 egg white (scrambled) and 2 Tbsp. Hormel real crumbled bacon and 1 slice Kraft 2% American cheese, and a banana
• Cascadian Farms Cinnamon Raisin granola (1 serving) with 1/2 cup 1% milk and a banana
• 1/2 cup (dry) oatmeal prepared with 1/2 cup milk + 1/2 cup water, 2 Tbsp. PB2, and 1 Tbsp. chocolate chips, and a banana
• Protein shake
• 1 serving Kashi GoLean Crunch with 1/2 cup frozen blueberries and 1/2 cup 1% milk

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Typical lunches:

• 2 eggs + 1 egg white, scrambled, with 2 Tbsp. Hormel real crumbled bacon and 1 slice Kraft 2% American cheese; 1.5 cups grapes
• Healthy Life English muffin (toasted) with 1 egg + 1 egg white (scrambled) and 2 Tbsp. Hormel real crumbled bacon and 1 slice Kraft 2% American cheese, and 1.5 cups grapes
• Subway 6" ham & turkey sub on wheat bread with provolone cheese, lettuce, green peppers, onions, banana peppers, and mustard; and 1.5 cups grapes
• Healthy Life English muffin (toasted) with 2 Tbsp. almond butter; and 1.5 cups grapes
• 1.5 cups spaghetti squash (cooked) topped with 1/2 cup fat free cottage cheese, 1/2 cup jarred spaghetti sauce with 1 oz. cooked lean ground turkey, and 4 tsp. parmesan cheese; 1 slice 35-calorie bread, toasted, with 1 Tbsp. I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Light spread and sprinkled with garlic salt
• 1 can light Progresso soup with 5 saltine crackers; and 1.5 cups grapes
• tuna salad (1 can tuna + 1/4 cup fat free cottage cheese) on 6 Dill Triscuits with 1.5 cups grapes

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 Typical dinners:

• Chili with 1/4 cup fat-free cheddar cheese and 2 Tbsp. chopped onions
• General Tsao's Chicken with 1 serving cooked brown rice
• Homemade pizza--homemade crust (1/4 of the recipe), 1/4 cup canned pizza sauce, 1 oz. mozzarella cheese, 1 oz. fat free feta cheese, 2 Tbsp. chopped bell pepper + onion, 4 tsp. parmesan cheese
• Homemade split pea soup in the crock pot
• Southwest Chicken & Beans in the crock pot
• Baked Ziti
• Pasta e Fagioli

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Typical snacks:

• CLIF bar
• 1.5 cups grapes
• 2 Tbsp. peanut or almond butter
• Fiber One Oats 'n Chocolate bar
• 1 oz. almonds
• 6 oz. wine + 1 Dove Promise (dark chocolate)
• Broccoli with 2 Tbsp. Marzetti light ranch veggie dip
• McDonald's vanilla ice cream cone
• 2 cups Kroger Butterfinger ice cream (I only have this occasionally when I earn a lot of activity points--the pint is 18 PP, so I obviously can't have this very often!) 

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As you can see, I just tend to eat whatever I'm craving at the time; and I'm happy with the way I eat. However, I do plan on challenging myself to eat more veggies sometime soon--I'm definitely lacking in that department, because I'm just not a big veggie fan (and when I do buy them, they go bad before I use them). So while my diet certainly isn't ideal, it's definitely MUCH healthier than what I ate when I was obese!

Now that I've shared, what does a typical day's food look like for you??

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