/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Sup, OP. I aim for 1500 calories a day because I'm trying to lose weight as well (5'4 Female, was at 145lb now at 133lb).

This is my meal plan:

Breakfast: 8oz Instant Coffee with a Splash of Skim Milk
(app. 15 calories)

Lunch: Self-made meal that always includes steamed veggies (I buy 1-lb bags of stir fry vegetables from Wal Mart and steam them in the microwave a serving at a time), and often includes either half of a sweet potato or a serving of brown rice or both.
(Goal: 300-400 calories)

Snack: 1 banana (70cal) or one hard boiled egg, plain (70cal) and one 8oz whey protein shake made with skim milk (230cal)
(300 calories)

Supper: Usually leftovers from lunch, possibly with bigger portions or an addition or two
(Goal: 400-500 calories)

Snack: One cup of a "healthy cereal" (ie: bran flakes, plain Cheerios, Special K protein cereal) (100-120cal) with 1/2 cup of skim milk (45cal).
(145-165cal)

Most days, this brings me up to around 1200 calories by bed time, so I might have double cereal or cereal + chips and salsa or something. Or, if I have to get up really early, I might eat a 140-200cal granola bar and just take the hit.

I never drink alcohol and I have soda less than once a month on average. I drink a whole lotta water, and not much else (occasional cranberry juice or plum juice).

I'm slowly loosing weight, and I'm shocked that 1500 or so calories a day is enough for me. I don't know what i used to eat, but I'm sure it was >2000.