How has your basic diet changed?

[lil'mama]

I know we've all cut out simple sugars and carbs but I mean compare what you used to eat to what your meals look like today.

Breakfast
old me- Cheerios/Special K strawberries with skim milk
new me- V8 juice (yuck, but i drink it anyway) eggs, ff cheese, canadian bacon

Snacks
old me- cereal, pop tarts, chocolate covered doughnuts, candy bars and anything else sweet
new me- mixed nuts, light string cheese, sf ff yogurt, sf chocolate pudding

Lunch
old me - sandwich, french fries, chips, barbque, pizza or whatever the dc were eating
new me- salad with ff cheese and some kind of lean meat

Supper
old me-potatoes, bread, meat, vegtables cooked or fried in bad oils
new me- lean meat, veggies cooked in olive oil or no oil, salad

I can't believe what I was eating once I see it in writing. How many calories was I eating about a MILLION.

[ladybugnessa]

cool thread


old

breakfast: varried but almost always high white carbs

maybe 3 large bagels and 2 donuts
or
egg mcmuffin
2 hash browns
2 sausage burriotos

coffee and juice

breakfast now:

2 hardboiled eggs
2 turkey bacon
v8
coffee


then start snacking right away a full bag or two of baby carrots and a pint of hummus a day was not unusual

now snack is usually oatmeal bar or fruit or veggie and cheese


old lunch... pick something... lots of times i skipped it but if i went out it was usually something salady with high fat and sugar dressing or a sub or burger and fries

now usually salad and protein

old snack king sized candy bar, cookies, pepsi, popcorn

now string cheese yogurt or fruit

dinner... mashed potatoes and meat one veggie
or pizza
or chinese
or fast food

now
fish or chicken two veigges salad maybe a whole wheat grain.

[carbaholic23]

My biggest thing was FRUIT...I used to eat like 5 servings a day... :/

[RedRox]

Well I still try to keep in a fair amount of carbs and fruit. Basics for me are somewhat similar, but nature of components and proportions have changed. Lunches and after dinner snacks are greatest areas of divergence.

Breakfast:
Old: Cereal or instant oatmeal. low fiber, higher in sugars, not whole grains. usually no fruit.
New: Cereal or old fashioned or steel cut oatmeal. high fiber, low sugar, whole grains. Almost always includes fruit.

Snack:
Old: small fruit yogurt followed by heartburn.
New: String cheese or celery w/ laughing cow lite wedge

If I exercise at lunch: Add a small slice of whole grain blueberry walnut bread.

Lunch:
Old: Variety of lunch spots. Pizza, cheesesteaks, chicken teriyaki bowls, BBQ, noodle bowls, etc.
New: Large salad, fruit (esp. for post exercise)

Snack:
Old: Don't remember. something like a cereal/granola bar perhaps.
New: Black beans, tomato, gr. pepper & salsa

New: 2nd and 3rd snacks if hungry. Usually an apple. Sometimes nuts too.

Dinner:
Old: protein, vegetable and starch
New: protein, vegetable and starch. Difference is starch is whole grain or lower GI starchy veggie and less protein/starch and more vegetables in terms of plate composition.

Snack:
Old: Lots and lots of ice cream
New: NSA fudgesicles, fruit, PB on triscuits, more cereal, something more beachy. (Various examples. Not all on the same night! )

[clipper24]

B'fast
old: cold cereal, white bread toasted, orange jice
new: 100% whole grain cold ceral, turkey bacon, cottage cheese, V-8

AM snack:
old: donut and coffee
new: fruit, yogurt


lunch
old: burger, fries, soft drink
new: salad, chicken sandwich, tuna fish

PM snack
old: milkshake
new: string cheese, nuts

dinner
old:meat, potatoes, veggies, lots of white bread
new: lean protein, veggies, brown rice, 100% ww bread

[/b]PM snack
old: popcorn, salty chips
new: fruit, bowl of ceral

[LEM1955]

B'fst
OLD: Big bowl Grape Nuts and Raisin Bran w/skim milk
NEW: 4 oz V8, 1/4 c egg substitute, 2 slices Canadian bacon, one piece homemade whole grain toast w/Smart Balance spread or V8, 1/2 c of slow-cook oatmeal or 7 grain hot cereal with raisins or blueberries, 2 slices Canadian bacon. Special treats once in awhile -- real egg(s) or buckwheat pancakes, nova lox instead of bacon.

Snack:
OLD: None (unless there were bagels or muffins at work)
NEW: String cheese stick, sometimes small fruit too, or celery with PB.

Lunch:
OLD: Starving by lunch, ate a big meal - usually whole sandwich (w/veggies and meat) on high fiber tasty bread, small cookie, sugar sports drink.
NEW: Big salad or wrap sandwich or leftovers from dinner - 4 oz protein and veggie, water, smaller meal.

Snack:
OLD: None midday but lots of cheese and crackers or salsa and corn chips at home just before dinner, starving again.
NEW: Whole fruit and often 15 almonds too.

Dinner:
OLD: Pasta and vegetables or too much protein, rice or couscous or potato, veggies and salad, 1-2 beers.
NEW: Almost no pasta (occasional whole wheat pasta) Same food without rice or potato, better proportions, smaller portions, water or wine. Occasional beer.

Snack/Dessert
OLD: YES - ice cream, cake, muffin, or cookie and tea.
NEW: YES - 3 prunes, 1 fig, 1 small piece of dark chocolate or 1/4 c ricotta with dark choc pieces, and tea. OCCASIONAL old style treats.

Biggest changes - bigger breakfast, include good snacks, no sweet drinks, almost no white flour bread, muffins, cake, bagels, pasta, crackers, chips, white potatoes, fewer and smaller desserts, less beer. ALSO--increased workouts to 60 - 90 minutes instead of 30 - 45 minutes, at least 4 times, usually 5 times a week.

[ristian77]

Good idea on this thread....helps to remind us how far we've come!

Breakfast: OLD: Big bowl of cereal with 2% milk(e.g. Honey Nut Cheerios, Special K, etc. whatever was there), sometimes 2 bowls , coffee
NEW: Fresh fruit, 3/4 cup cereal (Uncle Sam's, All Bran Xtra Fiber) with skim milk.

Snack: OLD: Whatever candy, doughnuts, muffins were at work
NEW: 30 pistachios, or some mixed nuts and lowfat string cheese, sometimes fruit (if I'm working out in the afternoon)

Lunch: OLD: Whatever co-workers were sending out for, usually Chinese, subs, or Mexican
NEW: Big salad with grilled chicken or fish, celery sticks, lowfat cheese, water or Crystal Light

Snack: OLD: candy or chips from the vending machine, or nothing at all
NEW: raw veggies with salsa and low carb ranch dressing

Dinner: OLD: usually some kind of potato and meat, no veggie, or a plate of pasta and a couple slices of white bread with butter

Dessert: OLD: I didn't usually eat dessert, but when I did it was in excess, usually out for ice cream
NEW: sf ff pudding or 1/4 cup mocha ricotta creme, sf popsicles


I also make it a point to drink lots and lots of water, usually before with every meal I had soda or sweetened iced tea, loaded with sugar. I can't believe how I was eating before, no wonder I was getting daily headaches, having trouble sleeping and had no energy!!

[TLouise]

I love this thread Made me realize how much I have accomplished.

Breakfast:
OLD: SB Venti White Chocolate Latte (not sugar free )
New: WW Crepes w/fruit or old fashioned oatmeal w/ fruit & coffee w/ sf davinci's

Snack:
OLD: Snickers & Soda
New: Fruit or Almonds

Lunch:
OLD: Burger and Fries w/Soda (Supersized of course)
New: WW Turkey Sandwich w/ Side Salad

Dinner:
OLD: Fettucini Alfredo or some other pasta dish and Soda
New: Chicken or other lean meat w/ salad or other green veggie

Dessert:
OLD: Cake, Cookies or Ice Cream
New: Herbal Tea, Jello or SF Pudding

[lorka150]

Only two things really changed:
I stopped eating granola bars.
I stopped drinking uber amounts of juice.

[Doc_plus25]

Wow, Lorka - not too much of a change for you! I wasn't as bad as some, but my diet definitely needed some tweaking...

Breakfast:

Old - weekdays, Zone or Balance Bar with coffee with sugary Hazelnut creamer. Weekends, bagel with 2 fried eggs, turkey bacon and cheese, sometimes home fries, or pancakes, or eggs and conrned beef hash with light wheat toast (the kind that's mostly white)
New - oatmeal in milk, whole grain cereal, fruit, yogurt parfait, eggs with ww toast and V8, cottage cheese with fruit, oats, and nuts (varies a lot - I almost never eat the same thing two days in a row)

Lunch
Old - deli meat sandwich with cheese and no veggies, apple or other fruit, chips
New - leftovers, salad with meat, wrap in WW tortilla, chili, etc. Lots more veggies

Snack
Old - bag of microwave popcorn, candy bar, crackers, chips, fruit
New - apple with pb, snack bar, ww crackers with lc light cheese, nuts, veggies and salsa

Dinner
Meat, potato or white rice, steamed veggie or salad. Sometimes tacos, sometimes pasta (white) with salad. Out to dinner I loved to get quesadillas (those things are over 1000 calories! )
New - similar to old but with more salad, more veggies, whole grains, sweet potatoes, fewer starches, leaner meat choices, less cheese

Dessert
Old - cookies, cake, pie, ice cream, whatever was in the house
New - sf/ff pudding, nsa fudgesicles, peanut butter cup made with nsa fudgesicles, ricotta creme, sf Jello, banana with peanut butter and dark chocolate, other dark chocolate, etc.

Dessert

[mom41]

My eating has changed to become more regular and planned.

Breakfast:

Old: Quick cooking oatmeal w/brown sugar, raisins and lots of half & half
New: 2 Eggs scrambles w/'shrooms, low-fat cheese and bellpeppers (sometimes spinach)

Lunch:

Old: Whatever is in the freezer, usually pizza, chicken nuggest, frozen french fries. Never salad or any other veggie
New: Sauteed Spinach, broccoli or zucchini with shrimp or chicken & a salad w/vinaigrette dressing.

Dinner:

Old: Meat (not lean) fried w/a starchy veggie or pasta loaded with fatty ground beef and spaghetti sauce, 2 to 3 slices of garlic bread with butter,
Kool-Aid.

Snacks:

Old: Anything and everything, all through the day and night. sometime in the wee hours.
New: Almonds, String cheese or 1/2 an apple with peanut butter and water.


I'm not as hungry anymore, and I don't obsess about food anymore.

mom41

[bella152]

Breakfasts are not my forte, but they are somewhat better than what they once were

Old Snacks: Cookies, Candy, Chips, etc, etc

Old lunches/dinners: White pasta: ravoli, tortellini, gnocchi, meatballs, ribs, hotdogs, fried chicken, fried rice balls, pot pies...... Salami, proscuitto, very salty homemade cheeses, white breads,etc, etc

Desserts: More cookies, cannoli, Sfoliatella (If anyone has seen the Sopranos )

~This thread is a real eye opener. It really makes you consider the wonderful life changes that come along with the SBD

[darinesto]

Some things for me really changed.


Old breakfast
usually yogurt & Total plus any sweets I could find
New
2 scramblers & 1 egg sometimes a slice of reduced fat cheese.

Snack
I seemed to snack from meal to meal.. I was a big snacker. I kept things like cookies.. chips .. breakfast bars..candy..all the bad stuff.
New
String cheese..milk.. SF jello.. SF pudding.. cottage cheese.. nuts.. peanut butter cup made with SF fudcycle or SF pudding.. yogurt..
OF COURSE not all the same day

Lunch \old
I usually went out to eat a lot & mostly all U can eat places. I live on a University Campus & can eat in the caferteria for $5.. all U can eat. I still have several meal tickets & need to go make a salad. They have a great salad bar but also lots of great desserts. I haven't allowed myself to go there yet... it is open for lunch in the summer though.
New
lean protein.. veggies or a salad with a protein meat or fish added.
dessert usually a SF popcycle or SF fudgecycle.

snack old
Any junk food I had laying around.
New
String cheese..milk.. SF jello.. SF pudding.. cottage cheese.. nuts.. peanut butter cup made with SF fudcycle or SF pudding.. yogurt..
OF COURSE not all the same day

Dinner old
Lot of baked beans.. chicken nuggets.. country fried steak patties with gravy.. potatoes & other frozen bad foods.
NEW
Yogurt & fiber one cereal & usually another fudgecycle.

old snack
Junk food
New
apple cut up with some mayo thinned down with a little milk & sweetner. Usually a cup of milk before going to bed LATE.

Where I live is mostly older widows (100) We eat out a lot but I have been having to stay home a lot.. not fun. I like it when they go where I can get a big salad but they like places like chinese & mexican.

I do more or less have to eat out on Tuesday after the TOPS meeting as I wouldn't have a way home. I'm still trying to find something legal. Twice had refried beans (not fat free) & a steak. I brought home 1/2 of it for the next day. It was good but BAD. Then I had something but it sure wasn't legal but GOOD. We didn't have TOPS the 4th or won't this week as the church is having VBS. The salads all come in a shell & more shell than salad. I saw a dish someone have that looked like mostly hot veggies but had a wrap. I may find out what that is & toss the wrap. I also may be able to get a special order as they know us pretty good & always cutting up with us. I don't touch the chip they bring & that doesn't bother me.
I could use ideas what to have.
Dar

[mom41]

darinesto... While I am sure there are a lot of places out there that serve food that you can have, It sounds like you would have to venture out on your own to find them.

Do your friends know that you are following SBD? They might be willing to help you if they don't.

For the most part, your best bet right now is to do more cooking at home where it is safe. Invite them over and fix a salad or have cut up raw veggies and light or reduced calorie veggie dip. Get them used to the idea of what you're are eating. They might start going to more places that have foods you can choose easily from.

Also, keep the snacks handy when you're out. I see nuts under your new way of snacking. Believe me, they really help keep my appetite in check when I want to eat something that is not good for me. It will also keep you from eatig too much of something bad if you don't have a choice when your are out to eat. Noticed that you listed veggies only under lunch. Try adding some to your snacks and especially dinner. If you cook at home, add a cup of baby spinach in the pan when you're scramblin eggs and some crumbled turkey bacon. It takes unbelievably like quiche!

This is the end of my first week in P2 and I have found that a lot of water and a few "Nuts" (almonds in particular), have really kept me from getting off track. I don't live on a University Campus, but I have two kids....There are always, chips, crackers, cookies, and anything else that is refined in my house. It's no different when we're out. They always want something sweet or something fried. Even my husband!

My advice to you is to be creative and make it an adventure You can do it

mom41

[Kimboroni]

Interesting topic! I will try-- it's hard to remember what I ate 2.5 years ago. Plus, there are so many variations, like do I say what I ate when I was dieting, or what I ate when I gave up? I think I'll say what I was likely eating right before I started SB. I had resigned myself to being a big girl, so I didn't really try to exercise or eat that well. I still ate fairly well compared to some (no donuts, cake, chips, fast food, etc.), but it didn't work for my insulin issues at all. Of course, I was in total denial that I even had insulin issues-- those are for diabetics.

Breakfast
old: 3-4 servings of cereal-- often Raisin Bran Crunch, Frosted Mini Wheats, or Cracklin' Oat Bran (all good fiber-wise, but high in sugar as well)
new: 1 serving of cereal w/ a serving of fruit, or toast w/ an egg and V8 or some fruit

am snack
old:nothing, or a small box of raisins, or a low-fat instant potato or pasta cup
new: banana and cheesestick

Lunch
old: 2-slice sandwich of just meat and cheese. nothing else
new: large nice salad w/ protein and good fats, or a wrap or open-faced sandwich with good fats and a bunch of cut-up veggies

pm snack
old: famished w/ low blood sugar by this time-- a bunch of pb and honey, right out of the containers w/ a spoon
new: yogurt w/ cereal and fruit, with another pm snack later after workout of milk, pb, and an apple

dinner
old:salmon w/ large pile of white rice and a small Greek salad, or several slices of bruschetta then largish serving of white pasta
new:salmon w/ large salad or other veggie dish and a small pile of brown rice, or steak and roasted veggies

after dinner
old: nothing until very late at night, at which point I would be starving and eat a bunch of my daughter's ice cream
new:planned snack if I'm up late enough, usually fruit or something