What's Typical Food Day For Maintainers?

[wendysmiling]

Just curious now that you are up the ladder and all what you do you eat in a typical day? When I got to goal I switched from Atkins to S Beach and never did the ladder. Just curious....

[steady]

Typical
B: 1 cup of coffee with H&H.
L: if I have it...4-8 oz protein (eggs, all meats, seafood and fish) and a limitless salad (various lettuces, greens and cabbages, tomatoes, red onion, pickles and olives, red and green bell peppers) w/a dollop of homemade dressing (usually sour cream, a bit-OK alot!- of hot sauce, and homemade taco seasoning.

D: 4 to 12 oz protein ( 12 if I didn't eat lunch) Another salad similar to above and a warm vegetable like cauliflower, carrots, green beans, bok choy. Sometimes I will make a stirfry of protein and vegetables or a "stewy" dish.

S: I rarely snack nowadays because it leads me up to no good (nuts and cheese-triggers), but if I do it is usually sunflower seeds in the shell. A glass of wine every now and again.

While I prefer to eat whole food, I do try to keep a "nothing is truly off limits to me" attitude. That said, I choose NOT to eat or atleast try to keep at a minimum: sugar, artificial sweeteners, grains and breads, legumes (peanuts included), potatoes, fruit, and most dairy products (exp H&H and SC). I do best with KISS.

[fischdeb1]

B whole wheat eng. muf with a little butter and blueberry preserves and a bananna
L cottage cheese and cantaloupe or Greek yogurt and fruit or tuna or grilled chick and salad
D some kind of lean protein: chick, fish, turkey, sauteed veg. in garlic and olive oil
snacks: almonds,south beach cereal bar,fruit(very limited almonds)(any kind of fruit doesn't hurt me)

weekends: wine (plenty)... very small portion of pasta on Sun.


I've been eating this way since last June and have been able to maintain and it's very liveable. I do weigh myself often, just to be sure!
Deb

[lovebug]

This is a great post! I'm curious about this as well. I know I should be climbing the ladder, but it seems like everytime I do, I gain it back...very quickly.

[Chef]

Originally Posted by wendysmiling

Just curious now that you are up the ladder and all what you do you eat in a typical day? When I got to goal I switched from Atkins to S Beach and never did the ladder. Just curious....

Hi Wendy,

I have been writing down what I eat on my journey down the weight.

I will always eat this way. Except I will use the 80-20 rule. For me that means that at goal I must still eat 80% of the time as I am now on a weight loss program. 20% of the time I can goof off eating within reason like I use to. It is a balance you must maintain to maintain.

Best of luck.

I love veggies,eggs,fruit-No sugar even artificial types in sugarfree stuff.

Jim

[fawn]

Ok, thought I'd post one of my typical menus for you.....
Breakfast: My green smoothie which evolves:
3-4 cups leafy vegetables, 1/4 cup blueberries, 2 tbs. walnuts, 2 tbs. flax seed, 1 tbs. chia, 2 tbs. hemp seeds, 1/2 cup yogurt 1/2 cup kefir (Full fat) 1/2 cup water or aloe, 1 tb. cod liver oil, 3 brazil nuts.
Lunch today is roasted chicken breast 1/2 avocado mixed with mayo as chicken salad
Dinner today will be grass fed burger on my cast iron griddle with grilled portabellas, onions and garlic with roasted butternut squash, leeks, cauliflower and carrots.

2 cups of coffee with HWC
about 1/2 gallon water
yerba mate tea this afternoon

[BusyB]

Originally Posted by fawn

Ok, thought I'd post one of my typical menus for you.....
Breakfast: My green smoothie which evolves:
3-4 cups leafy vegetables, 1/4 cup blueberries, 2 tbs. walnuts, 2 tbs. flax seed, 1 tbs. chia, 2 tbs. hemp seeds, 1/2 cup yogurt 1/2 cup kefir (Full fat) 1/2 cup water or aloe, 1 tb. cod liver oil, 3 brazil nuts.
Lunch today is roasted chicken breast 1/2 avocado mixed with mayo as chicken salad
Dinner today will be grass fed burger on my cast iron griddle with grilled portabellas, onions and garlic with roasted butternut squash, leeks, cauliflower and carrots.

2 cups of coffee with HWC
about 1/2 gallon water
yerba mate tea this afternoon

Yummo! Your smoothie sounds real good. Will def try it when I move up the ladder. Dinner & Lunch sound great too.