Your daily menu

I like the "What are you eating today" thread, but I always wonder how people plan for each day.

Do you limit each meal to a specific total?****protein, calories, fat, sugar etc

For example: 1000  daily calories- 300 ( for dinner) - 200 (for breakfast) - 200 (for lunch) - 100 (snacks x 3)

Do you choose one meal regardless of its totals and then adjust the others accordingly?

For example: dinner is going to be 500 calories so I need to adjust the other meals and may have to skip on a snack

Do you have another method? A combination of plans?

Thanks,

CC

I just plan with foods that I like to eat. I guestimate my totals (this far out, I have a pretty good idea of what totals foods have)

I try to go for protein first. (Not going to lie, I had surgery recently and I am just trying to manage getting in what I can)

I think a 500 cal dinner is waaayyyyy toooo much, I couldn't even imagine eat like that. 

"For example: 1000  daily calories- 300 ( for dinner) - 200 (for breakfast) - 200 (for lunch) - 100 (snacks x 3)"   this seems pretty reasonable/doable.

The centre will give you a guide, follow it. It should have a menu plan in it.

Thanks for the response!

The 500 was simply an exaggeration to reflect one main meal and how to adjust accordingly. 

Maybe a better example:

Getting 30g of protein at breakfast and dividing the remaining 30g throughout the day ( 60g being the minimum)

OR

Breakfast, lunch and dinner each need 15g and each snack(3) gets 5g...these are all minimums ;)

I agree with Sunny too... open a myfitnesspal acct

Some things you eat will be higher in protein than other things but all protein foods count.

I never just aimed for the "60g" that they told me; I aimed for much higher...80-120g per day. 

I also suggest, maybe looking up some nut info for the foods that are on your list... 1 lg egg = 6g protein; 30g cheese = 7g protein; 1/2cup cottage cheese = 15g protein. Yoguart (the source) = 4g protein.... and of course the list goes on... 

I have a good idea what foods are high in protein and try to construct around that.

I would recommend opening a fitnesspal account - it has a huge database of foods and you can add your own foods and recipes as well.

I agree with Sunny, myfitnesspal has been a huge help for me. 

Like the others have said, I watch my protein, and then plan my day around it. I also do no****ch the calories as much as I watch my portion size. 

i have found that logging with the "what are you eating/doing" has been a great help, and you have to plan your meals in advance, which takes a lot of the guess work out of your day, and the people who post on there are helpful. 

It seems like anything with less than 10g of protein is not even worth eating.

I don't really obsess about what I am eating. I want to get away from constantly thinking about food and do other things. Like some other people here, I focus on getting in protein and veges. The starches are a small proportion. I was taught by the dietician to use a small plate (which I was already in the habit of doing) and half should be lean protein, the remaining half should be 2/3 veges and 1/3 starch. I try to follow this guideline. I also am learning that it is not what I do once in awhile but what I do most of the time that counts. I refuse to be a zealot about food. If I love something I have it but wayyyyyyyyy less. I don't count calories - I jus****ch portions. It's very liberating to not be spending most of my time preparing for, procuring and eating and then tracking meals. 

Nerak

Personally, i hate MFP. I find it very onerous. Its easier to just write it out and google the nuts.

for me i also find it much easier to just stick to the same foods with very little variety. This way i dont have to think about what i 'feel' like eating, and i know what will go down and stay down. I have had trouble with new foods in the past so i am wary.