Post your typical daily diet!

VitaCost is a pretty good source for the bigger jars of coconut oil. quite a bit cheaper than most other places I have looked at, and good quality.

I used to eat big plates of spaghetti, especially when at school. but I noticed I would always feel crappy afterword, so I have pretty much cut that out except as a very occasional small side dish and notice a difference. Same thing with icecream. I was pretty addicted to eating containers of Ben & Jerry's, but notice I feel horrible for a day later if I do that now. I seem to do fine with a lot of good bread though and I eats gobs of raw honey with no sugar swings. I have gotten away from soy products and feel better for it.

Since growing a garden again I have really enjoyed tons of beets and carrots(mostly juiced and also juiced kale with ginger and lemons (peal and all). I don't eat a lot of potatoes, but my blue potatoes dug fresh out of the ground are amazing and a good carb source as well as butternut squash. Potatoes and squash can give me a little bit of a sugar swing though.

M Sprague wrote:VitaCost is a pretty good source for the bigger jars of coconut oil. quite a bit cheaper than most other places I have looked at, and good quality.

yeah thats where we get it too. Thats the cheapest we have found too. They also have a really nice fish oil supplement (bottle not capsules) that I take every day.

Fish oil and coconut oil are a daily MUST for me. I dont know what I would do without those :D

Ryan Williams wrote: Yea, I used to eat way more wheat! Then I started in on the seeds, nuts, tubers, spinach, lots of fruit and veg, etc. ANy suggestions? Sometimes I feel like I need carbs to fill me up, wheat is the easiest and cheapest (I think).

Well they are making a lot of gluten free breads nowadays that are pretty tasty. Or potatoes and rice are really cheap if you are looking for more whole foods.

Generally my thinking has been to lean toward WHOLE foods and away from processed foods like breads...but a sandwhich is really freaking tasty sometimes though!!!

I'm on the "startup diet", which consists of vast quantities of coffee, granola bars, and instant ramen purchased with ever-shrinking amounts VC money. It takes much less time than organic diets, though there isn't much variety and sleeping is prohibited.

5.samadhi wrote: this is also under 1,500 calories even if you're being generous on the estimations of the pbj and ramen bowl, etc. How much do you weigh and how tall are you? Have you checked your thyroid. This should be about at the level of a starvation diet for a normal adult male that is physically active. I don't understand! But if you do bloodwork and you are healthy then more power to you! Or maybe this is not a TYPICAL day's diet for you and other days you are getting double the amount of food + protein?????

Yep -- I'm a vegetarian.

That daily diet outlines the foundation of my meals on a daily basis during the work week (I sit in front of a computer looking at logs and codes all day, so not a lot of calories burned). And I'm pretty frugal with my money and calorie intake. I do however supplement these with snacks and salads now and then. I also get eggs, honey, and goat's milk from a local farm in Larkspur that add some good, solid animal protein on special occasions. So, I do end up getting more sustenance than is in the outline.

I weigh about 135 - 140 depending on the month and am 5' 8".

Some other stuff that I left out of that list:

-quinoa
-lentils
-nutritional yeast
-mushrooms
-quorn
-tomatoes
-raisins
-strawberries, blueberries
-kale and other leafy greens
-avocados
-potatoes, sweet potatoes
-flax seed and flax oil
-olive oil
-hemp oil
-coconut oil
-hemp milk
-almond milk
-flax milk
-almond flour & tapioca flour pasta
-hemp protein powder
-sunflower, hemp, chia, and pumpkin seeds
-tahini
-etc. etc. etc.

I usually get 1500 - 2000 calories and about 40 - 80 grams of protein a day.

I also fast fairly regularly. Blood work has always been good and I feel fine. I typically get 2 days of resistance training a week and 1 - 2 days of climbing.

Jon, I feel much better for you after reading that list! Your first post was a little heart-breaking :(

5.samadhi wrote:Jon, I feel much better for you after reading that list! Your first post was a little heart-breaking :(

I appreciate the concern!

Yeah, that first post was pretty skimpy, but an accurate portrayal of some days I must admit. I eat when I'm hungry and some days I'm just not really that hungry. Other days... I'm ravenous.

Bfast: 2 Eggs, assortment of veggies (mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, onions, garlic, spinach, etc.)
Lunch: PB&J, or Soup, or Salad, or whatever. Generally something small.
Snack: Granola with greek yogurt and almonds, protein shake
Dinner: Fish with rice and veggies or a burrito with rice/beans and veggies

Almost never over 1500 calories, if I snack more or if someone offers me beer I might get up to 2k. Semi-vegetarian - meat a couple times a week.

5'11" 165 lbs. Some of you guys take in a hell of a lot of calories for climbers!

JLP wrote: Your math is bunk, along with most of the others in this thread. You'd be dead in a few months with those numbers even if you were confined to a bed, forget about being fit.

Agreed.

Basal metabolic rate for that height/body weight is closer to 1700 calories...

That's for basic body functions.

bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calc…

Let's do the math:

Bfast: 2 Eggs, assortment of veggies (mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, onions, garlic, spinach, etc.)
-Absolutely no more than 300 calories

Lunch: PB&J, or Soup, or Salad, or whatever. Generally something small.
PB&J clocks in about 350 with whole wheat bread and a lot of peanut butter. Soup or salad less.

Snack: Granola with greek yogurt and almonds, protein shake
Around 300 or so for the granola/yogurt, and another 150 for the protein shake.

Dinner: Fish with rice and veggies or a burrito with rice/beans and veggies

400 calories for the fish, probably about the same or a little more for the burrito.

1500 calories. I exercise daily and I'm only losing a pound or so every couple of weeks. Apparently I have a slow metabolism?

Tyler N wrote:Let's do the math: Bfast: 2 Eggs, assortment of veggies (mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, onions, garlic, spinach, etc.) -Absolutely no more than 300 calories Lunch: PB&J, or Soup, or Salad, or whatever. Generally something small. PB&J clocks in about 350 with whole wheat bread and a lot of peanut butter. Soup or salad less. Snack: Granola with greek yogurt and almonds, protein shake Around 300 or so for the granola/yogurt, and another 150 for the protein shake. Dinner: Fish with rice and veggies or a burrito with rice/beans and veggies 400 calories for the fish, probably about the same or a little more for the burrito. 1500 calories. I exercise daily and I'm only losing a pound or so every couple of weeks. Apparently I have a slow metabolism?

I don't count calories so I can't say much on the math side. But i eat similar foods as you... Just a lot more. I'm 6ft, 155 soaking wet, and I'd starve if I ate like you. I'm eating a rather healthy lunch right now that probably amounts to half of your daily intake. And I'm not going to the gym tonight, I'm goin home to do my taxes.

Yesterday: about a cup of rice with a bunch of sriracha, a whole wheat bagel fried in pepperoni fat with butter. Breakfast.

Half a frozen pizza with sausage and pepperoni. Lunch.

Three hamburgers on whole wheat buns, three beers, and a dozen chicken wings with blue cheese sauce. Dinner.

Anyone want to count that up for me?

^ enough...a lot...good amount...yum is my calculation :D :D :D

Tyler N wrote:Let's do the math: Bfast: 2 Eggs, assortment of veggies (mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, onions, garlic, spinach, etc.) -Absolutely no more than 300 calories Lunch: PB&J, or Soup, or Salad, or whatever. Generally something small. PB&J clocks in about 350 with whole wheat bread and a lot of peanut butter. Soup or salad less. Snack: Granola with greek yogurt and almonds, protein shake Around 300 or so for the granola/yogurt, and another 150 for the protein shake. Dinner: Fish with rice and veggies or a burrito with rice/beans and veggies 400 calories for the fish, probably about the same or a little more for the burrito. 1500 calories. I exercise daily and I'm only losing a pound or so every couple of weeks. Apparently I have a slow metabolism?

It might be worth putting some "refeed" days in where you eat 2500-3000 calories. Seems counter-intuitive to EAT MORE to lose weight but sometimes you need to do this (every week say) in order to keep your thyroid functioning.

You can also requisition private thyroid blood test (you'll have to travel somewhere near your home to a medical clinical like labCorp or something similar). You really probably should do that. You're on a starvation diet basically and your thyroid is really suffering most likely...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure id feel it if I had a thyroid problem. And I feel healthy. Obviously I eat more some days (like when the law school offers free pizza or I go out with friends). But I'm a climber. Rock climbers have been trying to achieve the best strength to weight ratio by dieting and exercise forever. Eating like a weight lifter is not a climber thing (though if you're a mountaineer, different story).

I usually eat the same thing everyday:

Breakfast - 2 pieces of bacon, 2 eggs with mixed veggies. At least 16 oz of coffee ALWAYS.

Mid morning snack - Cheap yogurt + Ibuprofen, maybe a bagel w/cream cheese.

Lunch - mixed salad with dressing, PB&J, some sort of fruit snack. Or I go to a shitty burrito place near the office.

Mid afternoon snack - Cookies & tea ALWAYS.

If im going to the gym, I'll eat a bowl of junk food cereal. After im done with the gym, I have a chocolate milk.

Dinner - Big fan of pasta, usually with skinless chicken breast. Stir fry sometimes. After dinner I usually have 1 or 2 IPAs.

At the crag I usually graze and drinks loads of water. Nuts, parts of a PBJ, big fan of snickers bars, dried fruits, bagel, etc.

I generally dont count calories and just eat when Im hungry.

FWIW, Im 5'7 140 age: 30.

I also eat just about the same thing every day.

Breakfast: small grapefruit, 2 hardboiled eggs, sliced tomato, one slice 9 grain toast with nothing on it, 16 ounce coffee with plenty of milk

Snack if hungry day: second grapefruit because I am obsessed with them

Lunch: some kind of salad - way too often from the lunch truck I get mixed salad, pickled veggies, chickpeas, dollop of hummus, dollup of tahini

Snack: greek yogurt

Dinner: actually pretty wide variety here, but almost always homemade (eat out less than once a month is the goal) usually a white-meat protein (often pork or fish as I get sick of chicken easily), pile of sauteed veg and bread or pita or rice.

If I snack after dinner it is usually popcorn.

I'm 5'7" and as of this morning, 123 pounds. I would probably prefer to be around 118, but I build muscle easily in my legs. I just came back from a trip where I climbed and hiked a good bit, and I'm sure I added some muscle. It was also catered, so I may have added more than muscle ;)

Corn dogs,and gummie bears.

Tyler N wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure id feel it if I had a thyroid problem. And I feel healthy. Obviously I eat more some days (like when the law school offers free pizza or I go out with friends). But I'm a climber. Rock climbers have been trying to achieve the best strength to weight ratio by dieting and exercise forever. Eating like a weight lifter is not a climber thing (though if you're a mountaineer, different story).

no, not necessarily true that you would feel an imbalance in your thyroid. What leads you to believe you would even know what it is like to feel a thyroid imbalance if there was even a "feeling" to it?

Well, I really think you are not at risk for "eating like a weightlifter" eating an extremely low calorie diet like you posted. Might you be exaggerating? Out of curiosity what is your height and weight on a diet like that? If you are retaining fat then I could assure you on that diet your thyroid is at least partially crashed. No human would retain bodyfat on 1,500 calories doing any sort of daily physical activity!

So your path is clear to me as I see it if you want to maximize your performance. 1) If you are retaining bodyfat, then you should start eating more to kick your thyroid into action so that you will start losing bodyfat. This may challenge a latent mild eating disorder and personality boundaries you have set up for yourself ("I'm a climber - we all eat nothing to send hard"). That would be good though to challenge if you find it in yourself. Or, 2) If you are not retaining bodyfat, then you should start eating more to find your maintenance level that will optimize strength and energy. You know if you eat more food you recover faster, and that means you can workout more often, which means you will improve as a climber faster!

Doesn't that seem right to you? I'm no expert and I do not have all the answers, but I have studied nutrition and dieting as an athlete for over a decade.

Best of luck!

Alicia Sokolowski wrote:I also eat just about the same thing every day. Breakfast: small grapefruit, 2 hardboiled eggs, sliced tomato, one slice 9 grain toast with nothing on it, 16 ounce coffee with plenty of milk Snack if hungry day: second grapefruit because I am obsessed with them Lunch: some kind of salad - way too often from the lunch truck I get mixed salad, pickled veggies, chickpeas, dollop of hummus, dollup of tahini Snack: greek yogurt Dinner: actually pretty wide variety here, but almost always homemade (eat out less than once a month is the goal) usually a white-meat protein (often pork or fish as I get sick of chicken easily), pile of sauteed veg and bread or pita or rice. If I snack after dinner it is usually popcorn. I'm 5'7" and as of this morning, 123 pounds. I would probably prefer to be around 118, but I build muscle easily in my legs. I just came back from a trip where I climbed and hiked a good bit, and I'm sure I added some muscle. It was also catered, so I may have added more than muscle ;)

sounds awesome! I'm glad people enjoy posting their diets. Its great to read and get ideas.