Critique my food

[VexedCoffee]

Breakfast : 260 calories
Fruit Smoothie (frozen fruit, peanut butter, and soy protein powder)

Lunch: 620 calories
Energy Trail Mix
Plain Bagel with Peanut Butter

Dinner: 1159 calories
Peanut Butter and Jelly on multigrain bread
Vegan turkey sandwich on multigrain bread (with lettuce, tomato, veganaise, and mustard)

Snacks: 260 calories
Granola Bar
Apple Sauce

My goal calories are 1820 a day and I've eaten 2329 which means I went 500 over.

If it matters I'm a 23 year old male, 188 pounds 5'10
Also I've eaten a ton of sugar today. My limitations are that I'm at school all day 9:30 AM until 8:00PM so I have to brown bag my lunch and dinner.

[baldy]

My goal calories are 1820 a day and I've eaten 2329 which means I went 500 over.

If it matters I'm a 23 year old male, 188 pounds 5'10

where did you get 1820 to aim for from?

[thestoatyone]

Looks fine to me.

[VexedCoffee]

from a calorie counting app.

It was recommended for losing 1 lb a week.

[thestoatyone]

I'm guessing 1820 calories is to lose weight with a fairly low level of activity (working 9-8 doesn't leave much gym time huh?) Try dropping the jelly and apple sauce maybe? My vote would be for a lunch break run or something though...

[vegimator]

Might want to throw some flax meal in that smoothie too for a few omega 3s.

[baldy]

Dinner: 1159 calories
Peanut Butter and Jelly on multigrain bread
Vegan turkey sandwich on multigrain bread (with lettuce, tomato, veganaise, and mustard)

This seems a little optimistic, how big are the sandwiches or how many are you eating?

[jmiller]

Could you add more raw veggies for your snacks?

I try to keep a rather strict ~2000 calorie diet (30 year old, active female). When I first delved into my meal plan that meant cutting the condiments like ketchup, mustard, veganaisse, salad dressings ect., so I could fill up on what I should be eating (more protein and carbs). I find those sort of things to be calorie hogs and mostly empty calories on top of that.

My two cents.

[Linnéa76]

Your diet doesn't look very nutrient-dense, I'd try and eat more vegetables, berries and different kinds of raw nuts.

Plus something with omega-3, like vegimator suggested.

[VexedCoffee]

Dinner: 1159 calories
Peanut Butter and Jelly on multigrain bread
Vegan turkey sandwich on multigrain bread (with lettuce, tomato, veganaise, and mustard)

This seems a little optimistic, how big are the sandwiches or how many are you eating?

Both sandwiches are normal sized. Maybe I over estimated how much I put on them though?

[Goob]

1159 calories seems high for sandwiches. I think you are probably overestimating on that. An entire package of tofurkey slices is only ~300 calories and some other brands are less than that. I guess veganaise and peanut butter could make up the rest of it, but it still seems like a lot of calories.

[VexedCoffee]

ok, thanks for the thoughts guys!

[loveliberate]

Boring. Tasteless. Unrefined and rather redundant to boot.



Oh wait, that's a critique of my alleged sense of humor...

[elixir]

There's pretty much no veg in there - You need to up your vegetable intake considerably. Aim for variety.