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Posted by RSH

Ok, well, this topic is basically made to see what you all eat for your meals everyday. I have been trying to stay good to my diet so far with working out. I was eating oats and wheat toast for breakfast, 6 inch chicken breast sub from subway for lunch, and normally salad at night with fruit and granolla bars inbetween every meal. But I have found myself straying farther away from my diet, like tonight I ate spaghetti at dinner, 2 slices of pizza and choclate milk at like 2 a.m. Had hot wings yesterday and chinese the day before. I was doing good for about two weeks untill I guess I became bored with the foods I was eating..

Just wanted you all to post some recipes for things you eat that would be good for me still that would spice things up, I just can't eat the same things over and over. xD Much appreciated.

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Posted by Naturaldisaster

is there anything that isnt to bad for you late at night? no matter what I eat during the day I always get hungry at night. and sometimes its to the point that i cant sleep. I know eating at night isnt good for you because thats when your the least active and i think the metabolism is the slowest, but what is ok to eat late?

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Posted by Rush

I want to make a comment about the 5-6 meals a day thing.

I've done this and I think it can help you lose weight to an extent. It is also healthier because it is generally not good for your body (overall, but mainly for digestion) to stuff yourself.

However, I found one of the problems with the 5-6 meals a day is that I was always hungry. If I was in a position to eat more food at a given sitting (ie. if I went out for the weekend and ate at restaurants) I found that I was eating 5 big meals rather than small meals. My appetite would get out of control.

Another thing I found was because my meals were small, I found it difficult to get a balanced meal. i.e. it's not easy to get a carb, meat and fruit/veggie into one little meal and still have variety to keep your sanity.

So the 5-6 meals a day thing is great, but it can be easy (IMO) to slip to the dark side and you might end up eating more on some days.



I have more recipes, but I'll start with a simple pasta one to get you guys rolling


Pasta d'olio

Take some spicy sausage and remove the meat from the casings. Fry it up (break it up into bits in the pan) with a bit of olive oil. I usually use one sausage for two servings (I typically make 5-6 servings at a time)

Cut up at least two of your favorite veggies. I put lots of veggies in my pasta. My faves are brussel sprouts, spinach and celery, but I also have used asparagus. Feel free to use whatever you want, but I find that if you put more than two veggies (or fruits) in the pasta it kind of takes away the distinct flavours of each component.

Fry up the veggies with the meat, a bit more olive oil, lots of freshly minced garlic (I do my own in large quantities), basil, parsley, oregano and dried chili peppers. *note that some veggies like the brussel sprouts should be boiled prior to frying them. Otherwise they will not cook thoroughly.

Boil your favorite pasta to. I use either bow tie, fusilli or penne noodles because they mix better than long noodles. I only use whole wheat pasta.

Drain you noodles and mix them with the meat, veggies and spices. Make sure the noodles are coated with the oil and spices evenly.

Serve with some parm cheese if you want.

variations and notes.
**If you like seafood, replace the oil with mussel broth (made by boiling mussels in water until the water turns white). Add shrimp and mussel meat instead of sausage.
**I usually have about as much veggies and meat (together) as noodles so I don't just fill up on carbs.
**you don't need to add meat at all. Sometimes I just use the veggies. I found that chicken and beef didn't go well.
**olive oil is good for you and better than a sauce that is packed with salt and sugar. Canola oil can replace olive oil, but it doesn't work as well IMO.


I have more, stay tuned

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