variety or creatures of habits?

[gizmo77]

My wonderful food for the boys...

Breakfast - cereal 4-5 days a week (Frosted Flakes, Cinn Toast Crunch, or Frosted Mini Shredded Wheats) Never the same each day. One day a week I have a bagel with cream cheese. On saturdays I made fried potatoes with an egg (flavored with garli, onion, and herbs) and a few slices of bacon. And on sundays we had waffles (pure maple syrup), french toast, or pancakes (with a few slices of bacon). Banana everyday.

Lunch - 9-12 grain bread with 3-4 slices of meat, tomatoes, spring salad, avacado, chedder cheese, mayo, and dijon mustard. (used to eat a lot of hot dogs before DS1 but went to sandwiches before DS2). On the weekends we would either have Burger King or Del Taco and eat as much as we can. Either an apple, pear, peach or orange everyday.

Dinner - I do alternate the meat each day (only making enough for that night and a few oz for hubbies lunch). We'd have Chicken, Pork, Beef (not lately ), fish, and one vegan night. I like to change out the veggies by color and season. We mostly eat greenbeans, carrots, peas, brocilli, but we enjoy others at least 1-2 days a week. Always fresh or frozen. Sourdough bread, pizza dough, potatoe and pasta mostly as sides... rarely rice.

Later - Cookies, chocolate, ice cream, or something sweet and fattening.

We ate until very full and unable to move!

hahaah!! question, would you have a protein with those cereals above? and with the bagel?

[purplepoet20]

I didn't but I did eat double the normal serving... Mini Wheats=10g of protein and 1cp of whole milk (protein?).

In a day I ate 80-90 grams of protein, mostly from the dinner meat 8-12oz each night.

[zanacal]

There's lots of protein in milk and the cream cheese on the bagel!

[atomic sagebrush]

hahaah!! question, would you have a protein with those cereals above? and with the bagel?

There is ample protein in the milk on the cereal and it is a complete protein with the protein in the cereal. VEry boy friendly.

[gizmo77]

There is ample protein in the milk on the cereal and it is a complete protein with the protein in the cereal. VEry boy friendly.

so are you ppl telling me that id ont need rto eat additional meat with my cereal ???? all this time ive been trying to swallow a couple ounces of some leftover meatloaf or a beef jerky when the protein in the milk is ample!! aaggghh no wonder i gained 50lbs already!! i guess i was going by the "try to eat at least 30g of protein" at the main meals rule!!! ;-)

[atomic sagebrush]

You don't NEED to eat meat with your cereal as long as you are getting some protein via the milk or whatever else you're eating. I do like you to get 30 g of protein at your main meals, although breakfast can be a challenge. But 1 cup of milk has 8 grams of protein, there's a smaller amount of protein in the cereal (varies by brand), and then if you eat a couple of eggs or some nuts or a couple sausage links, you're approaching 30 grams without having to resort to meatloaf.