Do I dare answer this. lol....I love whopper jr too, and also that big whopper, and off course have to have fries with that.
I don't count calories, but if I did probably around 3000.
Breakfast: sausage,egg, and hash brown
lunch: chef salad, bread
dinner: beef pot roast, bread
snacks: 2 bowls of ice cream, 2 pieces of choc cake,strawberries,fritos,cookies,crackers,soda,6 cups of coffee,yogurt, etc..., but thats all I can think of at that moment.
I love to graze all day.
Please don't mention burger king, or I will be in my car going for a whopper....lol.....

I go by/use cal in cals out ratio.

My cal intake is based on activity level.
Of course if I set on my butt all dy. bTo maintain weight, I would only need very little cal's. Adjust cal water intake, accordenly

I don't believe that cookie cutter works. nope 1 size doesn't fit all...

Example a 5'5 woman who somwhat active will not require same nor more cals than very active 5'5 woman. as liken to your cchart, 1 size doesn't fit all that in same height age... chart,lol

20 oz chocolate protein drink w 1/2 banana n walnuts
home maded trail mix
5 cups of fiber one cereal.
gal of ice water
grilled halibrat shrimp 2 baked hushpuppys grilled vegs, n micowave corn on cob
veg soup
I'm getting ready to have couple hand ful of fiber cereal w ice water. at this moment I'm enjoying cup of coffee.
my cal intake range between 500 to 2000.
I don't eat grease white flour. I don't want clog artrys n fat on my orgins, yum hows that fast food burger working/tasteing now,lol

Today I had egg/toast for breakfast
Egg salad for lunch
Shake I made about 8oz for snack
Then unsweet tea and blt cobb salad half size from wendys
Oh and raisons for snack

Thats good for me on a friday! Lol I dont fast ever id just eat awful after that and bk I cant tolerate. Cant tolerate much fast food.

Serenity, I dn't eat grease white flour. however recently I had 4 slice of grease n salt & I came to find out that blow of soup that I had had fat back n salt in it. so basically I od onn grease n salt.
I found out that grease n fatback( lard) is absoluely best laxitive. It kept me in bth rm for 3 dys. Good new is that I can't.wont ever have grease/lard again. I don't want to slowly clog my arterys, n cause fat on n around my orgins.
I like my home maded pizza, salads wheat breads...
My fast food places are deli sub-way produce area in grocery store, n my fav is organic store. I also like medium size zip lock top plasitc bags of veg n/r fruit that I put together. I take bag w me when I go out n about.

Grant if great granny didn't cause seasonned n breaded chicken smell so good, we wouldn't like the smell/eat grease. My Granny's use to make lye soap from animal fat/grease. oh yummy :0 yakk
They taught me how to make lye soap. enjoy grease burgery/food n remember the grease is used to make lye soup.

This morniing on, Fri 3/16/13, so far I had 20 oz of ice water plum 1 cup of original fiber one cereal - dry, n 20 oz of protein drink Total 500 cals. today starts a 24 hr fast. nothing until tomarrow morning. ending at same time tomarrow that I started the fast today.

I don't always eat the healthiest food because I live in a city where healthy food is beyond my daily food budget, but I'm still trying to reduce my caloric intake.

So, today, I'm eating a bag of nacho tortilla chips (1170 calories) and two Whopper Juniors (740 calories), for a total of 1910 calories. I may or may not lose weight today, but at least I won't gain any pounds today.

Not to rain on this parade or anything, but eating a bag of chips and two fast food burgers doesn't sound like a great use of 1910 calories to me. I am trying to both maintain a healthy weight and to eat healthy foods that help my body and don't hurt it. I could not survive if I ate a bag of chips and two fast food sandwiches per day. I need a lot more fuel than that, and I need more nourishing fare.

Also - the difference between the amount of sodium in two Whopper Juniors versus a chicken sandwich appears to be negligible, a couple of hundred mgs or so. And if you think the beef is less heavily processed than the chicken, think again. All of the food at fast food places is heavily processed. I think there are more healthy ways of enjoying lettuce, tomato, and onion than in fast food items.

I don't agree that healthy food is always more expensive than unhealthy food. It does take effort to figure out how to eat healthy foods on a budget. My opinion is that items like beans, rice, whole wheat pasta, canned tomatoes, fresh tomatoes in season, fresh produce in season, frozen vegetables and fruit any time of year, and whole chickens are among the most economical and nutritious items that people can use to build healthy, nutritious meals that don't bust the budget. It does take effort, though.

Beesley, you don't know anything about me, where I live, how little money I have, or how much food costs where I live, so hold your comments about what I eat to yourself.

This is a support group, not an attack group. Please keep that in mind.

Beaumont, I responded to your statement in post #6, that you live in a place where healthy food is beyond your daily budget. We have had a number of discussions about the cost of healthy food on this board in the past. I responded to your comment in the spirit of giving my opinion about the cost of healthy food versus the cost of not so healthy food. I don't think giving a frank opinion about a topic like that is the same as attacking, and I did not intend to attack you. Apologies if it seemed otherwise.

Thank you for the apology. I am sorry if I snapped, but I have been having a particularly hard time recently. This month I had just enough money to pay my rent and the only way I have been able to get money for food is by running errands for neighbors at a couple of dollars for each errand, and by selling cigarette lighters (that I buy in bulk) on the street. I live in a rented room with no refrigerator and no way to cook, so that limits my dietary options. Beginning either next month or the following month, I will likely be homeless - again. San Diego is a very dangerous place to be homeless and I have considered taking my own life rather than returning to being homeless. I don't know what will happen. My weight loss goal is the only thing that is going right for me.

Today I ate a can of reduced sodium peas (210 calories) and two Whopper Juniors (740 calories) for a total of 950 calories. I think I probably should have drunk more water today, so I'll try to drink more tomorrow.

Here's a motivation quote for those of us who like quotes: When you feel like quitting, remember the reason you started. :-)

Tuesday. A can of no salt added corn (210 calories), roast beef & herb cheese sandwich (470 calories), and 2 vegetable trays (fresh raw carrots and broccoli, unsalted raw almonds, slice of cheddar cheese/560 calories for both trays combined). Total caloric intake for today: 1240. Since my daily goal is to take in less than 1500 calories, I did good today.

How did you do today?

I am wondering why some of these people do not apply for food stamps? They might not add up to much but at least you can shop at a grocery store that has decent food.

Just my input, for what it's worth. Smile.

This morning on 3/20/13. I had: 20 oz of ice water, 1 cup of dry fiber one cereal, 10 oz of protein powered drink 1/2 org. n 2 hands full of seedless grapes, 1 prune, 1/2 bite of pepper mint small cookie. I'v been snacking on that cookie for 3 dys. 1 can of diet coke.

I've tended to my doggies, so bk to bed I go w hand full of home maded trail mix.

later today, more than likely I will have grilled halibrat n 1/2 seasoned potatoe wedges plum peach rasins pinapple chunks mix that spinked w cinn n sweet n low.1/2 to 1 cup of fiber one cereal

More than like for late meal. oat meal w rest of cinn fruits

2 hrs before bed time, up to 2 cup of dry fiber on cereal 20 oz of ice water

Throughout the day I graze, n I have gal of ice water

with water n fiber, I never get hungry

Late snack 1 to 2 cups of dry fiber one cereal

Good Day/night

Thanks for being part of this topic, Admiral1cu. :-)

Wednesday. A can of low sodium peas (280 calories) and two roast beef and herb cheese sandwiches (940 calories combined) for a total calorie intake of 1120. I drank plenty of water today.

I almost blew my diet today because I bought 3 roast beef and herb sandwiches, but I managed to eat just two of them and give the third away to a homeless person. That was a close call!