BowtieBelle, this is very basic and boring but it is to show you how you can choose the right foods and combine then effectively. You can prepare them anyway you want, well almost anyway, NO FRYING.I will also post some recipies that seem to be in line with what your diet is now BUT healthy.
We will use 1500 cals to start with in a 50-30-20 ratio. I, myself like a 40-40-20 ratio but everyone is different and I'd rather not restrict your carbs to much until you get the hang of it, considering what your diet was like this ratio will most likely yield decent results.The numbers don't have to be exact but should be close to your target numbers.
From the lsit below, for breakfast choose a protein, starchy carb and simple carb.(simple carbs would be fruits or dairy) An example would be eggs, mostly egg whites (ptotein) slice whole wheat bread (starchy carb) sugar free all fruit jam (simple carb) Now we could do something similar to your bagel dogs, an example would be turkey sausage on a mini whole wheat bagel and a banana
For lunch you would pick a protein,starchy carb and fiberous carb. An example would be chicken, brown rice and broccoli
For dinner choose a protein, fiberous carb and essential fat. an example would be turkey breast, vegetable/salad oil and venegar dressing
Your meals should be somewhere around 350 cals each, using the lists breakdown about 40g carbs, 30g protein 5g fat. The rest of your daily cals would be devided into your two snacks. You can adjust portion sizes to reach the numbers or combine a couple of choices.
It amy seem like it's a pain but it's not,once you find a few things that work for you it will become so easy. let's give it a try, go to the list and pick out tomorrows breakfast and post it. There are other foods you can use besides the ones on the list but anything listed is a good choice.
If anything is confusing you let me know and I will clearify it.
