Getting frustrated

TheNewAdventuresofDanni

I need some idea for some 400-450 cal meal ideas...I am not getting enough calories. I like to eat light...I hate the "too full" feeling...I need some ideas that have most criteria..
BTW: cant eat a ton of dairy (lactose sensitive), and I am trying to stay away from a lot of carbs too.

lilcassers

How about whole oats with almond milk and mixing in protein mix or shakeolgy? that's what I do. Chocolate oatmeal... omg YUM.

TheNewAdventuresofDanni

that is an awesome idea! any ideas for lunch and dinner?

herblackwings39

A mix of nuts and seeds? Higher in calories for small amounts and tasty.

Irockursocks87

Fish is always a good option

flitabout

On nights like that I will have a boneless skinless chicken thigh or 2 with green beans and about a teaspoon of bacon bits in the beans for extra flavor. I make a pouch with tin foil add about a tablespoon of olive oil and a bit of season salt toss them in the oven for about 30 minutes or until they are at least 165 degrees. I boil the green beans (if it's just for me I do about 2 cups of green beans) with the bacon bits. toss it all on a plate and you are good to go. High protein, low sugar, low carb, might be a little dicey on the sodium. But it tastes super good and the fat in the chicken thighs makes it taste good and makes you feel like you just got away with eating something naughty! With the fiber in the beans you'll be full till morning.

TheNewAdventuresofDanni

On nights like that I will have a boneless skinless chicken thigh or 2 with green beans and about a teaspoon of bacon bits in the beans for extra flavor. I make a pouch with tin foil add about a tablespoon of olive oil and a bit of season salt toss them in the oven for about 30 minutes or until they are at least 165 degrees. I boil the green beans (if it's just for me I do about 2 cups of green beans) with the bacon bits. toss it all on a plate and you are good to go. High protein, low sugar, low carb, might be a little dicey on the sodium. But it tastes super good and the fat in the chicken thighs makes it taste good and makes you feel like you just got away with eating something naughty! With the fiber in the beans you'll be full till morning.

That sound taste and i could make it ahead of time:D i don't cook with salt, so that doesn't bother me at all either:)

TheNewAdventuresofDanni

Fish is always a good option

What salad dressing goes with salmon (preferably a vinaigrette)

MyJourney1960

If your food diary is accurate, then you are eating righteous amount of vegetable:drinker: but I would just add more of the chicken or turkey to each meal.

Jsneel

For lunch I like to eat a laughing cow cheese50cals and use pretzel sm sticks (25ish) it's about 55cals then lunch meat rolled with a 1/2wrap is somewhere around 50cal for 1/2wrap plus lunch meat calories I've sub lunch meat for egg with 1/3 tbs of maioniase and 1/3 yellow mustard a sm amount of salt n pepper and crushed red pepper for spice and somewhere I think I heard peppers can help metabolism...you could eat an apple or banana also and still b reasonable on cal count! Watermelon is a good fruit with not too many calories!

TheNewAdventuresofDanni

these are all great ideas:) keep them coming! Please and thank you!

corgicake

Open diary here. The lunches are admittedly repetitive and a few meals deliberately jacked up for the sake of making calories but those are relatively easy to portion down or skip parts of.

grimendale

Nuts and nut butters are good options for increasing calories without a lot of volume. Calorie dense foods are your friend.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/28482-list-calorie-dense-foods/

TheNewAdventuresofDanni

Nuts and nut butters are good options for increasing calories without a lot of volume. Calorie dense foods are your friend.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/28482-list-calorie-dense-foods/

I have an internal conflict, not that it is true necessarily, but I have always been told that nut butters are SO fattening. I have gotten a little better, I have been eat some more peanut butter but I have really been watching portion size.

erbell3

I made the most amazing dinner tonight and super easy. Chopped up russet potatoes, mixed with a little olive oil, salt and pepper, threw in a steamer bag full of diced squash and sliced brats. Mixed all together and then spooned into small squares of aluminum foil that had been sprayed with nonstick spray and wrapped up into a packet. Cooked on the grill on high for about 20-25 minutes and then served with a poached egg on top. Even my kids liked it It would be really easy to throw in additional veggies like sliced peppers. I made mine without the brats because I'm vegetarian, but it was really good and really easy to make several servings at a time for later.

jannaayl

Nuts and nut butters are good options for increasing calories without a lot of volume. Calorie dense foods are your friend.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/28482-list-calorie-dense-foods/

I have an internal conflict, not that it is true necessarily, but I have always been told that nut butters are SO fattening. I have gotten a little better, I have been eat some more peanut butter but I have really been watching portion size.

Go for organic, natural nut butters. They are high in fat, but it's healthy fat, not the added fat, sugar, and preservatives in processed peanut butter.

TheNewAdventuresofDanni

you guys are amazing thanks for the help!

grimendale

Nuts and nut butters are good options for increasing calories without a lot of volume. Calorie dense foods are your friend.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/28482-list-calorie-dense-foods/

I have an internal conflict, not that it is true necessarily, but I have always been told that nut butters are SO fattening. I have gotten a little better, I have been eat some more peanut butter but I have really been watching portion size.

Avoid the ones with hydrogenated oils. Those have a lot of polysaturated fat, which is fairly bad for you (peanut butter is often guilty of this). If it's pretty much pure nut butter, though, it provides a good source of healthy fats. You need a decent amount of dietary fat on a daily basis to ensure that you are able to uptake certain fat-soluble vitamins (which you cannot absorb in food without eating fat as well). Natural fats such as in nuts and avocados are good for you. Fat doesn't make you fat, excess calories do (I wish people would use different terms for adipose fat and dietary fat to avoid this confusion, but so it goes).

CookNLift

Fish is always a good option

What salad dressing goes with salmon (preferably a vinaigrette)

Salmon pairs really well with soy, ginger, honey, miso, lime, mustard, dill, and capers. I like broiling my salmon with honey mustard to create a crust then placing it over a salad with a little olive oil.

CookNLift

Check out Eating Well.com they have a few really good recipes, and sections for calorie limit meals.

for instance: http://www.eatingwell.com/blogs/food_blog/4_quick_healthy_400_calorie_recipes_for_dinner

jakkisr

my diary is open, my dinner (main meal of the day) is pretty much consistently between 4 and 500 calories. Last night was a yummy steak! I generally eat chicken and fish (and I eat good oils - they are necessary for womens health! your body cant store oestrogen without them!)