Name your favorite 200 calorie dinner- HELP!

a0akley

Hi,
I prelogged myself some wine for a celebration tonight, leaving me a measly 200-250 cal for dinner. I will fix myself something before I go. I know it's not ideal but I am trying to say on track and still enjoy myself. I worked out extra this am too. What are you favorite easy filling calorically ( real word?!) cheap dinners? Go!
thanks in advance!

girlwithcurls2

That's nuts. When I started on here, I might have thought like that, but not anymore. Eat a reasonable dinner and log it. Then move on. If you're bent on staying under 250 calories, eggs would be a good bet. But why? It's life. It's going to happen again, so give yourself a break and make a good decision.

CrabNebula

200 cals for dinner? Pasta Zero. I can't think of anything else that is only 200 calories that will fill you up like a regular dinner.

lx3tx

Quaker has a protein oatmeal that I eat in situations like this. It's 240 calories.

gember85

Egg on toast about all I can think of x

Slinky_BraveHeartBunsOfSteel

A tin of tuna and some salad.

laurelh8

Chicken Vegetable soup? My homemade soup has about 170 calories for a 400 g serving. How about canned soup if you don't have time to cook?

mis1022

For a low calorie meal I go to a green salad, with some protein like egg and a light dressing. Good luck.

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a0akley

What is pasta zero? @girlwithcurls2, I know it sounds ridiculous, but I have been right on all week and finally seeing a budge on my scale that I have been waiting for. I really dont want to mess it up for the sake of this little party, but it's to celebrate ME so I want to enjoy myself too. I could just skip the wine and have a regular dinner, but I feel like I'd rather be a little hungry and have a drink or two.... all while not ruining my one week weigh-in tomorrow. I sound nuts don't I?! Oh well. Just trying to balance it all out

lizzelspark

A can of chicken or tuna and veggies and lots of water that should fill you up and will be around 250 calories

LazSommer

Dude.

Abby2205

85 g canned tuna in oil, over approximately 47 g baby spinach (one third of a 142 g bag) with 15 g of toasted pumpkin seeds thrown in. I eat this all the time for lunch. The spinach makes it a lot more filling for me, for a measly 20 or so more calories.

a0akley

thank you to all for the ideas. I guess I need to clarify that I do not do this all of the time, and as I said in my original post, I realize it is not ideal. As in, it sounds lame when you say it out loud but I have been struggling for weeks to get on track and I am bound and determined that I am going to stay there. Wine and all. cheers!

gcaracciolo2

Steamed spinach, a can of tuna in water, half tsp of peanut butter for dessert

rbfdac

If you're hellbent on staying that low, I would do a salad for sure.

Be sure and include protein- I am pescatarian, so I would do a tin of tuna or a serving of cold beans.

tiffkittyw

Pita pizza on Joseph's low carb high protein pita bread. It's my dinner every Sunday night to make up for my Saturday surplus. Yummy!

amusedmonkey

Just eat to maintenance today. You won't gain weight so you won't be sabotaging your progress. That said, lunch is my biggest meal of the day so dinner sometimes does end up at a low calorie when I don't feel like preparing something elaborate. My to-go fast dinner, tuna salad. Tuna, tomatoes, pickles, garlic, lemon juice, dill weed, some olive oil and a few capers.

kristen6350

Grilled Chicken Tenders and Steamed Broccoli. I'm not sure how much you can have for 250 calories, but I've been there and that was my go to.

ASKyle

Can of tuna on a low cal slice of toast with the littlest bit of cheese.

Two eggs and a sausage.

Soup!

Lean cuisine, protein bar, half a can of chili.

SezxyStef

staying in goal is one thing but to the point where you can only have 200 calories for dinner...yah no.

Mind you I ate a 160 calorie lunch...lean cuisine chicken in wine sauce.

AmandaIsherwood3

A couple of low cal meals I enjoy xx

RoseTheWarrior

I would agree with a maintenance calorie day. Not like it's going to derail you.

MariaCMcDonald

Steamed salmon with mixed veggies....love it.

betuel75

Bag of Birdseye Steamable Broccoli and a can of tuna, chicken breast or turkey breast will equal about 200 calories and you get a lot of steamed broccoli...

BeYouTiful94

28 grams (1 oz) of penne pasta, 40 grams of broccoli steamed ( or sautéed or whatever) in water, 30 grams extra small shrimp, 20 grams Alfredo sauce. Makes a delicious shrimp alfredo for just around 250 cal

SnappyDresser

A little bigger than small baked potato with ~2-3 oz of protein like chicken, fish on top with some salsa, yes to a few good veggies too if you have on hand. Filling and reasonably tasty & healthy. I usually bake 3 or 4 potatoes at once for days like that during a busy week ahead. Life does get busy.

chandanista

I'd go with a frozen meal. Like:

nixxthirteen

I fry a ton of chopped veggies in a bit of soy sauce and rice vinegar (spinach, mushrooms, eggplant, zucchini, onion, broccoli) and eat it with a fish fillet like tilapia, or salmon with dill and some lemon juice. I add 100g cooked rice if I have the calories for it. Sometimes a spoonful of salsa on the fish. Always under 300 cals.

Sometimes I don't add meat, and pour a cup of chickpeas into the veggies while I cook them.

no_day_but_2day

Chicken and Broccoli. Done!

RoxieDawn

I def do not call dinner anything that is only 200 calories. That my friend is called a snack!

So you want easy.. and filling .. and low calorie and cheap for 200 calories? The can of tuna or chicken is your best bet on a couple of crackers or low calorie bread. Is that satisfying not really.

I plan my day around dinner not the other way around.

edited to add: ditch some of the wine for more calories or heck, just drink dinner tonight.