What are your best food products you use to keep your calories low?

WilliamAndersonLMHC

My favorite calorie-reducing foods are Egg Beaters, I Can't believe It's not Butter spray, Brummel and Brown spread and Hellman's Reduced Fat Mayo, to name a few. Foods that help me maintain savor and satiety have been so helpful in giving me the ability to maintain my 140 pound weight loss for 30 years.

NorthCascades

A food scale.

GottaluvFood

beans & fish

Sp1tfire

egg whites, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots

KM0692

Anything I want to eat, but less of it (portion control).

anaxmann

Shirataki noodles.

Butts_Boys_and_Burgers_ohmy

NorthCascades wrote: »

A food scale.

^ this - I try to stay away from chemicals parading as food as much as I can

inertiastrength

I try and eat protein versions of things (like ice cream for example) Rather than hitting my protein macro and trying to figure out how to squeeze in an EXTRA 300 cals of ice cream I buy Cool Whey so that while I'm enjoying my ice cream I'm also hitting protein so that I can have some real chocolate lol

tabletop_joe

Siracha, mustard, pickled vegetables--things with a lot of zing that perk up an otherwise bland (but healthy!) meal.

Duchy82

Vegetables, I love crunchy raw veggies must buy some carrots this weekend for snacking.

EmotionalEater84

NorthCascades wrote: »

A food scale.

^^^ THIS is a wondddeerrffulll response, js

ruqayyahsmum

NorthCascades wrote: »

A food scale.

This every day of the week

Asher_Ethan

Water. I'm usually thirsty when i think I'm hungry

gd7daws

I like ranch dressing. We eat a lot of salads and most any bottle dressing just has far too many calories for me. I buy Daisy low fat sour cream (cant stand plain sour cream on anything) and add Hidden Valley dry ranch seasoning. I mix up the entire container and it lasts several weeks. 30 grams of sour cream is 40 calories and depending on how much of the dry mix you add to the full container of sour cream, it does not add many calories. So for about 50 cals, I have great tasting salad dressing.

Spaghetti squash instead of pasta was another life changing experience. My husband who is not trying to lose weight prefers it (and so do I) over regular pasta. This has become a dinner staple because it's healthy, filling, tastes great and then I have enough calories for a piece of garlic bread to go with my spaghetti and salad.

Blitzia

Extreme wellness high fiber tortillas - they're 50 calories each and have like 40% of my daily fiber. I make so many different things with these tortillas - wraps, burritos, etc.
Cauliflower - I replace everything with cauliflower. Cauliflower pizza and cauliflower tots are my favorite, I still haven't figured out a good stir fry recipe.
Greek yogurt - there are so many uses for greek yogurt. I use Fage to replace sour cream and for baking, and I'll buy Dannon light and fit Greek yogurt for easy breakfasts or snacks.
Fat free cheese - a lot of people think it's gross, but if it's in the middle of a dish, I can't taste much of a difference and it's a comparison of ~110 calories to 45. With the amount of cheese I use, it comes out to a huge difference.
Halo Top - I'll eat half a pint for dessert and it's 120-180 calories depending on the flavor.
Quest bars - the macros on these are nuts so for me, they're super filling. Half a quest bar keeps me full for about 2 hours.

Seffell

Almond milk, egg whites, light mayo, lean chicken sausages, and ice lollipops! Diet coke, diet fanta, aspartame!

wizzybeth

Fat free ranch dressing, hellmans light mayo, spaghetti squash. I'm okay with fat free cheese melted in a casserole

Btheodore138

Egg whites, spicy mustard, sauerkraut, frozen berries, seltzer water, oven roasted veggies (I found out I could do this with frozen and it has been a revelation!), Halo Top, Sara Lee Light 45 calorie bread, sugar free jello. I like to eat so finding room for more food in my daily caloric intake has evolved into an art form.

sgt1372

Black coffee, plain tea (any kind) and water.

OY74NmFGBL

Laughing cow cheese wedge, allfruit jam, cauliflower rice, mission extra thin corn tortillas

sabinaholtby

Zucchini. Now that its summer here, all the zucchini, with soy sauce. Delicious.

yskaldir

Mushrooms, celery, carbonated water.

dotwilldoit

gd7daws wrote: »

I like ranch dressing. We eat a lot of salads and most any bottle dressing just has far too many calories for me. I buy Daisy low fat sour cream (cant stand plain sour cream on anything) and add Hidden Valley dry ranch seasoning. I mix up the entire container and it lasts several weeks. 30 grams of sour cream is 40 calories and depending on how much of the dry mix you add to the full container of sour cream, it does not add many calories. So for about 50 cals, I have great tasting salad dressing.

Spaghetti squash instead of pasta was another life changing experience. My husband who is not trying to lose weight prefers it (and so do I) over regular pasta. This has become a dinner staple because it's healthy, filling, tastes great and then I have enough calories for a piece of garlic bread to go with my spaghetti and salad.

^^this. Spaghetti squash or spiralized zucchini or squash.... truly a game changer

mfpanyko

Deli turkey, fish, whey protein powder, fruits and veggies...

And love my food scale!

teeenabeana

My low cal finds: Alvarado Bakery sprouted flaxseed bread (each slice is 50 cals), veggie hot dogs, zucchini noodles, Trader Joe's reduced guilt guacamole (30 cal for 2 TB!), thin rice cakes, and PB2 is amazing!

Sheisinlove109

V8 low sodium fills me up for a salty snack and it has high potassium and low cap. Crystal light Peach tea (a little diluted) shuts down my sweet cravings.

String cheese
Greek yogurt
Carrots and hummus
Protein granola on Greek yogurt
Popcorn
Grilled chicken with a little honey mustard (not salad dressing)
Cottage cheese, cinnamon and applesauce
Apple with Parmesan
Apple with peanut butter
Toast, peanut butter and banana

prattiger65

Beer

Orphia

prattiger65 wrote: »

Beer

Yep, I had a beer and a wine and chocolate every day during the 12 months I lost 80 lbs, and have had the same in the 13 months so far I've maintained my goal since then.

The rest of my allotted calories are a nice mix of carbs, protein and fat made up of whatever foods I feel like eating on the day.

sadiratark

1 cup of frozen strawberries and 2Tbsp of Redi-Whip

nissarayna

A food scale, portion control ... Foods? Broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, fish, chicken tenderloins, canned salmon, strawberries, melon, cantaloupe. I try to eat what I want, within reason, I try to make healthier choices, not always, because I refuse to live the rest of my life not eating the things I love, chocolate .. I'm talking to you!

Although I'm on a diet in the traditional sense of the word, to lose weight, I'm also now eating foods that I will continue eating and be happy eating after I reach my happy weight! That includes the Pepperidge Farm Frozen Chocolate Cake I bought yesterday, once small slice at a time.

I've lost over 20lbs this way and I'm much happier knowing I don't have to give up the foods I love entirely.

One nice thing I did find in our local grocery store which was very low calorie, was Old Orchard Healthy Balance Apple Juice, at only 20 Cal per 8oz, I keep a bottle in fridge always for those days I want something other than water!

breathless575

Walden farms