Tips & Tricks: Food Hacks
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JaydedMiss wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »myfitnessjourneyto180 wrote: »
That's a control issue not a caloric one...
I agree, but sometimes if I'm craving mcdonalds, 3 junior chickens, fries, and water is just enough to hit my calorie count for the day (close to 1500). Personally, i have the self-control to do this. However, 6-calorie jello, diet soda (aspartame-free), 4 plates of zucchini noodles, with 50 small shrimps and spices, shredded low-calorie mozzarella, a medium plate of skinny pop popcorn, a 20-calorie popsicle, and a fiber one bar is much more filling and tastes pretty damn good. It's also less than a 1000 calories btw. Just saying XD
Well you could just have one junior chicken (what is it anyway?) instead of 3.
That's a control issue not a caloric one...
No, not really. When you really want cheesecake, unless you're a weirdo who's actually satisfied with a couple bites, good luck fitting 800+ non filling calories in your day if you're on a 1400 calories meal plan (even only 400 calories of cheesecake really isn't a big serving, lol).
That's what bothers me about the 'eat what you want within your calories'. It's just impossible to do for some people, because they only like high calorie foods that are not necessarily filling. Sometimes, a diet change IS necessary.
if you can't eat a small piece of cheesecake and be satisfied with it then yes, that is a control issue...sorry, but that is the truth...
nice straw man argument about fitting in 800 non filling calories into a 1400 calorie day. When people say eat what you like, it means meet your other goals first and then eat what you like with the REMAINING calories...
I find cheesecake very filling for the calories (maybe all that fat is a satiety key for me
?)
If I ate 800 calories of cheesecake for breakfast, I'm probably still full by lunch and can have all the zucchini and shrimp that I want for dinner :P
Yup. Cheesecake is the golden trifecta of protein, carbs and fat. I need all three to be satisfied but an 800 calorie slab of cheesecake would keep me going for a while, especially if eaten with a side of coffee.
I am not a fan of the zucchini pasta though. It's nothing like pasta to me and my tastebuds. I don't even eat pasta all that often but I wouldn't be happy with the zucchini instead. Now zucchini as part of a sauce for pasta sure. That's a way to pad out pasta, with a veg heavy sauce.
And cauliflower in sweet oatmeal? Now I'm really weirded out, ha!
I do love PB2 in my porridge though, a full 13g serving with my 30g of oats really adds volume. I then add 20g of strawberry jam for my patent pending PB&J porridge.
I make peanutbutter chocolate cheesecake pudding
Cottage cheese, Protein powder, PB2 and fat free chocolate pudding mix. So damn satisfying at 250 calories a serving... i eat it almost every day lol.
I am usually pretty good with fat free stuff, but fat free pudding mix and I do not get along. I can't get past the taste.1 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »myfitnessjourneyto180 wrote: »
That's a control issue not a caloric one...
I agree, but sometimes if I'm craving mcdonalds, 3 junior chickens, fries, and water is just enough to hit my calorie count for the day (close to 1500). Personally, i have the self-control to do this. However, 6-calorie jello, diet soda (aspartame-free), 4 plates of zucchini noodles, with 50 small shrimps and spices, shredded low-calorie mozzarella, a medium plate of skinny pop popcorn, a 20-calorie popsicle, and a fiber one bar is much more filling and tastes pretty damn good. It's also less than a 1000 calories btw. Just saying XD
Well you could just have one junior chicken (what is it anyway?) instead of 3.
That's a control issue not a caloric one...
No, not really. When you really want cheesecake, unless you're a weirdo who's actually satisfied with a couple bites, good luck fitting 800+ non filling calories in your day if you're on a 1400 calories meal plan (even only 400 calories of cheesecake really isn't a big serving, lol).
That's what bothers me about the 'eat what you want within your calories'. It's just impossible to do for some people, because they only like high calorie foods that are not necessarily filling. Sometimes, a diet change IS necessary.
if you can't eat a small piece of cheesecake and be satisfied with it then yes, that is a control issue...sorry, but that is the truth...
nice straw man argument about fitting in 800 non filling calories into a 1400 calorie day. When people say eat what you like, it means meet your other goals first and then eat what you like with the REMAINING calories...
I find cheesecake very filling for the calories (maybe all that fat is a satiety key for me?)
If I ate 800 calories of cheesecake for breakfast, I'm probably still full by lunch and can have all the zucchini and shrimp that I want for dinner :P
Yup. Cheesecake is the golden trifecta of protein, carbs and fat. I need all three to be satisfied but an 800 calorie slab of cheesecake would keep me going for a while, especially if eaten with a side of coffee.
I am not a fan of the zucchini pasta though. It's nothing like pasta to me and my tastebuds. I don't even eat pasta all that often but I wouldn't be happy with the zucchini instead. Now zucchini as part of a sauce for pasta sure. That's a way to pad out pasta, with a veg heavy sauce.
And cauliflower in sweet oatmeal? Now I'm really weirded out, ha!
I do love PB2 in my porridge though, a full 13g serving with my 30g of oats really adds volume. I then add 20g of strawberry jam for my patent pending PB&J porridge.
I do the zucchini strands in with the pasta instead of in the sauce, and saying that, it's just a texture thing. Depending on the shape of pasta I'm eating, it could be in the sauce.
I'm not really into saucy sauces for pasta, mine are more a melange of sauteed veggies anyway... onions, garlic, cherry tomatoes.
The one thing I've never done is have the zucchini all by itself and called it a pasta meal.
I have eaten spaghetti squash all by itself, but not as a "pasta" dish. I normally have that with cottage cheese.
I'm not a huge saucy sauce person either, I would have it just coat the pasta and no more really. Unless it's a really good ragu.
My favourite actually is sliced zucchini, garlic, onion, chilli or chilli flakes, whatever I have, sauteed in olive oil, tossed in pasta, parmesan to taste.
Of course I used to make this absolutely drowning in olive oil, so I've had to sacrifice that splurge.0 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »myfitnessjourneyto180 wrote: »
That's a control issue not a caloric one...
I agree, but sometimes if I'm craving mcdonalds, 3 junior chickens, fries, and water is just enough to hit my calorie count for the day (close to 1500). Personally, i have the self-control to do this. However, 6-calorie jello, diet soda (aspartame-free), 4 plates of zucchini noodles, with 50 small shrimps and spices, shredded low-calorie mozzarella, a medium plate of skinny pop popcorn, a 20-calorie popsicle, and a fiber one bar is much more filling and tastes pretty damn good. It's also less than a 1000 calories btw. Just saying XD
Well you could just have one junior chicken (what is it anyway?) instead of 3.
That's a control issue not a caloric one...
No, not really. When you really want cheesecake, unless you're a weirdo who's actually satisfied with a couple bites, good luck fitting 800+ non filling calories in your day if you're on a 1400 calories meal plan (even only 400 calories of cheesecake really isn't a big serving, lol).
That's what bothers me about the 'eat what you want within your calories'. It's just impossible to do for some people, because they only like high calorie foods that are not necessarily filling. Sometimes, a diet change IS necessary.
if you can't eat a small piece of cheesecake and be satisfied with it then yes, that is a control issue...sorry, but that is the truth...
nice straw man argument about fitting in 800 non filling calories into a 1400 calorie day. When people say eat what you like, it means meet your other goals first and then eat what you like with the REMAINING calories...
I find cheesecake very filling for the calories (maybe all that fat is a satiety key for me?)
If I ate 800 calories of cheesecake for breakfast, I'm probably still full by lunch and can have all the zucchini and shrimp that I want for dinner :P
Yup. Cheesecake is the golden trifecta of protein, carbs and fat. I need all three to be satisfied but an 800 calorie slab of cheesecake would keep me going for a while, especially if eaten with a side of coffee.
I am not a fan of the zucchini pasta though. It's nothing like pasta to me and my tastebuds. I don't even eat pasta all that often but I wouldn't be happy with the zucchini instead. Now zucchini as part of a sauce for pasta sure. That's a way to pad out pasta, with a veg heavy sauce.
And cauliflower in sweet oatmeal? Now I'm really weirded out, ha!
I do love PB2 in my porridge though, a full 13g serving with my 30g of oats really adds volume. I then add 20g of strawberry jam for my patent pending PB&J porridge.
I make peanutbutter chocolate cheesecake pudding Cottage cheese, Protein powder, PB2 and fat free chocolate pudding mix. So damn satisfying at 250 calories a serving... i eat it almost every day lol.
I am usually pretty good with fat free stuff, but fat free pudding mix and I do not get along. I can't get past the taste.
bet itd work just fine without
The cottage cheese and pb2 and protein powders would likely blend in with it and hide it though. Yummy since i LOVE cheesecake haha 0 -
tcunbeliever wrote: »I don't know about portobello buns, but grilled portobello instead of burgers are AMAZING!
Grilled Portobello with the burger is amazing too.0 -
JaydedMiss wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »myfitnessjourneyto180 wrote: »
That's a control issue not a caloric one...
I agree, but sometimes if I'm craving mcdonalds, 3 junior chickens, fries, and water is just enough to hit my calorie count for the day (close to 1500). Personally, i have the self-control to do this. However, 6-calorie jello, diet soda (aspartame-free), 4 plates of zucchini noodles, with 50 small shrimps and spices, shredded low-calorie mozzarella, a medium plate of skinny pop popcorn, a 20-calorie popsicle, and a fiber one bar is much more filling and tastes pretty damn good. It's also less than a 1000 calories btw. Just saying XD
Well you could just have one junior chicken (what is it anyway?) instead of 3.
That's a control issue not a caloric one...
No, not really. When you really want cheesecake, unless you're a weirdo who's actually satisfied with a couple bites, good luck fitting 800+ non filling calories in your day if you're on a 1400 calories meal plan (even only 400 calories of cheesecake really isn't a big serving, lol).
That's what bothers me about the 'eat what you want within your calories'. It's just impossible to do for some people, because they only like high calorie foods that are not necessarily filling. Sometimes, a diet change IS necessary.
if you can't eat a small piece of cheesecake and be satisfied with it then yes, that is a control issue...sorry, but that is the truth...
nice straw man argument about fitting in 800 non filling calories into a 1400 calorie day. When people say eat what you like, it means meet your other goals first and then eat what you like with the REMAINING calories...
I find cheesecake very filling for the calories (maybe all that fat is a satiety key for me?)
If I ate 800 calories of cheesecake for breakfast, I'm probably still full by lunch and can have all the zucchini and shrimp that I want for dinner :P
Yup. Cheesecake is the golden trifecta of protein, carbs and fat. I need all three to be satisfied but an 800 calorie slab of cheesecake would keep me going for a while, especially if eaten with a side of coffee.
I am not a fan of the zucchini pasta though. It's nothing like pasta to me and my tastebuds. I don't even eat pasta all that often but I wouldn't be happy with the zucchini instead. Now zucchini as part of a sauce for pasta sure. That's a way to pad out pasta, with a veg heavy sauce.
And cauliflower in sweet oatmeal? Now I'm really weirded out, ha!
I do love PB2 in my porridge though, a full 13g serving with my 30g of oats really adds volume. I then add 20g of strawberry jam for my patent pending PB&J porridge.
I make peanutbutter chocolate cheesecake pudding Cottage cheese, Protein powder, PB2 and fat free chocolate pudding mix. So damn satisfying at 250 calories a serving... i eat it almost every day lol.
I am usually pretty good with fat free stuff, but fat free pudding mix and I do not get along. I can't get past the taste.
bet itd work just fine without The cottage cheese and pb2 and protein powders would likely blend in with it and hide it though. Yummy since i LOVE cheesecake haha
Gotta admit that PB2, cottage cheese, and protein powder sounds like a good combo.0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »myfitnessjourneyto180 wrote: »
That's a control issue not a caloric one...
I agree, but sometimes if I'm craving mcdonalds, 3 junior chickens, fries, and water is just enough to hit my calorie count for the day (close to 1500). Personally, i have the self-control to do this. However, 6-calorie jello, diet soda (aspartame-free), 4 plates of zucchini noodles, with 50 small shrimps and spices, shredded low-calorie mozzarella, a medium plate of skinny pop popcorn, a 20-calorie popsicle, and a fiber one bar is much more filling and tastes pretty damn good. It's also less than a 1000 calories btw. Just saying XD
Well you could just have one junior chicken (what is it anyway?) instead of 3.
That's a control issue not a caloric one...
No, not really. When you really want cheesecake, unless you're a weirdo who's actually satisfied with a couple bites, good luck fitting 800+ non filling calories in your day if you're on a 1400 calories meal plan (even only 400 calories of cheesecake really isn't a big serving, lol).
That's what bothers me about the 'eat what you want within your calories'. It's just impossible to do for some people, because they only like high calorie foods that are not necessarily filling. Sometimes, a diet change IS necessary.
if you can't eat a small piece of cheesecake and be satisfied with it then yes, that is a control issue...sorry, but that is the truth...
nice straw man argument about fitting in 800 non filling calories into a 1400 calorie day. When people say eat what you like, it means meet your other goals first and then eat what you like with the REMAINING calories...
I find cheesecake very filling for the calories (maybe all that fat is a satiety key for me?)
If I ate 800 calories of cheesecake for breakfast, I'm probably still full by lunch and can have all the zucchini and shrimp that I want for dinner :P
Yup. Cheesecake is the golden trifecta of protein, carbs and fat. I need all three to be satisfied but an 800 calorie slab of cheesecake would keep me going for a while, especially if eaten with a side of coffee.
I am not a fan of the zucchini pasta though. It's nothing like pasta to me and my tastebuds. I don't even eat pasta all that often but I wouldn't be happy with the zucchini instead. Now zucchini as part of a sauce for pasta sure. That's a way to pad out pasta, with a veg heavy sauce.
And cauliflower in sweet oatmeal? Now I'm really weirded out, ha!
I do love PB2 in my porridge though, a full 13g serving with my 30g of oats really adds volume. I then add 20g of strawberry jam for my patent pending PB&J porridge.
I do the zucchini strands in with the pasta instead of in the sauce, and saying that, it's just a texture thing. Depending on the shape of pasta I'm eating, it could be in the sauce.
I'm not really into saucy sauces for pasta, mine are more a melange of sauteed veggies anyway... onions, garlic, cherry tomatoes.
The one thing I've never done is have the zucchini all by itself and called it a pasta meal.
I have eaten spaghetti squash all by itself, but not as a "pasta" dish. I normally have that with cottage cheese.
I'm not a huge saucy sauce person either, I would have it just coat the pasta and no more really. Unless it's a really good ragu.
My favourite actually is sliced zucchini, garlic, onion, chilli or chilli flakes, whatever I have, sauteed in olive oil, tossed in pasta, parmesan to taste.
Of course I used to make this absolutely drowning in olive oil, so I've had to sacrifice that splurge.
Yes, that was my downfall in the old days. I used to go through indecent amounts of olive oil.0 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »VintageFeline wrote: »myfitnessjourneyto180 wrote: »
That's a control issue not a caloric one...
I agree, but sometimes if I'm craving mcdonalds, 3 junior chickens, fries, and water is just enough to hit my calorie count for the day (close to 1500). Personally, i have the self-control to do this. However, 6-calorie jello, diet soda (aspartame-free), 4 plates of zucchini noodles, with 50 small shrimps and spices, shredded low-calorie mozzarella, a medium plate of skinny pop popcorn, a 20-calorie popsicle, and a fiber one bar is much more filling and tastes pretty damn good. It's also less than a 1000 calories btw. Just saying XD
Well you could just have one junior chicken (what is it anyway?) instead of 3.
That's a control issue not a caloric one...
No, not really. When you really want cheesecake, unless you're a weirdo who's actually satisfied with a couple bites, good luck fitting 800+ non filling calories in your day if you're on a 1400 calories meal plan (even only 400 calories of cheesecake really isn't a big serving, lol).
That's what bothers me about the 'eat what you want within your calories'. It's just impossible to do for some people, because they only like high calorie foods that are not necessarily filling. Sometimes, a diet change IS necessary.
if you can't eat a small piece of cheesecake and be satisfied with it then yes, that is a control issue...sorry, but that is the truth...
nice straw man argument about fitting in 800 non filling calories into a 1400 calorie day. When people say eat what you like, it means meet your other goals first and then eat what you like with the REMAINING calories...
I find cheesecake very filling for the calories (maybe all that fat is a satiety key for me?)
If I ate 800 calories of cheesecake for breakfast, I'm probably still full by lunch and can have all the zucchini and shrimp that I want for dinner :P
Yup. Cheesecake is the golden trifecta of protein, carbs and fat. I need all three to be satisfied but an 800 calorie slab of cheesecake would keep me going for a while, especially if eaten with a side of coffee.
I am not a fan of the zucchini pasta though. It's nothing like pasta to me and my tastebuds. I don't even eat pasta all that often but I wouldn't be happy with the zucchini instead. Now zucchini as part of a sauce for pasta sure. That's a way to pad out pasta, with a veg heavy sauce.
And cauliflower in sweet oatmeal? Now I'm really weirded out, ha!
I do love PB2 in my porridge though, a full 13g serving with my 30g of oats really adds volume. I then add 20g of strawberry jam for my patent pending PB&J porridge.
I make peanutbutter chocolate cheesecake pudding Cottage cheese, Protein powder, PB2 and fat free chocolate pudding mix. So damn satisfying at 250 calories a serving... i eat it almost every day lol.
I am usually pretty good with fat free stuff, but fat free pudding mix and I do not get along. I can't get past the taste.
bet itd work just fine without The cottage cheese and pb2 and protein powders would likely blend in with it and hide it though. Yummy since i LOVE cheesecake haha
Gotta admit that PB2, cottage cheese, and protein powder sounds like a good combo.
Lemme know if you ever try it, Its super creamy and smooth, I add just a little water until its the right consistency. I even once made a carrot cake version that was really good with cottage cheese vanilla protein powder ground carrot cinnamon and dates. I think cottage cheese is very under rated sadly lol its so diverse XD
Edit just to complain- Im on 2 weeks warning and this "you cant post yet-were going to reset your timer" is driving me up the wall0 -
Cottage cheese is never under rated when it comes to me. It's one of my top favorite foods.0
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@GottaBurnEmAll just made my pudding with no pudding mix, Its quite delicious and creamy XD put some dark chocolate chips on top and you have full on dessert for around 250 cals with 32g protein lol1
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JaydedMiss wrote: »@GottaBurnEmAll just made my pudding with no pudding mix, Its quite delicious and creamy XD put some dark chocolate chips on top and you have full on dessert for around 250 cals with 32g protein lol
Sounds tasty. I might give it a try one of these days if I ever get tired of protein ice cream (see the volume eaters thread for that recipe.)0 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »@GottaBurnEmAll just made my pudding with no pudding mix, Its quite delicious and creamy XD put some dark chocolate chips on top and you have full on dessert for around 250 cals with 32g protein lol
Sounds tasty. I might give it a try one of these days if I ever get tired of protein ice cream (see the volume eaters thread for that recipe.)
I've tried protein cheesecake but I just can't get on with the sweeteners, I tried several and ick. Same happened when I tried protein powder in my porridge. So all sugar free protein based "hacks" are not for me. I can do sugar free jelly (jello) so just do that sometimes with full fat pudding (I assume you mean something like Angel Delight, packet mix you add milk to?).0 -
@VintageFeline, when you've tried zucchini noodles in the past, did you cook them? I agree that they completely don't have the mouth feel of pasta, but I think they hold up to sauces a lot better if you eat them raw - otherwise they get too mushy. I like fresh, room temp but raw zoodles with a hearty meat and veggie sauce straight from the stovetop. The sauce heats up the zoodles without making them all mushy and watery.
I eat pasta on the regular (I'm infatuated with campanelle lately, and I have it several times a week, lol), but I may try @GottaBurnEmAll's trick of mixing the zucchini strands in with spaghetti. Sounds great!0 -
@VintageFeline, when you've tried zucchini noodles in the past, did you cook them? I agree that they completely don't have the mouth feel of pasta, but I think they hold up to sauces a lot better if you eat them raw - otherwise they get too mushy. I like fresh, room temp but raw zoodles with a hearty meat and veggie sauce straight from the stovetop. The sauce heats up the zoodles without making them all mushy and watery.
I eat pasta on the regular (I'm infatuated with campanelle lately, and I have it several times a week, lol), but I may try @GottaBurnEmAll's trick of mixing the zucchini strands in with spaghetti. Sounds great!
I blanch mine - 1 minute in boiling salted water (add when water is already boiling), drain and rinse immediately under cold running water to stop the cooking process. Any longer and they do turn to mush. If using them in stir fry I add them raw, last, for just about a minute.0
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