1200 cal diet meal ideas?

Hansonian
Hansonian Posts: 78 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hey ya'll,

So, I love to cook and I make dinner a pretty big deal. But I'm on a 1200 calorie diet, and it's such a pain to measure out every calorie from the cloves of garlic I use, to the quarter of an onion, etc. Just today, I made a (semi-healthier) tuna salad with celery and apple, but I only made enough for myself, so I had to put "1/2 stalk of celery" and ".5 cup of apple" and "2 oz of tuna."

If anyone has any meal ideas that already have the calories laid out, please send them to me! Better yet, if there's a site that consistently puts calorie counts on their recipes, I want those too please!

Thanks a bunch!

Replies

  • AnnaVee84
    AnnaVee84 Posts: 345 Member
    Hey! I used to be on 1200 cals, check out my food diary around June 2012 for my meals, but I quickly had to up the cals tho because my progress stalled.. so just FYI!

    First meal idea that comes to mind: I make these huge egg white omelets sometimes for breakfast that, depending on veggies/cheese/avocado/meats, will run between 250-400 cals and keep me full for a long time.

    Today's omelet is pasted below and was brunch, so I'm good until post workout snack and dinner time! Lots of room to spare!

    Misto Oil Sprayer - Extra Virgin Olive Oil , 2 spray 20 0 2 0 0 0
    Winn-Dixie - Four Cheese Mexican Style Blend Made W/ 2% Milk, 1/8 cup (28g) 40 1 3 3 0 0
    Produce - Roma Tomato (Net Carbs), 50 g 9 1 0 1 2 1
    California Haas - Avocado , 108 g 180 10 17 2 0 7
    Popeye Fresh - Baby Spinach, 15 g (2 3/4 Cups) 4 1 0 0 0 0
    Usda National Nutrient Database - Red Bell Pepper (100g), 40.0 g 12 2 0 0 2 1
    Kirkland - Egg White 100% Liquid, 1 cup 120 4 0 24 0 0
    Kirkland - Costco - Low Sodium Bacon, 2 slices cooked 80 0 6 5 0 0
    Add Food Quick Tools 465 19 28 35 4 9

    Good luck! Using fresh foods will definitely help in the cal count!
  • raileneperkins
    raileneperkins Posts: 37 Member
    Skinny fork has lots of good recipes on the site.
  • Hansonian
    Hansonian Posts: 78 Member
    Thank you both! I will definitely be looking at your food diary, AnnaVee! I love the idea of omelets - now if I can just make them without pounds of cheese, I'll be set! :p

    And thanks for the tip about Skinny Fork! I've never even heard of it before! :)

Categories