Half the calories of any meal. (diet trick)

Ok so I have discovered an amazing way to half yes HALF the calories in your meals... are you ready?

I did this with rice today but I am sure it is applicable to most foods

Whilst cooking the rice (or whatever) start playing candy crush saga and totally forget you have food cooking. Burn half the food to the bottom of the pan and be too darn lazy to start again.. Ta Da!

Yeah, I am an idiot! :grumble:
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  • serindipte
    serindipte Posts: 1,557 Member
    Hey, I've used that trick!!! lol Glad I'm not the only one.
  • kristixo
    kristixo Posts: 38 Member
    Hahaha. This is definitely right up my alley ;)
  • tedsmama
    tedsmama Posts: 178 Member
    So THATS why I gained 10 lbs. after I quit playing Candy Crush! LOL!!!
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    Ok so I have discovered an amazing way to half yes HALF the calories in your meals... are you ready?

    Whilst cooking the rice (or whatever) start playing candy crush saga and totally forget you have food cooking. Burn half the food to the bottom of the pan and be too darn lazy to start again.. Ta Da!

    Yeah, I am an idiot! :grumble:

    I wish I could 'like' this :laugh: my trick is going into the other room where I keep my computer and playing around on FB or MFP and then forgetting the broiler oopsie!
  • FreyjaFreyja
    FreyjaFreyja Posts: 5 Member
    Lol this is the reason I hate cooking! I always forget until I smell the burning :s
  • MrsBooBear
    MrsBooBear Posts: 12,618 Member
    Lol!:laugh:
  • GymAnJuice
    GymAnJuice Posts: 512 Member
    :laugh:
  • lifeskittles
    lifeskittles Posts: 438 Member
    haha I do this with poptarts and I'm like...okay I guess it wasn't in my future to have a poptart...then I eat something else because I'm too lazy to try and make another one..hahah
  • Faye_Anderson
    Faye_Anderson Posts: 1,495 Member
    So THATS why I gained 10 lbs. after I quit playing Candy Crush! LOL!!!

    Me too!! :grumble: :laugh:
  • Amandawith3kids
    Amandawith3kids Posts: 367 Member
    i love that my fire alarm doubles as a timer, saves counterspace. ;)
  • brandiegirl16
    brandiegirl16 Posts: 372 Member
    in addition to that... not to get so frustrated with the whole process and throw the pot out because it is just too darn hard to clean the burnt food from the bottom of it without a blow torch... been there too.. love these fun little life lessons.. lol
  • khoshgeleh16
    khoshgeleh16 Posts: 150 Member
    Drat, you stole my secret diet trick! It's okay, I've still got the old standby of "engage in a cleaning standoff with your housemates until there's no clean cookware in the entire house and just eat raw fruit and veg rather than give in and wash their dirty dishes". It'll be a best-seller!
  • khoshgeleh16
    khoshgeleh16 Posts: 150 Member
    i love that my fire alarm doubles as a timer, saves counterspace. ;)

    :laugh: best response tbh
  • RamaAkyer
    RamaAkyer Posts: 94 Member
    Ahahaha this made me laugh :D

    I cook my rice using a rice cooker, so it won't work for me :/
  • belle_of_the_bar
    belle_of_the_bar Posts: 474 Member
    Another handy tip, if you burn the pot of quinoa, your house will smell so bad you won't want to eat for several days! Handy handy.
  • aprilcherie
    aprilcherie Posts: 6 Member
    Or re-heat fish or shrimp & it'll stink so bad you will not want to eat!!!
  • missabeez
    missabeez Posts: 280 Member
    That happened with my quesadillas yesterday. It didn't work tho because I just scraped the insides onto a new tortilla ans stopped housecleaning :P

    Added a step that makes the trick not work!
  • My trick is; my husband eats food right off my plate. :explode:
  • onmyway57
    onmyway57 Posts: 22
    So funny been there done that:laugh:
  • SluggishSwimmer
    SluggishSwimmer Posts: 17 Member
    Hey, some diet tips that are relevant to my life! :D
    I don't know how many times I've gotten distracted and burned stuff.
  • Praying_Mantis
    Praying_Mantis Posts: 239 Member
    Wait, you mean everyone didn't already know this?? I've been perfecting this method for YEARS.


    i love that my fire alarm doubles as a timer, saves counterspace. ;)

    :laugh: best response tbh

    +1
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • So funny :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • DoNotSpamMe73
    DoNotSpamMe73 Posts: 286 Member
    Drat, you stole my secret diet trick! It's okay, I've still got the old standby of "engage in a cleaning standoff with your housemates until there's no clean cookware in the entire house and just eat raw fruit and veg rather than give in and wash their dirty dishes". It'll be a best-seller!

    My partner does the dishes, which I guess isn't a bad thing. But he eats all the fruit and veg before I can get to it!!! Unless it's frozen.
  • gvheintz
    gvheintz Posts: 138 Member
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  • mandasauruss
    mandasauruss Posts: 12 Member
    Wow, this is such a great idea! I usually just go for the put the food in the oven or the pot on the stove, and forget to turn on the heat. It COMPLETELY eliminates the calories.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    Or cut it in half.

    And, since it's only half as many calories, you can eat twice as much!
  • x311Tifa
    x311Tifa Posts: 357 Member
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    oohhh... Done that. It was a sad day....

    I think I almost set the house on fire too. Can I cut my bills in half too?! Maybe even reduce to zero!
  • flatlndr
    flatlndr Posts: 713 Member
    Ok so I have discovered an amazing way to half yes HALF the calories in your meals... are you ready?

    Quickly ... write a book about this secret technique, get all the fashion magazines to headline it, pitch on it Oprah, and make bazillions, before someone else does.
  • MamaRiss
    MamaRiss Posts: 481 Member
    So DH was just helping me with my diet when he burned my breakfast this morning? What a sweetheart