Good foods high in calories?

PippaDAMR

I have a similar problem, I keep being told off for not eating enough calorie wise but I'm eating more than before I was on a diet! My sister suggested I use dressings on my salad to help up it and drink fruit juice.

Some friends suggested I eat dairy products like cheese and yoghurt and Mangos as apparently they are quite high but good fats too. And like Josie I've been making smoothies too.

Zichu

Like others have suggested. Using healthy oils, like Olive Oil, Butter, Full Fat Milk, Avocado, Fruits, Meat other than Chicken, Fatty Fish.

You could also just slightly increase each meal by 50 calories or something? Use bigger plates giving you the impression that there isn't much on the plate. If you are having chicken, add an extra 50g or so to it, it really isn't a lot to add, but it's a great protein source. If you are making eggs, use the egg yolks, high in fat with not so much saturated fat and plenty of protein, also add some milk to it to keep them fluffy and soft.

Just adding a bit of extra food to each meal will help you get used to eating just that little bit extra. I used to eat only 1500 calories or so, I found it really easy to hit that target. I then went up to 1800 and found it hard to hit that, so I just increased each meal by a tiny bit and ate a snack in between, mainly peanut butter, but I think that little extra allowed me to eat more at meal time.

I'm now eating 2380. I try to get tons of protein in my diet, I plan out my meals and make sure I hit that protein target first then I try and move onto fat and whatever is left, is usually a little treat or a banana. I love banana's lol.

You can do it if you keep going at it. Just try and add that little bit extra to each meal and you will get used to it. You need to try now before you get to the point where you need to maintain and have to eat a hell of a lot more than 1200 calories.

IronSmasher

Like others have suggested. Using healthy oils, like Olive Oil, Butter, Full Fat Milk, Avocado, Fruits, Meat other than Chicken, Fatty Fish.

You could also just slightly increase each meal by 50 calories or something? Use bigger plates giving you the impression that there isn't much on the plate. If you are having chicken, add an extra 50g or so to it, it really isn't a lot to add, but it's a great protein source. If you are making eggs, use the egg yolks, high in fat with not so much saturated fat and plenty of protein, also add some milk to it to keep them fluffy and soft.

Just adding a bit of extra food to each meal will help you get used to eating just that little bit extra. I used to eat only 1500 calories or so, I found it really easy to hit that target. I then went up to 1800 and found it hard to hit that, so I just increased each meal by a tiny bit and ate a snack in between, mainly peanut butter, but I think that little extra allowed me to eat more at meal time.

I'm now eating 2380. I try to get tons of protein in my diet, I plan out my meals and make sure I hit that protein target first then I try and move onto fat and whatever is left, is usually a little treat or a banana. I love banana's lol.

You can do it if you keep going at it. Just try and add that little bit extra to each meal and you will get used to it. You need to try now before you get to the point where you need to maintain and have to eat a hell of a lot more than 1200 calories.

I was pretty much going to say this. If I've got too many calories, I'll choose beef, lamb or salmon and I'll break out some noodles.

Another thing, I've seen people posting similar before, and when you look at their diary, it's all diet, low fat, weight watchers, rice cake, sugar free.... I'm just going to go ahead and assume you're not one of those.

Zichu

I was pretty much going to say this. If I've got too many calories, I'll choose beef, lamb or salmon and I'll break out some noodles.

Another thing, I've seen people posting similar before, and when you look at their diary, it's all diet, low fat, weight watchers, rice cake, sugar free.... I'm just going to go ahead and assume you're not one of those.

There are times where I have low fat options, but it's like Margarine/Butter or Mayo. I enjoy meat, I do try to go for Lean or Extra Lean, mainly because of the saturated fat, but it still contains fat and it's what increases my calorie amount for the day. I don't eat processed diet meals like Weight Watchers, or anything like that. If there are two options of the same food, let's take an example out of my dairy. I enjoy baked beans, there are the regular kind and the low sugar and salt kind. I enjoy the low sugar and salt kind because they aren't putting something extra in it, they are just taking out a bit of the salt and a bit of the sugar.


I just don't understand some people, they choose these diet foods like you mentioned and wonder why they can't reach there goal when they most likely get there nutrition from carbs. They have quite a low protein goal and hardly get any fat, so it must be coming from carbs, but they are most likely on a low carb diet, so they are pretty much getting little to no food.

I used to go for low fat foods, and diet like meals last year and I used to think, everything that's low in fat is better for me because I'm not going to gain any weight. This year after reading many interesting posts and learning quite a lot, fat isn't bad for me, hell it's good for me, we need fat, it's just picking the right food that contain the right fat.

IronSmasher

I quoted you but I was addressing the OP.

We're potentially off topic here, but I too fell for the diet food trap. I was only awakened by a fellow dieters angry rant about getting proper bread and having a decent f'ing sandwich that they actually find filling.

chivalryder

I just made a almond butter + apricot jam sandwich with gluten free bread. Most calories I've eaten in a long time, and it fit in the palm of my hand! 350 calories in total.

elka67

Houmous (made from chick peas)
Taramasalata, etc - any Greek dips with pitta bread
olives/cheeses

Creamy or Greek yogurts with honey
seeds? - can u eat seeds? Pumpkin, sunflower, chia etc all have good fats.

Salmon fillets, oily fishes etc