792 calories left and the day is only half over!! HELP!!!

Wow, I think that is pretty good! I usually eat 700 in the mornings and 700 at dinner (if I'm being good and sticking to my 1400 daily). What were you planning for dinner? There are a variety of meats and veggies you can have that won't go past the 800 mark. What's in your fridge and cabinets?

You need to eat more! LOL You meals should be between 300 to 500 calories each. Then you won't have to eat so much at dinner.

Italian Turkey Spinach Pasta
Ingredients

1 box Barilla Plus Penne Pasta
2 lb Italian Style Ground Turkey
1 large onion, diced
2-3 T Garlic, minced
3 C mushrooms
6 C baby spinach
2 C Zucchini, diced
parmesan as desired

Directions

1. Boil pasta to package directions (do not add oil or salt) 2. In another pot break up ground turkey and cook (like ground beef).
3. Once meat is cooked add mushrooms, garlic, onion and cook until tender 4. Drain noodles 5. Add noodles to sausage mixture 6. Add spinach one cup at a time and stir until wilted 7. Serve with 1T parmesan on top of each serving.

Number of Servings: 10 SERVING SIZE 1 & 1/2 Cups

Nutritional Info
Servings Per Recipe: 10
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 407.4
Total Fat: 19.3 g
Cholesterol: 64.4 mg
Sodium: 547.2 mg
Total Carbs: 32.8 g
Dietary Fiber: 4.4 g
Protein: 25.0 g

Italian Meatloaf - you could possibly eat two serving of this recipe
It makes 6 servings. You could also divide the recipe and make individual meatloaves using a cupcake tin. It turned out pretty well. You just have to make sure you spray the tins if they are not nonstick.

1 lb ground turkey
1 small onion finely mince
2 gloves garlic finely minced
½ cup Quaker Old Fashioned Oats (Processed in a food processor until fine.) ¼ tsp. salt or salt substitute
1 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. basil
1 tsp. crushed red pepper

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl. If the mixture is not incorporating well you may have to add a teaspoon or two of water. Shape into a loaf on a baking tray that has been sprayed with cooking oil or divide into six cupcake tins sprayed with cooking oil. Bake between 45 minutes to an hour depending on your oven.

Nutritional Information Per Serving
Calories 118
Calories from fat 61
Carbohydrates 1 gram
Fat 7 grams Sat. Fat 2 grams Trans. Fat 0
Fiber 0 grams
Sodium 168 milligrams (If you use salt in recipe.)
Cholesterol 57 milligrams
Protein 15 grams

Thats a lot of calories....I like to make chicken breast stuffed with light cream cheese and jalapeno's....baked or broiled. 1/2 cup of seasoned steamed rice and 2/3 cup of any veggie. Thats about 400 calories...then you have enough calories left for a yummy snack later!
By the way, the chicken is FABULOUS!

That chicken sounds great! I want to do something different with the chicken breast I have laid out for dinner. I want something SPICY! I don't have cream cheese... do you have any other good ideas for a spicy stuffed chicken breast? I have things like: diced tomatoes w. chiles, garlic, cumin, crushed red pepper and other spices, bread crumbs, mushrooms, jalapenos, cottage cheese :huh: , anything I could do with this? Anytime I try to make something new and exciting it turns out not-so-good! :sad:

Chicken stuffed with goat cheese, and sauteed spinach + garlic. Ace.

The ladies weighed in, so I thought I would let you have a men's perspective. We men start the day with more calories than the ladies do, so I understand your panic. That being said, you can do well at dinner time with only 700 calories. Here are some tips:

- Lots of veggies; they have very few calories per ounce. If you do salad, consider your dressing calories (80-120 per tbsp).
- About 4 ounces of meat. You will find that kills around 20-30% of your remaining calories.
- Limit the carbs (bread, potatoes, rice, pasta) because they are packed with calories. (2 slices of bread will cost you 100 calories)

Stir fry will run you about 400-500 calories for a bunch with 1 cup of rice.
A 6 oz steak, baked potato, and brocolli will run you about 600-700 calories.

The key is portion control. Let's face it, most of us guys are die-hard meat-a-tarians, who scoff at ladies for eating a salad for dinner. And if a little meat and potatoes taste good, a lot of meat and potatoes tastes great!!! And that is how we end up becoming members of sites like MFP.

Hang in there!!!

I've been eating Korean food for the past several days. I mix a cup of rice in with some kimchi, bean sprouts, some seasoned tofu, some sweet/spicy rice noodles, sweet/spicy anchovies (the tiny ones from the side dish) and a tablespoon of gochu jahng and I find that goes a long way.

The rice and kimchi make up the bulk of the food, the rest is just for flavor and adds up to something like 2 cups of food and 500 calories or so. For dinner I might saute some chicken,beef or fish to mix into it... not sure of how that would work out calorie-wise.

The spinach doesn't even need to be sauteed. Use raw spinach, it will cook while you're baking the chicken and you'll save calories and fat from whatever you use to saute it in.

Hamiltonba, I AM new to limiting my caloric intake. I've never really "dieted" before, so this is ALL very new to me. When I was a younger man, I could pretty much eat anything, and as much as I wanted. Obviously my metabolism has slowed with age, and I'm interested in getting into the best shape of my life.

Yeah at first when you see 700 calories, you think there's no way I could eat a full meal for that amount of calorie intake and actually get full up etc. but it's really easy actually once you get the hang of it, what is out there that is healthy and low calories.

Agreed with broccoli by the way, great and filling!

I found this really amazing Pork stir fry. Even my daughter of 6 Loved it! It is at least worth a try. there are lots of other great recipes on this site as well!


http://www.besthealthmag.ca/recipe/pork-apple-stir-fry