easy low calorie meal ideas?

thesoup11
thesoup11 Posts: 72 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm looking for easy meal ideas my calories are 1700??

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  • martyqueen52
    martyqueen52 Posts: 1,120 Member
    Egg white quiche, chicken breasts with light barbecue sauce, 97% lean beef with sauce and zoodles (zucchini noodles), spaghetti squash with meat and sauce.

    Eat whatever you want, as long as at the end of the day you hit 1700 or a tad under you're fine.
  • SKME2013
    SKME2013 Posts: 704 Member
    On a general note: salad and veggies are very filling and low calorie. So combine a huge plate of veggies with I.e. a chicken breast or some eggs and it will last for a long time.
    Stef.
  • bymyslf892
    bymyslf892 Posts: 114 Member
    Yogurt, lean turkey, crockpot salsa chicken, lots of veggies! A little bit of avocado and a little nuts when I need a snack. Lots of sandwiches for easy lunches....
  • thesoup11
    thesoup11 Posts: 72 Member
    Thank you
  • jenchamb1
    jenchamb1 Posts: 73 Member
    Veggies cooked in plain canned tomato sauce (I usually use string beans, cauliflower, broccoli or zucchini) and I add either chicken, fish or chicken sausage (wegmans has a great brand, I think it's Gianelli, 90 calories a link). Low calorie, filling. You can use different spices in the plain sauce to keep it interesting.

    Egg white omelette made with whatever veggies you like. I use mushrooms and onion and add canadian bacon (Costco carries Jones and it is 20 calories a slice and not as much sodium as other brands). Add a light english muffin with whipped butter, or sometimes I will make a frozen hashbrown patty.

    Chicken marsala, I just use a little whipped butter and a small amount of flour to keep it light.

    Any time I make pasta for my family, I sub cauliflower for the pasta and just put the sauce on that and love it. I am not super into pasta so that is not hard for me.

    Stir fry veggies and meat over 1/4 cup rice.
  • brizzeem
    brizzeem Posts: 82 Member
    I've tried a protein shake and a cliff builders max protein bar for breakfast, liked this but wanted to change it up a bit. So I've recently had 1 serving quick oats with 1 serving of cherry preserves (you can increase the sevrings if you want more). This is definetly a different meal if you're looking to have something different.
  • Azchange
    Azchange Posts: 110 Member
    5am (before work) Breakfast: 2 Eggs, 3 slice turkey bacon, greek yogurt (360ish cal)

    9:30am(at work) Snack 1: Any 200 calorie item (scoop of chili, chicken breast with cottage cheese, yogurt and 1 oz beef jerky, apple slices with pb)

    12:30pm(at work) Lunch: Another 200 calorie combination

    3pm(after work) Snack: 200 calorie (tuna sandwhich, soup, anything light) - workout 4:30-5:15

    6pm(after workout) Dinner: 550 calories. Whatever we decide as a family (spaghetti w/ squash noodles, chili, grilled chicken, stir fry, you name it.) (I usually divide into two plates and eat the second about an hour later.

    8:30pm(before bed) Snack: 150 calorie ice cream (usually a fudge pop or "Skinny Cow" treat, or 2 peices of chocolate)

    That gets me close to 1700 calories. It's nice because it ALWAYS changes. The only consistent is my breakfast, and I love turkey bacon and yogurt so, awesome. Lunches and snack 1 are usually a mix of leftovers/quick grabs before I leave for work.
  • Jg04811
    Jg04811 Posts: 102 Member
    Canned tuna fish in water drained on a whole wheat english muffin. I am eating this now actually =)
  • eddiesmith1
    eddiesmith1 Posts: 1,550 Member
    make a low cal chicken curry and serve with Cauliflower rice and a tablespoon of your favourite chutney. I eat this at least once weekly. (364 for my curry and 100 for a huge amount of cauliflower rice, and 60 for 2 tbsp of chutney - 524 total easy to work into even a 1200 calorie a day diet

    Breakfast I almost always have 1/2 cup yougurt, mixed beriies (blueberries,Strawberries,Blackberries) and 1/3 cup Granola - 222 calories

    Lunch I am at the mercy of the chef at work, but frequently it ends up a large salad with some hard boiled eggs 350-400 calories depending on what i put on it, add a couple hundred here when i have soup (like today at -20c out)

    that leaves lads of room for snacks (sugar free pudding 60 calories or a fudge pop , small bag popcorn...
  • timrpm
    timrpm Posts: 57 Member
    Generally - protein-heavy foods are filling and not super high calorie.
  • babeb4baby
    babeb4baby Posts: 9
    I've been batch cooking each Sunday and this has helped tremedously! My favorite meal is grilled chicken with the Quinoa Mexi-Lime salad from SkinnyMom with half of an avacado - it's yummy and delicious!
  • missylectro
    missylectro Posts: 448 Member
    Cauliflower curry
  • chargraves
    chargraves Posts: 65 Member
    Stir frys are my go to for a quick dinner and I always make enough leftovers to carry for lunch. It’s convenient (although more expensive!) to buy vegetables already cut up and prepare them with whatever protein you have on hand over brown rice or wrapped in a tortilla.
  • avskk
    avskk Posts: 1,787 Member
    I'm on 1800 right now and I find in this range meals don't really need to be specifically low-cal; awareness of portioning and sensible choices works just fine. For example, today I had an English muffin with strawberry preserves, an egg muffin loaded with veggies and cheese, and a banana for breakfast; a turkey sandwich with sun-dried tomato pesto and greens on 10-grain bread and a salad of beets and avocado tossed with lemon and dill for lunch; and I'm planning a big serving of homemade bean soup (bulked out with carrots and salt pork) with broccoli for dinner. This leaves me almost 700 calories for the day, which means I can have whatever snack I want later and probably some pre-dinner beer too.

    The big thing here are making healthy selections (lots of veggies, lean proteins, healthier fats) and mostly staying away from processed stuff (I find it less satisfying and wind up eating too much). I did use low-sugar strawberry preserves and a light English muffin this morning, but I also used normal bread at lunch and real full-sugar and -fat creamer in my coffee this morning.

    Basically, at 1700 calories you should be able to eat pretty normally. Just watch your portions, make good choices, and log accurately. Avoid things you find unsatisfying and plan for satiety and nutrition. No need for "zoodles" instead of pasta or egg white-only omelettes (unless you like that stuff).

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