Are my salads too big/fattening?

ljmcf · March 2014

Hi all!

I realise this may sound like a silly question, but I'm wondering if the salads I have are too big or fattening. I have got to the stage I feel guilty having a large meal because I've been eating little often.

I was really hungry today and In my salad I had: lettuce, red pepper, cucumber and beetroot. I had a drizzle of light salad dressing - this took up half of my dinner plate. I had one tablespoonful of egg mayonnaise (light mayo), about 5 large mushrooms (grilled) and 5 slices of sandwich roast chicken.

I'd be grateful for any insight! Thanks :-)

jwdieter · March 2014

Well, put the ingredients into MFP. That way you can see what sort of calories and macros the salad is providing, and how that fits with your overall target.

PibbleLover88 · March 2014

Don't feel guilty for eating. Look at your calorie GOAL and your other GOALS and try to hit them. If you are doing that, you are right on track!

AnnieRN6 · March 2014

Measure every ingredient and plug all of them into MFP. If it fits into your allowed calories with everything else you eat, you're fine. If not, then change the ingredients. If you need to, I'd start with the mayo.

LoosingMyLast15 · March 2014

idk. my salad today was 2 cups spinach, about a cup of arugula, entire tomato, oz of feta, 5 artichoke heart quarters marinated in olive oil, 2 strips of bacon, shredded carrot, strawberries and red wine vinegar and olive oil. afterwards i had more strawberries and some crackers.

mschicagocubs · March 2014

I'm confused....this is MFP. You should use the site for what it is intended for, logging calories, to see how it matches up with your day. If you are eating too much on your salad, cut it down ...

I_Will_End_You · March 2014

Um no. My go-to, favorite salad is spinach, blue cheese (lots of it), hardboiled egg, candied pecans, craisins, red onions, black olives, tuna and roasted garlic vinaigrette. Last time I actually logged and figured out the calories, it was around 700. And delicious.

melissarmonroe · March 2014

Probably not. For a while I thought mine maybe were defeating the purpose of a salad, until I actually added up the calories and weighed out the serving size and found out I was right where I need to be (which is good b/c a bigger salad fills me up better!)