1200 calorie people -- favorite meals and snacks?!

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jesseecaden
jesseecaden Posts: 14 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I have a hard time staying full between meals and I usually have an intake of 1600 a day. I am new to this but it seems awfully hard to find satisfying meals. What are some of your favorite/most filling meals?
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  • MizzMaamI1
    MizzMaamI1 Posts: 73 Member
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    Ground turkey, spinach, bell peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, brussel sprouts ect..
    Pretty much protein with a ton of veggies.
  • ForeverSunshine09
    ForeverSunshine09 Posts: 966 Member
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    It all depends on how you divide your cals through the day. I usually use over half my cals of the day on dinner because this is sustainable for me. A lot of other ppl don't like doing that. My breakfast and lunch are between 160-350 typically. So my dinners a very satisfying because I eat a big dinner.
  • Sarahsteed92
    Sarahsteed92 Posts: 26 Member
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    Artic zero ice cream
  • LoupGarouTFTs
    LoupGarouTFTs Posts: 916 Member
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    One of my favorite meals involves shrimp, onions, green peppers (or broccoli), and sometimes mushrooms steamed with garlic (or garlic powder) and served over polenta or brown rice. Add a small salad on the side, served with a vinaigrette dressing, and it pretty much ticks all the boxes.
  • LoupGarouTFTs
    LoupGarouTFTs Posts: 916 Member
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    One of my favorite meals involves shrimp, onions, green peppers (or broccoli), and sometimes mushrooms steamed with garlic (or garlic powder) and served over polenta or brown rice. Add a small salad on the side, served with a vinaigrette dressing, and it pretty much ticks all the boxes.
  • Gska17
    Gska17 Posts: 752 Member
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    Morning Star chick patty on a 100 calorie bun with a slice of cheese. Mustard, no mayo. I pair that with one serving of pretzel crisps. It's very filling and a common lunch for me.
  • cindyangotti
    cindyangotti Posts: 294 Member
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    chocolate almond milk latte.
  • YokiLenko
    YokiLenko Posts: 89 Member
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    I like eating carrots with peanut butter (or without) and cheese sticks. For meals I usually have salads with the dressing on the side to control it a little better and chicken for protein which fills you up.
  • NewMeSM75
    NewMeSM75 Posts: 971 Member
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    Egg white omelets loaded with veggies and topped with salsa. Satisfying and low cal breakfast. I usually get egg beaters so that nothing is wasted. Yolks aren't bad. I just have high cholesterol....

    Fish, chicken, pork tenderloin - any lean meats.

    Roasted, baked, steamed or grilled veggies always awesome! No frying. No heavy oils. Nonstick spray is my friend!

    Snacks - normally two snacks. One is a fresh fruit. The other is yogurt for protein. My favorite snack in summer is fresh sliced cucumbers.

    I try to balance my dinner to include protein, vegetable and a starch.

  • Gail_ish
    Gail_ish Posts: 4 Member
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    My new favourite treat: freeze a banana (120 cal) + 1 tbsp. of baking cocoa (20 cal). Blend in the food processor - it makes the most decadent chocolate ice cream! And if you can't wait to freeze it, then just put it through as is and call it pudding :)
  • curlylocks302
    curlylocks302 Posts: 38 Member
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    I second the egg whites with veggies. I made little egg white bites in muffin tins and had breakfast for a few days of just those.
  • jkbazemore
    jkbazemore Posts: 2 Member
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    Gail_ish wrote: »
    My new favourite treat: freeze a banana (120 cal) + 1 tbsp. of baking cocoa (20 cal). Blend in the food processor - it makes the most decadent chocolate ice cream! And if you can't wait to freeze it, then just put it through as is and call it pudding :)
    Gail_ish wrote: »
    My new favourite treat: freeze a banana (120 cal) + 1 tbsp. of baking cocoa (20 cal). Blend in the food processor - it makes the most decadent chocolate ice cream! And if you can't wait to freeze it, then just put it through as is and call it pudding :)

  • jkbazemore
    jkbazemore Posts: 2 Member
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    Banana & cocoa ice cream sounds great. Thanks for to idea.
  • samanthan144
    samanthan144 Posts: 1
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    If you have a costco near you they have really good salmon burgers that are local high protein. Also drinking a lot of water helps. Oh and gummy vitamins.. If you take a multi vitamin just get the gummy version and eat it as your snack.. Hope maybe this helps..
    PS rice is a good filler too
  • genesis8713
    genesis8713 Posts: 1
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    Hard boiled eggs...keep me full and green tea suppresses the appetite
  • Atrocity108
    Atrocity108 Posts: 328 Member
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    Tuna and Mini-Bell peppers are a favorite snack of mine.

    Baked Chicken and Rice is a huge staple as well.
  • jenniferinfl
    jenniferinfl Posts: 456 Member
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    I've been eating more eggwhites in a mug with veggies, some ham and a bit of cheese. Good and not too high in calories if you're using 1/2 an ounce of cheese.
    I love the whole egg too, but I'll probably have to price out life insurance in the next couple months and total cholesterol has a big impact on price.
  • gsager
    gsager Posts: 977 Member
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    Taco pizza. Whole wheat crust, 4 oz taco meat, 1 1/2 oz 2%milk mexican cheese and picante sauce.
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,598 Member
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    cooked apple with cinnamon
    1 oz peanuts, when I need protein
    boiled egg
    baby carrots
    plain nonfat yogurt.... I add sweetener and flavor extracts
    homemade whole wheat bread roll
    1 oz cheese
    strawberries
    cantaloupe
    PB2 in place of regular, fatty peanut butter
    sweet potato
  • jlbrown1985
    jlbrown1985 Posts: 136 Member
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    For breakfast I drink a smoothie or eat a bagel thin with cream cheese.

    I eat a lot of tuna out of the pouch for lunch. Sometimes I eat it plain sometimes with mayo but my favorite is with flavored cream cheese. I eat it with any kind whole grain cracker or wheat bread. I also like to eat it on flatouts or "Joseph's" flax oat bran and whole wheat pita bread.

    I, like others, save a lot of my calories for dinner because that is my biggest meal of the day since I have to cook for the whole family. But I still try to eat rice, mixed veggies, roasted veggies and we go through a lot of cottage cheese.

    I still snack throughout the day on fruit or nuts (my favorite nuts are Blue Diamond Cocoa Roasted Almonds). I also really like fruit (pineapples or peaches mostly) with cottage cheese and a tablespoon of flax seed.

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