Things that aren't worth the calories........

Pasta. It took me a few months but I weaned myself off and now I just can't fathom wasting so many calories on so little food. That and pizza but unfortunately pizza is my family's go-to meal when nobody wants to cook.

Most fast food. Most pastries. Appetizers from Applebees, chiles etc.

Wawa's frozen cappuccinos and Sonic's milkshakes. Don't get me wrong, they taste great, but so does a steak dinner which I could have instead!
A 12 oz Caramel Frozen Cappuccino (without whipped cream) from Wawa will set you back 580 calories, and a Small Caramel Milkshake from Sonic will set you back 610 calories!
No thank you!

BZAH10 wrote: »

mummma wrote: »

I was just having this discussion with my friends. what do you think isn't worth the calories.

we came up with. full fat coke, nutella, cadburys cream eggs, wine, energy drinks, anything with full fat milk, McDonalds milkshakes...

??? Opposite for me: just about anything labelled as low-fat is not worth the calories. The real thing is so much better! Quality over quantity.

100%

Real food with some fat is very satisfying~~~like ryvita cracker with hummus or peanut butter:) Stuff what is too sweet or salty will make you crave for more~~~

For me, it's peanut butter. I love it, but the tiny amount I can reasonably fit in is not satisfying and leaves me frustrated

In my opinion, when calorie counting nothing should be off limits, it's when you start depriving yourself of the things you enjoy, that you just crave them more. Just work them into your days allowance. I even add sweet treats before I've eaten them, I've found that if I see them logged in my diary I am less likely to actually want them as my mind thinks I've already eaten them, but I know if i do eat it its already allowed for.
It works for me.
Hope you all have a fantastic day, add me if you like, anyone

I need starchy sides or else my guts go wrong.

1/2-3/4 cup of boiled potato ( 102 calories for 3/4 cup - plus 81 cals for 0.8 of a tablespoon of butter) is better value than the amount of pasta or rice I'd need to eat to get as full.

1/2 cooked cup of the quick Uncle Ben's jasmine I like = 178 cals - I need at least 267 cals worth to be full). I sometimes have 1/2 or 1/4 cup cooked, along with beans and meat - in that case, I need the beans to get to fullness. And, that will mean a fairly big meal, but because of the beans and meat, it'll tide me over for a good few hours.

1 cup pasta usually = 300 cals; I need 1.5 cups (450). Any pasta dinner will take me into 600-800 territory (800 is for ridiculous stuff involving sausages).

Sausages aren't worth it, but they add a lot of flavour

Any fast food is going to take me over. Trying to "fit it in" means I wind up with a hunger headache. I still have stuff like that, sometimes. Sometimes I'll burn it off, but adding too many hours of impact and joint stress isn't worth the orthopedic risk (I am injury prone). I don't like trying to make up for it the next day, either - winds up being a head game, plus it just means I get the hunger headache the next day, even if I "win". So, if I do have fast food, I basically decide to be cool with being over that day.