Does anyone here love toasted sandwiches?

Now I want a 2 fried egg Sammy.

500 cal isn't too bad. You could shave off some calories by spritzing the bread or the pan with buttered flavored spray instead of smearing the bread with butter. But if you want that crunchy toastedness that butter gives the bread then you could also take a little bit of the cheese (shredded) and sprinkle the outside of the sandwich with it and caramelize/crisp up the cheese to get that same effect. (look up "inside-out grilled cheese" if I'm not explaining the idea very well)

Also use lower calorie bread, and maybe add some kind of veg to make it more nutritious (or at least make you believe it is, and therefore lessen the guilt)

Mmm, I do! My most favorite is a blt on rye bread, no mayo. It's plain but it's safe lol. If you make it yourself you can usually control the calories a bit easier. I also like grilled Swiss cheese sandwiches with spinach and tomato. I find that if I bulk up the sandwich with some veggies I don't have to add too much of the other stuff. I probably eat 4-6 toasted sandwiches a week but sometimes less, if I make them myself i toast the bread in a toaster and don't ise butter

Less butter, less cheese and thinner slices of bread.

Looooove sandwiches. I'm not really doing sandwiches lately, but my all time favorite is some nice hearty wheat, honey mustard, sliced turkey, cranberry sauce, and brie cheese. Damn, I should've done this with the T-day leftovers. Opportunity wasted.

Instead of spreading butter on the bread, just put a little in the pan and let the bread absorb it as it cooks. Or soften the butter first, then spread it very thin. It really takes very little fat to make a nice crust on the bread.

You can also mix oil with softened butter, then put it in the fridge, and it will be solid, but much softer than butter so you can easily spread it more thinly on the bread. I keep a mix of olive oil and butter in the fridge at all times just for toasting sandwiches or garlic bread.

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Hmmm... maybe cut them in half when eating so you feel like you've had two??

I don't think that would work on me. I think I need to get used to eating small portions first. Then I can enjoy toasties again.

When I was a kid, we used to have toasties all the time, and my mum would stop making them once we were full. I must have at 3 or 4 at times. We were healthy weights back then as well.

I got a burger from Burger King today and put half in the fridge for tomorrow

The adjustment period shouldn't take long. I started this 111 days ago and going from probably 2700-3000 calories a day to 1600 a day was tough. I am now eating 1400 (trying to get the holiday weight off) with no problem. Get used to smaller portions and then make the lower calorie version of them and work them in to your daily calorie goals.

Great job saving the rest of the burger for tomorrow. Baby steps!

I still eat grilled cheese, but I only add cheese. Maybe that's why mine is not a calorie bomb I don't know. I did make one with bacon last week I guess. I use my grass fed butter, use a tablespoon on the bread ( I don't use reduced calorie bread), a couple of pieces of cheese and grill it. It's 390 calories unless I use less butter or one less slice of cheese, depends on how many calories I have left. Really good with some tomato soup. I actually ate this last week for supper 3 or 4 days, because it's cold here. Comfort food for me when it's cold.

oh yah, I love cheese tomato w pepper on top, ham, fried in butter, the works. Drooling now.

Try just skipping the butter, or adding a tiny bit, and go for low fat cheese. Make it a meal with a big salad, so you will not feel the need to eat a second or a third.
Grilled sandwiches, with two slices of bread, low fat cheese and sometimes turkey, plus whatever else I have available (tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers etc) are my go to lunch when I have no dinner leftovers, so several times per week. It is around 300 calories.