Food ideas/ calories

arlzixxx
arlzixxx Posts: 30 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi everyone I'm just looking for low calorie food ideas for lunch or dinner? I find I'm eating foods too high in calories and feeling really hungry come evening and am going over! Any ideas appreciated thanks a mill x

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  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    May be different for you but I find that protein rich meals keep me fuller for longer. So, a typical evening meal for me is a chunk of meat (chicken breast, steak, pork steaks), with some roasted root veg (sweet potato, potatoes, carrots, parsnips, etc) and a green veg (brocc, spinach, sprouts, green beans etc).

    I make double and take the extra to work for lunch (I have access to a fridge and microwave).

    If you post some of your likes and dislikes and let us know what facilities you have access to I'm sure you'll get some recommendations.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    edited February 2017
    You can look up recipes for meals you like yourself, I'm just going to throw these thoughts at you:

    MFP gives you a calorie goal based on your height, weight, age, sex, activity level, but also the weight loss rate you choose.
    A good average weight loss rate is 1% of your body weight per week. More than that, and over time, you'll be hungry, hangry, lethargic, lose muscle, hair, hope and will to live.

    1200 calories is for short, elderly, sedentary women without much to lose.

    Good nutrition - an appropriate calorie goal and a variety of foods from all the food groups every day - will make you strong, happy and satisfied. Try to tweak your diet into a more nutritious one - replace some white bread with brown, light margarine with real butter, eat fruit with a protein+fat+veg, etc.

    If you are serious about losing weight, you can't allocate several hundred calories to sweets, biscuits etc every day. Pick one serving of your favorite treat once per week.
  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    You can look up recipes for meals you like yourself, I'm just going to throw these thoughts at you:

    MFP gives you a calorie goal based on your height, weight, age, sex, activity level, but also the weight loss rate you choose.
    A good average weight loss rate is 1% of your body weight per week. More than that, and over time, you'll be hungry, hangry, lethargic, lose muscle, hair, hope and will to live.

    1200 calories is for short, elderly, sedentary women without much to lose.

    Good nutrition - an appropriate calorie goal and a variety of foods from all the food groups every day - will make you strong, happy and satisfied. Try to tweak your diet into a more nutritious one - replace some white bread with brown, light margarine with real butter, eat fruit with a protein+fat+veg, etc.

    If you are serious about losing weight, you can't allocate several hundred calories to sweets, biscuits etc every day. Pick one serving of your favorite treat once per week.

    ^^true

    Took a peek in your diary - Your snacks are often chocolate - Nothing wrong with that but I personally find that a couple of hundred cals of chocolate fills me up for about 5mins - then I'm starving, worse than before (I find apples do the same thing). I still each chocolate, but I tend to eat around 2500 cals per day so:
    1. 2 can afford it (calorifically)
    2. I tend to eat is as supper rather than mid day (which seems to work better for me in terms of the chocolate not being a trigger for me to eat more)
    3. When I'm focusing on dropping fat - the chocolate is usually something that has to go (for me) because I've learnt that other foods fill me up more and therefore help me more.
  • arlzixxx
    arlzixxx Posts: 30 Member
    edited March 2017
    Thanks very much for replies :) I am eating a lot of chocolate I've ate loads today but that is my problem if I can cut the chocolate to even once a week I'll be doing well :) will add more protein thanks for the advice
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