What are your best food products you use to keep your calories low?

WilliamAndersonLMHC
WilliamAndersonLMHC Posts: 117 Member
edited November 18 in Health and Weight Loss
My favorite calorie-reducing foods are Egg Beaters, I Can't believe It's not Butter spray, Brummel and Brown spread and Hellman's Reduced Fat Mayo, to name a few. Foods that help me maintain savor and satiety have been so helpful in giving me the ability to maintain my 140 pound weight loss for 30 years.
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  • GottaluvFood
    GottaluvFood Posts: 65 Member
    beans & fish
  • Sp1tfire
    Sp1tfire Posts: 1,120 Member
    egg whites, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots
  • anaxmann
    anaxmann Posts: 103 Member
    Shirataki noodles.
  • tabletop_joe
    tabletop_joe Posts: 455 Member
    Siracha, mustard, pickled vegetables--things with a lot of zing that perk up an otherwise bland (but healthy!) meal.
  • Duchy82
    Duchy82 Posts: 560 Member
    Vegetables, I love crunchy raw veggies must buy some carrots this weekend for snacking.
  • EmotionalEater84
    EmotionalEater84 Posts: 311 Member
    NorthCascades wrote: »
    A food scale.

    ^^^ THIS is a wondddeerrffulll response, js ;)
  • ruqayyahsmum
    ruqayyahsmum Posts: 1,513 Member
    NorthCascades wrote: »
    A food scale.

    This every day of the week
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    Water. I'm usually thirsty when i think I'm hungry
  • Blitzia
    Blitzia Posts: 205 Member
    Extreme wellness high fiber tortillas - they're 50 calories each and have like 40% of my daily fiber. I make so many different things with these tortillas - wraps, burritos, etc.
    Cauliflower - I replace everything with cauliflower. Cauliflower pizza and cauliflower tots are my favorite, I still haven't figured out a good stir fry recipe.
    Greek yogurt - there are so many uses for greek yogurt. I use Fage to replace sour cream and for baking, and I'll buy Dannon light and fit Greek yogurt for easy breakfasts or snacks.
    Fat free cheese - a lot of people think it's gross, but if it's in the middle of a dish, I can't taste much of a difference and it's a comparison of ~110 calories to 45. With the amount of cheese I use, it comes out to a huge difference.
    Halo Top - I'll eat half a pint for dessert and it's 120-180 calories depending on the flavor.
    Quest bars - the macros on these are nuts so for me, they're super filling. Half a quest bar keeps me full for about 2 hours.
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,244 Member
    Almond milk, egg whites, light mayo, lean chicken sausages, and ice lollipops! Diet coke, diet fanta, aspartame!
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,578 Member
    Fat free ranch dressing, hellmans light mayo, spaghetti squash. I'm okay with fat free cheese melted in a casserole
  • Btheodore138
    Btheodore138 Posts: 182 Member
    Egg whites, spicy mustard, sauerkraut, frozen berries, seltzer water, oven roasted veggies (I found out I could do this with frozen and it has been a revelation!), Halo Top, Sara Lee Light 45 calorie bread, sugar free jello. I like to eat so finding room for more food in my daily caloric intake has evolved into an art form.
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    Black coffee, plain tea (any kind) and water.
  • OY74NmFGBL
    OY74NmFGBL Posts: 384 Member
    Laughing cow cheese wedge, allfruit jam, cauliflower rice, mission extra thin corn tortillas
  • sabinaholtby
    sabinaholtby Posts: 73 Member
    Zucchini. Now that its summer here, all the zucchini, with soy sauce. Delicious.
  • yskaldir
    yskaldir Posts: 202 Member
    Mushrooms, celery, carbonated water.
  • dotwilldoit
    dotwilldoit Posts: 53 Member
    gd7daws wrote: »
    I like ranch dressing. We eat a lot of salads and most any bottle dressing just has far too many calories for me. I buy Daisy low fat sour cream (cant stand plain sour cream on anything) and add Hidden Valley dry ranch seasoning. I mix up the entire container and it lasts several weeks. 30 grams of sour cream is 40 calories and depending on how much of the dry mix you add to the full container of sour cream, it does not add many calories. So for about 50 cals, I have great tasting salad dressing.

    Spaghetti squash instead of pasta was another life changing experience. My husband who is not trying to lose weight prefers it (and so do I) over regular pasta. This has become a dinner staple because it's healthy, filling, tastes great and then I have enough calories for a piece of garlic bread to go with my spaghetti and salad.

    ^^this. Spaghetti squash or spiralized zucchini or squash.... truly a game changer

  • mfpanyko
    mfpanyko Posts: 21 Member
    Deli turkey, fish, whey protein powder, fruits and veggies...

    And love my food scale!
  • teeenabeana
    teeenabeana Posts: 92 Member
    My low cal finds: Alvarado Bakery sprouted flaxseed bread (each slice is 50 cals), veggie hot dogs, zucchini noodles, Trader Joe's reduced guilt guacamole (30 cal for 2 TB!), thin rice cakes, and PB2 is amazing!
  • Sheisinlove109
    Sheisinlove109 Posts: 516 Member
    V8 low sodium fills me up for a salty snack and it has high potassium and low cap. Crystal light Peach tea (a little diluted) shuts down my sweet cravings.

    String cheese
    Greek yogurt
    Carrots and hummus
    Protein granola on Greek yogurt
    Popcorn
    Grilled chicken with a little honey mustard (not salad dressing)
    Cottage cheese, cinnamon and applesauce
    Apple with Parmesan
    Apple with peanut butter
    Toast, peanut butter and banana
  • prattiger65
    prattiger65 Posts: 1,657 Member
    Beer
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    prattiger65 wrote: »
    Beer

    Yep, I had a beer and a wine and chocolate every day during the 12 months I lost 80 lbs, and have had the same in the 13 months so far I've maintained my goal since then.

    The rest of my allotted calories are a nice mix of carbs, protein and fat made up of whatever foods I feel like eating on the day.
  • sadiratark
    sadiratark Posts: 10 Member
    1 cup of frozen strawberries and 2Tbsp of Redi-Whip
  • nissarayna
    nissarayna Posts: 70 Member
    edited May 2017
    A food scale, portion control ... Foods? Broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, fish, chicken tenderloins, canned salmon, strawberries, melon, cantaloupe. I try to eat what I want, within reason, I try to make healthier choices, not always, because I refuse to live the rest of my life not eating the things I love, chocolate .. I'm talking to you!

    Although I'm on a diet in the traditional sense of the word, to lose weight, I'm also now eating foods that I will continue eating and be happy eating after I reach my happy weight! That includes the Pepperidge Farm Frozen Chocolate Cake I bought yesterday, once small slice at a time.

    I've lost over 20lbs this way and I'm much happier knowing I don't have to give up the foods I love entirely.

    One nice thing I did find in our local grocery store which was very low calorie, was Old Orchard Healthy Balance Apple Juice, at only 20 Cal per 8oz, I keep a bottle in fridge always for those days I want something other than water!
  • breathless575
    breathless575 Posts: 140 Member
    Walden farms
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