200 calories left

mjroth82
mjroth82 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
200 calories left. What's a filling option for dinner? It's 2:30 in the afternoon right now.

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  • CassondraKennedy
    CassondraKennedy Posts: 229 Member
    A filet of salmon? A can of tuna? Or eat a well-balanced meal tonight and plan ahead for tomorrow so that this doesn't happen again?
  • snowbaby36
    snowbaby36 Posts: 12 Member
    Hmmm, a salad of some sort? You don't have a whole lot to work with, but a big platter of leafy green, veggies isn't very much calories and should leave you a little bit of room for a protein and/or fat. Good luck. You have a long day ahead.
  • everher
    everher Posts: 909 Member
    I would say fish with a ton of low calorie veggies for volume, a big salad with light dressing, or just go over your calories a bit.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited June 2017
    I would personally just eat a normal dinner and plan better for the future...in the grand scheme of things, this isn't going to be particularly material.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    200 cals is a snack on a meal. Eat more, plan better tomorrow.
  • Luna3386
    Luna3386 Posts: 888 Member
    How steep sis your deficit?
  • thewindandthework
    thewindandthework Posts: 531 Member
    I would probably make a cucumber salad and end with 50 or 100 calories to spare. It's my go-to for days I don't have many calories to spend on dinner.
  • Luna3386
    Luna3386 Posts: 888 Member
    thewindandthework wrote: »
    I would probably make a cucumber salad and end with 50 or 100 calories to spare. It's my go-to for days I don't have many calories to spend on dinner.

    Yeah but with no protein and nothing filling, you'll go to bed hungry, perhaps wake up ravished. And inviting a binge. Even in a deficit, eat as much as possible.
  • thewindandthework
    thewindandthework Posts: 531 Member
    edited June 2017
    I do aim dinner for as late as possible on those evenings, that's true. So far I haven't had any problems with next-day hunger, but, as always, your mileage may vary.

    EDIT: When I feel particularly hungry I'm definitely willing to exceed my calorie goal, but I tend to be hungriest midday, so light dinners are usually fine for me.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited June 2017
    Lean meat (shrimp or white fish are very low cal) plus a bunch of vegetables steamed or otherwise cooked without much oil.

    Or a vegetable omelet.

    I also would say going over by a little is no big deal, but it's possible to do a reasonable meal close to 200 cal if you need to.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Exercise to burn 400 calories and have a decent meal.
  • teeenabeana
    teeenabeana Posts: 92 Member
    1 cup of banza pasta (14 g of protein)
    2 veggie hot dogs on flax seed bread (20g of protein)
    Anything where you can add lots of veggies for volume: stir fry w/rice, fajitas w/black beans, omelette w/egg whites, lentil soup
  • mjroth82
    mjroth82 Posts: 3 Member
    Fantastic ideas. It's just how my schedule played out today. I had my big meal at lunch and with what I had in the house, went over.

    I'd have to look at my deficit goal closer. I'm somewhat new to the app and really just answered the questions on my goal weight, activity level and weight loss per week.

    Gotta go shopping later tonight. I think tunafish wins for dinner.
  • raquele3394
    raquele3394 Posts: 180 Member
    mjroth82 wrote: »
    200 calories left. What's a filling option for dinner? It's 2:30 in the afternoon right now.
    What is total calories for the day? What did you eat? I would go exercise for about an hour and eat that calories for dinner!
  • dlkfox
    dlkfox Posts: 463 Member
    mjroth82 wrote: »
    200 calories left. What's a filling option for dinner? It's 2:30 in the afternoon right now.

    Easy!! The right salad is your answer. Go for some albacore tuna packed in water for good protein. Pile on your favorite lettuces, and add tomato if you like. Finish off with Walden Farms calorie free dressing, which I genuinely love. (It's vinegar based and they have several choices.)
  • mjroth82
    mjroth82 Posts: 3 Member
    So, I have to be honest. I'm hungry. But NSV, I chose "real food" even though I went over my calorie goals.

    I had tuna, an apple and an avocado. The avocado is always a craving for me so I did it. Goodnight!!!!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    mjroth82 wrote: »
    So, I have to be honest. I'm hungry. But NSV, I chose "real food" even though I went over my calorie goals.

    I had tuna, an apple and an avocado. The avocado is always a craving for me so I did it. Goodnight!!!!

    As opposed to plastic food?!
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