Surprisingly low cals? What foods surprised you?
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Butternut squash. I sort of took as gospel that starchy carbs were all high calorie and not worth it. Then I actually checked the nutrition stats. I think roasted butternut squash noodles are my new favorite side!7
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All winter squash and root veg (other than tubers) are low cal. I was surprised by turnips and rutabaga and beets too.4
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I'm going to be pedantic and note that the bacon that is low calorie is cooked bacon that has had the fat discarded. I have a number of recipes that call for raw bacon, and this is not low calorie at all as the fat is incorporated into the recipe.4
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Fruit with full fat plain Greek yogurt and honey. Tastes like heaven to me and surprisingly low in calories while still giving you a bit of protein.
Also I'm a weirdo but I love a banana drizzled with a little Hershey's simply 5 syrup and topped with some reddiwhip. Really low calorie but to me is just as good as a bowl of ice cream.
Those are my "desserts" more often than not.2 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
One of my favorite easy to prep meals is roasted butternut squash topped with cottage cheese with some sriracha on top. Pure comfort food.
Skip sriracha. Mix in Kimchi with the cottage cheese. Heaven.
wow, I'm going to have to try that....0 -
atheistred89 wrote: »Fruit with full fat plain Greek yogurt and honey. Tastes like heaven to me and surprisingly low in calories while still giving you a bit of protein.
Also I'm a weirdo but I love a banana drizzled with a little Hershey's simply 5 syrup and topped with some reddiwhip. Really low calorie but to me is just as good as a bowl of ice cream.
Those are my "desserts" more often than not.
I think probably these are good desserts, they would be a bit higher for me like for a breakfast. I have found the greek yogurt to be high - I wish that they had smaller containers ready made. Although I've bought a few more smaller cups for portion control.0 -
Twinkies are only 130 calorie per cake. I always thought they would be a lot more.5
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Potatoes!
This was me as well. When I first started dieting, potatoes were one of the foods that were considered a "no" food for dieting. I thought they were exceptionally calorific so I avoided them at first. When I decided to have some, I was shocked. They're so filling for the calories if you don't load them with all kinds of fatty stuff. I actually prefer them boiled with salt, peppercorns, bay leaf, and onion, so they weren't really the calorie bomb I imagined them to be.5 -
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Put them in the freezer! 😌Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »Twinkies are only 130 calorie per cake. I always thought they would be a lot more.
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atheistred89 wrote: »Fruit with full fat plain Greek yogurt and honey. Tastes like heaven to me and surprisingly low in calories while still giving you a bit of protein.
Also I'm a weirdo but I love a banana drizzled with a little Hershey's simply 5 syrup and topped with some reddiwhip. Really low calorie but to me is just as good as a bowl of ice cream.
Those are my "desserts" more often than not.
Mash up banana & pb freeze with a few chocolate chips 🤯2 -
psychod787 wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
One of my favorite easy to prep meals is roasted butternut squash topped with cottage cheese with some sriracha on top. Pure comfort food.
I did a garbage pale scrambler, volume eaters edition for dinner tonight. KITTEN thing weighed 2 lbs for about 550 cals.... uses acorn squash instead of potato... home made hot sauce on top.....
How do u make your hot sauce????0 -
I have found the greek yogurt to be high - I wish that they had smaller containers ready made. Although I've bought a few more smaller cups for portion control.
If you have an instant pot, you can make your own. You control the amount of sweetener and the size of the portions. It's surprisingly easy to do.1 -
Try making tuna fish without mayo and substitute with Dijon mustard. I use Grey Poupon Country Dijon, because it has a little more texture and flavor, but any Dijon is good. Cut up baby gerkins and add them as well as some of the juice from the jar. Salt and pepper and you are done! A great alternative that tastes amazing and is around 150 calories for the entire can. Be open minded and just try it! It is really good!
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I am finding I like meat stuffed squash with apples, etc. I think it's the carbs that are higher; but for me still low fat1
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Homemade basic veggie soups. Spices, broth, and a bunch of low calorie veggies like cabbage and zucchini, bell peppers.. whatever you like yummm. Almond milk considering almonds are high calorie.. omelettes with either whole or egg whites and veggies and sprinkle of feta for fun is pretty good calorie wise. And for me rice.. because it’s filling with veggies.1
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foreverhealthy3 wrote: »I am finding I like meat stuffed squash with apples, etc. I think it's the carbs that are higher; but for me still low fat
It’s been awhile since I did this, I think I’ll add it this week. Maybe more onions and other veg vice apple.
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A fried chicken thigh with skin is around 250 calories, depending on weight. So 2 thighs and a pile of steamed veggies is a 550ish calorie meal. Wow2
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Mushrooms! They really bulk up a meal for minimal calories.4
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Mushrooms! They really bulk up a meal for minimal calories.
I slice and cook 8 or 16 oz mushrooms then add a can of 100 cal progressive french onion soup, and a tbsp of bisto (gravy thickner 22 cal) Then I make mashed potatoes, and create 4 small meals/ snacks to fill me up right around100 cals. My original recepie.1 -
Actually... McDonalds vanilla cone. 200 cals for 145 grams... actually pretty low density for a sugar loaded item.2
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psychod787 wrote: »Actually... McDonalds vanilla cone. 200 cals for 145 grams... actually pretty low density for a sugar loaded item.
Except that depending on how happy the person saving you is this can very easily double
Well I am a bit of a crazy ahole, so I actually take my scale and weigh it.. within 5%. Just tell them normal... seems to work.6 -
Miracle Noodles, aka shirataki noodles. Only 5 calories. Look them up online - life changing if you love a big plate of pasta.2
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psychod787 wrote: »psychod787 wrote: »Actually... McDonalds vanilla cone. 200 cals for 145 grams... actually pretty low density for a sugar loaded item.
Except that depending on how happy the person saving you is this can very easily double
Well I am a bit of a crazy ahole, so I actually take my scale and weigh it.. within 5%. Just tell them normal... seems to work.
Funny, I was at a restaurant today and really wanted to weigh my chicken and measure the sweet potato fries.....do you really bring your scale?2 -
Lentils are magic.3
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psychod787 wrote: »psychod787 wrote: »Actually... McDonalds vanilla cone. 200 cals for 145 grams... actually pretty low density for a sugar loaded item.
Except that depending on how happy the person saving you is this can very easily double
Well I am a bit of a crazy ahole, so I actually take my scale and weigh it.. within 5%. Just tell them normal... seems to work.
Thats a whole another level of crazy OR dedicationpsychod787 wrote: »psychod787 wrote: »Actually... McDonalds vanilla cone. 200 cals for 145 grams... actually pretty low density for a sugar loaded item.
Except that depending on how happy the person saving you is this can very easily double
Well I am a bit of a crazy ahole, so I actually take my scale and weigh it.. within 5%. Just tell them normal... seems to work.
Thats a whole another level of crazy OR dedication
Combo of both. I like to be able to visualize portion sizes. I can now generally guess the weight of most fruit, veggies, and potatos within 10%. It helps me when I have to free style. When I was losing, I never learned these skills. It's all part of the loonnngg game hopefully.1 -
Not so much on the calories themselves, but on the amount of protein for the calories: Lupini beans. 120 calories for 100 grams. 16 grams of protein.0
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psychod787 wrote: »psychod787 wrote: »Actually... McDonalds vanilla cone. 200 cals for 145 grams... actually pretty low density for a sugar loaded item.
Except that depending on how happy the person saving you is this can very easily double
Well I am a bit of a crazy ahole, so I actually take my scale and weigh it.. within 5%. Just tell them normal... seems to work.
Funny, I was at a restaurant today and really wanted to weigh my chicken and measure the sweet potato fries.....do you really bring your scale?
Not so much restaurants. Generally calorie dense extras. I don't go out to eat much... maybe 2 times a months and budget an extra 15% for a meal.1 -
For me the most shocking was avocado. I had always thought those were high in calories so I always skipped it or used very sparingly. Today I wanted a quick snack and had an avocado that needed to be used. Ate the whole thing and it was just under 200 calories.1
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