any food that has ZERO calories?

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  • kated930
    kated930 Posts: 132
    mustard has 0 cals, try dipping something in mustard like celery, cucumber or carrots! Thats what I do!
  • barbhak
    barbhak Posts: 1 Member
    Shiritake noodles. Google it. Amazing find!!
  • tjradd73
    tjradd73 Posts: 3,495 Member
    less than 10cals/serving:

    lettuce, pickles, sugar free jello, celery, Walden farms ranch dressing, walden farms peanut butter (not very good though), sugar free popsicles
    ,

    stay far away from Walden Farms foods. They are FRANKENFOODS!!

    How about if you just don't worry about it. Going over on one day will not ruin everything. And stress is bad for weight loss.


    LMAO!!!! I wasn't a big fan of either, so I threw them both away!!!! thanks for the FYI though!
  • tjradd73
    tjradd73 Posts: 3,495 Member
    wait, wait, wait... hold the damn presses!

    there is a ranch dressing with less than 10 calories?!?!?!

    is it good?

    omg please say it's good.


    MEH....I wouldn't say good...totally artificial and totally runny...but a good zero cal dip for celery when you have nothing to spare!
  • keya1976
    keya1976 Posts: 10 Member
    Thank your for the ideas!
  • feellikeamillion
    feellikeamillion Posts: 14
    Mushrooms - fresh, have next to nothing. Raw cabbage is another one that digests slowly and burns more than it is worth during the process. Water. Weight Watcher followers consider many vegetables free to eat (they don't count the calories) and give them a zero point value (you can google WW zero food lists easily)

    But here is a partial list:

    asparagus
    beets
    broccoli
    brussels sprouts
    cabbage
    carrots
    cauliflower
    celery
    cucumber
    diet soda
    eggplant
    leeks
    lettuce
    mineral water
    mushrooms
    okra
    peppers
    pumpkin
    radishes
    salsa
    sauerkraut
    scallions
    snow peas
    soy sauce
    spinach
    sprouts
    squash
    tomatoes
    turnips
    watercress
  • Txifonly
    Txifonly Posts: 43 Member
    Why do you call Walden Farms "frankenfood"? I have tried several of their zero calorie salad dressings and they are all pretty tasty. What am I missing?
  • Moonbyebye
    Moonbyebye Posts: 180 Member
    Celery is VERY low in calories.
    Water/ice.
    Pickles have 5 calories per serving (if they're dill.)
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    Mushrooms - fresh, have next to nothing. Raw cabbage is another one that digests slowly and burns more than it is worth during the process. Water. Weight Watcher followers consider many vegetables free to eat (they don't count the calories) and give them a zero point value (you can google WW zero food lists easily)
    Weight Watchers participants don't count calories at all, so you can't compare their "free" foods to using MFP. As I stated to another member earlier today, many fruits and vegetables have over 100 calories per serving, you can't ignore that when you're counting calories. I am only saying this so newer members don't get confused.
    Why do you call Walden Farms "frankenfood"? I have tried several of their zero calorie salad dressings and they are all pretty tasty. What am I missing?
    I think the poster means "processed, chemically created food". Some people here are very against eating anything but whole, "clean" foods.
  • ClariRose
    ClariRose Posts: 49 Member
    Frankenfood can also refer to foods that are genetically altered.
  • Josie_lifting_cats
    Josie_lifting_cats Posts: 949 Member
    I hate to be a buzzkill, but just because it has zero calories per serving does not mean that there are zero calories if you eat 8 servings. It just means there is less than 1 calorie - so if you get all crazy eating something with zero calories all day long you might end up with a few calories in the end.

    Not that 20 calories makes a difference. Just had to throw that out there.

    I thought if it's less than 5 cals, they can legally mark it as zero calories. I never looked it up myself, but it makes sense.

    I think you're right!
  • crewsicka
    crewsicka Posts: 105 Member
    Cardboard.
  • firesoforion
    firesoforion Posts: 1,017 Member
    All food is zero calories if you forget to log it :laugh:

    Yes! :bigsmile:
  • Loudmom01
    Loudmom01 Posts: 131 Member
    All food is zero calories if you forget to log it :laugh:

    My faves: if you eat standing up it doesnt count and broken cookies have no calories :laugh: :wink: :noway:
  • gzmacc
    gzmacc Posts: 6 Member
    Philly swirls in the ice cream section of the grocery store have 14 calories!! and they are yummy!
  • WilliamsYaYa
    WilliamsYaYa Posts: 24
    These aren't zero calorie they are NEGATIVE calorie. How cool is that???

    20 "Negative Calorie" Foods
    We’ve all heard of those magical foods with "negative calories"... are they for real?!
    The key to understanding the way negative calorie foods work is to first realize that no food actually has "negative calories" -- everything you eat has calories! Various fruits and veggies, however, contain such a small amount that your body uses more energy to digest them than they actually contain.
    Try working these foods into your afternoon snack to give your body a natural, fat-burning advantage!
    1. Celery Calorie Count: 3 cal per stock (5" long)
    2. Tomato Calorie Count: 22 cal per tomato (medium)
    3. Carrots Calorie Count: 1 cal per slice
    4. Broccoli Calorie Count: 49 cal per stalk (5" long)
    5. Grapefruit Calorie Count: 104 cal per fruit (medium)
    6. Radish Calorie Count: 1 cal per radish (large)
    7. Guava Calorie Count: 45 cal per fruit (medium)
    8. Raspberries Calorie Count: 1 cal per raspberry
    9. Peaches Calorie Count: 38 cal per peach (medium)
    10. Asparagus (Cooked) Calorie Count: 3.25 cal per stock
    11. Apple Calorie Count: 95 cal per apple (medium)
    12. Cabbage (Cooked) Calorie Count: 17 cal per cup
    13. Tangerines Calorie Count: 37 cal per tangerine
    14. Watermelon Calorie Count: 86 cal wedge (approx 1/16 of melon)
    15. Green Beans (Cooked) Calorie Count: 44 cal per cup
    16. Cucumber Calorie Count: 45 cal per cucumber (8")
    17. Chile Peppers (hot) Calorie Count: 18 cal per pepper
    18. Pineapple Calorie Count: 28 cal per slice
    19. Spinach Calorie Count: 7 cal per cup
    20. Honeydew Melons Calorie Count: 45 cal per wedge (1/8 of melon)
  • ItsTiffanyFTW
    ItsTiffanyFTW Posts: 72 Member
    At night, if I'm still hungry, I do a serving of sliced deli turkey. 6 slices of the oscar meyer lunch meat I buy is only 50 cal and is at least a little bit of substance!
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    These aren't zero calorie they are NEGATIVE calorie. How cool is that???

    20 "Negative Calorie" Foods
    We’ve all heard of those magical foods with "negative calories"... are they for real?!
    The key to understanding the way negative calorie foods work is to first realize that no food actually has "negative calories" -- everything you eat has calories! Various fruits and veggies, however, contain such a small amount that your body uses more energy to digest them than they actually contain.
    Try working these foods into your afternoon snack to give your body a natural, fat-burning advantage!
    1. Celery Calorie Count: 3 cal per stock (5" long)
    2. Tomato Calorie Count: 22 cal per tomato (medium)
    3. Carrots Calorie Count: 1 cal per slice
    4. Broccoli Calorie Count: 49 cal per stalk (5" long)
    5. Grapefruit Calorie Count: 104 cal per fruit (medium)
    6. Radish Calorie Count: 1 cal per radish (large)
    7. Guava Calorie Count: 45 cal per fruit (medium)
    8. Raspberries Calorie Count: 1 cal per raspberry
    9. Peaches Calorie Count: 38 cal per peach (medium)
    10. Asparagus (Cooked) Calorie Count: 3.25 cal per stock
    11. Apple Calorie Count: 95 cal per apple (medium)
    12. Cabbage (Cooked) Calorie Count: 17 cal per cup
    13. Tangerines Calorie Count: 37 cal per tangerine
    14. Watermelon Calorie Count: 86 cal wedge (approx 1/16 of melon)
    15. Green Beans (Cooked) Calorie Count: 44 cal per cup
    16. Cucumber Calorie Count: 45 cal per cucumber (8")
    17. Chile Peppers (hot) Calorie Count: 18 cal per pepper
    18. Pineapple Calorie Count: 28 cal per slice
    19. Spinach Calorie Count: 7 cal per cup
    20. Honeydew Melons Calorie Count: 45 cal per wedge (1/8 of melon)
    Sorry to burst your bubble, but negative calorie foods do not exist. If you hope to track your calorie intake accurately, they should be counted, like any other food. Check the facts in the previous comments. :flowerforyou:
  • WilliamsYaYa
    WilliamsYaYa Posts: 24
    These aren't zero calorie they are NEGATIVE calorie. How cool is that???

    20 "Negative Calorie" Foods
    We’ve all heard of those magical foods with "negative calories"... are they for real?!
    The key to understanding the way negative calorie foods work is to first realize that no food actually has "negative calories" -- everything you eat has calories! Various fruits and veggies, however, contain such a small amount that your body uses more energy to digest them than they actually contain.
    Try working these foods into your afternoon snack to give your body a natural, fat-burning advantage!
    1. Celery Calorie Count: 3 cal per stock (5" long)
    2. Tomato Calorie Count: 22 cal per tomato (medium)
    3. Carrots Calorie Count: 1 cal per slice
    4. Broccoli Calorie Count: 49 cal per stalk (5" long)
    5. Grapefruit Calorie Count: 104 cal per fruit (medium)
    6. Radish Calorie Count: 1 cal per radish (large)
    7. Guava Calorie Count: 45 cal per fruit (medium)
    8. Raspberries Calorie Count: 1 cal per raspberry
    9. Peaches Calorie Count: 38 cal per peach (medium)
    10. Asparagus (Cooked) Calorie Count: 3.25 cal per stock
    11. Apple Calorie Count: 95 cal per apple (medium)
    12. Cabbage (Cooked) Calorie Count: 17 cal per cup
    13. Tangerines Calorie Count: 37 cal per tangerine
    14. Watermelon Calorie Count: 86 cal wedge (approx 1/16 of melon)
    15. Green Beans (Cooked) Calorie Count: 44 cal per cup
    16. Cucumber Calorie Count: 45 cal per cucumber (8")
    17. Chile Peppers (hot) Calorie Count: 18 cal per pepper
    18. Pineapple Calorie Count: 28 cal per slice
    19. Spinach Calorie Count: 7 cal per cup
    20. Honeydew Melons Calorie Count: 45 cal per wedge (1/8 of melon)
    Sorry to burst your bubble, but negative calorie foods do not exist. If you hope to track your calorie intake accurately, they should be counted, like any other food. Check the facts in the previous comments. :flowerforyou:

    Sorry, Captain, it wasn't my intention to imply you shouldn't count the calories my thought was that if you choose from this list you would YES count the calories but the choice would help towards your weight loss even if you went over your calorie goal. If you are still hungry, you have to eat but if you choose wisely and carefully you can still lose.
  • Thulpa
    Thulpa Posts: 55 Member
    Ok, I know of a magical 0 carlorie food. There is a noodle package at certain health food stores, it looks like rice noodles in water. It is solely meant to be eaten late at night when you have run out of calories. To me it looks rather sickly, though it is zero calories. I would always set aside 200-300 calories a day just in case you find yourself late at night craving food.
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    Sorry to burst your bubble, but negative calorie foods do not exist. If you hope to track your calorie intake accurately, they should be counted, like any other food. Check the facts in the previous comments. :flowerforyou:
    Sorry, Captain, it wasn't my intention to imply you shouldn't count the calories my thought was that if you choose from this list you would YES count the calories but the choice would help towards your weight loss even if you went over your calorie goal. If you are still hungry, you have to eat but if you choose wisely and carefully you can still lose.
    The thermogenic-burn-canceling-out-the-food-you-ate concept is a myth, based on the science. If you have reached your calorie goal for the day, and then consume more, you are lowering the deficit that has been created by MFP, and will lose less weight.

    Of course, you're welcome to do so anyway. :flowerforyou:
  • castadiva
    castadiva Posts: 2,016 Member
    How about just going over a little today, so that you can eat a sensible meal, and balancing it out against deficits for the rest of the week, if a few hundred calories extra is a major concern to you?
  • bethanylaugh
    bethanylaugh Posts: 237
    It's not the act of chewing that makes celery "negative" calories, it's because it is a catabolic food. Any catabolic food is great for dieting, this is a good starter list! If you eat your calories in these foods versus processed or carby foods, you'll (supposedly) burn more calories and loose weight faster!
    http://www.drkaslow.com/html/catabolic_foods.html
  • insatiable_need
    insatiable_need Posts: 127 Member
    wait, wait, wait... hold the damn presses!

    there is a ranch dressing with less than 10 calories?!?!?!

    is it good?

    omg please say it's good.

    Personally, I love the Walden Farms Ranch & Bacon Ranch dressings. They say it's zero calories per serving, but if you check online it's actually 2-5 calories per serving. Either way, I really like them

    *Edited because my laptop posted too early*
  • Lose_It_Leo
    Lose_It_Leo Posts: 91 Member
    I THINK CELERY IS ZERO!

    Well, technically celery is not zero, but it might as well be... It takes more calories to digest it because of the indigestible fibre. So, it is a bit like eating negative calories (albiet not by much... something like one or two calories per stick?)
  • SnazzyTraveller
    SnazzyTraveller Posts: 457 Member
    I THINK CELERY IS ZERO!

    yah they say u burn more cals EATING celery than it actually leaves with u. haha!
  • kristinamck
    kristinamck Posts: 4 Member
    Negative Calorie Foods: It takes your body more calories to consume these foods than what they actually are:

    • Apple
    • Cranberries
    • Grapefruit
    • Lemon
    • Mango
    • Orange
    • Papaya
    • Pineapple
    • Raspberries
    • Strawberries
    • Tangerine

    • Asparagus
    • Beets
    • Broccoli
    • Cabbage
    • Carrots
    • Cauliflower
    • Celery
    • Chile peppers
    • Cucumbers
    • Dandelion (weird)
    • Endive (kinda like chicory)
    • Garden Cress
    • Garlic
    • Green beans
    • Lettuce
    • Onion
    • Radishes
    • Spinach
    • Turnip
    • Zucchini
  • FluffyMamaNeeds2Lose
    FluffyMamaNeeds2Lose Posts: 91 Member
    the Walden Farms ranch tastes like straight vinegar.. its awful
  • LethaSue
    LethaSue Posts: 285 Member
    Walden Farms has a whole line of foods that claim zero calories. I saw them at a health food store. Never tried them, not sure what the hell it could be. They also have a web page.
  • rc630
    rc630 Posts: 310 Member
    Negative Calorie Foods: It takes your body more calories to consume these foods than what they actually are:

    • Apple

    The first item on this list should be an indicator that something isn't right here. The average apple is estimated to have 80 calories. If you eat 6 average apples a day without counting it, you'll have already eaten back your deficit and won't lose weight over time.
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