How To Fit Calorie Heavy Foods Into My Diet

ThePunkHippie
ThePunkHippie Posts: 213
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I love food. Not in the typical 'OMG MCDONALDS FRIES' sense, but in the 'I don't know what this is, so I'll try it' sense. I guess you'd call me a foodie. But I eat healthy, I don't buy convenience foods, I make most of what I eat from scratch.

Anyway, how would I go about fitting calorie-heavy foods into my diet? I have some mutton in the freezer, & lamb is SO full of calories, but I don't want to let it go to waste.
I wanted to make a stew next week with it, so it wouldn't be the main ingredient, but one serving of the stew would almost blow my entire days worth of calories!

Suggestions? Advice? Anything? Bueller?

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  • shovav91
    shovav91 Posts: 2,335 Member
    Maybe eat a half serving. Or use it as a cheat meal. A cheat meal a week is recommended to keep your metabolism working at its best. Exercise to earn more calories. Eat smaller meals for the rest of the day.
  • Aphrodite3010
    Aphrodite3010 Posts: 65 Member
    I would think if you made a stew and had TONS of veggies in it like potatos or turnips and parsnips, carrots, celery onions etc etc, that it wouldn't be that bad, and use the recipe tool and it would tell you how many calories it would be. Also you can choose to have maybe a thinner stock or really bulk up the other ingredients so you don't quite have so much lamb but many other low cal things in there. I made my fav soup this weekend (Cheesy Broccoli and Cauliflower) and by increasing the stock and decreasing the cheese I got the same taste but only about 300 calories for a huge bowl. Its def doable....
  • Brenda_Pancakes
    Brenda_Pancakes Posts: 288 Member
    I have the same problem with a ziplock full of cooked bacon in my fridge. I might as well toss it now; cuz I know i'm not going to use it.

    But I agree with the previous poster (shovav91). Fit it in your calories for the day... adjust portion size, or plan on working off mega calories with some extra exercise. Even though the occasional fatty meal isn't a total lifestyle buster, I feel better when I make a deal with myself after eating it. "ok... so you can totally eat this twice baked potato... but you've gotta burn at least 300 calories of it off with some step later". DEAL!!! :)
  • ThePunkHippie
    ThePunkHippie Posts: 213
    I'll have to plan my meal for a day when I'm going to be doing a bunch of exercise - thanks everyone for the input!
  • prism6
    prism6 Posts: 484 Member
    Bacon is ok, 1 strip at a time...... it will give you protien
  • GoldspursX3
    GoldspursX3 Posts: 516 Member
    I have the same problem with a ziplock full of cooked bacon in my fridge. I might as well toss it now; cuz I know i'm not going to use it.


    THROW AWAY BACON!?!? BLASPHEMY!
  • ThePunkHippie
    ThePunkHippie Posts: 213
    I have the same problem with a ziplock full of cooked bacon in my fridge. I might as well toss it now; cuz I know i'm not going to use it.

    I like keeping cooked bacon in my freezer - when I make a salad, I take out a slice & crumble it up. It's a nice treat :)
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