Low cal, filling, pile your plate up foods?

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  • ashlysnd
    ashlysnd Posts: 70 Member
    I'm a week in to 1,200 cal and still hungry. Probably my brain playing tricks on me.

    My problem is, I love a big portion of food and if I have a little portion, I feel hard done by!

    So - are there any tasty, low cal foods? eg. sweet potato?

    The best meal I have found at the moment is turkey, veg and brow pasta (only a little) Colemans bake with some low fat cheese on top.

    Any ideas?


    Eat more cals! Unless you are sitting on the couch all day, you can stand to eat more than 1200 cals. Google metabolic rate, u will see what i am talking about. Hope it helps.
  • natini
    natini Posts: 347 Member
    I agree with the last post, eat more calories. Dont eat below your BMR.

    As for filling foods, I love butternut squash. I dice it and roast it with salt and pepper. Then I have it available as a side dish for dinner or even at breakfast with an egg. I love it for breakfast.

    I also love french style green beans. It is the only canned veggie I eat. I saute a bunch of mushrooms with garlic and then add the green beans once the mushrooms are cooked. The mushrooms and garlic make a great combination with the green beans.
  • pinkjellybaby
    pinkjellybaby Posts: 12 Member
    I've never even heard of this, will have to investigate!
  • pinkjellybaby
    pinkjellybaby Posts: 12 Member
    Spaghetti squash! We will have an enormous plate with sauteed mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, and low sodium pasta sauce. We even top it with fresh parm and the whole heaping plate is around 220 calories!

    I've never even heard of this, will have to investigate!
  • pikselinka
    pikselinka Posts: 154 Member
    I love to pile my plate up with steamed veggies!!

    Same here, I eat a lot of veggies and love them!
  • nannabannana
    nannabannana Posts: 780
    bump.I am always looking for new recipes. I just recently bumped up my calories from 1200 to about 1300. Try KALYNS KITCHEN...may find some on there and any low carbs is what I NEED.
  • JoDeeD
    JoDeeD Posts: 391
    Spaghetti squash! We will have an enormous plate with sauteed mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, and low sodium pasta sauce. We even top it with fresh parm and the whole heaping plate is around 220 calories!

    We do this too. 1/2 a spaghetti squash is only around 80 calories. Top it with your favorite italian sauce and you are good to go. Another plus is lots of fiber! We also do a ton of mashed potatoes made with skim milk. Only 35 calories per cup. Good source of potassium.
  • amy1612
    amy1612 Posts: 1,356 Member
    Stir fry with just veg and prawns or turkey is good, oysters sauce added for flavour is low cal.

    Personally, I love a huge bowl of soup, or a big bowl of healthy curry. Made with a tomato base, can add low fat (not 0% it curdles) yoghurt, or without, lots of veg and some lean protein. Very filling.
  • Petskies101
    Petskies101 Posts: 19
    bump
  • emmalecras
    emmalecras Posts: 79 Member
    I aim to fill half of my plate with veg and that fills me up - brocolli, cauli, beans, carrots, brussel sprouts

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