A Problem I Never Thought I'd Have

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  • JoniBologna
    JoniBologna Posts: 653 Member
    And. . . What's wrong with making a pizza now and then?

    Amen sister! I have never given up pizza, full fat cheese, chocolate, beer, etc. It's all about moderation not elimination! :happy:
  • maryduggins
    maryduggins Posts: 219 Member
    My favorite healthy - but high cal snack - is baked garbanzo beans(: I eat an entire can every single time I make them(; and I believe it's about 200 calories.

    Here's the recipe I use(;

    Heat oven to 450f

    15-19 oz can of Garbanzo Beans, strained, patted dry
    1/4 tsp Cayenne
    1/4 tsp Garlic Powder
    1/4 tsp Oregano
    dash Salt

    Place the beans on a cookie sheet. Bake for 25 minutes (or until crispy on the outside and soft on the inside). Mix all the dry ingredients together.

    Once the beans are done, take the tray out and spray with olive oil, coat beans in the seasonings, and voila! (:
  • Moxie42
    Moxie42 Posts: 1,400 Member
    ... The dinner I am planning to have (turkey meatballs with low-fat cheese and tomato sauce, along with roasted veggies and a glass of red wine) will be about 300 cals.
    Turkey meatballs alone, 6 oz, will be 300 cal. A glass of red wine is 150- 180 cal. Plus low fat cheese, depending on the amount, could be 50- 70 cal. Plus any oil on your grilled veggies could come up to 50-100 cal. (half a tablespoon to one tablespoon).
    So, maybe you do not actually have the problem that you thought you'd never have!:wink:
    But if you still think you have it my advice would be have another glass of red wine:drinker: This takes away many problems...:flowerforyou:


    Haha, yes I forgot to add the wine and cheese when I first counted. It still doesn't put me where I "should" but I like the extra-wine idea :-P
  • Moxie42
    Moxie42 Posts: 1,400 Member
    My favorite healthy - but high cal snack - is baked garbanzo beans(: I eat an entire can every single time I make them(; and I believe it's about 200 calories.

    Here's the recipe I use(;

    Heat oven to 450f

    15-19 oz can of Garbanzo Beans, strained, patted dry
    1/4 tsp Cayenne
    1/4 tsp Garlic Powder
    1/4 tsp Oregano
    dash Salt

    Place the beans on a cookie sheet. Bake for 25 minutes (or until crispy on the outside and soft on the inside). Mix all the dry ingredients together.

    Once the beans are done, take the tray out and spray with olive oil, coat beans in the seasonings, and voila! (:


    Yum, I'll try that, thanks!
  • caitles14
    caitles14 Posts: 89
    The dinner I am planning to have (turkey meatballs with low-fat cheese and tomato sauce, along with roasted veggies and a glass of red wine) will be about 300 cals.

    How do you make all of that deliciousness fit in only 300 calories? A glass of red wine alone is around 120 cals, so how is the rest of your dinner 180? Not that I don't believe you, I'm just amazed :)

    As far as your problem of feeling too full...can't say that's happened to me haha...but I agree with others who are saying add more protein and healthy fats :)
  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    My favorite healthy - but high cal snack - is baked garbanzo beans(: I eat an entire can every single time I make them(; and I believe it's about 200 calories.

    Here's the recipe I use(;

    Heat oven to 450f

    15-19 oz can of Garbanzo Beans, strained, patted dry
    1/4 tsp Cayenne
    1/4 tsp Garlic Powder
    1/4 tsp Oregano
    dash Salt

    Place the beans on a cookie sheet. Bake for 25 minutes (or until crispy on the outside and soft on the inside). Mix all the dry ingredients together.

    Once the beans are done, take the tray out and spray with olive oil, coat beans in the seasonings, and voila! (:

    A small can maybe? the regular can I get from grocery stores has 4 servings, and each is 110 calories (1/2 cup)
  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    The dinner I am planning to have (turkey meatballs with low-fat cheese and tomato sauce, along with roasted veggies and a glass of red wine) will be about 300 cals.

    How do you make all of that deliciousness fit in only 300 calories? A glass of red wine alone is around 120 cals, so how is the rest of your dinner 180? Not that I don't believe you, I'm just amazed :)

    As far as your problem of feeling too full...can't say that's happened to me haha...but I agree with others who are saying add more protein and healthy fats :)

    She already realized the miscount later...LOL
  • caitles14
    caitles14 Posts: 89
    oops, sorry, I just saw someone else asked the same question and you already replied!
  • maryduggins
    maryduggins Posts: 219 Member
    work out, have a nice scoop of ice cream and chill out

    That's me(;
  • Laurej
    Laurej Posts: 227
    I'm right there with ya! I NEVER thought I'd have difficulties getting enough calories, lots of great suggestions here!!!, adding a quarter of chopped avo can add some good healthy fats with cals. Raw Almonds and almond butter have become my new best friend, adding a 1/8 cup of crushed raw almonds to the yogurt, and some dried cranberries, a banana or some fat free granola really ups the cals,

    LARA bars are good whole foods, my fav the cashew cookie is made of 2 ingredients, dates and cashews ( 230 cals) and it feels like a really big cheat.

    if I'm low, on cals I just have half, and wrap the rest up for another snack later in the day

    great advice on eating more frequently. It can help you get more food in esp with the lower cal content of super healthy foods
  • ishtar13
    ishtar13 Posts: 528 Member
    My favorite healthy - but high cal snack - is baked garbanzo beans(: I eat an entire can every single time I make them(; and I believe it's about 200 calories.

    Here's the recipe I use(;

    Heat oven to 450f

    15-19 oz can of Garbanzo Beans, strained, patted dry
    1/4 tsp Cayenne
    1/4 tsp Garlic Powder
    1/4 tsp Oregano
    dash Salt

    Place the beans on a cookie sheet. Bake for 25 minutes (or until crispy on the outside and soft on the inside). Mix all the dry ingredients together.

    Once the beans are done, take the tray out and spray with olive oil, coat beans in the seasonings, and voila! (:

    A variation of this has become my favorite, too, recently. It's my go-to when I want a salty snack.

    I use a "vegetable medley" spice from McCormick or Mrs. Dash with garlic and onion powder and a little sea salt (and olive oil).

    Sometimes I change the spices a bit.

    So yummy!
  • dovesgate
    dovesgate Posts: 894 Member
    I eat 1200 calories and lost 22lbs from doing that and working out 5-6 days, but now I am at a plateau and I tried upping my calories to 1400 to break it as well, and I honestly had a very hard time eating that much and I felt way too full all the time. upping my calories has not helped to break the plateau, it made me gain weight....

    It's normal to have a weight gain when first upping your calories.
  • maryduggins
    maryduggins Posts: 219 Member
    My favorite healthy - but high cal snack - is baked garbanzo beans(: I eat an entire can every single time I make them(; and I believe it's about 200 calories.

    Here's the recipe I use(;

    Heat oven to 450f

    15-19 oz can of Garbanzo Beans, strained, patted dry
    1/4 tsp Cayenne
    1/4 tsp Garlic Powder
    1/4 tsp Oregano
    dash Salt

    Place the beans on a cookie sheet. Bake for 25 minutes (or until crispy on the outside and soft on the inside). Mix all the dry ingredients together.

    Once the beans are done, take the tray out and spray with olive oil, coat beans in the seasonings, and voila! (:

    A small can maybe? the regular can I get from grocery stores has 4 servings, and each is 110 calories (1/2 cup)

    The 15 oz can that I use says that, too(: but once I bake it and put it in a measuring cup, it always come out to 1 C evenly :huh: and it's supposed to have 3.5 1/2C servings.... haha it definitely does not have as much in it as it says(;

    *edited to say that when I put it in on MFP it gives me 200 for a cup which is 20 less than you were saying, but pretty close(:
  • Moxie42
    Moxie42 Posts: 1,400 Member
    And. . . What's wrong with making a pizza now and then?

    If you make it yourself, you control the ingredients.

    I make a small pizza now and then, and will eat it on a lift day. I even use a commercially produced pizza shell (Mama Mia, one 6 inch shell is 340 cals (2 servings at 170 each), pepperoni is only 10 cals or so a slice, turkey pepperoni is half that, 1/4 cup mozzarella is 80 cals, and a couple tablespoons of a little homemade sauce with no sugar is negligible. Pair it with a salad, and you may only eat 1/2 the pizza and can have the rest with another salad for lunch.


    Hm, that's not bad at all! Thanks for the recipe! I will totally eat the whole thing (pizza is the one thing I can't resist) but I'm okay with that! I know it looks like I'm one of those "omg a carb! noooooo!" people but I'm totally not! But sometimes I look at mini-pizzas at Trader Joe's and get sad when I see the veggie ones are still 700 cals! But like you said- every once in a while, it's okay, and I could home-make a healthier version.
  • EmilyDuby
    EmilyDuby Posts: 67
    Adding in healthy fats and whole grains are a good way to up the cals. Especially whole grains, carbs are always a good amount of calories. I only do a 1290 cal diet, so I'm not having trouble getting my cals in, but when I have a really good work out sometimes I do eat a piece of toast with peanut butter which is high-ish cal but still healthy to make sure I eat back enough of my workout calories.
  • Amazingday
    Amazingday Posts: 682 Member
    I was having the same problem, I started eating a couple of protein bars as a snack during the day. It helped me get to my cals and got me off the plateau! FINALLY!!! I am not supposed to have wheat or corn so it is really challenging getting the calories up there!

    Good luck and watch the ingredients in anything you purchase!
  • Laurej
    Laurej Posts: 227
    trader Joe's has these packs of spicy spinach pizza, 140 cals for a whole pizza :D they r right in there with the other premade pizzas they sell and SO good!
  • Moxie42
    Moxie42 Posts: 1,400 Member
    trader Joe's has these packs of spicy spinach pizza, 140 cals for a whole pizza :D they r right in there with the other premade pizzas they sell and SO good!

    Pizza for 140 cals?! Okay, I need to get that when I go shopping this weekend! I think my life just changed, lol!

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