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amother

Sat, Oct 24 2020, 10:25 pm

hi, I started a low calorie diet (I also try to avoid white flour, white sugar but not completely).
I'm trying for 1300 calories per day, and allotting more for Shabbos.
looking for some low calorie meal options; here are 2 that I came up with:

Breakfast:
1 piece whole wheat toast - 60 calories
1 egg- 72 calories
1 egg white - 17 calories
1 tbs. avocado (spread on toast with sea salt) -18 calories
coffee with zero calorie sweeter- 8 calories
TOTAL: 175

Lunch:
Half of a cooked bag of Lite Pasta spirals (fills a huge bowlful) 200 calories
Barilla Marinara Sauce, 1/2 cup- 50 calories
1 tbs. skim milk- 5 calories
1 tbs. low fat shredded cheese- 34 calories
microwave all ingredients together and you have amazing baked ziti!!
TOTAL: 289

anyone have more ideas?
please share!!

amother

Brunette

Sat, Oct 24 2020, 10:28 pm

In general I find egg whites to be a great source of very low calorie high protein. So egg white omelet with veggies is a great meal.

amother

Sat, Oct 24 2020, 10:30 pm

That sounds great, even though I like to incorporate a whole grain into the meal, maybe an egg white vegetable omelet on toast!!

amother

Burlywood

Sat, Oct 24 2020, 10:38 pm

2 slices whole wheat bread 100 (find the one that's 50 calories a slice)
4 oz turkey breast 120
Large salad (1/3 bag romaine 15, 1 kirby 15, 1 cup grape tomatoes 22, 1 tsp olive oil 40)

amother

Ruby

Sat, Oct 24 2020, 10:44 pm

Base your meals around vegetables
Breakfast with egg white and toast is great
Lunch have a large salad with a little bit of protein
Dinner lots of salad grilled veg and/or low calorie soup
Small piece of chicken or fish
Small amount of healthy grain

amother

Amber

Sat, Oct 24 2020, 10:44 pm

I’m on weight watchers and I eat whole grain wild rice with fish
Or sometimes fish with salad

amother

Sat, Oct 24 2020, 10:49 pm

thanks for the ideas!! this sounds great!!
any low cal ideas for snacks?
especially snacks that you can pack for on the go?

amother

Navy

Sat, Oct 24 2020, 10:50 pm

The problem is if you spike insulin you will trigger hunger and this may derail you.

For breakfast I would suggest
2 jumbo eggs - whole = 200 cal
A big green salad = 39 cal/ 8 oz
1 TBSP Olive oil = 120 cal
Coffee
Unsweetened almond milk only 35 calories for 1 cup

Even though this may bring you to almost 400calories it will keep you full longer with less of an insulin spike. This way you skip snacks in between
If you eat 3 meals of 400 cal ea= 1200

amother

Burlywood

Sat, Oct 24 2020, 10:52 pm

Bag of light popcorn maybe 60 calories
Crunchy apple
Crispy Bosc pears
100 calories packet pretzels for emergencies on the go

amother

Cobalt

Sat, Oct 24 2020, 10:59 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

thanks for the ideas!! this sounds great!!
any low cal ideas for snacks?
especially snacks that you can pack for on the go?

Light Greek yogurt, string cheese

amother

Cobalt

Sat, Oct 24 2020, 11:00 pm

Spaghetti squash with 3-4 chicken/meatballs and marinara sauce is a great supper

amother

Forestgreen

Sat, Oct 24 2020, 11:01 pm

amother [ Navy ] wrote:

The problem is if you spike insulin you will trigger hunger and this may derail you.

amother

Navy

Sat, Oct 24 2020, 11:04 pm

amother [ Forestgreen ] wrote:

Sorry I added to my post
Check videos by Dr. Berg

amother

Sat, Oct 24 2020, 11:04 pm

all these ideas are great!!
what would cause the insulin spike with these ideas? I know soda/slurpees/candy can do that...I had a friend who had gestational diabetes and she worked closely with a nutritionist, and of course every person gets different guidance, but the general idea was to balance whole grains with protein/fat. meaning just the protein/fat wasn't recommended, because it wasn't balanced.
I was doing low carb for a bunch of years and I started this low calorie a few months ago, I like it much better, I find I'm not craving carbs anymore. I'm a little burnt out of eating only salad and protein so I'm looking to hear a bunch of new ideas that low calorie and healthy (but not a chicken salad please!!)

amother

Denim

Sun, Oct 25 2020, 12:14 am

amother [ Navy ] wrote:

Can you explain more? Im curious.
Also bake squash slices with cumin to be crunchy. Spray a tiny oil spray

amother

Sun, Oct 25 2020, 12:24 am

I found these power of wholesome oat chocolate chip muffins in evergreens freezer- they are 145 calories, personally I only like them warmed with a coffee, so this doesn't work for on the go, but it's a great snack/mini meal for me.

amother

Olive

Sun, Oct 25 2020, 1:55 am

vegeburger sandwich-290 calories
Dr. Praeger California vegeburger (130 calories)
2 slices whole wheat bread toasted (120 calories)
2 tbspn ketchup (40 calories)
plate of boiled broccoli (nonstarchy veggie so I don't count the calories!) or other cut up nonstarchy vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, etc)

FranticFrummie

Sun, Oct 25 2020, 2:05 am

Check menus for the HCG diet. They run about 500 calories a day, and I lost a lot of weight with it.

If you stick to protein, dark green vegetables, and berries, you can't go wrong. I found that turkey stalled my weight loss pretty badly, probably because of the tryptophan. Chicken, meat, and lean fish are best. No canned tuna!

notshanarishona

Sun, Oct 25 2020, 7:15 am

Whole wheat wraps- you can find with 50-80 calories and put whatever light spread you fancy
Salad with a piece of chicken breast is my goto for lunch

amother

Violet

Sun, Oct 25 2020, 7:24 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

All carbs spike insulin - so your bread, but I don't see why you should avoid it if you don't feel sick with it. Could you do no sugar in coffee? the fake sweeteners also encourage cravings.

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