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2 Jan 21, 12:23 AM |
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Low calorie meal ideas (400 cals)
Apart from salad I am hopeless at thinking of, and making low calorie meals.
I am doing MH’s weight loss for charity 👍🏻 I am not following a diet as such but aim to eat less calories because I eat far too many. I want to eat 400 calories in each meal; breakfast, lunch and dinner then have fruit etc as snacks. I am fine with breakfast but lunch and dinner are my stumbling blocks unless I live on salad for the next 4 months 🙈 |
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2 Jan 21, 07:46 AM |
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Can't help you with recipes unfortunately, but would like to learn alongside you please 🙂
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2 Jan 21, 08:29 AM |
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VIP Dibber
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My Fitness Pal have loads.
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2 Jan 21, 10:01 AM |
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Pinch of Nom has a great cookbook that has recipes for under 400 cal. Their website has loads too
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2 Jan 21, 11:17 AM |
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Join Date: Dec 09
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Cut up whatever vegetables you like and put them in a pan with a bit of boiling water (in the bottom, not to cover) and add whatever flavouring you like.
I use garlic, ginger (asda frozen) soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce and chilli plus a bit of tomato paste. Put the lid on and cook on lowest heat until veg is done. Keep an eye so it doesn't dry out or you can add more liquid to make it a broth base for noodles. Edited at 11:18 AM. |
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2 Jan 21, 01:40 PM |
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Thread Starter
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I know my main issue is portion size. I use large plates and pile them high. 🙈🙈
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2 Jan 21, 01:41 PM |
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Join Date: Jan 09
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The hairy dieter books are excellent for calorie counting.
We lost a lot of weight using them. Now we are on the keto diet, so they aren't right for that, but I'd recommend. |
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2 Jan 21, 02:52 PM |
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The tempura fish is nice and about 250 cals , small potato chipped with a spray of low cal oil
Measured 100 cals of pasta with small chicken breast done in tomatoe and garlic and onion and pepper Homemade turkey burger ( lots of seasoning as turkey mince can be bland ) small bread roll Salmon done in the oven in foil with lemon slice and seasoning To be honest if we are eating like this ,a salad pads out most meals and makes your plate look fuller |
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2 Jan 21, 03:12 PM |
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Imagineer
Join Date: Mar 19
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I prefer to skip breakfast, have a light lunch 200-400 calories (jacket potato, or small bowl of granola, oats etc) and save the calories for a more substantial ‘normal’ main meal (still careful with my portion size though), I find this easier for meal planning for the family as I don’t cook separate meals and I live with 3 males!
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2 Jan 21, 03:21 PM |
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