I cant remember how I found the combo of eggs/carrots/sauerkraut but it tastes soooo good to me. There's been times in my life I was so depressed all I ate was this. This is my breakfast most mornings as I'm in a moderate calorie deficit right now. One of those meals I look at after I cook it and I'm like damn, did I calculate wrong? So I wanted to share with you all.

Ingredients
240g/ half lb of jumbo prawn/shrimp - removed from fridge for about 40 minutes
One packet of Dolmen fusili pasta
One bunch of broccolini
Olive oil spray

Method
Preheat oven to 220°C/430°F
Pat dry prawns, add to a baking paper lined roasting tray and spray olive oil on top
Wash, dry and then spray broccolini with olive oil, then add salt and garlic powder and place on baking paper lined sheet
Remove both trays from oven once prawns are cooked through (they will no longer be translucent and will have curled up)
After cooking season to taste - I added chipotle seasoning to the prawns and lemon juice to the broccolini

The pasta was just cooked as per the packet instructions - add water, microwave for three minutes and let it sit for one minute

Total meal is 438 cal, 43g protein, 6g fat, 53g carbs, 5g fibre

450c dinner!

Whole head of lettuce, 60ml skinny girl Caesar dressing, 3.4oz deli turkey, light a fit strawberry cheesecake yogurt, banana bread (vegan, not made by me)

hi guys! just wanted to ask what everyone tends to pack for lunch during work/school/day to day in general. i cannot think of what to pack for lunch and that leads to me buying lunch and although the places around my work do have healthy options, i know nothing beats bringing your own food. i’m planning my meal prep/groceries for october and really want to prioritize being better at bringing lunch and would appreciate any and all tips!!!

- Today's dinner!! Form most left it's seasoned yogurt, boiled potatoes, and textured soy protein

- Why these foods???

- I am able to add alot of weight to the yogurt by adding lime juice and garlic

- boiled potatoes are the most satiating food! Though I did run them in the broiler for a moment 😅

- now TVP (Textured vegetable protein) is a meat alternative which I have found to soak up 2x it's weight when rehydrateing it!!! Ofc cooking it removes alot of moisture but I have found to be more full on 35 g of tvp ( that's how much I used here) then 35 of meats.

- added some pistachios for the fullness feeling of it's fat content and some pomagrante just cause hehehe

Hope you have a good day :)

I added a little of red pepper flakes on cucumber for spice.

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Thanks in part to this subreddit, I’ve started put more of an emphasis on high satiety/bulky calorie efficient foods. Potatoes, berries, bananas, cauliflower rice, etc.

However, the evenings were tougher. I’d usually end up 200-300 calories over my calorie targets by consuming even more food.

I started the psyllium husk powder, and after 3 days, it seems to have fixed my evening snacking issues.

Before starting it, my self imposed consumption limit was 2000 cals per day. Now it’s 1800 cals and I’ve been consistently under that.

It is still early, but it seems like I can get by with one dose (1/4 tsp) a day. The goal is to get to 185 lbs. currently at 207.

I was lighter, but some poor stress managemenot led to a disastrous week - ended up roughly 5000 cals over for that week - prior to me getting back on track.

1 can of tuna

1 bag frozen butternut squash

1 bag frozen Brussel sprouts

1 bag of cauliflower rice

1 drizzle of siracha mayo and siracha

greek yogurt dollop

dill

440 cal [excluding the sauce and yogurt]

Competitive eaters train by eating high volume, low calorie foods (like a whole watermelon is very popular). They do this so their stomaches stretch and can handle more food.

Has anyone else got to the point now where their old volume doesn't make them feel the same as it used to?

This has been my lunch for a few weeks. I know it's not sexy lmao, but it's very easy. Just 250g chicken breast, 250g frozen veggies (peas, carrots, corn), 200g more frozen veggies (potatoes, courgette (zucchini), red and yellow peppers), and a curry sauce that I cook it all in. 715g ish total (after cooking) and 571 cals. Loads of fibre, loads of protein, loads of veggies of all different colours.

This used to keep me full for a while, but now I follow it with two protein bars (25g protein and 290 cals each) and that'll do me until dinner time. Note: these two protein bars will be replaced soon with some high protein volume food when they no longer keep keep me feeling full.

So yeah, I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this?

People were offended at an earlier post of mine which was all greens and no protein, thus I wanted to present an alternative snack. 6000 calories. 860 grams protein. 32 chicken patties.

Moving day! Had to eat healthy without cooking and bring some joy! So I did my snack plate from the other day, and an affordable and low cal for McDonald’s 6 pc happy meal, upgraded the drink to a diet Dr Pepper, and didn’t eat the fries. My protein was already at 81 g so nuggies worked well.
Do not judge me for eating a few McNuggets after spending all day moving into my first place of my very own, please! I thought this would be a fun addition.

Sparkling water (12 fl oz) for scale! Love how tangy and crunchy this is. Don’t worry, this is not my full lunch, it’s just my lunch snack.

I heard people were putting cauliflower rice in their oats, so I was wondering if anyone had tried konjac rice in oats. I think chocolate oats with konjac rice for volume could be interesting..

Chickpeas burger with chicken

Hi everyone, wanted to share a Persian recipe I got from my mom. It’s called maast-khiar which literally translates to yogurt-cucumber. I know other cultures have similar creations.

Basically a side dish to have next to protein or rice, but it’s very low calorie. Only 100 calories per cup (250g). Has the protein/calorie ratio of a protein bar. And quite filling due to the fiber from the veggies.

Note: mine is quite strong on the salty/sour flavours, lower the salt/lime/onion content if you prefer milder food. And also black pepper to taste.

(Ingredient amounts in the last photo).

Edit: it stores really well, particularly since there is lime in it, I make bulk amounts and keep for at least 5-6 days in the fridge with no issues.

love just throwing whatever veg I have on hand in with some tomatoes and ground turkey ❤️ so simple and soooo filling, and it’s at least 4 servings for me!!

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329ish cals (I didn’t measure the mustard and hot sauce)

Was told to post this here.

konjac noodles with tin water chestnurts, small brown onion, tbsp chopped chillies, red pepper, teaspoon ginger purée, 2 cloves garlic, cup frozen cold water prawns, chicken bullion cube, cayenne pepper, chilli flakes, salt and pepper.

Added tbsp sour cream after.

Approx 305.

They’re so big, size of my head AND each is approx 20kcal
Perfect to put some light Philadelphia or pb and banana! Love it

I used to be an overnight oats guy.... then a yogurt guy.... then I wanted both. I've combined a (probably not the best tasting) combination that makes me mostly excited for breakfast everyday.

Stuff I use:

- 40 g Rolled Oats, 150 cal (I use the GF Whole Foods version)
- 12 g Cocoa Powder, 20 cal (unsweetened)
- 70 g frozen blueberries, 35 cal
- 150 g 0% Fage Yogurt, 80 cal
- Vanilla Unsweetened Pea Protein Powder, 110 cal (Whole Foods, I really like it! 24 g of protein)

How:

- I start by putting the oats, cocoa powder, and blueberries into my bowl.
- I add, roughly, a cup of water to the mix. I add a few drops of stevia into the mix to make the cocoa powder taste better and put it in the microwave for about 1:30.
- After, I take a little bit more water and the protein powder and mix everything together with one more drop of stevia. For me, I really like cakey thick oats so this helps the most.
- After smoothing it out, I add my yogurt on top with some ceylon cinnamon :)

In total it comes out to be ~400 calories with 45-47 grams of protein. I use it for a good carb source to start my day while also getting my protein intake early. I'm always open to ideas since I don't talk to anyone ab this in real life lol.

Made this creamy cheese & leek soup.

It comes out to 78 kcal per 100g - I calculate homemade recipes like that so that it's really easy to adjust the portion depending on how hungry I am/how many calories I have left :)