Are chicken fajitas healthy

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On one hand protein and veg. On the other sour cream and cheese.

Trying to eat in a calorie deficit at the moment and just wondering if this is a good dinner choice, particularly if I were to forego the wraps and have some cauliflower rice with them too.

Opinions?

Personally I wouldn’t eat a fajita without a wrap, cheese or sour cream as it would just be chicken, onion and peppers. Hardly a fajita then is it. If you limit yourself and force yourself to have sub standard versions of your favourite food your diet isn’t going to be sustainable for very long. You need to enjoy what you eat.

Have your fajita as you normally would but limit it to one tortilla if you’re trying to lose weight.

Just count the actual calories and then decide. That is the only way to achieve a calorie deficit.

Skyr is Icelandic not Greek

Instead of wrapping them up in tortillas, use lettuce leaves

I don't intend to sustain a calorie deficit once I get to the point where I am done losing weight I will eat the amount of calories that are appropriate to maintain the weight that I'm at. It's already been over a year. And my overall health is vastly improved; I'm being monitored by my doctor.

A tortilla is about 120 calories. Have the tortilla, enjoy your fajitas. Unless you genuinely enjoy lettuce instead of wraps. (I’d have the lettuce and the wrap 😂)

have the tortilla. Don’t deprive yourself so you don’t feel satisfied. It’s easy to find 120 cals to cut somewhere else, have a smaller lunch, cut a snack out or a couple of cups of tea.

i never feel full unless i have balanced carbs.

I just have a fully loaded tortilla with what ever I want in it. I'll just fast through the day, or eat very little. Intimittent fasting has been a lifestyle change for me.

I would most certainly have the tortilla! Was just offering an option to those who wouldn't.

It's a real downer though when you realise you need to do a 5k to burn off the calories from 2 tortillas!

OMG this thread is still giving 😂

if I do chicken fajitas I don't do cream or cheese. Just all the veg, salsa, and chick.

Would be even lower calorie as oyster mushroom instead of chicken

It's a very healthy meal even with the cheese and sour cream.
Whether it will tip you over your daily MFP allowance depends on what else you've consumed that day, the size of the fajita, and how much filling you include.