Very low cals? What's on your meal plan?

[YapYap2023]

I'm having lots of yoghurts, soups, salads, fish.

A recipe thread might be helpful if anyone wants to share.

I’m eating between 1000-1200 (I’m short and 1500 causes me to gain!)

I’m also doing 16:8 so I can have bigger lunches/dinners and with school run etc I don’t miss breakfast. I usually have lunch at 11:30, dinner at 5:30 and stop eating for the day at 7pm ish.

Lunches are ‘picky’ bits, so I’ll have roast chicken/Turkey, hard boiled eggs, chopped veggies, a cheese, some fruit and some low fat Greek yog with maple syrup.

Dinners I like a taco salad - cubed chicken pan fried with no oil with taco seasoning, then have that on a bed of chopped lettuce, pico de gallo, cucumber, radish, half fat creme fraiche and 50% reduced fat cheese.

Steamed salmon & roast med veg

Butterfly a chicken breast, spray with extra virgin olive oil and pan fry. Serve with steamed potatoes and creamed spinach (spinach cooked down with garlic and seasoning, stir in half fat creme fraiche and finish with nutmeg and some parm on top)

Richmond vegan sausage stew - brown the sausages, fry off peppers, red onion and mushrooms and stick it in a casserole dish with a can of chopped tomatoes and an chicken stock cube and in the over for 45 mins. I usually steam a big batch of kale/cavolo nero and serve over that.

Odds and ends soup - as I have tons of veggies now when they’re looking a bit sad I chop them up, fry in extra virgin oil spray with stock and blend. Serve with half fat creme fraiche stirred in and some grated parm.

I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything atm. And the energy I have from not having takeout every second night is amazing!

That sausage stew sounds nice, I like Richmonds.

I'm aiming for 1000-1200 (5'1), sometimes I come in less than that.

I'm doing 16:8 too, 12-8pm.

My energy is through the roof, last night I was still awake at gone 4am. Up at 8.30. I need tips on how to sleep now 😂😫

I'm adding in a minimum of 6000 steps this week too (my steps have been shameful lately).

My favourite dinner at the minute is only 350 cals. Half a chicken breast butterflied so cut down the middle not in half. Cover with lazy garlic and fry in fry light for 10 mins or so until cooked. Then I add maybe half a teaspoon of soft cheese, some chicken stock, half tea spoon of honey, quarter of whole grain mustard and salt and pepper. This creates a nice gravy. Then I have half a pack of Tesco mashed potato (prefer to buy ready made mash when dieting so know cals) and a carrot / small amount of frozen peas. All worked out on my fitness pal which comes to around 345 cals. Finished off with some Oppo ice cream which I absolutely love, that’s around 80 cals.

When dieting I like to eat the same food a lot as just easier and I’m a creature of habit. For lunch I have half a soft filled pitta, 2 slices of Tesco wafer thin honey roast ham & salad, packet of Pom bears and a small choc bar, currently small milky bar which is 65 cals. Breakfast is always oats so simple porridge

Also doing 15k min steps per day. I start the day early and do some steps up and down the living room before work, take dog for a walk twice a day, 3 times when working at home (he’s got a dog Walker when in office). If working at home and have a call I’ll pace up and down and I do the same in the evenings until I’ve hit 15k steps min as that means I burn around 2000 cals, and eating around 1100.

I haven't really got anywhere with my steps but keeping my cals low still.