Is It Possible? Nutritious, Filling, Low-Calorie Foods!
When folks decide to lose weight by going on a diet, they often find that they’re constantly dealing with hunger, threatening to force them off the diet. To lose weight, your daily expenditure of calories must exceed your intake. So the challenge is to keep that “full” feeling all day long, avoiding both hunger and overeating.
You should be able to feel full with these foods and not be tempted to give in hunger pangs and break your diet.
1. Fish - 150 to 200 Calories / Serving
Count on fish to do a good job of filling you up while providing a nutritious, low-calorie meal. In fact, of all the meats available, fish is the most filling of all! Ounce for ounce, fish has far fewer calories than beef, chicken or pork.
You still have to eat responsibly, of course. Fish and ships, for example, is not a healthy option when you’re on a weight loss diet. Keep in mind that the breading and batters so often employed in fried fish recipes are loaded with calories, and even the frying process can add calories. Grilled, baked or broiled fish, simply prepared, is best, as is cooked fish (like tuna or salmon) on a light salad. Spices and seasonings (except butter!) are excellent sources of additional flavor.
2. Oranges and Apples - About 40 Calories / Serving
This may seem like a surprising choice - fruits aren’t generally thought of as low-calorie, filling foods. Fruit isn’t usually a dieter’s first choice when they feel hungry. These fruits are just plain good for you, with a host of nutrients and vitamins and natural sugars. In addition, they’re chock full of dietary fiber, which is great news for dieters because it keeps them feeling full for a long time.
Non-round fruits like bananas can also make you feel full, but they have about twice the calories as round fruits.
3. Grapes - 50 Calories / Serving
Like oranges and apples, grapes are perfect snack foods in the context of a weight loss diet. The high level of fiber they contain helps to keep you feeling full, and the grapes themselves are portable and easy to eat. Very convenient, highly portable, usually not at all messy and delicious to boot, grapes are a nearly-perfect snack food that will keep you feeling full much longer than any commercial preparation full of processed sweeteners.
4. Whole Wheat Pasta - 300 Calories / Serving
Hungry people crave pasta! Don’t misunderstand - this isn’t an invitation to binge out on mac and cheese or stuffed shells. For one thing, I’m talking about whole wheat pasta, which will leave you feeling much more satisfied than the processed white pasta most commonly available.
Because it’s processed less, whole wheat pasta is more healthful and has more fiber. Portion size is critical with pasta, though, because it’s so easy to overeat. To fill up and feel comfortable until your next meal, try a portion of pasta about the size of your fist.
5. Steak - 300 Calories / Serving
No, I’m not kidding. There’s nothing wrong with steak as an occasional component of a nutritious weight-loss diet. What is wrong is the habit some people have of smothering a steak in sauces that are high in calories. Atkins Diet devotees have long been aware of this. Frankly, steak is one of the best meats available for a weight loss diet, second only to fish in terms of its desirability as a weight-loss food. Lean cuts of beef, of course, are preferable because you will reduce your fat intake.
Controlling the size of your servings, of course, is crucial to the success of using low-calorie foods like these. Don’t go overboard on these delicious foods just because they’re low-calorie. By all means, explore the wide world of healthy, nutrient-dense foods and try them. Serving size is important, of course. It won’t be long at all before you’ve got a beach-ready body!
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