[Smiller264]

I've been watching calories on packages for awhile, but I'm new to counting calories for meals to cook at home. I don't know a lot about how many calories are in cook uncooked vs cooked, especially when sauces are involved. I've been cooking healthier for awhile now, but I thought perhaps I went over my count today so I double checked everything.

Proportions below...

I cooked some sliced bell peppers and onions with a garlic clove and 2 dashes of salt. After a few minutes I added a whole tomato, sliced, and some juice from a del monte stewed tomatoe can. No butter. No olive oil.

In a seperate pan, a 5oz chicken breast was seared with a dash of pepper and herbs. I used the Smart Balance non stick spray for this one, 1/3 a second, supposedly no calories.

Mixed two dishes together, bake on 350 for 30 minutes.

Calorie Counter by SparkPeople
Green Peppers (bell peppers), 1 cup, strips 38
Yellow Peppers (bell peppers), 5 strips 7
Garlic, 1 clove 4
Red Ripe Tomatoes, 1 large whole (3" dia) 38
Pepper, black, 3 dash 1
Salt, 2 dash
Onions, raw, 1 cup, sliced 44
Perdue Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast, All Natural, 1 filet, 4.8 oz., 1.5 serving 210
del monte stewed tomatoe mex. style, 0.5 cup 35

Dinner TOTALS: 377


Is this right? It seemed like an lot of food to be under 400 calories. My turkey sandwich lunch with an orange was more calories than this.

[mandalinn82]

Valuable lesson - if you eat high volume, low-cal foods (like all those veggies in that meal), you end up with a lot of food for a lower number of calories. Bread and etc. will raise the calories, which explains why the turkey sandwich was higher.

[Smiller264]

I've been eating the Healthy Life 35 calorie bread for lunch sandwiches and sometimes breakfast meals. I suppose I never figured the quantity difference would be so much. Just got back from the gym and still feeling like I overate even though I only managed 1,200 calories today.

[cassieroll]

Look right to me.