So...its the end of the day
 

Its the end of the day, you are ravenous and you have just a little left in your calorie budget. What would you eat if you had

50 left?

100 left?

150?

50: That's a toughie. Probably some FF cottage cheese with lots of pepper.

100: 2 rice cakes with a wedge of Laughing Cow Lite cheese split between them.

150: A Boca burger on a rice cake with plenty of mustard and most of a Laughing Cow Lite wedge (I love that stuff).

Interesting topic! :D

50: 2 x soy & linseed corn cakes with vegemite spread

100: 200gm tub no-fat yoghurt

150: 2 x rye toast or fruit & yoghurt, or fruit salad, or a small tin of tuna with salad leaves...mmmm...tuna...current fave heh

50 - sugar free jello (the clear jelly kind) with a dollop of fat free cool whip and half a cup of strawberries (i have a sweet tooth lol)

50 - 1 serving fat free/sugar free jello pudding.... varies from 50-60 cals per serving (half a cup)

50 - 1/2 cup broccoli (raw or lightly steamed) and 2 tbsp wishbone fat free blue cheese salad dressing (or your choice of fat free dressing)

100 - Special K Breakfast bar or rice krispy bar

100 - baby carrots and fat free ranch dip

100 - a chocolate chip eggo waffle

100 - a cup of chicken noodle or similar soup (clear.... broth based)

150 - grande no whip light coffee frappuccino (tall is 110 cals)

150 - 1/4 cup Kashi go lean crunch and 1/2 cup sliced strawberries and 1 6-oz single serving cup of Dannon "lite & fit" vanilla yogurt (it's kinda new here... not sure if it's available everywhere yet - fyi, it's easy on the tummy if you have lactose issues)

150 - a serving of teddy grahams (a snack pack or about 25 of the little guys)

1/2 a protein pancake with a couple of slices of no fat deli turkey ... I think that's about 100 cals

Susan, what kind of protein pancakes? Are they homemade? I am always looking for new ways to up my protein intake. Thanks in advance. :)

50-1 cup of strawberries for 45 calories. Lots of fiber, and lots of "bulk" for the calories-so you feel fuller. This would be the most "full" for 50 calories.

100-a yogurt or a small banana-both are filling for the calories.

150-1 tablespoon of peanut butter with either some celery or a slice of low calorie bread or something to put it on that is 50 calories or less-considering a T. of peanut butter is close to 100 calories. The peanut butter contains protein and fat-which help you feel fuller, and whatever you put it on will add some bulk.

Aphil! You're making me hungry :)
Callystia? There are dozens of protein pancake recipes floating around but I'm more than happy to give you mine
Those cartons of egg whites equal about 16 eggs ... I put that in the blender with a dash of water, 2 1/2 cups of oatmeal and two scoops of no flavour protein powder. I let it soak a bit and sometimes have to add water because it gets thick.
I wipe oil in and out of a nonstick fry pan and make about 1/2 cup of batter at a time. It make 8 cakes.
It is my bread most days.

How do they taste? I have seen the recipes for these before...but I just can't bring myself to make one and EAT IT. :rofl:

You definitely have to eat it with something. It pretty much tastes like ... blah! But I eat them with anything ... fruit, tuna, cottage cheese, peanutbutter, salad ...

I'm going to go back and change my mind here ... they taste a darned sight better than white bread!

I would probably eat my normal nightly snack. I was never an extreme "stickler" for calories, 50 calories more or less in a full day wouldn't have rattled me. Even if I were "maxxed" calories for the day, if I were REALLY hungry, I would still eat. What was important to me was not being hungry, since I hate being hungry - I get restless and make really BAD food decisions.

My two favorite nighttime snacks:

Baked apple with frozen blueberries. If I had a lot of calories left, I would add 1/4 cup of walnuts or granola. Dice and apple, nuke in the microwave for 3 minutes. Add frozen blueberries, cover bowl (or it will splash!!), nuke for 1 more minute.

Heat up 2 tbs of pumpkin butter, dip a banana in it. If I had a lot of calories left, I would heat up 2 tbs of peanut butter or almond butter and dip the banana in that.

50 calories
1/2 c frozen berries

100 calories
100 calorie bag popcorn
medium to large apple
medium banana
1 cup berries

150 calories
3 oz chicken breast w/ broccoli & cheese
2 pc whole wheat toast w/ 1-2 laughing cow light wedges
1 pc whole wheat toast w/ laughing cow light wedge + 1 apple

50 calories
- 1/2 cup FF yogurt, or
- 1/2 cup raspberries, or
- small (3-4 oz) piece of fruit, or
- low cal pudding cup (60 calories), or
- sugar-free fudgesicle, or
- 5 laughing cow cheese bites (the little squares, not the wedges)

100 calories
- 1/2 cup FF yogurt + 1/2 cup raspberries, or
- 2 small pieces of fruit (3-4 oz each), or
- microwave popcorn, or
- low cal pudding cup with a couple Trader Joe's chocolate meringues, or
- 100 calorie balance bar, or
- hard-boiled egg, or
- slice of toast with laughing cow cheese wedge, or
- Dole peach fruit and yogurt parfait (so decadent I'm sure it's all sugar! :devil:)

150 calories
- be powered or pria energy bar, or
- english muffin with 1/2 tbsp peanut butter and 1/2 tbsp NF cream cheese, or
- apple or apple pear with 2 tbsp NF cream cheese, or
- mango with soy milk and a little artificial sweetener, or
- combination of items from the 50 and 100 calories groups, or
- 1/4 cinnamon almonds (or other nuts that are 140 calories per 1/4 cup serving), or
- string cheese and a small piece of fruit


When it gets to the end of the day and I'm a little hungry, sometimes I just go to bed. If I'm close to my calorie limit, I know that I've eaten enough and that I'm hungry for some other reason. Being hungry doesn't interfere with my sleep, so sometimes that's the best solution for me. But if I were ravenous, I'd have a small piece of fruit even if I had no calories left for the day.

I love cheese! What is this laughing cow cheese a few of you have mentioned? I was at Publix today and looked for it in the exotic cheeses and the regular cheeses. I didn't see anything called laughing cow.

Protein Pancakes
 

I dont use protein powder in mine, I make the south beach pancake and I think they are pretty good

1/2c. rolled oats
1/4 c. cottage cheese
4 egg whites or 2/3 c. eggbeaters
1t vanilla
cinnamon and nutmeg to taste (~1/4 tsp of each to start)

Whiz it all in a blender until smooth, cook like regular pancakes.

The recipe doesnt call for milk, but I find adding a splash or two makes it cook a bit better, I prefer a thinner pancake.

Thanks for the recipes! I'll have to try those.

Webweevil, Laughing Cow is a brand name. It's really soft cheese, and very yummy. :) http://www.laughingcow.com

I just edited the SBrecipe. I realized I had the proportions mixed up between single serving and double serving. What is listed there is SB officially 1 serving of pancakes. However, I find that this makes about 3 large pancakes, so its a bit much for one I think, although the entire recipe (with egg beaters) is 302 calories, 3 g fat, 29 carb, 35 protein, 4 g fiber .

I find they go better with low sugar jam than with pancake syrup