Your best diet-friendly recipes...

[muppetdave]

I'm sure I can't be alone in having succumbed to too many dirty takeaways and not getting away with it

I've finally pulled my head out of my backside and got myself back to Slimming World... thought I'd try for some recipes here that are SW or other diet-friendly...

Don't shoot me!!

[Wobbegong]

50g peas

Boil in water

Enjoy

[Wobbegong]

http://fitmencook.com

Some good recipes there

[muppetdave]

Wobbegong said:

50g peas

Boil in water

Enjoy

[snowandrocks]

For easy, quick, healthy but filling midweek meals I've taken to buying chicken thigh fillets. Quite cheap and they can be unrolled and spread with pretty much any tasty sauce/filling then rolled back up and cooked in the oven at 200C for 25 mins or so. High protein and low calorie if you're half sensible with the filling/accompaniments.

Last night I tried some pesto and cooked as above then placed a very thin slice of mozzarella on each and cooked for a further 5 mins. Actually looked quite impressive and didn't feel at all like diet food despite the relatively low calories.

Previously, I've stuffed them with a garlic and balsamic glaze, mushrooms, wilted spinach and ricotta etc.

Another option is various forms of scrambled eggs, bulking them out with mushrooms and red onions then adding a small amount of strong blue cheese is pretty tasty!

Edited by snowandrocks on Tuesday 7th February 13:23

[Riley Blue]

Usual recipe but less of it works for me, 3.2kg lighter since the start of the year.

[rdjohn]

The Hairy Dieters cook books are good.

They have been authored by someone intelligent, so don't be put off by the bikers.

[trumptriple]

Definitely Hairy Dieters as above. I love their chilli con carne and I'm not dieting.

Also skinless chicken thigh fillets, tin of tomatoes, onion, garlic, paprika, peppers, etc and a can of butter beans or similar. yum yum.

[Type R Tom]

3rd of a cup of rice with spices in the water (I use curry powder, chill, garlic, ginger) plus 1 chicken breast in a grill pan. Then as many non starch veg as you fancy comes out at about 550 calories if you're sensible. Season with juice of half a lemon and raw onion for texture.

Edited by Type R Tom on Wednesday 8th February 08:01

[6th Gear]

Some good advice below on Diet/Meal Planning.

http://www.circuitfactory.ae/documents/mail/TCFDIE...

http://www.circuitfactory.ae/documents/TCFMealPlan...

[HarryFlatters]

6th Gear said:

Some good advice below on Diet/Meal Planning.

http://www.circuitfactory.ae/documents/mail/TCFDIE...

http://www.circuitfactory.ae/documents/TCFMealPlan...

Seems a bit extreme, bordering on unsustainable over the longer term unless you're very, VERY determined.

[Type R Tom]

HarryFlatters said:

6th Gear said:

Some good advice below on Diet/Meal Planning.

http://www.circuitfactory.ae/documents/mail/TCFDIE...

http://www.circuitfactory.ae/documents/TCFMealPlan...

Seems a bit extreme, bordering on unsustainable over the longer term unless you're very, VERY determined.

I have to say, I thought the same. Would work but would be hard to stick too. Never eat pizza!

[6th Gear]

Agreed, it takes a lot of focus.

[eyebeebe]

I've lost 6 kilos since the beginning of the year with a combination of exercise and diet.
Diet is simple - restrict to 1,500 calories a day
Breakfast is 2 tubs of Skyr (fat free, protein rich Icelandic yoghurt) 190 calories
Lunch is homemade Cajun turkey Caesar salad 4-500 calories depending on volume of sauce
Dinner varies but is things like salmon and veg, chilli con carne (easy on the rice), spag Bol made with 'courgette spaghetti', breaded chicken schnitzels, Thai curries, casseroles etc

I don't drink hot drinks anyway and have been drinking Coke Zero or sugar free lemonade for years, so don't have any calories from drinks. The above menu lets me snack on sweets and still hit my target. Big thing has been to massively cut down on alcohol - I had zero in January apart from a boozy weekend away and a less boozy one. In Feb so far I've had one restrained night out and a whisky last night as a treat.

[RC1807]

^^^ Good job, so far.

How much exercise are you doing on 1500 calories?
I ask as when I lost >25kg over Q4 2012 - Q1 2013, I found I had to eat more (healthy stuff than I was) with the training I was doing, or I retained fat rather than burning it.
(I was walking more, but also circuit training with cardio 3x/week and swimming >1500m 3x week)

[eyebeebe]

I'm doing couch to 5k - so running, but not a huge amount. Currently in week 4, which means 16 minutes run in total. 3x weight sessions. 2x swimming. Will shortly be adding cycling. As you may guess I've signed up for a sprint triathlon in July. I'm using the Apple Watch activity tracker for it and if I'm not hitting the calorie goal, I'll jump on the cross trainer for 10 mins or go for a walk. Looking back over the last week, it reckons I've been burning between 2,800 and 3,200 a day. Not sure how accurate it is though.

[Type R Tom]

eyebeebe said:

I'm doing couch to 5k - so running, but not a huge amount. Currently in week 4, which means 16 minutes run in total. 3x weight sessions. 2x swimming. Will shortly be adding cycling. As you may guess I've signed up for a sprint triathlon in July. I'm using the Apple Watch activity tracker for it and if I'm not hitting the calorie goal, I'll jump on the cross trainer for 10 mins or go for a walk. Looking back over the last week, it reckons I've been burning between 2,800 and 3,200 a day. Not sure how accurate it is though.

Have you changed your eating habits? I'm trying to do a bit of weight at the moment, I'm relatively fit but too heavy and injuries are becoming more frequent so I need to change.

I've started using my fitness pal app to track what I eat - it's quite scary some of the calories in some things! You can input food + exercise to give you a target to lose weight.

I'm planning to do a gotri this year (200m, 5k, 2k), there are 5 held in my area starting in late April. May consider a sprint but a lot are open water and don't want to have to buy a wetsuit!

[Fluffsri]

muppetdave said:

I'm sure I can't be alone in having succumbed to too many dirty takeaways and not getting away with it

I've finally pulled my head out of my backside and got myself back to Slimming World... thought I'd try for some recipes here that are SW or other diet-friendly...

Don't shoot me!!

The SW fakeaways book is good, the chicken tikka recipe is a good one, I like the bean hotpot as well but I think that's in the easy meal book. I went along for morale support with the wife, Ive lost 10lbs so far this year (would have been more but was on a course with a very cheap bar). Its turned into a competition between us now lol.

[mangos]

It depends what sort of diet you are doing.

I would rather stick to a normal diet with decent protein, dairy and fat content (fat isnt a bady).

This way I stay fuller for longer. The best thing is to reduce sugar and carbs.

If you cant cut out carbs or sugar change them at least to unrefined.

I wouldnt bother with Slimming World.

[eyebeebe]

Type R Tom said:

Have you changed your eating habits? I'm trying to do a bit of weight at the moment, I'm relatively fit but too heavy and injuries are becoming more frequent so I need to change.

I've started using my fitness pal app to track what I eat - it's quite scary some of the calories in some things! You can input food + exercise to give you a target to lose weight.

I'm planning to do a gotri this year (200m, 5k, 2k), there are 5 held in my area starting in late April. May consider a sprint but a lot are open water and don't want to have to buy a wetsuit!

Yes I have. Breakfast used to be a chocolate croissant and/or a raspberry yoghurt muffin. Lunch was either a sandwich, Thai curry, some cold meat, Lasagne etc. Dinner not so different to now, but bigger portions and a lot more pasta or rice rather than alternatives. Snacking hasn't significantly changed. Drinking far far less too. Normally wouldn't turn down the offer of mid week drinks and weekends were usually pretty heavy.

3 years ago I was 77 kilos, New Year's Day I was as 102 kilos. A combination of a new job, less easy access to the gym and an ankle injury 2 years contributed to the increase. When I was 77, I wanted to get to 72. That's still my aim, but a long way to go. I'm best man in mid-April. My first aim is to be 85 by then.