The FastDay Forum

I'm on my 500 today and am about to start sorting dinner out. Plan was to have:

100 cals worth of wholemeal pasta (that's 35 pasta shells, yep I count them!!)

78 cals tuna (half a tin)

15 cals chicken stock (half a cube)

40 cals tinned toms (half a tin)

9 cals courgette (half)

18 cals red pepper (you guessed it, half)

16 cals mushrooms (four medium sized)

Total 256 (unless I've got that wrong). Cals are taken from packets or myfitnesspal.com

So, should I scrap the pasta? Does it really interfere with fat burning? I've already had two slices of wholemeal Ryvita (other brands of crisp bread are available. Ed).

I really like the pasta. I do. Would I really be better off having the whole tin of tuna and some more courgette?

BTW, I had 164 cals for brunch, so comfortably under my 500 (allowing for garlic and spices, herbal tea and a miniscule amount of skinned milk in a coffee earlier).

Quick answers please, I'm hungry!!! And if you think I have miscalculated, please let me know!

personally I would find protein or fat preferable to the starch of pasta, but I'm no pasta fan to start with

I'd eat which ever one I fancied most

The proportion of carbs from the pasta is so low that I would go for it if that is what you prefer.

Thank you! I love the speed of response on this forum!!

Now I've started thinking about it, I might go for a tuna-fest this evening and see how that goes.

When you are dealing with only 500 calories, it is whatever is going to satisfy you the most. Carb/Protein/Fat distribution really aren't going to play a huge part. I can lose eating just protein, or a bowl of cereal with milk. It's all about what satisfies YOU!