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My first week, and doing 4:3. Knowing how I am, I have decided to split the 500cals over 3 "meals". Does anyone else do this and if so, any suggestions on what to eat?
So far I am having fruit, salad, and chicken with veg.

I do! Sometimes I even eat 4 times!
When it was colder I used to make soups with oatmeal, now that it's warmer I eat mostly salads or stir fries with zero noodles.
Today I had zero noodles with onions and mushrooms for lunch, sauteed aubergines, courgettes, peppers and onions with garlic&tomato sauce for dinner, a couple of rice cakes for snack and I still have 207 calories left.
If I get hungry later, I will eat a couple of slices of turkey ham with a ts of low fat cream cheese.

Hi there

I spread my 500 calories across the day,


11.30am Apple 70 cals

3.30 pm 2 x turkey rashers and 1 boiled egg 143 cals

Evening 140grams Cod 115 cals
Broccoli 200grams 65 cals
Tsp hot pepper sauce 10 cals

403 cals total

Hope this helps

Breakfast 3 hardboiled egg whites.-51 cals
Lunch - homemade chicken broth and vege soup - approximately 100-130cals
Dinner- I allow 300 cals- tonight vege bake in Napolitano sause with a bit of cheese, (my theory is that with tomato and chees baked in the oven takes great! Tonights vege bake has bakes cauliflower and pumpkin, bbq eggplant and carrots and a tensy bit of back olives, low fat fetta and parmesan. Can you tell I'm excited about it?:-)
other night lamb and vege curry,or 100grams of chicken with a salad.

Hello still really new to this! Whats the zero noodles? where can i buy there?

The lovely TML has just informed me - Holland and Barratt, some kind of low calorie pasta substitute made from plants.

Indeed!

I now skip breakfast. But before I started, I was concerned about doing that, so wrote up a number of "3 meal fast day plans". Here you go:

Breakfast

(1) 2 egg white omelet with dried herbs and black pepper (using spray oil) - 45 calories

(2) Forme brand (non-fat and artificial sweetener) fruit yoghurt - individual serving size - 50 calories

(3) Apple stewed with vanilla bean, cinamon and, if needed, 1 Spenda packet - 50/54 calories

Lunch

(1) Fish, tomato and spinach curry (see recipe on this board) - 205 calories

(2) Turkey Sandwich - 2 turkey slices (low fat deli brand), tomato, lettuce, 2 slices wholewheat bread and 1 tspn mustard. - Approx. 205 calories (depending on size of bread, turkey brand used).

(3) Steamed cod (180 grams = 150 calories) with dried herbs/salt pepper with steamed low calories vegetable or salad vegetable to value of 50 calories. Total = 200 calories

(4) Mushroom soup (see recipe on Recipe board) - 110 calories plus toast or crackers if have spare calories (another 70-80 calories). Total 180-190 calories

(5) Roasted Garlic and cauliflower soup (large bowl) - see recipe on recipe board - 130 calories

Dinner

(1) Bowl of chilli beef and vegetable (see recipe on recipe board) - 255 calories

OR other lunch options - see above.

Hope this helps show it is possible to have 3 decent meals even on 500 calories.