IS A CALORIE A CALORIE? ⠀ ⠀ Yes, if 1600 calories is an appropriate target for your weight loss goal, then sticking to either of these diets would bring results. ⚖️ ⠀ ⠀ However foods offer us more than just calories. Traditionally 'healthy foods' tend to be advantageous for weight loss because they are more voluminous per kcal, more filling and more micro dense. All of this creates a healthier, less hungry environment, which makes sticking to the diet more possible. 🥕 ⠀ ⠀ Trying to eat 1600kcal of processed foods will likely result in far less filling, less voluminous food and poor micro density. Feeling sluggish and very hungry is not a great way to go about losing weight and will almost certainly lead to overconsumption or going off track. 🍪 ⠀ ⠀ FINDING YOUR #BALANCE ⠀ ⠀ Both diets above have draw backs, there should always be an element of balance. Depriving yourself of all the foods you like and force feeding kale is a good way to get sick of dieting and give up entirely. If we understand that a calorie deficit is the physiological mechanism of weight loss, we can start to look at the practical methods that best help YOU achieve this: ⠀ ⠀ Filling foods ✅ High #protein ✅ Fruit and veg ✅ Oily fish/fats ✅ Foods you enjoy ✅ A way of eating you can sustain ✅ ⠀ ⠀ This may mean swapping in a 250kcal chocolate bar in place of yogurt and #fruit In the context of a micro dense, high protein, calorie matched diet, this swap will have zero affect on your weight loss goal, other than that you may be slightly hungrier - but slightly happier! Choose the diet that helps you maintain a #caloriedeficit for the length of time required to lose weight, happily and healthily. Post here by @danprice_nutrition 🍉🍫🍏🥗🥘🍛🍲🍕🍗🍔🥒🍋 #calories #macros #mealprep #nutrition #healthyfood #vegetables #snack #weightloss #beforeandafter #transformation #diet #detox #healthyfood #cleaneating

Five Healthy Dinner Bowl ideas 🥣🥗✨ *Swipe to see all! VEGAN, nutritious and super tasty🤩 💚 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 which is your favourite?! ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 1️⃣🥣 FALAFEL BOWL Falafel bowl filled with basmati rice, chickpeas, hummus, broccoli 🥦 and guacamole 🥑😍 For me, one of the best combinations in the world 🤩 Are you team guacamole or team hummus? ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 2️⃣🥣 ALL THE GREENS Give me all the greens🥬😍 Nutritious green plate, with rice and tahini 💚🙏 Brussel sprouts, peas, broccoli, green beans, and of course the star ⭐️ of the show🔜🥑 ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 3️⃣🥣 CRISPY BOWL Oven baked sweet potato 🍠 topped with tahini (best combination), seeds, parsley, guacamole and chickpeas😍👏🏻 ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 4️⃣🥣 CREAMY POTATO BOWL Mashed potato with fried mushrooms, peas, asparagus and 🥑😋 A simple but freaking delicious combination! ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 5️⃣🥣 DESSERT! COCONUT DREAMIN’ New Recipe! 👇🏻Creamy coconut rice pudding with a rainbow 🌈 of fruits 🍇 and berries 😍❤️ Ingredients: 125 g jasmin rice, 180 ml milk or water, 160 ml coconut milk, 1 tsp sweetener Preparation: Just boil all ingredients and let it simmer for roughly 15 minutes! ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Which bowl would you like for dinner? Thanks @plantbased_food_and_travel #fruits #fruit #veganfood #veggies #veganrecipes #vegan #plantbased #realfood #eeeeeats #avocado #healthyfoodshare #recipe #dinner #highcarb #whatveganseat #vegetarian #eathealthy #healthyfood #vegetables

“What I Eat in a Day” Meal Prep inspo 🍱💫✨ *Swipe for 5 healthy meal plan ideas! Calories per day are 2000 calories on average. ⠀ If you require less calories just swap the snack for fruit🍓🍉💘 and for more calories add extra Peanut Butter 🥰😍 + snacks :) ⠀ Any questions or calorie details, please don’t hesitate to ask below🙋🏻‍♀️😘 Hope you loved these meal ideas! All plans thanks to @wernou #nutrition #calories #healthyfood #recipe #mealplan #mealprep #cleaneats #diet #weightlossjourney #weightloss #easter #breakfast #lunch #dinner #salmon

Eggs 🍳five-ways >> Swipe for 5 delicious real food meals (500 calories each) to enjoy for breakfast, lunch or dinner! 🤤 🥘...What’s your pick? 1,2,3,4 or 5?.... 🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚 1- Fluffy soft scramble, avocado, sourdough toast topped with peanut butter, strawberry jam, hemp seeds plus berries from the farmers market. 2- 2 fried eggs made in ghee and topped with chili infused evoo, avocado plus brussels and sausage. 3- Skillet potatoes made with rosemary, sea salt, new bae seasoning, black pepper, green onion over baby kale with a side of avocado and a fried egg. 4- Sweet potato toast topped with sliced avocado, everything bagel seasoning + Pac-Man soft boiled egg + Sweet potato toast topped with red pepper flakes, sea salt, siracha + soft boiled eggs cut in half. 5- Sliced avocado, sautéed broccolini and roasted rosemary + thyme sweet potatoes in avocado oil. All made by @sweatspace #healthymeals #healthydinner #healthydinner #healthylifestyle #healthyeating #eggs #egg #protein #recipes #healthyrecipes #eatingwell #healthybreakfast #realfood

Nut Butter Chocolate Pots 🍫🤤 super easy, 6 ingredients and totally gluten-free & vegan!! Who would demolish these right now?! 🛒 Ingredients (makes 2)⁣ ▪️6 Tbsp oat flour (gluten-free oats)⁣ ▪️6 Tbsp cacao powder⁣ ▪️3 Tbsp maple syrup⁣ ▪️1 tsp baking powder⁣ ▪️Pinch salt⁣ ▪️130-140ml milk of choice (I used almond)⁣ ▪️2 tsp nut butter (1 in each ramekin) 1️⃣ Firstly blend your oats into a flour (do about 1 cup or 100g so you have more oat flour for another day) 2️⃣ To a mixing bowl add 6 tbsp of the oat flour + cacao powder + maple syrup + baking powder + salt + milk and mix (if it's a little thick depending on brand of milk add a little more) 3️⃣ Now add a tsp of nut butter to each ramekin and pour in the chocolate sauce 4️⃣ Bake at 200C (390F) for 10-12 minutes (quite dependent on how hot your oven runs for me it's 10 minutes) FAQ's ➡️ Can I use other flour? I think something like almond, buckwheat and plain gluten free flour should work although I haven't tested them ➡️ Can you microwave them? Yes, around 40-60 seconds should do it but again you will need to test this Thanks to healthylivingjames for this delicious chocolate pot idea!

Nine countries nine ways 🤩, what’s your favourite one? 😊 This is series one! Stay tune for series two 😆 All the details are on my blog with so many great tips and fun combinations! 🤩 ⠀ 1. France 🇫🇷 2. USA 🇺🇸 3. Lebanon 🇱🇧 4. Japan 🇯🇵 5. Vietnam 🇻🇳 6. Mexico  7. Italy 🇮🇹 8. Cyprus 🇨🇾 9. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⠀ ⠀ Ingredients * Tortilla wrap * Your favorite fillings! ⠀ ⠀Instructions 1. DECIDE HOW MANY FOLDS YOU WANT: Whether you want 3 or 4 sections will change how you fill the tortilla wrap, you need to know this in advance. 2. MAKE THE CUT: In the center of the tortilla (or nori/damp rice paper sheet), make a cut outwards to the edge of the tortilla. 3. ADD THE FILLING: Visually divide the surface area into 3 or 4 parts based on the layers you want and place your toppings. 4. FOLD IT: Start by folding the wrap from the left side of your cut and flip and flip again until you have a completely folded tortilla.  5. HEAT IT (OPTIONAL): For a homemade quesadilla style dish, you can not heat your tortilla wrap. Use a sandwich press, grill, or hot skillet and lightly heat for 1-2 minutes on each side, or until lightly browned. You can do this step with or without oil/butter. Love these ideas by alphafoodie #tortillatrend #tortillahack #wraphack #tortillachallenge #tortilla #falafel #sushi #quesadilla #nutella #avocado #springroll #easyrecipe #hack #kitchenhack #funrecipe

Allllll the snacks!😍 *Swipe for 30 Low Calorie snack ideas :) Which 1 is your favourite?!💁🏻‍♀️🍽✨✨ ⠀ Here’s 30 easy and healthy ideas🧡 Who doesn’t love snacks?! - some of these ideas are great for dessert too ✨ ⠀ • 60g dried mango🥭 • 300ml whole milk🥛 • Homemade protein bar • Banana 🍌 + nut butter • 25g 70%🍫cacao dark chocolate • 40g🥜Almonds • Apple slices🍏 + nut butter • Homemade trail mix • Berries🍒+ 🍫 • Grapes 🍇 + 🧀cheddar • Hummus + vegetables🥒 • Juicy tomatoes🍅 + feta • 3 plain rice cakes🥞 • 25 🍓strawberries • 2 🥝kiwi fruit • 200g🥕carrots • 25g 🍿popcorn • 80g roasted chickpeas • Pink Lady Apple🍎 • Greek yoghurt🍮19g protein. • Veg crisps🍟 • Biltong jerky🥩19g protein • Banana🍌 • Rice cake bar • 1 turkey sausage🍔+ 20g lighter cheese🧀 • Beef jerky • 1 rice cake with 1 tbsp pb • Homemade cookie dough🍪protein bar • 170g pot 0% fat yoghurt • 2 boiled eggs🥚🥚 ⠀ ❤️Which one would you pick? ⠀ Some of these have some fat paired with something fruity/veggie. This is good for keeping you satiated and feeling full, as opposed to eating a large volume carby snack that just leaves you want more :) Created by @kathryn_gray1 and @caloriefixes Hope you had a lovely week! Francesca xox ⠀ #flexibledieting #cleaneating #calories #macros #snacks #snack #nutrition #mealprep #protein #recipes #recipe #healthyliving #gains iifym #weightloss #diet #wholefoods #cookies #healthyeating #healthyfood #peanutbutter #fruit #chocolate #nuts

🧀Cheesy snack 1 vs. Cheesy snack 2🧀 400 calories each but take a look at these questions.. ⠀ 1️⃣Which option would best satisfy your hunger 1(Top) or 2(Bottom)? 2️⃣Which would be the better option to get more nutrients? 3️⃣Which option would you be more likely to over consume? ⠀ 🧀Cheesy Snack 1 • 3 wholewheat crackers • 1 ounce cheese • 1 banana • laughing cow cheese • tomatoes • hummus ⠀ OR ⠀ 🧀Cheesy Snack 2 • Cheddar Pringles ⠀ So which would you choose? .....A little or a lot 💭 ⠀ Although it’s clear to see that in this post, I am suggesting that the first option would potentially fit someone’s daily nutritional requirements “better” than the Pringles.. and leave you feeling satisfied for longer.. This is not to say that any choice is better. ⠀ Both options could happily fit within a healthy lifestyle🏃🏻‍♀️🏃‍♂️ If for example, 80% of the time you are going with foods with some nutritional value, then some Pringles on the weekend may be😏good for the soul❤️ ⠀ It’s just about making smart choices (most of the time!)🤩 Hope you’re having a great week! Francesca xox ⠀ #healthyfood #healthylifestyle #slimmingworld #beforeandafter #calories #fitfood #weightlossjourney #bodybuilding #cleaneating #protein #recipe #snack #mealprep #eatclean #diet #wholefoods #cheese #glutenfree #vegetarian #nutrition #dinner #iifym #weightloss #bbg nutritioncheckup.com picture

Two Ingredient Naan (makes 4 naans) and at just 240 Calories each 🥟💫🥟💫✨ This is surprisingly easy to make and results in soft, fluffy naans that are heavenly with curries, dahls or by themselves! 250g self raising flour 250g Greek yoghurt Pinch of salt Butter (or a low cal cooking spray) To serve: Garlic butter, sea salt flakes ⭐️ 240 CALORIES - using flour, low fat Greek yogurt and low cal cooking spray ⭐️ 340 CALORIES - using flour, regular Greek yogurt and butter 🥟💫 Recipe! 1. Mix all of the ingredients together until a dough forms. 2. Sprinkle flour over your kitchen surface and knead the dough for 5 minutes until smooth. 3. Put the dough in a bowl and cover with a clean tea towel. Leave to rest for 2-3 hours. 4. Split the dough into 4 pieces and roll each into a ball. 5. Sprinkle your kitchen surface with flour and roll out each ball. 6. Put a pan on medium-high heat. Once hot, add a knob of butter. When the butter is melted and beginning to brown, add the naan to the pan. 7. Pan fry the naan for 2-3 minutes. When the naan is a dark golden colour underneath and has bubbles of air, flip it. Lower the heat slightly and cook the naan for another minute. Repeat with the rest. 8. Serve the naan with garlic butter and sea salt flakes. Enjoy! With thanks to the @londonbruncher for this great recipe :) #52grams #foodstylist #foodporn #buzzfeedfood #foodvideo #bread #naanbread #naan #easyrecipes #feedfeed #carbs #bread #foodstagram #recipe #foodgasm #onthetable #buzzfeast #devourpower #forkyeah #forkfeed #foodgawker #calories #recipes #food52 #tastemade #comfortfood

Five Healthy & Delicious 🥪Sandwich🥪 Ideas for Lunch! 💫😋 400 Calories each *Swipe and see below for all details x ⠀ All Sandwiches = 400 calories ⠀ 🤩Which is your favourite! Turkey, Egg, Cheese, Salmon or Loaded? ⠀ “Bread” gets a bad name😒 But ANY food can be enjoyed as part of a balanced diet!😁 White and brown bread typically have similar calories, the difference is that brown bread is less refined. ⠀ ⠀ 🥪🍗 TURKEY BREAST •two slices of flaxseed bread •spinach, tomato, avocado •hemp hearts •seasoning ⠀ 🥪🍳 EGG BAGEL •gluten-free bagel thin •spinach, tomato, avocado •hemp hearts •two scrambled eggs ⠀ 🥪🧀 CHEESE •sourdough bread •organic spicy brown mustard •spinach, tomato, avocado •feta ⠀ 🥪🐟 SMOKED SALMON •sourdough bread •tomato, avocado •smoked salmon •cucumber ⠀ 🥪🍓 LOADED •homemade coconut yogurt •banana slices, raspberries •cashew butter •avocado ⠀ Which one would you pick first 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5? Thanks @leanneliveshealthy for the pictures. Hope you’re having a great start to the week! #dairyfree #plantbased #salmon #turkey #egg #recipe #healthyeating #nutrition #glutenfree #protein #mealprep #sandwich #salad #weightloss #calories #diet #cleaneating #snack #bbg

LEFT or RIGHT? 💕🥜 *Swipe for 🍫! ..once you go natural you never go back😍😂🥄 ⠀ ⠀ 🥜🍫Peanut Butter and Chocolate Spreads... ⠀ ⠀ • COMMERCIAL BRANDS: (Skippy Reese Nutella) = Sugars, Syrups, Oils ⠀ • NATURAL: (Meridian Pip&Nut WholeEarth) = NUTS 🥜🌰 ⠀ ⠀ Typically commercial brands often contain crazy additives and ingredients🙇🏻‍♀️ 👇 However, the good news is that there are some amazing natural spreads available more and more these days which are not only DELICIOUS (arguable more delicious😍) but include just natural ingredients which are good for you! Peanut butter, cocoa butter, cashew butter, almond butter, hazelnut butter are just some yummy examples! These natural ones just often contain the nuts, perhaps, salt and sometimes a natural flavour like cocoa🍫 ⠀ ⠀ Brands differ depending on which country you live! Do you have a natural spread brand that you love where you live?! ⠀ Calories are pretty much the same for both! Hope you have a great week☺️ @caloriefixes Francesca xx 🥜💕 ⠀ ⠀ #wholefoods #wholefood #natural #peanutbutter #chocolate #nutella #calories #macros #dessert #weightloss #veganfood #vegan #protein #cleaneating #plantbased #diet

“What I Eat in a Day” Meal Prep inspo 🍱💫✨ *Swipe for 5 healthy meal plan ideas! Calories per day are 2000 calories on average. ⠀ If you require less calories just swap the snack for fruit🍓🍉💘 and for more calories add extra Peanut Butter 🥰😍 + snacks :) ⠀ Any questions or calorie details, please don’t hesitate to ask below🙋🏻‍♀️😘 Hope you loved these meal ideas! All plans thanks to @wernou #nutrition #calories #healthyfood #recipe #mealplan #mealprep #cleaneats #diet #weightlossjourney #weightloss #easter #breakfast #lunch #dinner #salmon