5 Delicious, Filling Low-Calorie Foods! - By: Natalie Leavenworth

People who decide to go on a diet to lose a few pounds find that hunger is an enormous challenge. To lose weight, your daily expenditure of calories must exceed your intake. But how can you avoid those gnawing hunger pangs all day long without binging?

You should be able to feel full with these foods and not be tempted to give in hunger pangs and break your diet.

1. Fish - 150 to 200 Calories / Serving

Count on fish to do a good job of filling you up while providing a nutritious, low-calorie meal. Of all the meats available to you during a diet (or anytime!), fish is the most filling. Without consuming any more calories, you could eat a larger portion of fish than of beef, chicken or pork.

You still have to eat responsibly, of course. Fish and ships, for example, is not a healthy option when you're on a weight loss diet. Keep in mind that the breading and batters so often employed in fried fish recipes are loaded with calories, and even the frying process can add calories. For a hot meal, cook fish by broiling, baking or grilling it, with a minimum of added fat. A delicious cold alternative is a health light salad sprinkled with bits of cooked or canned tuna or salmon. Spices and seasonings (except butter!) are excellent sources of additional flavor.

2. Oranges and Apples - About 40 Calories / Serving

This may seem like a surprising choice - fruits aren't generally thought of as low-calorie, filling foods. Fruit isn't usually a dieter's first choice when they feel hungry. In addition to natural sugars and a host of vitamins and nutrients, these particular fruits are full of dietary fiber, which helps you feel full.

Dieters looking for a low-calorie, filling snack should choose round fruits because they carry about half the calories of non-round fruits like bananas while making you feel just as foll.

3. Grapes - 50 Calories / Serving

Eagerly anticipated by weight-loss dieters, grapes are perfect snacks for the same reasons as oranges and apples. Highly convenient, these bite-sized snacks concentrate a high level of dietary fiber into a very small space, helping to keep you feeling full. Excellent snacks all day long, grapes will do a much better job of keeping you feeling comfortably full than, say, a candy bar full of processed sweeteners.

4. Whole Wheat Pasta - 300 Calories / Serving

Hungry people crave pasta! There's a caveat, of course. After all, we're talking about nutrition and weight loss! Whole wheat pasta is much more effective at filling you up than the white pasta usually found on grocery shelves.

Whole wheat pasta is more healthful because it hasn't had so many of its nutrients processed out, which is the case with white pasta. Whole wheat pasta also has more dietary fiber. Portion size is critical with pasta, though, because it's so easy to overeat. A portion about the size of your fist should be sufficient to fill you comfortably until your next regular meal.

5. Steak - 300 Calories / Serving

No, I'm not kidding. A lean piece of beefsteak fits right into a nutritious weight-loss diet - as long as it's not smothered in high-calorie sauces. Atkins Diet devotees have long been aware of this. Frankly, steak is one of the best meats available for a weight loss diet, second only to fish in terms of its desirability as a weight-loss food. Of course, the leaner the beef, the better, because your fat intake will be reduced.

These low-calorie but delicious foods can backfire on you if you don't watch your serving sizes carefully! Don't go overboard on these delicious foods just because they're low-calorie. By all means, explore the wide world of healthy, nutrient-dense foods and try them. Just keep in mind that portion control is always a critical part of a healthy diet. Soon, instead of always wearing the shape-concealing clothing, you'll be looking for excuses to strip down and let people see the slim, trim new you!

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