low-cal foods in australia?

I'm studying abroad in Sydney, and I'm not even sure how they label low-cal foods here, if at all. Does anyone know if that's what "low-GI" means? I have been converting from KJ to calories when I check nutrition facts but that ends up taking so much time.

I'm also having a huge amount of trouble finding low-cal pita bread or even low-cal regular bread. Can anyone offer any suggestions? 

google  glycemic index...

Can you ask an Australian grocery store manager for the low cal items they carry, or are you hunting wildebeest in the outback?

Basically there's 4 kilojoules in a calorie so when you go shopping just look at the nutritional details and divide in your head by 4 to get a rough idea of the calories. That's not too time consuming, is it? Low-GI doesn't mean low calorie. You have to browse through the sections of whatever products you want and figure it out for yourself. Sometimes the product will say something like "only 70 calories per serve!"..

 thanks :) haha yes, i suppose i could just ask, i'm just shy and i was worried they might not know what i mean if they call "low-cal" something else here.

Some have cals and kj
Low GI is how fast your body processes food. White sugar is high gi meaning it doesnt tak too long for your blood sugar to spike and then you get hungry again. So white bread has a higher GI than wholemeal bread.

We dont have low cal breads, BUT we do have some things, such as 100 cal wraps (go to woolworths and they are call multigrain wraps) and our pitas are about 150 cal. You can get bread called buttercup wholemeal which is 55 cal a slice. I know you're not used to this, as there are 30 cal a slice breads, but its what we all live with

I suggest you go to calorieking.com.au and sign up - its a database of all the aussie foods with a forum and we talk about low-cal foods. Stay on these forums too of course!! But i log my cals over there as its so much faster and easier. We have sugar free jello, just not pudding. We dont have as much articifical stuff which is good and bad.

If you want any help just PM me. Like if you want a certain brand of low-cal something, i can try my best :)

I think red_herring summed it up pretty well. The best way to look for low-cal foods over here is to check the labels, it's time consuming at first, but after you've worked out which things to buy it's not too hard. A lot of them will have the calories in brackets after the kj on the label, so that helps. 

If you're after low cal versions of any particular foods, let me know, I'll see if I can help.  For low-cal flavoured yoghurt, nestle diet is the best, if you want one that has no sugar or artificial sweetener jalna is a good brand and so is paris creek. Nestle diet has a range of low-cal dairy type desserts as well which are pretty good.

I tend to buy burgen soy and linseed bread. It's not low cal (about 100cal/slice), but it's really filling, I find it difficult to manage two slices at once. The burgen range is all low GI, meaning that it is digested slowly and keeps you fuller for longer. Low GI foods are a good choice health-wise, they'll make you want to eat less, just make sure you check how many cals are in them.

So yeah, any questions, feel free to message me, I'm happy to advise. I haven't used calorie king much, but after red_herring's post, I think I might have a look at it :) 

Why not treat it as an opportunity to dispense with too much 'diet' processed stuff and go for a more natural wholefood diet instead? Fruit, vegetables, lean proteins, wholegrains.....  You don't need to fret over kilojoules (or sodium or additives) if you're making more things from scratch.

I've actually done both - for the most part I just eat more fresh foods, especially cauliflower and kiwis, but Nestle diet is definitely a delicious addition to my calcium intake :) Thanks everyone!