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I misbehaved for lunch today. I'll put my analysis below, does anyone have any ideas for dinner for me tonight? I need to offset this awful badness with something in the 250 calorie range.

Fat - 69.1% (130 grams)
Protein - 15.8% (67 grams)
Carbohydrates - 15.1% (64 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%

Daily Sodium Intake - 2,953 mg
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 544 mg
Daily Fiber Intake - 7 grams


Nutrition Grade

C+
Date Calories Grams Fat Carbs Protein Grade 2007-03-19 1,690 354 130 64 67 C+
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I can usually have a huge salad for about 200 calories, but if it's dinner I have to eat it near bed time because it doesn't stick.

Dressing = about 80 calories

Salad = 10 calories

Toppings include: ginger wonton strips(35cals), cheese crumbles(30cals), cilantro, and mushrooms (10cals).

Add a little avocado to get up to 250.

Not the best dinner ever, but I've done it before, it works, and gets you full. =)

Edit: you probably don't have all of that in your house already, but if you don't mind taking a trip to the store, that's the best idea I have.

Also, if you normally use a very low cal dressing, get a small taco wrap sized tortilla for about 110 calories, put the salad in there.
Some broccoli and a few carrots, maybe 3, and that will total around 150 calories.
I'd eat chicken breast, a huge salad without the dressing (or fat free), and choose a carb - tiny baked potato, whole-wheat pasta, or rice.
I would say a egg white omelet with lots of veggies.  No fat and that will counter your fat % and up your protein %.
I am having 20-Minute Chili for dinner - nutrition info says 380 cal, 10.5g fat, 21.4g protein, 51g carbs, 11.2g fiber, 50mg cholesterol, 739mg sodium.  That includes a 1/2 cup of rice though.  so, using the info for the rice, subtract about 100 cal, and 22g of carbs, and 2g protein.  If you wanted to eliminate more of the fat (and some cholesterol), you could leave out the cheese.  I would imagine that's where most of it comes from - there's not much in ground turkey.

Anyway...It would almost hit your 250cal mark :-)  And boost your protein and carbs, and your fiber too.
This is when I'd go for soup..low sodium chicken broth, maybe some ls tomato juice, lots of veggies (onion, celery, carrots, spinach), may be a little bit of white beans
Ouch...I know what you mean about misbehaving....I haven't done it lately but I'm no saint...lol

Here's a few things I do when I need very low cal:

Healthy choice soup is 220 for the chicken varieties

Southwestern eggbeaters...1/4 c. = 1 egg and is only 30cals add some turkey bacon (can't remember cals but its not much) and I eat instant butter grits which is 100 cals....

The 2nd one might be the best as far as sticking with you for the rest of the night...

Good luck
You could go for an 1/2 walk and then you could eat a normal, low fat dinner...why be hungry? 

Grilled or roasted Chicken, brown rice and a steamed veggie...healthy and yummy and you will feel like you ate DINNER...

Get a healthy Choice or a Lean cuisine
I'm with 2bmeagain on this one.  For me, a bowl of soup does the job and I'm not hungry later.

My current soup of choice is this Spiced carrot and lentil soup.  It's easy to make, tasty and low fat...plus it seems to "stick to my ribs" and I don't get hungry later.

I even leave out the milk and yogurt and I still love it.
OK... here's what I decided (thanks to all of your help). I am doing a chicken breast and .5 cup of Idahoan 4 Cheese mashed potatoes. That adds to my protien and carbs without any more fat.. though it bites on cholesterol and sodium for the day. I'm pretty sure it will be filling (the chicken breast and potatoes usually are for me, and I'll eat them at different times). That will leave my Analysis still not good, but a not so terrible B- for the day's nutrition. Not bad considering the 1000 calorie fat romp that was my lunch.

Fat - 62.9% (136 grams)
Protein - 20.0% (98 grams)
Carbohydrates - 17.1% (83 grams)
Alcohol - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%

Daily Sodium Intake - 3,571 mg
Daily Cholesterol Intake - 623 mg
Daily Fiber Intake - 8 grams
Nutrition Grade

B-
Date Calories Grams Fat Carbs Protein Grade 2007-03-19 1,951 468 136 83 98 B-
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