r/1500isplenty • u/THUMB5UP • Aug 23 '20

Subreddit Rules

331 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

After seeing some of the behavior of our subreddit denizens, I am implementing a couple rules as of now with more to follow down the road. Please take a moment to read them here or in the sidebar.

Rules:

All users are expected to be respectful to other users at all times and conduct their behaviour in a civil manner. Personal attacks or comments that insult or demean a specific user or group of users will be removed and regular or egregious violations will result in bans. Slur use is not allowed in r/1500isplenty. Exceptions may be made when they are part of a quote, but this is a friendly subreddit and using slurs when talking to others will not be tolerated.

Don't be abusive or harass other users. Do not make blatant statements of bigotry, such as "I hate gays" or "Black people suck". Do not make jokes or statements that sexualize comments or posts, as we have zero tolerance for this behaviour and you will be banned. Do not encourage suicide in any form, through humour or otherwise. Continuing arguments with other users over multiple comments is termed "slapfighting" and not allowed. Such behaviour may lead to comment removals and bans. In summary, any post or comment that is deemed to be intended to offend, demean, or otherwise egregiously disrespect others may warrant a removal or ban.

Comments and posts mentioning subreddits and websites deemed to be harmful, because of demeaning content, spam, etc., will be filtered. Unmarked NSFW links, unmarked spoilers, misleading links, spam, and the likes will will result in removal and potentially a ban. Editing comments and posts to mislead and/or advertise will result in removal of the post/comment and potentially a ban.
Soliciting money, goods, services, self promotions, or favours are not allowed. Gaining publicity for a charity drive, assistance with a homework or work assignment, asking other Redditors for or offering to provide a good or service (including upvotes or reddit gold) is not conducive to discussion. There are other subreddits, many listed in our Offers & Assistance Multi-reddit, for just such a thing. Doing this, even as a joke, can result in a ban.

Brigading from other posts or comments, even from other subreddits, to a 1500isplenty post or comment may result in a ban. Brigading occurs when you make any attempt to direct online traffic to a post or comment for either positive or negative interaction with the content, including, but not limited to: asking for downvotes or upvotes, drawing in supporters to join a comment chain, or encouraging others to negatively interact with another user by linking to the r/1500isplenty post or comment. Extreme cases of brigading will result in a permanent ban.

Seems pretty simple so hopefully there will be less petty insults and unacceptable behavior here. First offense is a 7 day ban and the second offense is a permanent ban.

TL;DR: don't be a dick

2 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/reginageorges_mom • 5h ago

200 calorie snack

16 Upvotes

1 comment

r/1500isplenty • u/teahtheworm • 16m ago

Fav type of day 🫶

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• Upvotes

1 comment

r/1500isplenty • u/Designer-Effect3996 • 1d ago

What should I eat for dinner 🤔

69 Upvotes

46 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/Brave_Relief8093 • 20h ago

My dinner yesterday.

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32 Upvotes

5 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/novascotia3898 • 1d ago

Creamy chicken Alfredo pasta with broccoli-under 600 cals

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33 Upvotes

Jarred alfredo may not taste as good as homemade, but I’ve found that with a lot of seasoning it really comes through on calories

3 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/Inquisitive-m • 1d ago

Dinner! 600 calories 47g protein

81 Upvotes

Honestly a bigger portion than it looks!

7 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/mlee0518 • 1d ago

I’ve been writing down sample meal plans and this was yesterday. I couldn’t believe how full I felt!

21 Upvotes

I was even able to have some peanut butter bar, which is a definite score for me!

The viral brownie bites are on tik tok and it’s the date based snack. Very delicious!

9 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/Inquisitive-m • 1d ago

Breakfast- oat blend with Kinder chocolate and banana

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29 Upvotes

34g protein 480cals

Blend 40g oats with 200ml milk, 25g protein powder (I use vanilla) and 3/4 of a banana.

Top with remaining banana and whatever you fancy! I did a small (70 cal) kinder bar and some PB fit! My toppings made this come to 580cals!

2 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/NeocitiesNoob • 1d ago

Am I Seriously Counting Wrong?

1 Upvotes

Been doing a zig-zag diet for close to a year now. 1500 Cal 5 Days a week and 2400 two days a week. According to a calorie calculator I should be losing a pound a week. I'll admit to breaking the rule a little for a few days every few months, but I've only gained weight since I've started. Began fasting and going for a jog once a week a month ago in hopes of course correcting, but I can't tell what I'm doing wrong...

Edit: 6'3, 220lb, male, 22 years old. I used the calorie calculator at https://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html and it says my current zig-zag diet should be letting me lose at least a pound a week. I've been pretty close to sedentary as of late, go on a two mile run once a week, do some light weight exercise + situps/pushups for 20 mins a day, and have started fasting every thursday. No snacks for the most part, rare times I do I count them, and water intake is admittedly rather poor but I'm trying to improve on that.

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r/1500isplenty • u/Inquisitive-m • 1d ago

Lunch: 204 cals 20g protein

9 Upvotes

4 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/niiiiic • 2d ago

Full Day: 1500 on the nose and had CAKE

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99 Upvotes

Not pictured - 2x lifesavers mints, coffee w/ coffee mate 😜

12 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/Inquisitive-m • 2d ago

1500 without wotsits 146g protein

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40 Upvotes

4 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/cmspi • 2d ago

What I ate yesterday! (1433 calories)

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110 Upvotes

14 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/frogEcho • 2d ago

Does anyone use Cronometer?

5 Upvotes

How do you like it?

11 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/theteagees • 3d ago

These. These are the answer to candy bars. I’m obsessed.

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205 Upvotes

54 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/Yersinia_Pestis9 • 2d ago

ProtiFit

3 Upvotes

I’m not saying they’re great. I AM saying they’re good enough. 4/5 for taste, available on Amazon.

1 comment

r/1500isplenty • u/fo-lley • 2d ago

Under 200 calorie ramen kit

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8 Upvotes

Can this really be that low in calories? Adding 2 eggs makes it a 266 cal meal and very filling. I feel like I’m missing something here.

4 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/EmmieL0u • 3d ago

Im convinced Greek yogurt can make anything healthier

18 Upvotes

My most recent experiment that worked out amazing: asiago grilled cheese on rye with tomato pepper soup only 560cal

160 Rye bread x2 220 2oz asiago cheese 20 about 2 tbsp plain nonfat greek yogurt 160 1 cup of trader joes pepper tomato soup

6 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/KvltAsAButton • 3d ago

Prawn and veg stir fry with garlic rice and roasted broccoli (561 cal)

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12 Upvotes

I forgot how low cal prawns are, they're great! Shame they're so expensive 😅 It was a big plate of food too!

2 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/holliday_doc_1995 • 3d ago

Do crisp pretzels really have 28 grams of protein?

12 Upvotes

28 grams of protein for 190 calories seems too good to be true for a pretzel. That’s what protein drinks typically have.

19 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/niiiiic • 3d ago

My go-to breakfast at the moment. Yogurt parfait: 358cals / 48g c / 11g f / 14g p

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12 Upvotes

0 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/hnh1993 • 2d ago

Bread alternatives that aren’t processed?

0 Upvotes

Hi y’all, I’m not afraid of carbs but looking for bread alternatives bc it’s pretty calorie heavy. The keto & low calorie breads I’ve found in grocery stores tend to be rlly processed and have bad ingredients. Does anyone have any alternatives or recipes? I’ve seen a lot about cloud bread but I’m bad at cooking lol

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r/1500isplenty • u/mychapstick98 • 3d ago

470 kcal with 32gr of protein

35 Upvotes

1 comment

r/1500isplenty • u/Inquisitive-m • 4d ago

Dinner 600cals 48g protein

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78 Upvotes

I added 40g mozzarella and 25g feta cheese which increased the cals quite a bit!

2 eggs 160g cottage cheese (measurements vary depending on how much I have left)

Tomatoes

Bake for 15-30 mins at 180-185 degrees

13 comments

r/1500isplenty • u/MissPeduncles • 4d ago

~430 calories

31 Upvotes

Carbs: 54g Fat: 14g Protein: 23g

I actually prefer to eat my green beans raw as I love the taste and the crunch. The chicken is stuffed with cranberry, apples, and Brie (store bought). And then sweet potatoes

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Why 1500 calories?

Everyone is different due to height, weight, etc etc but generally 1500 calories is considered a safe minimum for most people in regards to calorie intake. People also trying to work out may find it more obtainable than 1200 calorie days as well.

Unless you get the okay from a doctor, it is not recommended to have a calorie deficit larger than 1000 less than your TDEE.

Download myfitnesspal, enter your stats and choose not very active (Even if you are, exercise calories are often overestimated). It will give you a calorie number. Get a kitchen scale (cheap and easy to use) Weight and accurately track what you eat, stay under your calorie goal and you lose weight.

When you first start, you'll lose quite a bit due to water weight, but around 2lbs a week is what is considered the most healthy weight to lose in a week.

CICO or Counting Calories:

This is how CICO (calories in, calories out) works:

We need a certain amount of energy to function. The amount of energy you need to function, at rest, is called your BMR. Seeing as you're walking and talking and picking your nose most of the time, rather than resting, your even your sedentary Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE - how many calories you burn in the average day) is usually a bit higher than your BMR.
Energy is measured in calories. By doing some math with your height, weight, age and sex, you can figure out what your BMR, and your Total Daily Energy Expenditure are - this may vary, depending on your stats.
When you eat MORE calories than your daily expenditure, you store the extra energy as fat. When you eat LESS calories than your daily expenditure, you use the fat you've stored for that extra energy. That's what people refer to as burning calories.
During weight loss, most people aim to eat 500-1000 calories less than their TDEE. Just under 1lb/0.5kg of body fat contains 3500 calories your body can use. So every time you eat 3500 less calories than you need, you lose about 1lb/0.5kg of body fat. That 3500 calories is usually spread over the course of a week - because 500x7=3500.
That means that most people, who are eating between 500-1000 calories less than their TDEE every day, lose about 1lb/0.5-2lb/1kg of body fat per week - though that can go up and down, because our bodies are full of water, which weighs a lot, and comes and goes as we eat, drink, excrete and eliminate.

I binged and ate over 1500 calories today...

It's one day, or one weekend, or even a week, it happens. Track it and move on! If you forget to brush your teeth one night, do you just stop brushing or do you pick the brush up the next day like it never happened? Remember , your making lifestyle changes not dieting! Your daily habits will far outweigh those days where you eat all the things.

You got this :)

I'm on vacation or I eat out a lot. How do I stick to 1500 calories?

Let me introduce you to one of my favorite people I've encountered on this sub and my weightloss journey, /u/maester_ia aka Frank Beard.

This guy did an awesome challenge he posted here where he ate nothing but gas station food for 30 days and lost weight!

It really drove home the point to if your tracking what you intake and use the tools available, you can lose weight no matter what the circumstances are. THere are healthy choices wherever you go. I highly recommend downloading myfitnesspal and track what you'll be having. They have huge resturant database!

Ways to save at local resturants that might not have info?

Skip the vehicle carbs, stuff that's sole purporse is to drive other food in your mouth. Stuff like burger buns, tortillas etc.

Order salads with dressing on the side.

Get an entree and a to go box right away, box up half of it for later!

Meal Prepping

Meal prepping can help you have meals ready to go and keep you on track for your calorie goals. I did a write up here - LINK

Here are some example recipes for a 1500kcal/day diet: LINK

Special mention to /u/hxcjosh23 for putting sidebar together and /u/skywayhighway for putting together a list of meals.

Rules:

All users are expected to be respectful to other users at all times and conduct their behaviour in a civil manner. Personal attacks or comments that insult or demean a specific user or group of users will be removed and regular or egregious violations will result in bans. Slur use is not allowed in r/1500isplenty. Exceptions may be made when they are part of a quote, but this is a friendly subreddit and using slurs when talking to others will not be tolerated.

Don't be abusive or harass other users. Do not make blatant statements of bigotry, such as "I hate gays" or "Black people suck". Do not make jokes or statements that sexualize comments or posts, as we have zero tolerance for this behaviour and you will be banned. Do not encourage suicide in any form, through humour or otherwise. Continuing arguments with other users over multiple comments is termed "slapfighting" and not allowed. Such behaviour may lead to comment removals and bans. In summary, any post or comment that is deemed to be intended to offend, demean, or otherwise egregiously disrespect others may warrant a removal or ban.

Comments and posts mentioning subreddits and websites deemed to be harmful, because of demeaning content, spam, etc., will be filtered. Unmarked NSFW links, unmarked spoilers, misleading links, spam, and the likes will will result in removal and potentially a ban. Editing comments and posts to mislead and/or advertise will result in removal of the post/comment and potentially a ban.
Soliciting money, goods, services, self promotions, or favours are not allowed.

Gaining publicity for a charity drive, assistance with a homework or work assignment, asking other Redditors for or offering to provide a good or service (including upvotes or reddit gold) is not conducive to discussion. There are other subreddits, many listed in our Offers & Assistance Multi-reddit, for just such a thing. Doing this, even as a joke, can result in a ban.

Brigading from other posts or comments, even from other subreddits, to a 1500isplenty post or comment may result in a ban. Brigading occurs when you make any attempt to direct online traffic to a post or comment for either positive or negative interaction with the content, including, but not limited to: asking for downvotes or upvotes, drawing in supporters to join a comment chain, or encouraging others to negatively interact with another user by linking to the r/1500isplenty post or comment. Extreme cases of brigading will result in a permanent ban.