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500 calories is not an unreasonable amount of calories at all for a lunch type meal. Even if you had 500 for breakfast, then lunch, then 1000 for dinner, that'
by mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y ago
500 calories is not an unreasonable amount of calories at all for a lunch type meal.
Even if you had 500 for breakfast, then lunch, then 1000 for dinner, that's only 2k which pretty close to a typical BMR for an adult male.
The problem is the quality of nutrients. If all those 2000 calories were packed in with lots of fibre, and had a good ratio of protein/healthy fats/carbs that's likely to be enough to keep you from snacking a bunch in the evenings and between meals. If it's empty calories, you're likely to end up eating even more.
Also, bread is not as bad as you portray it. Proper brown whole grain bread can have as much as 20% protein as a percentage of total calorie content. That's a very high relative protein content compared to most foods really, other than lean meats and eggs.
- rjh29 4y agoI meant 500 for the bread alone, then 100 for mayo, 200 for cheese (or 1000 if it's the sandwich in the article, lol), and meat... it adds up.
- PuppyTailWags 4y agoI'm baffled by the notion of 500 cals just in bread. I make sandwiches at home with large sourdough slices, and that's 180 cal for the bread. [The meat is 90 cal, the cheese is 100 cal.] This is a hearty sandwich and I have no satiety issues.
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y agoYeah I don't much care for baguettes for this reason. I just do good old brown, 1cm thick bread. Just enough to soak up the pesto and absorb all its flavours without getting too mushy. Man this is making me hungry, might have to go fix myself one of these :D