Croissants - they look nice, but won't satisfy your appetite

Following on from my previous post on the top 10 most satiating foods for dieters to eat, I thought it would also be interesting to look at 10 of the least filling foods. Not only are they are the least filling, but they’re also likely to seriously wreck your diet intentions.

This list of diet-busting, un-filling foods was compiled by Slimming World and features some of the worst foods you could eat when you’re trying to lose weight. I’ll admit that some of these items used to feature in my diet, before I got health and diet conscious, and I’ll bet that lots of you have probably eaten your fair share of them too!

Most of the foods are high in calories, high in fat and saturated fat, low in fibre, low in lean meat and low in moisture, so no wonder they don’t do you can good. Speciality coffees, such as coffee mocha, may taste gorgeous, but a large mug with whipped cream contains a whopping 490 kcal and 16g of saturated fat. It makes you think, doesn’t it?

It’s not the biggest surprise that deep fried confectionary bars, like deep fried Mars bars, are on the list, as they’re laden with fat to start with, before they’re even plunged into deep hot fat. It’s not something I’ve ever tried (have you?), but definitely won’t be now that I know it would contain 420 kcal.

I’ll admit to enjoying an occasional croissant or doughnut, but purely as a treat, which is a good job as croissants contain 400-500 kcals and doughnuts contain 200-300 kcals, plus lots of fat. With all of these foods, and dieting as a whole, eating in moderation is key – there’s no harm in occasionally having a treat and indulging in something with lots of calories in, just don’t eat it all the time if you want to lose weight!

Here’s the top 10 list of the least filling foods for you to see in full:

1. Crisps
2. Speciality coffees
3. Takeaway pizzas with cheese or meat toppings
4. Takeaway thin fries
5. Deep fried confectionary or chocolate bars
6. Doughnuts
7. Luxury full-fat ice cream
8. Cola and other sugar-laden soft drinks
9. Smoothies
10. Croissants

In many cases, there are good diet-friendly alternatives to all these foods and it’s easy to adapt to healthier options. For example, if you’re looking for an alternative to full-fat ice cream, then you could try my new low fat vanilla ice cream recipe!

1. by Angela November 4th, 2010 10:24 am

   i’ll be consuming many a chocolate bar!

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