My favorite low-cal substitutes and options! All under 50 calories.
Feel free to add to this! I didn’t include everything out there :)
Drinks 🧋
0 cal - herbal tea 🫖
0 cal - green tea 🍵
0 cal - water flavoring like Mio
0 cal - Diet Coke 🥤
0 cal - pretty much any diet soda
2 cal - Black Coffee ☕️
2 cal - black tea
10 cal - monster ultra (I like paradise and fiesta especially)
20 cal - other sugar free energy drinks
39 cal - shot of sake 🍶
Breakfast (snacks, smoothies, etc)
25 cal - 1 large egg white 🍳
32 cal - 100g Strawberries (~50 cal per cup) 🍓
40 cal - 1/4 c low fat cottage cheese 🦴
42 cal - 1 kiwi 🥝
42 cal - 84 g (1 thick slice) pineapple 🍍
47 cal - 154g (1 c) watermelon 🍉
50 cal - 1/2 grapefruit 🍊
50 cal - 3 oz plain Greek yoghurt
50 cal - 2 tbsp serving powdered peanut butter 🥜
50 cal - 4 oz (120ml) low fat milk 🥛
Meals (mix and match this shit!) 🍴
0-10 cal - serving shirataki noodles 🍜
0-20cal - Broth 🐥
5 cal - 1 c lettuce 🥬
6 cal - 28g (1 oz) pickled onion (do this yourself! So easy! So good on everything) 🧅
7 cal - 1 c spinach 🥗
16 cal - 70g (1 c sliced) mushrooms
17 cal - 1/2 c kale
20 cal - 1 c zucchini 🥒
20 cal - 82g (1 c. cubed) eggplant 🍆
21 cal - 1 tbsp parmesan cheese 🧀
25 cal - whole tomato 🍅
25 - 148g (1 med) bell Pepper 🫑
30 cal - 78g (1 med) Carrot 🥕
30 cal - 116g (1 c) pumpkin
30-40 cal - 1/2 pack or can tuna 🐟
35 cal - 1/2 serving (1.5 oz) cod 🐠
36 cal - 1 c miso soup 🍲
37 cal - 40g shelled edamame
38 cal - 1 c Brussels sprouts
39 cal - 1/2 hard or soft boiled egg 🥚
39 cal - 1/2 serving (42g) halibut (white fish) 🐟
40 cal - 1 c arugula 🥗
40 cal - 186g (10 spears) asparagus
45 cal - 148g (1 med) broccoli 🥦
45 cal - 6 med raw oysters 🦪
45 cal - 3 oz/85g lite tofu
50 cal - 100g (1/2 small-med) sweet potato 🍠
50 cal - 1/2 corn cob 🌽
50 cal - 50g shrimp 🍤
Snacks 🍬
0-8 cal - pickles 🥒
5-10 cal - 1 tbsp salsa
17 cal - 1 passion fruit (18g)
23 cal - 1 tbsp hummus
25 - serving seaweed snack
25 - 1 med bell Pepper 🫑
30 cal - 22 Organic Yogis (okay technically this is baby food but it’s just freeze dried Greek yoghurt and fruit so shut up it’s good) 🍓🍌
30 cal - 300g/1 Cucumber 🥒
35 cal - 1 cutie (small orange/tangerine) 🍊
40 cal - 1 light babybel 🧀
47 cal - 1.5 c Air popped popcorn 🍿
50 cal - 6 oven-baked parm crisps 🧀
50 cal - >1/2 c unsweetened apple sauce 🍎
50 cal - 3 dried apricots 🍑
50 cal - 15 pistachios 🌰🥜
Dessert 🎂
0 cal - Diet Root Beer (I don’t care that it’s a drink! It’s so insanely sweet and it kicks the ass of my cravings. Also, my list my rules. Sue me) 🍺
5 cal - serving Sugar Free Jello 🍮
5 cal - 1 tbsp Hershey’s Sugar Free Syrup 🍫
~14 cal - WHOLE BOTTLE Too Tarts sweet sour spray candy (so a few sprays is just 0-3 cal)
20 cal - 2 tbsp Frozen Cool Whip Lite (seriously, eat this frozen) 🍨
20-50 cal - baked fruit (bake some peaches, apples, etc. and mix with Splenda, cinnamon, etc.) 🍑🍎
23 cal - fun size sweet tart pack
25 cal - no sugar added small outshine popsicles 🍧
25 cal - 1 pack smarties (American) 🍬
35 cal - swiss miss reduced calorie hot chocolate ☕️🍫
40 cal - small Outshine Popsicles 
40 cal - 5 sugar free hard candies 🍬
42 cal - 1 Hershey assorted mini 🍫
43 cal - fat free green yoghurt with sugar-free jam 🍧
46 cal - 2 regular marshmallows
48 - 8 mini Cinnamon Sugar skinny pop Rice Cakes
50 cal - 1-2 squares dark chocolate 🍫
50 cal - 2 Dum dum suckers 🍭
50 cal - ~25 sugar free jelly beans
50 cal - halo top pops (lots of flavors) 🍦
Miscellaneous
0-2 cal - any herb/spice 🌿
4 cal - 1 clove garlic 🧄
5 cal - 1 stick sugar free gum
50 cal - 1/4 container White cheddar seasoning (2 cal per 1/4 tsp) 🧀🧂
50 cal - 10 sugar free mints 🌱
Disclaimer: actual calorie counts may vary depending on serving, brand, food tracker, etc.
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Sweetspo!
🌸You are TOO GOOD to put junk like that into your body.
🌸You are TOO SMART to take orders from food.
🌸You are SO STRONG nothing will stop you from reaching your goals.
🌸You are a GREAT person who deserves their dream body.
🌸You are SO IMPORTANT others will look up to you and your determination.
🌸You are SO MODEST that you forget all these things that make you enough.
🌸Yes, you are enough,
🌸But you are SO AMAZING that you want to be much more than just “enough”
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Eating Disorder Recovery Websites
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