Low Calorie Food List

An often followed or advised general guideline is to lose 1lb/week. 1 lb is approximately equal to 3,500 calories. If you are not obese or overweight, and just want to maintain your current weight, adjust your diet such that your daily intake stays to around 2,000 calories. Of course, the calorie intake and diet requirements will need alterations according to your body's daily energy expenditure and the amount of hard manual labor you put in, apart from any physical exercise.

Let's simplify this: In common parlance, a calorie is a measure of the amount of energy present in a particular food. The calories we consume through food are more than what our daily activities require. Hence, we overfill our bodies. Our body does not waste these excessive calories, instead, it stores them by converting them from food to fat. In order to burn this unsightly storage of fat, we need to reverse the process. We need to consume less than we need to fuel our daily processes, and force the body to use the available fat storage as the energy source of the body. And to reduce calorie consumption, we need to focus on light food items.

Food Item	Calories/100 gm	Food Item	Calories/100 gm
Celery	11	Green Chillies	11
Watercress	12	Cucumber	12
Radish	16	Oyster Mushrooms	16
Zucchini	17	Tomatoes (Red/Orange)	18
Swiss Radicchio	20	Crimini Mushrooms	20
Rhubarb	22	Rocket Arugula	22
Pumpkin	22	Asparagus	23
Yellow Squash	23	Bell Peppers	24
White Button Mushrooms	24	Cabbage/Bok Choy	25
Tomatoes (Green/Yellow)	25	Shiitake Mushrooms	25
Eggplant	25	Cauliflower	25
Portobello Mushrooms	25	Mustard Greens	28
Broccoli	30	Brussels Sprouts	30
Parsley	30	Boiled Green Beans	31
Peach	31	Water Chestnuts	31
Okra	31	Strawberries	32
Turnip/Turnip Greens	33	Winter Squash	33
Honeydew Melon	34	Tangerine	34
Pear	35	Cantaloupe	35
Mixed Berries	37	Papaya	39
Turban Squash	40	Pea Pods	41
Acorn Squash	42	Bitter Gourd	44
Egg Whites	44	Oranges	45
Carrots	45	Grapefruit	48
Boysenberries	49	Seaweed	50
Kale	51	Oat Porridge	55
Apple	57	Apricots	57
Butternut Squash	58	Kiwi	60
Pineapples	60	Passion Fruit	60
Pearl Onions	60	Pomegranate	63
Plums	64	Boiled Potatoes	70
Lentils	70	Parsnips	70
Mangoes	70	Cherries	70
Figs	74	Lotus Stem	74
Cranberries	76	Green Onions	78
Corn Kernels	78	Scallops	79
Bananas	90	Lemon Grass	91
Boiled Macaroni	95	Yam	95
Sliced Lean Ham	96	Baked Sweet Potatoes	96
Shrimp	99	Grilled Fish	100
Lobster	103	Canned Prunes	106
Cottage Cheese	118	Fava Beans	122
Brown Rice	128	Grilled Chicken Breast	131
Noodles	134	Lean Canadian Bacon	134
White Rice	140	Ground Turkey	140
Tofu	148	Poached Fish	148
Fried Fish	149	Chicken Dumplings	150

Food Item	Calories/100 ml	Food Item	Calories/100 ml
Fat-free Skim Milk	90	Lemon Juice	61
Orange Juice	47	Apple Juice	48
Cranberry Juice	38	Grapefruit Juice	38
Coconut Water	19	Drinking Water	1

Try including these food items in your diet to lower calorie consumption, and thus, augment weight loss.