Low Energy Density Foods
“OK Great,” says my fiance. But what foods can I eat then? “Vegetables and fruits,” I reply.
After explaining about the new volumetrics “diet” that I’m trying to stick with to feel full with less calories, my fiance wanted to know about what foods she could eat and was it just going to be lettuce and apples (both of which she’s not too fond of.) Googling around I couldn’t really find a good source of what foods we could eat so I thought I would make ya’ll a list.
This list is just starting and what I’m trying to do is show there is a variety of foods out there you can eat. All below an energy density of 2. Remeber:
Energy Density = Calories / Weight in Grams per serving
| Food | Calories/Weight(g) |
| Apples | 0.52 |
| Bananas | 0.88 |
| Corn Pasta | 1.25 |
| Chicken Breast Cooked | 1.97 |
| Strawberries | 0.32 |
| Instant Oatmeal w/ Water | 0.55 |
| Instant Oatmeal w/ Water | 0.55 |
| Raw Tomato | 0.21 |
| Raw Snap Green Beans | 0.31 |
| Raw Snap Green Beans | 0.31 |
| Raw Green Peppers | 0.20 |
| Raw Yellowfin Tuna | 1.1 |
| Baked Potato | 0.93 |
| 1% Cottage Cheese | 0.72 |
| Hard-boiled Egg | 1.55 |
| Creamed Sweet Corn | 0.71 |
| Water Canned Pineapple | 0.32 |
Comments
Comment from Erik
Time: May 10, 2007, 3:35 pm
Yeah, I wish I had as much time as I used to to workout but with trying to build all these websites, that’s not always the case.
I’ll work on expanding the list and trying to find some better tasting low energy density foods. 
Comment from Sugar and Spice
Time: July 1, 2008, 12:31 pm
I found this list googling the very same… some kind of comprehensive list rating foods on their energy density. I was recently turned onto this idea from a couple of articles of the June 30, 2008 “First” magazine. It sounds like something I could actually do! Did you stick with it? If so, here’s a list from that mag of the top 15 low-energy density fruits:
Strawberries- .2
Raspberries- .3
Watermelon- .3
Grapefruit- .3
Cantaloupe- .4
Honeydew- .4
Papaya- .4
Peaches- .4
Tangerines- .4
Apricots- .5
Pineapple- .5
Oranges- .6
Plums- .6
Blueberries- .6
Apples- .6
JayRobb.com has some interesting articles too.
Comment from Alex
Time: May 10, 2007, 3:28 pm
NIce post! Too bad I don’t really like any of those listed.