A women’s fitness coach has revealed her secret to slashing 700 calories from a popular healthy brunch meal by creating her own version.
Mimi Davenport, the founder of Powerful Performers, highlighted that avocado on toast with a side of eggs can be surprisingly calorie-dense and not ideal for those aiming for fat loss. She took to Instagram to share a reel demonstrating her lighter recipe of the beloved dish. .
In her comparison, she showed a standard serving of avocado on toast containing 1102 calories alongside her own rendition, which only has 412 calories. Despite both plates looking strikingly similar, Mimi’s version uses reduced quantities of the ingredients.
Brandishing the original calorie-laden plate in the Instagram video, she cautioned: “Stop eating like this if you actually want to lose weight. This healthy breakfast contains 1102 calories.”
She continued, explaining the impact of such a meal on her diet: “When I’m dieting, that’s nearly 80% of my daily calories used up in one meal. And while this is a well balanced, super healthy meal it’s not the most useful thing we can eat if fat loss is our main goal.”
Mimi then presented her alternative dish, saying: “But don’t worry, I’m going to show you how you can still enjoy a tasty brunch and lose weight. My version contains 412 calories.”
Curious about the significant calorie difference, she posed the question: “But wait they look pretty much the same right. So what’s the difference that’s gonna save us nearly 700 calories?”.
Mimi showcased the stark contrast between a traditional calorie-rich avocado on toast and her lighter alternative, explaining: “Let’s go and make it. Starting with your toast: Fat wedge for the higher cal one and portion control for the other.”
She added: “Buttering this one but leaving it off the other. Avocado after all is nature’s butter. Heavy handed with the avocado over here and I’ve weighed it out on this one.”
Emphasising the importance of understanding food’s caloric content, she said: “Weighing our food out isn’t for life guys. It’s literally until we learn how calorie dense certain types of foods are and where we need to rein it in a little bit if we’re trying to lose weight.”
For the eggs, Mimi used oil for the more indulgent meal and Fry Light, a low-calorie cooking spray, for the healthier version, adding liquid egg whites to “bulk them out and increase the protein.” While she garnished the high-calorie dish with seeds, she omitted them from the lighter one, seasoning both with salt and pepper because “this has got nothing to do with calories.”
To complement the brunch, she replaced the latte that usually accompanies a rich avocado on toast with an Americano topped with frothy milk. Wrapping up her video, Mimi stated: “And that’s literally it. With a few simple swaps we’ve saved ourselves 690 calories.”
She highlighted that her own recipe allowed for double the portion size with fewer calories than the alternative. Mimi elaborated: “We can eat a higher volume of food which means we’re going to stay fuller for longer whilst dropping more fat.”
In the caption of her Instagram post, she wrote: “700 cal difference in a meal that looks the same . And before anyone comes for me… I’m not saying that either meal is good or bad.
“Think of it more as ‘useful’ or ‘unuseful’ for your goal. If fat loss was my goal… I’d personally prefer to eat 2-3 lower calorie meals than one higher calorie one but everyone is different and at the end of the day…If you’re putting your body in a calorie deficit YOU WILL LOSE BODY FAT!”.
Her Instagram reel has racked up 607,000 views, nearly 4,000 likes and dozens of comments. One user exclaimed: “Amazing, you are killing it.”
Another was astonished: “Wait what that is crazy.” The NHS also underscores the importance of being calorie-conscious for weight loss.
Its website advises: “When we eat and drink more calories than we use, our bodies store the excess as body fat. If this continues over time, we may put on weight.
“Knowing the calorie content of food and drink – and how much we have – makes it easier to keep track of our daily intake. However, counting calories is not the only way to change how you eat to lose weight. Simple things like adjusting portion sizes and making sure your meals are made up of the right food can also make a big difference.”