I never feel satisfied after a meal.
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jainafaith wrote: »I noticed that I only like tasty food when I eat. I get so sick and tired of eating fruits and vegetables that I end up craving for other snacks.
Low cal doesn't have to be bland and boring. You mentioned white rice and pork for dinner. Sorry, but ... YAWN.
Add spice! Last night my husband and I had palak paneer over white rice with chicken. The palak paneer was nice and spicy without being too overwhelming, and all together with the rice and chicken it tasted great!! Best of all, the calories were low.
Go explore your grocery store. Find tasty low cal foods. Add spice to what you make. Do veggie stir fries or curried veggies for something different. Have some fun with it!
Today I wandered through one of the local grocery stores and found this:
http://shop.coles.com.au/online/mobile/national/coles-mexican-style-quinoa-black-bean-corn-soup-pouch
Mexican black bean, corn, and quinoa soup in a pouch. 2 servings. Each serving is 101 cal. And it apparently has 1 serve of veggies in it already.
I haven't tried it yet, but it looks interesting. I'm thinking we might steam some more veg to add to it to make it a little bit more substantial. We could add a bit of pasta or rice to it as well. Possibly even some chicken. All up we could create a 300-400 cal meal with it. It has potential ... and looks like it could taste really good. From the ingredient list, it should have some a decent amount of flavour.
If we don't like it ... we won't have it again. But if we do like it, that's great! Another tasty option to add to our meal list.0 -
In the end it is motivation.
If you really want to lose weight, you wouldnt be tempted every time.
You would know when to stop and control.
You need to understand that eating at a calorie deficit will always be not as satisfying...
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Yeah I'm with the people saying you might need to incorporate more veggies and iron-rich protein. Hunger cravings are your body's way of telling you that it needs something. That doesn't always mean energy/calories, sometimes it means it needs some more nutrients. Maybe try getting some more iron and greens (in the most tasty/low-cal way you can come up with)?0
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jainafaith wrote: »I just had a total of 4-5 bowls of cherrios....
Eat things that are higher in protein than carbs. E.g. Eggs. A dietician made this recommendation to my workmate and the weight melted off and he never felt the hunger. Something to do with protein making you satisfied so you are far less likely to go searching for that 'something' you crave but can never find until you've eaten 5 bowls of cherrios.
Also - processed stuff like sausages, cherrios etc - not gonna make you feel satisfied for very long buddy, sorry. Your better to cook up a tasty slab of steak instead0 -
Don't keep it in the house if you're still in the stage where you're gonna binge on it? Or buy the smaller containers, that way when it's gone, it's gone.jainafaith wrote: »I just had a total of 4-5 bowls of cherrios....
Haha I do this because I can't be trusted! If its not in the house I can't eat it!0 -
Try to eat slowly:
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/why-eating-slowly-may-help-you-feel-full-faster-20101019605
and to drink more.0 -
In the end it is motivation.
If you really want to lose weight, you wouldnt be tempted every time.
You would know when to stop and control.
You need to understand that eating at a calorie deficit will always be not as satisfying...
Its your call.
I see the positive message here, but I think mfp is probably choc full of people who disagree!
Keep an open mind to everyone's dieting experience as I - unable to resist some things - now have to keep my cereal at my fathers whom I care for and see most days (1-8pm) during my less craving-y times. I also stock my house with minimal low calorie options to things I used to eat in nightly binges (a 6 pack of low cal crisps at a time, a pack of cadbury creme egg biscuits holds 6x77kcal biscuits, fat free yoghurt, banana ice cream, 17kcal ice lollies, etc).
I'm not trying to binge or "letting" myself if I can help it, but this and logging everything I binge has helped me slowly decrease the cravings. I'm just trying to say that everyone is different and you must remember to be sympathetic to those who are most vulnerable
we're all here for good reasons! 0 -
Truth is...when you are trying to lose weight...
Calories in and Calories out...
You need to eat at a deficit...
which means less calories than maintaining weight...
which leads to cravings...
I have it...others have it...you have it....
everyone does...
You have to be in control and overcome those weaknesses.
Results are in your hands.
Once you overcome the strong pains of hunger, you will start losing weight. The first 3 months are the hardest, now I'm eating my calories daily and increasing my cardio
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I really don't understand why you are eating foods you find boring. Is it any wonder you're not satisfied? And I totally disagree with the notion that you have to just deal with strong hunger pangs
Just start eating food that is interesting and yummy. If nighttime interested your time for being hungry eat lighter during the day and have a wonderful supper.
Seems like torture to eat stuff you don't love.0 -
TitaniaEcks wrote: »
Sorry, but I don't agree with that. Space your calories to enable you to eat when you're most hungry. That will enable you to stay within your deficit.bloated_fatty wrote: »I don't really have any answers. I guess I'll say, when you start to cut back a lot from what you're eating it takes like a month to truly get over the hunger pangs. At least it did for me. But once you get used to it, then you stop getting so hungry all the time. Also if you haven't heard, always make breakfast your biggest meal. That really helps reduce later meals.
I also disagree. Eating a large breakfast does not decrease my appetite later in the day, and what's more, if I eat a very carby breakfast I will keep getting hungry for several hours afterward, after the sugar crash. My hungry time always comes late at night close to bedtime. I've had the best luck with drinking coffee with cream and Splenda in the morning, then a regular lunch, then a fairly filling dinner that's mostly protein and vegetables so I'm still fairly satisfied at night.
Me as well. I do coffee/2 Tbs milk/3 Splendas in the morning and I'm good till around 4 to 5 pm. Then if I have left overs from that, I may snack on that w/ a side of fresh fruit, yogurt and tea or coffee. Morning eating generally makes me graze more all day and then I'm left w/ nothing after all my workouts and start feeling deprived and hungry. Carb crash would make me sleepy as well and my workouts would suffer. I find downing water throughout the day w/ a 1 hour fast paced walk in the morning, 15, 30 minute workouts throughout the day (also just started weight training 1 hour per session) holds off the hunger as well, for me that is. Plus side I earn some more calories for a yummy meal at the end of the day. Protein, lot's of veg, fresh fruit, lots of yummy spices go a long way too. I'm also still learning, but so far so good
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lalabrucey wrote: »jainafaith wrote: »I just had a total of 4-5 bowls of cherrios....
Eat things that are higher in protein than carbs. E.g. Eggs. A dietician made this recommendation to my workmate and the weight melted off and he never felt the hunger. Something to do with protein making you satisfied so you are far less likely to go searching for that 'something' you crave but can never find until you've eaten 5 bowls of cherrios.
Also - processed stuff like sausages, cherrios etc - not gonna make you feel satisfied for very long buddy, sorry. Your better to cook up a tasty slab of steak instead
Mmmmm, gotta make room in my budget to have this with a side of broccoli, next month... .mouth watering and will keep me satiated for a very long time!
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Also great advice. I can take up to an hour to eat (if hot food, I may need to nuke every 20 min or so). Often I don't even finish and save the leftovers for an evening snack.Gianfranco_R wrote: »Try to eat slowly:
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/why-eating-slowly-may-help-you-feel-full-faster-20101019605
and to drink more.
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Make sure you're getting a lot of protein and fats for satiety. Also, I agree with more veggies.0
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Liftng4Lis wrote: »Make sure you're getting a lot of protein and fats for satiety. Also, I agree with more veggies.
So important. Don't cut out extra fat - your deficit will be the same whether you eat the calories in fat or carbs... You may find however that eating less fats can really make that belly rumble!0 -
My go to meal in the evening is Steamed fish with loads of steamed veg- broccoli, spinach, carrots, green beans, mushrooms..whatever I can find! Add in half a baked sweet potato if you fancy it...then use 1/4 of a pot of low fat roasted garlic and herb dipping sauce with a squeeze of lemon to pour over the fish and voila! Or I make a delicious vegetarian chilli which again leaves me stuffed! I add paprika and chilli flakes to taste. I dont always add these to my diary as I am usually well within my allowance and dinner is the last thing I eat! You can always leave out the sweet potato if calories don't allow, I had it as a treat and stayed within my calories.
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NotQuiteNorm wrote: »Liftng4Lis wrote: »Make sure you're getting a lot of protein and fats for satiety. Also, I agree with more veggies.
So important. Don't cut out extra fat - your deficit will be the same whether you eat the calories in fat or carbs... You may find however that eating less fats can really make that belly rumble!
True. I use full fat mayo, sour cream, yogurt, cheese...etc. Helps satiate big time and the flavor is far better and goes a long way.
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NotQuiteNorm wrote: »Liftng4Lis wrote: »Make sure you're getting a lot of protein and fats for satiety. Also, I agree with more veggies.
So important. Don't cut out extra fat - your deficit will be the same whether you eat the calories in fat or carbs... You may find however that eating less fats can really make that belly rumble!
True. I use full fat mayo, sour cream, yogurt, cheese...etc. Helps satiate big time and the flavor is far better and goes a long way.
Butter is my full fat feast! And when I'm extra hungry I switch my 200ml daily skim to whole milk which really helps even though it seems like very little0 -
I am 5'5 weigh 245lbs I eat 1210 calories a day and I can honestly say I am never hungry. (obviously I was eating waaaaaaaay more than that previously to get to this fat a#$ weight) Now, I eat 5-6 small meals every 2-3 hours, I also drink 128oz of water in between. I eat a lot of veggies and nuts which help to keep that "full" feeling. I have never been a breakfast person but as they say breakfast is the most important meal of the day so I started drinking a protein shake to jump start my day. I work full time so I do have to do some prepping to make sure I have what I need to eat that many times each day but once you are into a routine it's pretty easy... If you look at my diary I had BK for the lunch the other day while I was at a work conference, managed to stay in my calories and that's the key (I can't tell you the last time I ate fast food)... Calories in vs. Calories Out... I think someone else mentioned this above as well but are you truly hungry or do you just feel like your missing out? bored? I know that I had to often ask myself if I was truly hungry and most of the times I really wasn't I was just bored or felt like I was on a "diet" because I didn't always have that overly bloated full feeling I have been use too for soo many years. Our minds are very good at playing games with us, remember YOU set the rules to this game... You can do it! Good luck!
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I really don't understand why you are eating foods you find boring. Is it any wonder you're not satisfied? And I totally disagree with the notion that you have to just deal with strong hunger pangs
Just start eating food that is interesting and yummy. If nighttime interested your time for being hungry eat lighter during the day and have a wonderful supper.
Seems like torture to eat stuff you don't love.
I agree.
But I've seen it in other threads too ... it's almost like people think if they eat something with all the excitement and flavour of cardboard, that's what's healthy and will help them lose weight.
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I agree.
But I've seen it in other threads too ... it's almost like people think if they eat something with all the excitement and flavour of cardboard, that's what's healthy and will help them lose weight.
I know! The only reason I will ever eat cardboard is possibly if I want to eat pizza, but there's no pizza left and instead resort to eating the box
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Seems a lot of people like to eat until they feel full or really full, you don't have to do that.0
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Being hungry sucks.pennystaplessnyder wrote: »Truth is...when you are trying to lose weight...
Calories in and Calories out...
You need to eat at a deficit...
which means less calories than maintaining weight...
which leads to cravings...
I have it...others have it...you have it....
everyone does...
You have to be in control and overcome those weaknesses.
Results are in your hands.
Wow...this. This is the truth of the matter. Get used to feeling a bit hungry. Sit in the feeling of wanting more and do NOT act on it. You won't die if you feel a bit hungry.
I don't do things that suck.
Ever.
And you don't have to. I call it the "scenic route" approach to weight loss, it takes a little longer but is more enjoyable.
ETA:
Satiety is something that can be managed and that food is supposed to bring. The only difference between it and any other nutritional need is that it's qualitative and subjective, to some extent.0 -
neanderthin wrote: »Seems a lot of people like to eat until they feel full or really full, you don't have to do that.
If you're used to doing that, it can be a hard habit to break.
It can help to have one big meal a day - lets you feel full and satisfied. Sometimes that makes it easier to get through the rest of the day. Sometimes not. OP, you're just going to need to experiment and find out what eating patterns work best for you.
I will +100 on making sure to get enough fat and protein. For many people, carbs aren't terribly filling or satisfying. Obviously you fall in that category since you're having multiple bowls of Cheerios and are still hungry.0 -
NotQuiteNorm wrote: »There's your problem!!! This is my very secret "just threw it all in" recipe from earlier this week, which you could chop and change however you liked. It made a huge pot and I had 12 servings which were a generous ladle-full for 84 calories - leaving room for some rice to go with! You have to make it yummy!
EDIT: If you can't tell I weighed and threw it all in BEFORE I put it into the mfp recipe calculator!
wow that's not a lot of chicken per serving. Ok the veg fills it out but still I want more chicken lol
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TitaniaEcks wrote: »
Sorry, but I don't agree with that. Space your calories to enable you to eat when you're most hungry. That will enable you to stay within your deficit.bloated_fatty wrote: »I don't really have any answers. I guess I'll say, when you start to cut back a lot from what you're eating it takes like a month to truly get over the hunger pangs. At least it did for me. But once you get used to it, then you stop getting so hungry all the time. Also if you haven't heard, always make breakfast your biggest meal. That really helps reduce later meals.
I also disagree. Eating a large breakfast does not decrease my appetite later in the day, and what's more, if I eat a very carby breakfast I will keep getting hungry for several hours afterward, after the sugar crash. My hungry time always comes late at night close to bedtime. I've had the best luck with drinking coffee with cream and Splenda in the morning, then a regular lunch, then a fairly filling dinner that's mostly protein and vegetables so I'm still fairly satisfied at night.
Same here. Eating breakfast is like flipping the ON switch for me. I'm ravenously hungry all day. But if I wait till about 10 am and then have something small and low-cal, I'm good.
Same here. Except I drink Diet Coke with no cream 0
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