Volume Eaters Thread
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I've been eating a plant based diet for a little while now and I love it. I love how I can eat a huge amount of food and it's not that many calories. I haven't been counting calories and my weight isn't going up, even with my giant portions. I love that I discovered eating this way. Just ate a big salad with greens, chick peas, avocado, roasted sweet potato and pumpkin seeds. I'm looking for a good oil free or low-oil dressing that I can throw together - any ideas? I usually make some sort of vinegar and olive oil dressing (with other stuff too) but it's pretty heavy on the oil.
If you are making your own dressing, can you reduce amount of oil in your recipe? If you are accustomed to the taste, you can try to gradually decrease the amount of oil and see how you like it. I don't use any oil in my salad dressing, it's vinegar based with hot sauce. I like spicy food, so i tend to go on the spicy side. I also make and my own mango chutney when it's mango season, and store it canned for the remainder of the year.
That's what I would do (reduce the oil). I am fond of olive oil and of vinaigrettes, so prefer not to exclude the oil entirely, but I tend to have much more vinegar/much less oil than the normal ratio for a vinaigrette.
I also like vinegar (red wine vinegar is great) plus a spicy mustard and some garlic as a dressing.
For something more Asian-themed, a good basic option is soy sauce + sriracha (or the like) + lime juice, and one can play around with that.
There are lots of recipes for creamy dressings using cashews as the source of the "cream" too -- I've tried some but tend to not be into creamy dressings most of the time, so haven't experimented much.0 -
Wow I’m so glad this thread bumped back to the top!!!! This thread literally was a game changer for me when it first started. I failed so many diets bc I was always trying to eat small meals and would fail after a few days bc I was starving 24/7. When I learned volume eating was a thing, bc of this thread, I started doing research on how to satisfy my eating style rather than change it.... I ended up losing 70 lbs 😁😁😁. Huge thanks to this thread ❤️❤️❤️
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I've been eating a plant based diet for a little while now and I love it. I love how I can eat a huge amount of food and it's not that many calories. I haven't been counting calories and my weight isn't going up, even with my giant portions. I love that I discovered eating this way. Just ate a big salad with greens, chick peas, avocado, roasted sweet potato and pumpkin seeds. I'm looking for a good oil free or low-oil dressing that I can throw together - any ideas? I usually make some sort of vinegar and olive oil dressing (with other stuff too) but it's pretty heavy on the oil.
I’ve never used oil in my dressing. I feel like it is a waste of calories. I usually put hot sauce, a good quality balsamic vinegar, lots of spices, truvia, and Dijon mustard on my salads and have no need for oil or dressing.
(I love 0 calorie Walden farms balsamic though.)2 -
Great new buns I discovered to enable my volume eating are these 50 calorie buns. Great size and taste. Way better than thinslim foods buns which weren't soft and had a weird texture. These actually have the texture of bread. Whole plate is <160 calories which is the calories of a "snack" for me. Could have two and still be insanely low on the calories.
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^^that's really good for a 'Keto' product....Every time I see a product labeled as 'Keto', I immediately think that they have high calories but no carbs. lol!🤣2
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Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »I've been eating a plant based diet for a little while now and I love it. I love how I can eat a huge amount of food and it's not that many calories. I haven't been counting calories and my weight isn't going up, even with my giant portions. I love that I discovered eating this way. Just ate a big salad with greens, chick peas, avocado, roasted sweet potato and pumpkin seeds. I'm looking for a good oil free or low-oil dressing that I can throw together - any ideas? I usually make some sort of vinegar and olive oil dressing (with other stuff too) but it's pretty heavy on the oil.
I’ve never used oil in my dressing. I feel like it is a waste of calories. I usually put hot sauce, a good quality balsamic vinegar, lots of spices, truvia, and Dijon mustard on my salads and have no need for oil or dressing.
(I love 0 calorie Walden farms balsamic though.)
This makes me want to start the discussion
All what are your most recommended spices and blendssss ..
I'm definitely a mustard/cinnamon chick and love this maple bacon one by club house1 -
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Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »Great new buns I discovered to enable my volume eating are these 50 calorie buns. Great size and taste. Way better than thinslim foods buns which weren't soft and had a weird texture. These actually have the texture of bread. Whole plate is <160 calories which is the calories of a "snack" for me. Could have two and still be insanely low on the calories.
Have you tried 647 Schmidt breads and rolls? They seem to be the closest for me. Their bread is 40 calories per slice and buns are 80.0 -
Is their an opposite to this where people try to eat as little as possible on their 2000 calories? I'm trying to shrink my appetite. (Plus, I don't think I can afford to buy big loads of food).5
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cyaneverfat wrote: »Is their an opposite to this where people try to eat as little as possible on their 2000 calories? I'm trying to shrink my appetite. (Plus, I don't think I can afford to buy big loads of food).
Start one. I have days like that. Most days, I like this thread.4 -
Omigod!! I love this thread!! It's given me great ideas as I have a big appetite. From now on more steamed veggies and less chips and sweets!! Thanks OP!!!3
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Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »Great new buns I discovered to enable my volume eating are these 50 calorie buns. Great size and taste. Way better than thinslim foods buns which weren't soft and had a weird texture. These actually have the texture of bread. Whole plate is <160 calories which is the calories of a "snack" for me. Could have two and still be insanely low on the calories.
Have you tried 647 Schmidt breads and rolls? They seem to be the closest for me. Their bread is 40 calories per slice and buns are 80.
Yes, I usually buy those! I love their hotdog/hamburger rolls and english muffins.1 -
I like to bulk up some meals with cabbage. Sauteed purple cabbage with onions, a little garlic, and seasoned with smoked paprika is yummy.
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Miracle rice with cauliflower rice, abd old fashioned oars super expanded- slow cooker on medium then low over night. Stir and add water or almond milk as needed. I also add glucomannan powder. This will double I'd not triple the size. Then add what you want- I would add powdered peanut butter !3
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Hi I’m new to this volume eaters thread. I have about 10# to release. Currently I’m on a plateau and do not want to slip. I clock my calories in at 1200 as I am 137#. I feel like I’m in starvation mode and maybe just maybe this process might be my answer. Is there anyone out there that is in my similar situation?4
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This is cool that people are doing this - it’s the basic vegan / plant based thing but without being vegan. Lol. I lost over 100 pounds doing high volume vegetable plant based diet. Huge salad every evening, and lots of cooked vegetables.7
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I forgot about volume eating, this makes so much sense! I feel like I need larger containers for my salads now. Any suggestions for large glass containers??2
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