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Volume Eaters Thread
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Definitely a volume eater. I tend to graze throughout the day so eating large volumes of things like salad and vegetables helps.10
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leanitup123 wrote: »
I don't have room for fruit with my poverty macros. Actually I ate a bunch of animal crackers today. I guess I could have.12 -
I tried the fluff from the video above and I thought it was very... off putting texture wise.
I'll just leave this here
If you have a blender you can make protein ice cream, one serving fills a giant mixing bowl.
60 ml sugar free maple syrup
120 ml unsweetened almond milk
30g protein powder (recommend chocolate or cookies n cream)
Entire tray of ice cubes
3g xanthan gum (add last)
Add everything to the blender except the xanthan gum and let it go on pulse or high for 2-3 minutes until your ice is completely crushed up and you see an ice cream texture. Then add the xanthan gum and go another 20-30 seconds or so on low. I've found that if you over mix the xanthan gum you will get more of a whipped texture than an ice cream texture.
Pour into your giant mixing bowl and squeal in excitement at how much ice cream you get to eat
Top with more syrup and a few crushed up cookies or pb2.. whatever you have the calories for.
150-160 calories depending on PP used and toppings.24 -
leanitup123 wrote: »
I don't have room for fruit with my poverty macros. Actually I ate a bunch of animal crackers today. I guess I could have.
Stalking your diary and our meal preferences are literally the same. Damn.3 -
leanitup123 wrote: »leanitup123 wrote: »
I don't have room for fruit with my poverty macros. Actually I ate a bunch of animal crackers today. I guess I could have.
Stalking your diary and our meal preferences are literally the same. Damn.
Oh that's a hot dog salad for dinner every night lol.
My day was weird today. I was grading 4th grade state science tests and I just kept cramming animal crackers in my face.6 -
leanitup123 wrote: »leanitup123 wrote: »
I don't have room for fruit with my poverty macros. Actually I ate a bunch of animal crackers today. I guess I could have.
Stalking your diary and our meal preferences are literally the same. Damn.
Oh that's a hot dog salad for dinner every night lol.
My day was weird today. I was grading 4th grade state science tests and I just kept cramming animal crackers in my face.
Haha I mean the bags of salad, Quest bars, pints of ice cream and Fage
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leanitup123 wrote: »leanitup123 wrote: »leanitup123 wrote: »
I don't have room for fruit with my poverty macros. Actually I ate a bunch of animal crackers today. I guess I could have.
Stalking your diary and our meal preferences are literally the same. Damn.
Oh that's a hot dog salad for dinner every night lol.
My day was weird today. I was grading 4th grade state science tests and I just kept cramming animal crackers in my face.
Haha I mean the bags of salad, Quest bars, pints of ice cream and Fage
You should really get on the hot dog salad band wagon though. I'm really trying to make this explode but no one is having it.
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leanitup123 wrote: »leanitup123 wrote: »leanitup123 wrote: »
I don't have room for fruit with my poverty macros. Actually I ate a bunch of animal crackers today. I guess I could have.
Stalking your diary and our meal preferences are literally the same. Damn.
Oh that's a hot dog salad for dinner every night lol.
My day was weird today. I was grading 4th grade state science tests and I just kept cramming animal crackers in my face.
Haha I mean the bags of salad, Quest bars, pints of ice cream and Fage
You should really get on the hot dog salad band wagon though. I'm really trying to make this explode but no one is having it.
Hey totally on board -- I'm a fan of the Billinksi brand chicken sausage. Love the spinach/feta!2 -
leanitup123 wrote: »leanitup123 wrote: »leanitup123 wrote: »leanitup123 wrote: »
I don't have room for fruit with my poverty macros. Actually I ate a bunch of animal crackers today. I guess I could have.
Stalking your diary and our meal preferences are literally the same. Damn.
Oh that's a hot dog salad for dinner every night lol.
My day was weird today. I was grading 4th grade state science tests and I just kept cramming animal crackers in my face.
Haha I mean the bags of salad, Quest bars, pints of ice cream and Fage
You should really get on the hot dog salad band wagon though. I'm really trying to make this explode but no one is having it.
Hey totally on board -- I'm a fan of the Billinksi brand chicken sausage. Love the spinach/feta!
I used to eat that every night. Put it in a shirataki mac n' cheese.3 -
I am absolutely a volume eater and will be taking copious notes from y'all here! A lot of these recipes sound great and filling!6
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leanitup123 wrote: »leanitup123 wrote: »leanitup123 wrote: »leanitup123 wrote: »
I don't have room for fruit with my poverty macros. Actually I ate a bunch of animal crackers today. I guess I could have.
Stalking your diary and our meal preferences are literally the same. Damn.
Oh that's a hot dog salad for dinner every night lol.
My day was weird today. I was grading 4th grade state science tests and I just kept cramming animal crackers in my face.
Haha I mean the bags of salad, Quest bars, pints of ice cream and Fage
You should really get on the hot dog salad band wagon though. I'm really trying to make this explode but no one is having it.
Hey totally on board -- I'm a fan of the Billinksi brand chicken sausage. Love the spinach/feta!
I used to eat that every night. Put it in a shirataki mac n' cheese.
We are the same. So good on the grill in a big a** salad!2 -
I used to do the zoats thing. But I still don't mess with them in a deficit. I can't have oats in the house. Still, for normal people zoats are a nice high volume idea.2
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I'm a volume eater too and I think it's helped me successful. Plus side is I really enjoy the things I'm eating. Lunch is usually 3 cups romaine, 1/4 avocado, 2 oz lean meat or a pouch of tuna, 1 oz cheese, 1tbs dressing, and a small potato. Sometimes I add 1/4 c blueberries or cucumber. I love fruit for snack like berries, cantaloupe, banana, pineapple. Dinner I almost always eat half a plate full of steamed broccoli. I eat it practically every day. But I also enjoy cauliflower rice and green beans. I eat enough veggies at lunch and dinner to keep me full. That's what I've told others that I eat enough veggies to keep me satisfied and I don't really worry ab how much of them I'm eating. A meal just isn't as appetizing without since veggies.7
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I started off eating every 2-3hrs but I feel much better eating more so I'm learning(&learned) what foods I can eat a lot of. For quite a while I ate a lot of zucchini,, 2 or 3 large ones twice a day with about 5oz of protein, but now we're into the veggie steamers. I eat the whole bag, 3 1/2 servings. I have my snack right after i finish my meals instead of in between. Just finished my dinner of 5 oz ham & 10 oz butternut squash, now I'm going to have one waffle with PB2 on it then be done for the day10
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Oh, I found my home! I am such a volume eater - recently learned the term and was instantly like "yup! That's me!" I have a few interesting recipes to add to the mix:
Cauliflower oatmeal: 18 oz cauliflower, 10 oz banana - add both to food processor and pulse til you reach preferred consistency. Transfer to a pot and add 2 cups unsweetened almond milk, 1/4 cup sugar free maple syrup and spices to preference (I do cinnamon and sometimes nutmeg). Bring to boil then reduce to simmer, stir and cover. After about 10 minutes, I add 6 oz diced apples and simmer for an additional 10 min. Makes 3 servings of about 16 oz each - like 160 cal per serving.
Veggie and egg hash: shred 3.5 oz sweet potato and 3.5 oz zucchini, add sweet potato to a wok with some Pam spray - sautée til almost cooked then add zucchini. Cook another couple min, then make two holes in the veggies and add a couple eggs (or egg white for lower calorie option). Cover, lower heat and cook for 4 min or until eggs are set. Huge portion of food for approx 225 cal or less. Makes 1 serving.
Would love to see additional recipes!20 -
I have recently come to the conclusion that volume eating is best suited for me. Eating mainly vegetarian means I can eat copious amounts of food and stay in my calorie goal. Are there others out there who do the same? Let's exchange ideas. Here is what I ate today:
Breakfast, large shake with 2 cups spinach, almond milk, protein powder ice and water. Plus a slice of flax bread with almond butter and a sliced zucinni.
Lunch - one bag steamed frozen broccoli, 2 diced peppers, sprinkle of nuts and raisins
Snack- Apple, orange and cantaloupe
Dinner- 2 large zuchinni, one large onion, two packages portobello mushrooms cooked in vegetable broth and 1tbs butter, edited to add 3oz tempeh
Dessert - one cup almond milk with 3 tbs chia seeds (chia pudding) and 1/2 scoop protein powder
This was a LOT of food and I was happily full (not overstuffed) at every meal.
I find eating this way keeps me from snacking -- or worse binging. I finally broke through a 6 month plateau.
But it does make eating out difficult unless you have a mini-meal before or after. Anyone have any thoughts on this eating style?
I love the fact you can eat loads and more or less maintain weight as a vegetarian. It works for me5 -
Veggie stew - potatoes, lentils, onions, zucchini, mushrooms, peppers, cauliflower - makes an 800 calorie pot of stew that takes me two days to finish coz it's so voluminous. Smoothies with just strawberries and a citrus fruit is also very filling. And oat porridge is another high volume low calorie meal, just 200 calories makes 4-5 cups(I blend the oats before cooking).6
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leanitup123 wrote: »
I don't have room for fruit with my poverty macros. Actually I ate a bunch of animal crackers today. I guess I could have.
I add 140g of frozen strawberries (partially thawed), 10g of Hershey's Special Dark unsweetened cocoa, and 5g of Stevia. Sometimes I'll ad a splash of 0 calorie vanilla flavored syrup. 330 calories.
My other favorite is 10g of PB Fit and 5g of Stevia. 302 calories.5 -
The veggie and egg hash sounds really good! I'll probably give it a try next time I pick up sweet potato!Oh, I found my home! I am such a volume eater - recently learned the term and was instantly like "yup! That's me!" I have a few interesting recipes to add to the mix:
Cauliflower oatmeal: 18 oz cauliflower, 10 oz banana - add both to food processor and pulse til you reach preferred consistency. Transfer to a pot and add 2 cups unsweetened almond milk, 1/4 cup sugar free maple syrup and spices to preference (I do cinnamon and sometimes nutmeg). Bring to boil then reduce to simmer, stir and cover. After about 10 minutes, I add 6 oz diced apples and simmer for an additional 10 min. Makes 3 servings of about 16 oz each - like 160 cal per serving.
Veggie and egg hash: shred 3.5 oz sweet potato and 3.5 oz zucchini, add sweet potato to a wok with some Pam spray - sautée til almost cooked then add zucchini. Cook another couple min, then make two holes in the veggies and add a couple eggs (or egg white for lower calorie option). Cover, lower heat and cook for 4 min or until eggs are set. Huge portion of food for approx 225 cal or less. Makes 1 serving.
Would love to see additional recipes!
ETA: I could maybe get on board with a veggie hotdog salad. Do you just add chopped hotdogs on top?5 -
@rainbowbow - this sounds fantastic! Is riced cauliflower just the top part in a food processor? Do you just mix the cauliflower into the prepared oatmeal at room temperature? Im trying this tomorrow!
cauliflower oats- I make about a half a cup (dry) rolled oats combined with riced cauliflower, some splenda, some cinnamon, and then i usually top it with pb2 and zero calorie raspberry jam. It just adds bulk and tastes like normal oats. I've also heard of people adding squash for a similar effect.
yes, riced cauliflower is just the top of the cauliflower run through the food processor. I like to keep mine a little more chunky for texture, but you can fully blend if you want to. You can steam it beforehand or you can cook them at the same time as the oats. I think some grocery stores even sell bags of it already done for you.
The recipe i do is pretty similar to this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L07rLJ9x6eI
And here's how you can do it with zuchinni:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkVjnjIXCbA
Best of luck to ya! Let me know how it works out. 5 -
Not sure my protein goals would be met with eating this way, doesn't seem like a lot there?1
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I need to feel full, so I always bulk up with veggies. I'm so glad other people eat massive salads too. When I go to like my moms or MILs house, what they serve for a salad is typically what I eat by myself haha. A full salad bowl of veggies, normally with chicken breast on it. I also like more acid in my salads then oil, so they end up pretty low cal but very filling.8
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Silkysausage wrote: »Not sure my protein goals would be met with eating this way, doesn't seem like a lot there?
I'm assuming that people get their protein however they get their protein, and add some of the suggestions/methods in this thread to add volume. I don't think most of them eat ONLY huge salads or mounds of fresh veggies or whatever else.9 -
My meals are, generally, protein/fat and veg. Plenty of protein, but plenty of volume as well.Silkysausage wrote: »Not sure my protein goals would be met with eating this way, doesn't seem like a lot there?
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I hit my protein goal (100g) with things like tuna, salmon, shrimp, shakes, cottage cheese, Greek yogurt all incorporated into large meals or snacks. Like a huge bowl of melon with cottage cheese and ground flax. Or a riff on shrimp scampi over zoodles.8
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This was my big old roasted veggie bowl from last night. All good stuff on some baby kale and arugula, just lemon juice to season and the avo and goat cheese really brought it up. Came in around 300 cals for the bowl. Had some lentil soup with.33 -
MelanieCN77 wrote: »
This was my big old roasted veggie bowl from last night. All good stuff on some baby kale and arugula, just lemon juice to season and the avo and goat cheese really brought it up. Came in around 300 cals for the bowl. Had some lentil soup with.
Sweet fancy. *fansself* This looks incredible!9 -
I go through cycles of volume eating as described6
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@rainbowbow - I made these delish cauliflower oats and loved them. Used 3 cups water, 1 cup riced cauliflower, 1 cup old fashioned oats. Cooked it on stovetop til done then with a tiny way to go stirred in some dried cranberries, 1tbs chia and 1tbs ground flax. Stirred in some Quest vanilla powder and actually couldn't finish the whole bowl. Thanks for the tip!
@MelanieCN77 your salad looks awesome. Are those beets?10
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