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Too much salad leaf?

vzryder
vzryder Posts: 129 Member
edited January 2 in Food and Nutrition
vzryder a question, your thoughts or advise please? I have been eating and really enjoying salads, piling plate with leaf and just adding other items for variety etc, Hubby tells me I am overeating, I say ''has like about 5 calories in leaf'' , he says ''yes but you are stretching your stomach'' had not thought of that, your thoughts please?

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  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    nope. enjoy your salad.
    my new main leaf is trader joes power greens. it's a mix of kale spinach and chard. SO GOOD!!
  • vzryder
    vzryder Posts: 129 Member
    Firstly, congrats on your weight loss to date, excellent!

    Secondly, ty so much for taking the time to answer my first ever query, got an answer and know I was successful in posting it ,lol

    happy health :)
  • apocalypsepwnie
    apocalypsepwnie Posts: 373
    Bah. It's lettuce, once it's all chewed it doesn't take up much room in the stomach and it's mostly water so it wont stay as bulk for long enough to 'stretch' the stomach.

    Is the volume making you feel ill or overfull? If not you aren't over eating.

    If you are enjoying the salads, keep eating them.
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    sounds totally fine, and salad is water + vitimins + green. hehe.

    as long as you're not covering it with mayo or other high fat dressings you are all good :)
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