Ode to carrots. Why don't you fill me up?

SHBoss1673
SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
edited September 20 in Food and Nutrition
Anyone else feel like you could eat carrots all day and still not be full?
I swear, carrots are my favorite snackie food. I eat them about every day,
and always in rather large portions (considering). And it never fails,
10 minutes after I eat them, I'm hungry again. This doesn't happen to
me with anything else. I wonder why carrots don't fill me up? Maybe
I have a tape worm that only likes carrots.

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  • erikazj
    erikazj Posts: 2,365 Member
    With me its cabbage - I love it, can eat loads of it, but if I have a meal with it in I am starving half an hour later!

    Erika
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    With me its cabbage - I love it, can eat loads of it, but if I have a meal with it in I am starving half an hour later!

    Erika

    ooh, cabbage would be bad news (for the wife) with me. I mean, I LIKE cabbage, but it doesn't really like me (if you know what I mean).

    sad, I just finished my last carrot, and ....true to form, I'm still hungry. DAMN IT! :cry:
  • Poison5119
    Poison5119 Posts: 1,460 Member
    Y'know, if you eat cabbage a lot (like 3x a week), it will like you a lot better. Kinda the same for beans.

    But I do notice that about carrots. Not so much that I'm not filled up, but it makes me feel like I have a 3lb rock in my stomach. Weird, huh?
  • Silver_Dream
    Silver_Dream Posts: 1,630 Member
    I hear ya on the carrots. I love them, too! I eat them with Ranch dipping sauce.
  • toots99
    toots99 Posts: 3,794 Member
    If you get some carrot slices and dip them in 1/4 reduced fat sour cream mixed with 1/4 cup salsa (Newman's Own black bean and corn salsa is the best), it makes a yummy snack and a good alternative to ranch dip!
  • jlefton1212
    jlefton1212 Posts: 171 Member
    I had looked up baby carrots on Snopes to learn more about how much carrot is wasted when they are trimmed down, and found out that some of them are treated with chlorine, and most are bred with higher sugar content to taste sweeter. I've been trying to cut back on baby carrots for the above reasons, but darn if they aren't the most convenient and tasty veggie out there!:laugh:
  • maurierose
    maurierose Posts: 574 Member
    This *SOUNDS* really wierd, but try it once - it REALLY is good!

    Dip your baby carrots or carrot sticks in natural peanut butter, then in a little bit of raisins.... it's WAYY better than using celery. :bigsmile: :flowerforyou:

    It'll fill ya up. I use about a tablespoon of PB and about 1/4 cup of raisins. It's a great snack!
  • Wecandothis
    Wecandothis Posts: 1,083 Member
    Raw carrots do that for me, but if I cook them - even just blanche them, they are fine. Dunno why. :)
  • courtney_love2001
    courtney_love2001 Posts: 1,468 Member
    I'm on hiatus from carrots right now because I threw some in the garbage disposal yesterday and it clogged it. I had to get the plunger out and was covered in nasty carrot chunks :(
  • Catzwitch
    Catzwitch Posts: 205 Member
    i eat mine with garlic salt on them, but they always make me HUNGRIER than I was before eating them. :(
  • Sarandipity
    Sarandipity Posts: 1,560
    I don't find it so much with carrots, but with raw apples. If I eat an apple my stomach is rumbling within an hour. It really sucks because I work in a research station on an orchard... free apples are just starting to flow! in the fall I usually eat 1 or 2 a day!
  • mnichol
    mnichol Posts: 642
    Ever try baking them?? I buy the big bags at Sam's. I put them in the oven about 350 for up to 45 min or however soft you want them. I put a little salt and cooking spray on them. They seem to be more filling and rich tasting. they are good at room temperature!!

    I read online somewhere.....not to eat too many carrots a day, some kind of toxic problem. Ever hear of that?? i know it sounds crazy??!!
  • mcohan
    mcohan Posts: 116 Member
    Anyone else feel like you could eat carrots all day and still not be full?
    I swear, carrots are my favorite snackie food. I eat them about every day,
    and always in rather large portions (considering). And it never fails,
    10 minutes after I eat them, I'm hungry again. This doesn't happen to
    me with anything else. I wonder why carrots don't fill me up? Maybe
    I have a tape worm that only likes carrots.

    dont carrots have a lot of carbs? they are one of my fave things too but i am trying to cut back beacsue of the carbs...
  • courtney_love2001
    courtney_love2001 Posts: 1,468 Member
    Carrots contain a lot of beta carotene (which makes them orange), and if you eat a TON of them you can turn orange too! Just like an oompa loompa!
  • astridfeline
    astridfeline Posts: 1,200 Member
    This *SOUNDS* really wierd, but try it once - it REALLY is good!

    Dip your baby carrots or carrot sticks in natural peanut butter, then in a little bit of raisins.... it's WAYY better than using celery. :bigsmile: :flowerforyou:

    It'll fill ya up. I use about a tablespoon of PB and about 1/4 cup of raisins. It's a great snack!
    When I was a kid in Girl Scouts we'd have celery sticks with peanut butter and raisins--we called them "ants on a log"!
  • Georg
    Georg Posts: 1,728 Member
    I used to eat so many carrots that my fingers turned orange.
    Nowdays carrots do other ....ummm...
    things to me.:blushing:
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    Anyone else feel like you could eat carrots all day and still not be full?
    I swear, carrots are my favorite snackie food. I eat them about every day,
    and always in rather large portions (considering). And it never fails,
    10 minutes after I eat them, I'm hungry again. This doesn't happen to
    me with anything else. I wonder why carrots don't fill me up? Maybe
    I have a tape worm that only likes carrots.

    dont carrots have a lot of carbs? they are one of my fave things too but i am trying to cut back beacsue of the carbs...

    they have carbs, but they don't have a lot of carbs. 3 oz of carrots has about 7g of carbs, in relation, 1 piece of whole wheat bread has about 20 carbs. Plus the carbs they have are the good kind. I thought someone would have mentioned the sugar factor by now, but carrots are low in sugar too, 3 oz has about 4g of sugar.

    By the way, yes, you can have an orange tint from too many carrots, but it would take a rediculous amount over an extended period to do so (somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 to 25 3 oz servings a day for a couple of weeks) I'm not all that worried, besides, it's harmless.
  • jmdolan
    jmdolan Posts: 128
    APPLES! Yes! If I just eat an apple... im starving.. in minutes!
  • dietingsucks
    dietingsucks Posts: 26
    APPLES! Yes! If I just eat an apple... im starving.. in minutes!

    Me too. I like to dip them in pb or yogurt, then they don't leave me starving for more.
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