I miss feeling FULL

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  • MoiAussi93
    MoiAussi93 Posts: 1,948 Member
    Your profile says you eat 5-6 meals a day. If you want to feel super full, don't do that. Eat fewer but larger meals. 3 instead of 6 gives you twice as much food each time you eat.

    Also, many of the other tips people gave are good. Focus most of your calories on foods that provide satiety...protein, fat and fiber. Yes, drinking a lot of water, especially before you eat, really does make a difference. And you probably should wean yourself from the need to feel stuffed. If you do that every day, you will never get used to eating less.
  • WVprankster
    WVprankster Posts: 430 Member
    broccoli and/or apples. eat as many as you need.
  • zamphir66
    zamphir66 Posts: 582 Member
    There was a Taco Bell ad campaign a while back that really struck a nerve with me.

    They were advertising how awesome it was that their food and portions made you feel "full."

    Then a light bulb went off -- We're not supposed to feel "full," just "not hungry," like @shelddonklein says.

    It's so true -- learning to let go of the former and appreciate the latter is a tremendous advantage in weight loss.
  • gmallan
    gmallan Posts: 2,099 Member
    Foods like veggies/salad with lean protein and healthy fats or soup with lots of veggies.

    Have a look into intermittent fasting (IF) - lean gains style (basically eating your total calories for the day in a smaller window, commonly 8-10 hours, and fasting for the remainder of the time. It's even totally fine to eat your whole calorie allowance for the day in one sitting if you want to and some people do really well with that approach (others might limit to specical occassions and stick with a longer eating window normally.

    Some people do really well with IF, others do better with smaller more spaced out meals. Won't know until you try though
  • kazaargrandcru
    kazaargrandcru Posts: 152 Member
    Fill yourself up in other (non-food) ways.
  • lauraldrum
    lauraldrum Posts: 55 Member
    Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
    OP: two pages in, can you consolidate some information for us?

    First: How old are you?
    Second, how tall?
    Third, how much do you weigh and what's your goal?
    Fourth, how active are you?

    I'm sure some of the answers are all over the place, but this would be easier.

    Do you know your BMR and TDEE?

    thanks

    I'm 34 years old.
    Currently 213lbs (lost 22 so far)
    I'm 5'4
    I used to be VERY inactive - like embarassingly inactive.

    Goals: cardio 2x a week and strength training 2x

    I want to get down to 160lbs.

    I'm losing 1-2lbs a week but I'm not meeting my exercise goals.

  • shamani5
    shamani5 Posts: 59 Member
    Eat at least 1200 calories a day. Stop eating packaged foods.
  • gmallan
    gmallan Posts: 2,099 Member
    I just had a look at your diary and you'll definitely feel fuller if you start adding more vegetables into your diet. I'm seeing a lot of processed foods, which isn't the end of the world but if fullness is your goal then you'll get most bang for your buck out of eating more veggies, lean protein and healthy fats (a 500 calorie salad or veggies with a portion of lean protein and a portion of fat is HUGE).

    Something else you could consider is cutting back to 1lb a week weight loss goal (hello extra 500 cals/day)
  • RainyDaysAgain
    RainyDaysAgain Posts: 69 Member
    Combining the info in your OP and the info on your profile, it looks like you've lost 21 pounds in 7 weeks! Is that right? If so, that is a lot of pounds dropped in a short amount of time. Maybe you are pushing yourself too hard, with too aggressive of a deficit.

    It looked liked you ate very few calories on some days. Maybe you would feel more satisfied if you ate closer to your calorie limit, and grouped those calories into larger meals. Eating many snack sized meals throughout the day leaves me hungry all day.

    Like many of the previous posters, being super full does not feel good to me. Maybe you are legitimately hungry though, from eating so few calories. That doesn't feel good either.

    To answer your question though, foods that I can munch in quantity for relatively few calories are popcorn and baby cucumbers. Homemade soup can be good for that too.

    You are doing a great job with your weight loss! I hope you can find a way to feel more satisfied while continuing.

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