Pasta makes me very HUNGRY

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  • carydaniel
    carydaniel Posts: 1 Member
    If you're trying to lose weight, bulk starches like pasta are a very bad idea.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    carydaniel wrote: »
    If you're trying to lose weight, bulk starches like pasta are a very bad idea.

    Not if you're logging them and meeting your goals. I ate pasta regularly while losing weight -- it's all about the context of your overall diet.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    edited November 2015
    DKLI wrote: »
    My husband and I have been eating the bean pastas made by Explore Asian. Black bean is my favorite! It keeps you full, has no sodium and full of protein. Less calories than regular pasta. It looks like straw so when it's cooked it plumps up.

    I like the edamame pastas.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Edamame pasta?!

    I haven't seen or made that, but it sounds WONDERFUL. O.M.G. Must look into that!

    Another great tip found on MFP. :)
  • MarcyKirkton
    MarcyKirkton Posts: 507 Member
    I find the same to be true. I really focus now on making sure I get enough protein. I was way too hungry on carbs.
  • gaelicstorm26
    gaelicstorm26 Posts: 589 Member
    I often do feel hungry after a pasta dinner, even if I do add protein and fat to the meal. Most likely it is because I'm eating less than I used to eat, or maybe it lacks a certain amount of fiber?

    I also get hungry fairly quickly if I eat russet potatoes but not when I eat sweet potato.

    I do think it is possible for people to react differently to the same food, even if that different is largely psychological in nature.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Yeah. No pasta for me. I'll eat it at a restaurant if it's homemade but there's no way I'm going to eat a measly serving from a box. Leaves me hungry. I'll double the meat and veg thanks.
  • beckygammon
    beckygammon Posts: 73 Member
    You could try low carb high protein pasta. In Australia you can buy it at Woolworths and Coles. It definitely fills you up.
  • daylitemag
    daylitemag Posts: 604 Member
    SooozieA wrote: »
    No it's not in your head, pasta gives you a quick increase in blood sugar levels which results in more insulin production and then your blood sugar drops, making you hungry again.

    Yup!
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    Well, we're all different and the way our minds and bodies process information and food differs from person to person. Sounds like you have a good handle an what works well for you. I hope over people that react the way you do to pasta (getting excessively hungry) can you your example as one possible way of dealing with this issue.
  • bri170lb
    bri170lb Posts: 1,375 Member

    When I realized that pasta, bread and cakes left me feeling hungry for the next day, it was the key to my weightloss.

    I eat very little of these items most days and I know ahead of time that my stomach will be growling if I do indulge.

    That knowledge has made it possible to loose 108 pounds in the past two years.







  • eep223
    eep223 Posts: 624 Member
    Bulk it up with veggies and protein!
  • cnbbnc
    cnbbnc Posts: 1,267 Member
    I tend to feel that way when I eat pasta, bread, rice, cereal.... If I manage to feel full, I'm hungry again right after. It saps my energy too. I hate it because I love them all, but they don't love me back, so I eat them pretty infrequently now. Maybe 2-3x's/wk I'll have a little, but that's it.

    I do much better on higher protein and fiber, with a sprinkle of starch.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    then... dont eat it?
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    krithsai wrote: »
    DKLI wrote: »
    My husband and I have been eating the bean pastas made by Explore Asian. Black bean is my favorite! It keeps you full, has no sodium and full of protein. Less calories than regular pasta. It looks like straw so when it's cooked it plumps up.

    This sounds interesting. I live in the Northeast, where would I find this?

    If you're anywhere near Quincy, MA, this is the place to go: http://www.kammanfoods.com/quincy/en/
    It's as big as a Walmart, and a lot more fun, IMO. I go once or twice a year and stock up on a variety of Asian food.

    Asian food is so much cheaper at Asian stores.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    katie_moreau wrote: »
    I have found whenever I have some kind of pasta during my day my body makes me think I am starving. Is this all in my head or is it something to do with the way it's absorbed into the body? Does this happen to anyone else? I love pasta, but since I've been on MFP (since August), I measure how much I eat and I only eat it about once a month because I don't like feeling so hungry.

    This always happens to me when I eat too much carbs in relationship to protein. I eat pasta less often these days, and when I do make sure I add plenty of veggies and protein.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Pasta = Starch -> insulin -> low blood sugar = hunger. I just don't eat that stuff, it never appealed anyway.
  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
    if I have protein and fat with my pasta I feel full.. but if its just pasta and sauce Im screwed lol.
  • samgamgee
    samgamgee Posts: 398 Member
    Same as others have said, I get SO hungry after pasta unless I have protein with it!

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