What foods keep you full AND under your cal limit?

For me, it's porridge pots (Oatmeal in the US?)
These are around 187 cals per pot - you just add hot water and a little sweetener if necessary and this keeps me full for a good couple of hours!

My breakfast every morning is really filling.

1 x oat revolution original steel cut oats and flax pouch made with water

With

1/2 a scoop of chocolate protein powder
1 tablespoon of peanut butter
100g banana

or

1 scoop of vanilla protein powder
1 tablespoon of smuckers sugar free strawberry preserves
100g strawberries

I had the strawberry one this morning. So good. To get the protein powder into it, mix it in the bowl with just a touch of water (enough to make it into a paste) then add your cooked oatmeal to it.

Bagels with sliced boiled eggs.Fills me at lunchtime until dinner time.

avskk wrote: »

I'm a volume eater and I need a decent amount of protein to feel satiated. I tend to pre-log my meals days or even weeks in advance to be sure I'm getting the right balance. You can see a contrast in my diary; I pre-logged all of last week but failed to plan for the weekend, and the end result is that I was way over my calories and not making healthy choices every day this weekend.

It's a lot easier to make filling, low-calorie choices when you have the time to think about it and plan it thoroughly. Making decisions on the fly, particularly if you're already in the face of temptation, is much harder.

I always try to plan it out as well to avoid any pitfalls. My big problem is take out...I know how to make healthier choices but there just aren't any. Greek take out is usually my go to because you can get protein and veg.

Carrots, I have at work and home right in front of fridge, a few of those and a glass of water. in 20 minutes if I haven't forgot about hunger I hit em again.

rabbitjb wrote: »

For me it's a mix of all three macros

So my egg whites with mushroom, spinach and cheese breakfast doesn't keep me satisfied unless it's on toast with a big of steaming coffee. Coffee is a macro isn't it?

My stews need 100g basmati rice to have the satisfying effect.

Same here. But it changes depending on my cycle too. Something that will keep me full for hours a week after my period will fill me up for 1 hour the week before my period. So it's tricky. I'm almost at my 3rd year on MFP and I still get surprised every month by what actually keeps me full (or not).

The only thing that won't keep me full on a 'normal' day though is typically cookies or crackers or bread, but if I have something else with them, it's fine (I just try to limit myself to 200 calories of those in a day).

Tblackdogs wrote: »

There are some foods that especially keep me full but what works best for me is planning ahead. Doesn't mean I pre-log but I do plan out my day. On the days I work early I just eat a little in the morning but I have a really big lunch. That easily gets me through to dinner. Then most days I try to have dinner be the last food I eat. After that I just drink tea! As for the specific foods I'd say, eggs, high fiber bread with peanut butter, a hunk of cheese etc.

Pre-planning and pre-preparing meals does it for me too. For the last 4 months I've been sticking to pretty much the same meals every day (salad with tuna, veg and balsamic glaze/evoo for lunch; Moroccan eggs or oatmeal with banana & nut butter for breakfast; fish or chicken breast with loads of veg for dinner; rarely snacks). Fish is a rotation of salmon, tuna steak, white fish and shrimp. I don't like to say I've eliminated rice and pasta, but the reality is I don't cook them anymore because I can't stop myself from eating mounds. And the funny thing is I've stopped being hungry all the time and thinking about food all the time.

eggs, PB, cottage cheese, almonds, quest protein bars

jemhh wrote: »

PeachyCarol wrote: »

I'm not so sure any more. I seem to need a combination of protein and carbs. Fat in just the minimal amount necessary for health. That's these days. It used to be different, so it might change again.

The exception to this is popcorn. A bowl of that will keep me full for a long time.

Your first paragraph sounds so familiar. Every time I think I've figured myself out, I go and change again

Me, too.

I wonder if part of what happens is that we find something that works, but part of it working is mental. I know my brain needs to be satisfied just as much as my stomach. Then we do whatever works more frequently, start getting bored, and that thing doesn't work so well any more. I do know that if I revisit old tricks after dropping them for a while they seem to work again.

Anywho, right now, I'm enjoying grits (coarse ground cornmeal, actually) cooked in water with a little butter and eggs. The eggs really should be poached, but I overcooked them while I was running around this morning. Ah, well. 1/2 c. cornmeal, 2 cups water, 1/2 tbsp butter, add 2 eggs = 410 cals. Should last me most of the day.

Also, brothy soups work for me as long as it's cold out.

My problem time is in the morning, between breakfast and lunch. For the last couple of weeks I have been eating deli turkey, some cheese and a couple of crackers. Not the traditional breakfast food, more lunch, but it is controlling my appetite much better.

I like to put a slice or two of coldcut turkey on a big salad, or even like pastrami sometimes...shirataki noodles are my new faaavorite thing...MISO paste- if you have miso paste in the house you can ALWAYS make a soup and bulk things out...I like to eat for quantity. Oatmeal is great, too.

rabbitjb wrote: »

For me it's a mix of all three macros

So my egg whites with mushroom, spinach and cheese breakfast doesn't keep me satisfied unless it's on toast with a big of steaming coffee. Coffee is a macro isn't it?

My stews need 100g basmati rice to have the satisfying effect.

Yep, this was going to be my response too (especially the coffee macro).

I find I'm able to do best when I have a nice balance of all three. I also (personally) find that to generally be the tastiest.

Soup (broth- or veggie-based), big stir-fries of vegetables with a little protein, eggs or tuna or other lean protein with veg or fruit. I do love carbs, but they don't keep me full very well.