I like to eat and am looking for things I can eat a lot of!
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Sugar free pudding1
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I tend to skip breakfast so I can have bigger lunches and dinners. Heck, today I skipped both breakfast and lunch and had an enormous dinner. And still have calories left for when I go out for a few drinks later... Sometimes just restructuring your eating "schedule" helps those of us who like to eat a lot at once, rather than graze all day!11
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Use quaker ricecakes (35 cal each) and top them with various things: peanut butter - alone, or with bananas, honey etc. Light cream cheese alone or with strawberries. or make pizzas and top with tomato sauce, cheese, veggies and ham.6
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I will eat mass quantities of vegetables.
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I don't know how rice ranks in satiety and calories. I just couldn't stop thinking about Mitch Hedberg.8 -
veggies/dip or peanut butter. More veggies and less dip/peanut butter. Soups. Apples and oranges. Skinny girl popcorn. Shrimp or fish. Hershey kisses (well, if feels like a lot). Coffee with different flavor creamers. Cereal without lots of sweeteners.
But yes, moderation in everything.1 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »I think primarily you're going to be looking at lots of veggies...particularly with a 1200 calorie diet. You could make big egg white veggie omelets.
I second the above. When I'm famished but don't have many uneaten calories, I steam up a big batch of frozen veggies. So many different ways to add some flavor on top. I buy bags of the mixed frozen veggies from Costco, so I always have some on hand.5 -
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It's not really more food, but when I make a sandwich I don't bother with cheese (not worth the calories IMHO) and eat it as two openfaced sandwiches. Feels like you get twice as much.9
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I usually eat pretty balanced, but on my really hungry days (TOM, harder workout, etc) I have found that I just want to eat so the more food and less calories the better!
I love brussel sprouts and will roast an entire bag of them in the oven which actually keeps me full. I also love to stir fry veggies with chicken, skip the rice and you can have a huge skillet of stir fry for 300-400 calories. And to stretch that even more add some romaine leaves and make lettuce wraps out of your stir-fry. It will slow you down a bit and feel like more food since you scoop it in.17 -
I usually eat pretty balanced, but on my really hungry days (TOM, harder workout, etc) I have found that I just want to eat so the more food and less calories the better!
I love brussel sprouts and will roast an entire bag of them in the oven which actually keeps me full.
Me too. My family has requested I lay off the cruciferous vegetables for awhile.
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watermelon is my saving grace--lots of volume, little calories. also cherry tomatoes, peppers, carrots--I like them in slices more than baby carrots, cucumbers, oranges.4
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Taco Bell crunchy tacos. On a 1200 calorie diet, you could eat 7 a day and still be under your goal.
My grandfather, who died five years ago, would be so happy to hear this. He LOVED Taco Bell, and it was a major treat to him when we all went there.
That said, 7 tacos a day seems like overkill, I could certainly meet adequate protein and fat macros.0 -
Have u checked out the Volumetrics way of eating. Im not super familiar with it, but l heard it shows ways of eating lots of food.4
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »You love to eat, so eat foods you love. For the best compromise between taste and volume, if a dish you love is higher in calories, reduce the fat and/or bulk it with vegetables to reduce the calories per serving. Another alternative would be to pick a dish you love, have a smaller serving, and then add another dish that is low in calories for more volume. For example, light broth based soup (miso soup is a good choice for the calories ) before the main course plus a side dish of vegetables makes it easier for me to have a smaller serving of moussaka without leaving the table hungry.
This recipe for moussaka give a pretty decent serving size:
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10610/the-ultimate-makeover-moussaka
I used vegetarian beef substitute. Next time I make it, I might use lentils. It's very good.
The problem is with the beef. I don't believe I've seen any kind of beef here labeled by fat percentage so I always assume that all beef burger beef (20% fat). Lentils is a great idea, I'll have to try that because I love them. I will still want the real thing every now then though, that I know.1 -
Part of the concept of weight loss is lifestyle change, rather than restriction and diet. All foods have a suggested serving size, and a good discipline would be to watch your serving sizes, rather than searching for foods to consume large amounts of.amusedmonkey wrote: »You love to eat, so eat foods you love. For the best compromise between taste and volume, if a dish you love is higher in calories, reduce the fat and/or bulk it with vegetables to reduce the calories per serving. Another alternative would be to pick a dish you love, have a smaller serving, and then add another dish that is low in calories for more volume. For example, light broth based soup (miso soup is a good choice for the calories ) before the main course plus a side dish of vegetables makes it easier for me to have a smaller serving of moussaka without leaving the table hungry.
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Broccoli is great for this. Packed full of vitamins and exceptionally low-cal. Makes for a good extra towards any meal for making it a little bigger!
You'd have to eat about 3.5kg of the stuff in a day to meet 1200 calories - and I doubt most people could physically get that down in a day - considering the average head of broccoli is 200-400g.2 -
I like to roast an entire cauliflower and then melt a single cheese slice onto the top
Trays of roasted mixed veg with herbs sprinkled on
Berries eaten frozen takes ages and is low calorie
Huge bowls of veg soup with lentils or beans
Stir fry veg with soy sauce
Mmmmmmmm4 -
Baby carrots with Laughing Cow cheese wedges.1
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kommodevaran wrote: »Part of the concept of weight loss is lifestyle change, rather than restriction and diet. All foods have a suggested serving size, and a good discipline would be to watch your serving sizes, rather than searching for foods to consume large amounts of.amusedmonkey wrote: »You love to eat, so eat foods you love. For the best compromise between taste and volume, if a dish you love is higher in calories, reduce the fat and/or bulk it with vegetables to reduce the calories per serving. Another alternative would be to pick a dish you love, have a smaller serving, and then add another dish that is low in calories for more volume. For example, light broth based soup (miso soup is a good choice for the calories ) before the main course plus a side dish of vegetables makes it easier for me to have a smaller serving of moussaka without leaving the table hungry.
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Not really. A suggested serving of vegetables is actually small.
For me, a serving of broccoli is about 3/4 of a pound. I make no apologies for this and think there's nothing wrong with it, and have worked through all my issues with food. I consider it multiple servings of broccoli in place of the side of bread I used to have. What I don't have on that broccoli? A ton of butter. What I do have? More broccoli.11
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