Volume Eaters Thread
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I cooked my fave “volume meal” tonight- Chinese dumpling soup.
A few frozen dumplings, a few prawns, a little dried pasta, broccoli, mushroom, red onion, heaps of cilantro all cooked in wonton soup base broth.
HUGE bowl for 438 cal. Yum... could eat it all day!!6 -
Bumped, because it's a great thread for those of us that love to feel full for not too many calories.
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My lunches this week. I got a whole case of this when I saw it on sale, because I love this flavour. Whole can of this for lunch everyday with a whole zucchini zoodles. Loads of food for 300cal and very filling.
That soup looks amazing. It doesn't look like they offer it in the U.S. Such a shame.0 -
What is that breakfast you made @crazyravr? Looks so good! I have never heard this term, "volume eating" before, but I definitely eat a high volume of food and love the way it makes me feel. Great ideas here. That caesin whip posted awhile back is my kind of snack. Can't wait to make it. 2
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Thanks--I'm looking that up right now. Really glad I found this thread.2
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Any suggestions for easy finger foods? I’ve been relying on celery sticks and air popped popcorn. Other ideas? I’m meh on most other snacky veg: broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, tomatoes, snap peas, peppers... I don’t dislike them but they don’t satisfy my munchies.1
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I really like huge salads. Like, serving bowl-sized salads. Tiny "normal" salads just don't do it for me. I have to have a really big salad with lots of stuff in it.
I have come up with a formula for creating "sexy salads", LOL. I pick one veggie or fruit from each color group (red, orange, yellow, green, purple/blue and white), one base leafy green (arugula, spinach, some kind of fancy lettuce or mixed spring greens), one grain (brown rice, farro, couscous, black rice, etc.) and two proteins. I'm vegan, so for me that would be baked tofu, seitan, Gardein chicken, beans or quinoa. 2 oz of each ingredient.
Topped with a homemade dressing or just a little olive oil and vinegar, it makes a really tasty and filling meal. However, I'm sometimes surprised at the high calorie content, even without dressing. I've got one that has arugula, red bell pepper, clementines, brussels sprouts, turnip, avocado, baked tofu, brown rice and black-eyed peas and it's over 500 calories!! So I save that one for when I'm eating light at other meals.
(ETA I have other salads of the same size that are only about 300 calories. Those are tasty too )
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Home made, nutrition rough.
Roasted Tricolor sweet potatoes and beets, over spinach. With anchovies, Free range eggs, and tahini-Meyer lemon dressing.5 -
i know this looks grosss but omg am i obsessed with carrot homefries/veggie mixes with hotsauce ketchup and tuna.
This entire plate is 250 calories with 21g protein not huge but i mean 250 calories. used green beans carrots yellow beans and brussel sprouts with a little saurkraut and tuna in this one. omnom
I liek hand food with lots of little bites so these plates are ideal to me lol
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Has anyone got any high volume breakfast recipes? I love this thread BTW I’m a huge volume eater!1
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Mazintrov13 wrote: »Has anyone got any high volume breakfast recipes? I love this thread BTW I’m a huge volume eater!
1 bag of spinach - sautéed with a spray of Pam and couple spoonfuls of salsa
egg whites - scrambled with fat free cheese, red onion, red pepper, and bacon bits
serve with fruit if desired.3 -
My lunches this week. I got a whole case of this when I saw it on sale, because I love this flavour. Whole can of this for lunch everyday with a whole zucchini zoodles. Loads of food for 300cal and very filling.
That soup looks amazing. It doesn't look like they offer it in the U.S. Such a shame.
That just broke my heart. Love curried soups.
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I am usually a volume eater! Right now I'm about 18 weeks pregnant, and my problem is that I can't eat that way anymore and it's driving me nuts. I feel like I'm eating constantly and rarely stay full for more than an hour. By hour 2 I'm hungry again. Quite a few times I've made a plate based on that "starving" feeling and then found myself unable to finish it. I never thought I'd have a problem with being hungry when eating 1,000 calories a day more than I used to eat (was on about 1,200 trying to lose before discovering the pregnancy).2
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I've been really liking those flavored pork loins lately. Today I made one with only 110 cal for 4oz so I had an extra large 10oz baked potato ( I don't usually have a meal like this) but I couldn't eat all the potato & some broccoli . Feel like I ate 2 meals at one sitting1
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Love the term volume eater! Haven't heard this before but it definitely sums me up. My current favourite go-to is to make a huge batch of vegetable curry. Really easy, really cheap and you get a lovely big plate full for a low calorie count.
I chuck in whatever veg takes my eye in the supermarket/is on offer/has been lurking in the fridge for a while and needs using up, along with some vegetable stock, a tin of tomatoes and some curry powder. Sometimes I put lentils in too (works great with or without them). That's it.... then just simmer away for half an hour or so till everything's cooked and it all thickens up.6 -
Friends - if you are looking for a great dish for meatless Monday’s or are veg/vegan/WFPB, give this a try. I cooked the onions and garlic in veg stock rather than oil and omitted the butter. Made it two huge servings served over steamed broccoli.
https://damndelicious.net/2015/10/21/one-pot-mushroom-rice/5 -
You guys all make me feel so lazy. When I get home from work, I just exercise, take a shower, and eat a couple huge bowls of fruit with maybe some plain roasted veggies and protein powder.
No elaborate or photogenic meals here. 5 -
I think volume eating is a great way to eat to stop hunger. It helps me reduce my calories without being hungry.4
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A day in the life of my belly, the redhead with a big appetite edition:
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DamienAngelica wrote: »A day in the life of my belly, the redhead with a big appetite edition:
Do you know how many calories that was please?5 -
Breakfast was about 600 calories. (It's about 500 without raisins added in the Cream of Wheat.)
Lunch was about 450. (I bulked it up using chopped cauliflower.)
Afternoon snack was about 230. (I use PB2 instead of regular peanut butter.)
Dinner was about 550. (I ended up not eating all the tuna. It was a huge steak. And instead of sour cream, I used Fage 0% plain yogurt. I am all about substituting what I can, when I can, to get the most food as possible! Normally, my plate is half filled with veggies and my protein is a much smaller portion, but my husband made the tuna and it was well worth the switch in portion sizes.)
Dessert was about 160. (Half the pint.)
A little under 2000 calories for the day. I've been eating anywhere between 1700-1900 calories, depending on my activity level and how many exercise calories I eat back. (I'm set to half a pound a week, working my way to maintenance, so I ate every exercise calorie this day.)
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Huge delicious stir fry with shirataki noodles and sesame, ginger tofu.10 -
I do my own version of volume eating, but I end up with like 60grams+ of fiber a day! Don't ya'll worry about malformation with all the fiber? Then again, its the usda that has the fiber totals, I have noticed that Canada does not. HMMMM.......1
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psychod787 wrote: »I do my own version of volume eating, but I end up with like 60grams+ of fiber a day! Don't ya'll worry about malformation with all the fiber? Then again, its the usda that has the fiber totals, I have noticed that Canada does not. HMMMM.......
I don’t worry about fiber one bit, and I’m closer to 75g per day. Not sure what you mean by malformation.4 -
sorry typo, mal-absorptionpsychod787 wrote: »I do my own version of volume eating, but I end up with like 60grams+ of fiber a day! Don't ya'll worry about malformation with all the fiber? Then again, its the usda that has the fiber totals, I have noticed that Canada does not. HMMMM.......
I don’t worry about fiber one bit, and I’m closer to 75g per day. Not sure what you mean by malformation.
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psychod787 wrote: »I do my own version of volume eating, but I end up with like 60grams+ of fiber a day! Don't ya'll worry about malformation with all the fiber? Then again, its the usda that has the fiber totals, I have noticed that Canada does not. HMMMM.......
I don’t worry about fiber one bit, and I’m closer to 75g per day. Not sure what you mean by malformation.
No I get 100+ a day. I used to get 150ish when I was obsessed with quest bars and have never had issues.2 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »psychod787 wrote: »I do my own version of volume eating, but I end up with like 60grams+ of fiber a day! Don't ya'll worry about malformation with all the fiber? Then again, its the usda that has the fiber totals, I have noticed that Canada does not. HMMMM.......
I don’t worry about fiber one bit, and I’m closer to 75g per day. Not sure what you mean by malformation.
No I get 100+ a day. I used to get 150ish when I was obsessed with quest bars and have never had issues.
wow! 150 "KITTEN" GRAMS! I would drop... well.... a solid..... ok you get the picture.5 -
Needed a really low calorie supper after a calorie-Bomb filled afternoon.
Zoodle ribbons tossed in peanut sauce (veg stock, garlic, PB2 and red pepper flake).
Wasn’t the worlds most delicious, but it was pretty and filling and about 200 cals.7 -
So glad I came into this thread as I've lowered my calorie allowance yesterday and struggled quite a bit with not feeling satisfied.
For my lunches I've been unknowingly volume eating with veg (I'm also currently in love with mushy peas
as a low carb side/addition to bulk up my meals) but I need to experiment more to keep things exciting and try and cut down on the snacking by making veggie volume even bigger!
I think using fresh rather than frozen veg will help so when i weigh it there will be more accuracy.
I've got some great ideas from this thread now- thanks!!2 -
So glad I came into this thread as I've lowered my calorie allowance yesterday and struggled quite a bit with not feeling satisfied.
For my lunches I've been unknowingly volume eating with veg (I'm also currently in love with mushy peas as a low carb side/addition to bulk up my meals) but I need to experiment more to keep things exciting and try and cut down on the snacking by making veggie volume even bigger!
I think using fresh rather than frozen veg will help so when i weigh it there will be more accuracy.
I've got some great ideas from this thread now- thanks!!
You can still be accurate with frozen as well.
If it's a frozen variety that you steam in bag I weigh the whole product in the bag first & then weigh the bag separately to subtract the bag weight from the beginning total.
If its one that you just heat in the microwave sans the bag I just weigh out the portion I want in grams & then input that total in the diary.1
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