What foods make you feel full?
Options
Replies
-
I agree. There is nothing wrong with feeling hungry. Granted, I am not a volume eater either. I hate feeling weighed down with food.
I think that there are 2 types of fullness and you need a balance between them.
1. enough food- you have something to chew and there is enough on the plate so you actually feel like you put something in your body.
2. enough flavor- you need to also satisfy your appetite. Eat stuff you like and if you need to bulk out a smaller serving of lasagna with some broccoli on the side, then do it. Getting a good balance of not only macros, but also textures and flavors will make your meals enjoyable and you hopefully won't feel hungry for more until it is time for more.
It also takes some time to go from eating large, oversized portions to smaller portions. If you have recently decreased your portion size significantly, you will feel hungry. It gets easier though. Your body has been used to being overstuffed and has taken that to be normal. It will adjust though; just give it a couple weeks years.0 -
Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »MagnumOpus1 wrote: »I prefer to eat light within the day because i feel sharper and tend to eat a feast of a dinner to close out the day with a few smaller eats sprinkled around that meal. A large amount of protein & carbs tend to satiate me.
Same! I went from eating breakfast, snacks, lunch, snack dinner before weight loss to just eating a light lunch and then eating a huge dinner and late at night. The body really adapts. 1-2 bigger meals fills me more than eating smaller and more often. When I was used to eating throughout the day I always felt hungry, now I don't really want or need food until afternoon. I am also more productive at work without snacking distracting me, haha.2 -
I find a mix of protein and fiber are very satisfying to me. My foods naturally lean towards a good deal of both.0
-
I just love fries. I mean.....L-O-V-E fries!! I started doing them in the oven and they are shockingly low in calories and they fill me. I usually do 2 servings and it is around 240 cals.2
-
Enough carbs to keep your body from trying to go into ketosis but not enough to trigger insulin spikes along with a mix of proteins and fats. Keep your macros about 30-40% carbs.
Also, try intermittent fasting. I'm never hungry in the morning so I just wake up and get on with my day. By lunch I'm hungry and I can eat enough to be full with the calories saved from breakfast.2 -
protein and fiber have always worked for me.
I usually skip breakfast, then split my calories between an early lunch and dinner for big, filling meals. Trying to do tiny meals and snacks throughout the day just leaves me hungry all the time.
I'll make something like poached eggs and a porkchop with steamed broccoli, or do the 'breakfast for supper' thing with eggs, toast or hashbrowns and sausage if I'm especially hungry. Most work days I just throw four chicken thighs in a pan as soon I get home, season and pop in the over while I fix another pan of whatever veggie I feel like. Split that up between lunch and dinner and its really difficult to go over my calories.
If I eat a light lunch (which I typically do on days I'm working) I just think of that as clearing more room for an especially indulgent supper.
You really have to experiment around to find something that works specifically for you though.
edit:ACanadian22 wrote: »I just love fries. I mean.....L-O-V-E fries!! I started doing them in the oven and they are shockingly low in calories and they fill me. I usually do 2 servings and it is around 240 cals.
Yeah...potatoes are actually really good and filling for less calories than you'd think. They get their bad rap because people drown them in cheese and ranch and butter I guess.
I took this as an example to show someone on another forum what 100 calories of red potatoes looks like:
Pair that with a couple scrambled eggs with an ounce of breakfast sausage crumbled in and it's a decently filling meal for like 350 calories total.0 -
(edit fail sorry)
0 -
(quote is not edit...not sure how to delete this)0
-
-
You are right - a spoon is much more efficient - no wasted effort - but I'm a chunky kind of guy1 -
My body is strange. I can be full on something one day and the next day I have it and am starving an hour later. But typically what fills me (most of the time): cottage cheese, tuna, chicken, Greek yogurt, "heavy" pasta (such as lasagna made with meat).0
-
Eggs, potatoes, chicken, and large bowls of soup fill me up.1
-
I forgot about potatoes!0
-
Things like legumes and lentils and potatoes and sweet potatoes.0
-
Volume for me, I love a massive bowl of soup or a salad with a lot of vegetables. I also try to eat my protein nowadays, before myfitnesspal I was eating about half of what I needed in a day- fish is my go to.0
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 391.9K Introduce Yourself
- 43.5K Getting Started
- 259.8K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.7K Food and Nutrition
- 47.3K Recipes
- 232.3K Fitness and Exercise
- 398 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.4K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 152.8K Motivation and Support
- 7.9K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.4K MyFitnessPal Information
- 23 News and Announcements
- 977 Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.4K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions