Cannot eat big meals
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NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »One option might be to make or pack calorie-dense meals and then eat them in courses throughout the day. Things like nuts, hard-boiled eggs, apples & peanut butter, protein bars, cheese, avocado, pizza, ice cream, etc. So you'd be getting the same calories and nutrition as you'd get from the meal, just spread out over time.
I'd also agree that a doctor's visit might be good if this is affecting your life.
Yeah, I’ll bring it up with my doctor tomorrow & schedule an appointment with a nutritionist.
That sounds like a good plan. I would suggest a registered dietitian rather than a nutritionist, though. idk where you're located but around here anyone who takes a weekend class can use the title nutritionist while a dietitian has to go through actual training.
We can just start throwing food ideas and recipes at you (it's basically what I'm doing on the calorie dense foods thread I linked above, anyway) but I think you'd get advice better tailored to your situation if we had more details about what you like and what you're looking for.
Without more specific details, here are some food ideas:
https://www.recipetineats.com/hummus-lamb/
https://joyfoodsunshine.com/almond-butter-energy-bites/
https://www.babble.com/best-recipes/taco-pop-tarts/
https://www.foxandbriar.com/honey-lime-steak-tacos-with-avocado-crema/
https://www.averiecooks.com/sweet-potato-chickpea-coconut-curry/
I think she might be a dietician, I’ll have to look at her again to double check. I thought they were the same thing.
Those are good ideas, yeah. It’d take me days to list everything I like.
Chicken
Turkey
Avocado
Broccoli
Lettuce
Cooked tomatoes
Fish
Sushi
Curry
Peppers (sweet & hot)
Hummus
Bacon (I like turkey bacon, too)
Eggs
Cheese
Anyway, I don’t know what healthy food is. All I’ve been taught is to eat low calorie foods.
Your profile says that you're a future EMT. Learning to fuel your body is going to be important in that career path. It might help to get rid of this idea that some foods are healthy and some are not. All foods can be healthy if they fit within the context of a healthy diet.
Everything you listed is good for you. Start putting those things together into meals that fit the amount of food you want to eat. There's a certain amount of work here that we can't do for you.
If you just want a pre-made meal plan, those exist. I have some linked in the calorie dense foods thread above. But I think most people are better off in the long term if they can make a meal plan that fits their particular likes and dislikes.
How about bacon and an egg for breakfast, a hummus & cheese sandwich with hot peppers for lunch, and a half serving of chicken coconut curry with avocado on the side? That gets you to 800 calories-ish and then you can toss in a couple of snacks to get to 1200. A serving of nuts and then a bit of cheese and a hard-boiled egg would do it.8 -
NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »Yesterday for lunch you had two rice cakes and some light mayo. Replace the rice cakes with something more calorie dense like bread or naan or crackers and maybe replace the light mayo with regular mayo or peanut butter or hummus and maybe toss in some protein like a slice of cheese. It would double the number of calories you had in a meal without increasing the amount of food that hit your stomach.
I thought bread was bad for you, which is why I went with the rice cakes. The rice cakes was with the light mayo, cheese, and chicken deli slices. Made a sandwich out of it. Hummus sounds like a good idea, though.
Bread isn't bad for you. It's just a grain-based food, like rice cakes are.janejellyroll wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »Yesterday for lunch you had two rice cakes and some light mayo. Replace the rice cakes with something more calorie dense like bread or naan or crackers and maybe replace the light mayo with regular mayo or peanut butter or hummus and maybe toss in some protein like a slice of cheese. It would double the number of calories you had in a meal without increasing the amount of food that hit your stomach.
I thought bread was bad for you, which is why I went with the rice cakes. The rice cakes was with the light mayo, cheese, and chicken deli slices. Made a sandwich out of it. Hummus sounds like a good idea, though.
Bread isn't bad for you. It's just a grain-based food, like rice cakes are.
I thought it was because of the carbs.
Carbs aren't bad for you unless there's a health issue that hasn't been disclosed here (and that's find, no one needs your full history on the internet).
If you want to go low-carb (and again, you can eat a healthy diet with or without low-carbing) then look up some low-carb lunch ideas. Egg salad is a great one. You could eat it on your rice cakes if you wanted to, or I often eat mine in a lettuce wrap or some pita bread.
Here's a random low-carb recipe plan I found on the internet. There are others out there: http://www.eatingwell.com/article/290771/7-day-1200-calorie-low-carb-meal-plan-to-lose-weight/6 -
NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »Yesterday for lunch you had two rice cakes and some light mayo. Replace the rice cakes with something more calorie dense like bread or naan or crackers and maybe replace the light mayo with regular mayo or peanut butter or hummus and maybe toss in some protein like a slice of cheese. It would double the number of calories you had in a meal without increasing the amount of food that hit your stomach.
I thought bread was bad for you, which is why I went with the rice cakes. The rice cakes was with the light mayo, cheese, and chicken deli slices. Made a sandwich out of it. Hummus sounds like a good idea, though.
Bread isn't bad for you. It's just a grain-based food, like rice cakes are.janejellyroll wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »Yesterday for lunch you had two rice cakes and some light mayo. Replace the rice cakes with something more calorie dense like bread or naan or crackers and maybe replace the light mayo with regular mayo or peanut butter or hummus and maybe toss in some protein like a slice of cheese. It would double the number of calories you had in a meal without increasing the amount of food that hit your stomach.
I thought bread was bad for you, which is why I went with the rice cakes. The rice cakes was with the light mayo, cheese, and chicken deli slices. Made a sandwich out of it. Hummus sounds like a good idea, though.
Bread isn't bad for you. It's just a grain-based food, like rice cakes are.
I thought it was because of the carbs.
Carbohydrates aren't bad for you. Even if they were (which they aren't), rice is high in carbohydrates. You're just switching out one carbohydrate for another. That's fine if you happen to prefer rice cakes to bread. But if your goal is to have a healthy diet, bread can easily fit into that.12 -
Simple. Make the meals you want to eat within your calories and nibble on them every time you pass by the fridge. It's not really that different from eating junk food throughout the day. If you took a few bites of that fillet, put it in the fridge and came back for it later you would be able to eat a whole fillet of fish.3
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Thanks for the help, folks.2
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Stock your refrigerator with cut up vegetables and some hummus or salsa - something you like. If you crave pizza or chips, don't keep it in the house, but go out and buy one slice or a lunch size bag of chips. I wasn't raised to eat healthy either, but you can unlearn those habits and make new ones. It will take a while to get used to, but you will likely find that those junk foods no longer appeal to you. You have to want to make the change, and then stick with it while your body adjusts.1
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NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »Yesterday for lunch you had two rice cakes and some light mayo. Replace the rice cakes with something more calorie dense like bread or naan or crackers and maybe replace the light mayo with regular mayo or peanut butter or hummus and maybe toss in some protein like a slice of cheese. It would double the number of calories you had in a meal without increasing the amount of food that hit your stomach.
I thought bread was bad for you, which is why I went with the rice cakes. The rice cakes was with the light mayo, cheese, and chicken deli slices. Made a sandwich out of it. Hummus sounds like a good idea, though.
Bread isn't bad for you. It's just a grain-based food, like rice cakes are.janejellyroll wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »Yesterday for lunch you had two rice cakes and some light mayo. Replace the rice cakes with something more calorie dense like bread or naan or crackers and maybe replace the light mayo with regular mayo or peanut butter or hummus and maybe toss in some protein like a slice of cheese. It would double the number of calories you had in a meal without increasing the amount of food that hit your stomach.
I thought bread was bad for you, which is why I went with the rice cakes. The rice cakes was with the light mayo, cheese, and chicken deli slices. Made a sandwich out of it. Hummus sounds like a good idea, though.
Bread isn't bad for you. It's just a grain-based food, like rice cakes are.
I thought it was because of the carbs.
Carbs aren't bad5 -
TavistockToad wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »Yesterday for lunch you had two rice cakes and some light mayo. Replace the rice cakes with something more calorie dense like bread or naan or crackers and maybe replace the light mayo with regular mayo or peanut butter or hummus and maybe toss in some protein like a slice of cheese. It would double the number of calories you had in a meal without increasing the amount of food that hit your stomach.
I thought bread was bad for you, which is why I went with the rice cakes. The rice cakes was with the light mayo, cheese, and chicken deli slices. Made a sandwich out of it. Hummus sounds like a good idea, though.
Bread isn't bad for you. It's just a grain-based food, like rice cakes are.janejellyroll wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »Yesterday for lunch you had two rice cakes and some light mayo. Replace the rice cakes with something more calorie dense like bread or naan or crackers and maybe replace the light mayo with regular mayo or peanut butter or hummus and maybe toss in some protein like a slice of cheese. It would double the number of calories you had in a meal without increasing the amount of food that hit your stomach.
I thought bread was bad for you, which is why I went with the rice cakes. The rice cakes was with the light mayo, cheese, and chicken deli slices. Made a sandwich out of it. Hummus sounds like a good idea, though.
Bread isn't bad for you. It's just a grain-based food, like rice cakes are.
I thought it was because of the carbs.
Carbs aren't bad
Yeah, someone explained that earlier in the thread.
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NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »Yesterday for lunch you had two rice cakes and some light mayo. Replace the rice cakes with something more calorie dense like bread or naan or crackers and maybe replace the light mayo with regular mayo or peanut butter or hummus and maybe toss in some protein like a slice of cheese. It would double the number of calories you had in a meal without increasing the amount of food that hit your stomach.
I thought bread was bad for you, which is why I went with the rice cakes. The rice cakes was with the light mayo, cheese, and chicken deli slices. Made a sandwich out of it. Hummus sounds like a good idea, though.
Bread isn't bad for you. It's just a grain-based food, like rice cakes are.janejellyroll wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »Yesterday for lunch you had two rice cakes and some light mayo. Replace the rice cakes with something more calorie dense like bread or naan or crackers and maybe replace the light mayo with regular mayo or peanut butter or hummus and maybe toss in some protein like a slice of cheese. It would double the number of calories you had in a meal without increasing the amount of food that hit your stomach.
I thought bread was bad for you, which is why I went with the rice cakes. The rice cakes was with the light mayo, cheese, and chicken deli slices. Made a sandwich out of it. Hummus sounds like a good idea, though.
Bread isn't bad for you. It's just a grain-based food, like rice cakes are.
I thought it was because of the carbs.
Carbs aren't bad
Yeah, someone explained that earlier in the thread.
Excellent news :bigsmile:5 -
You probably need to unlearn any complicated "rules" of eating healthy. If you want a lifestyle change it starts with keeping things simple and in your wheelhouse. For instance if you are cooking challenged and you want more vegetables you can go with a salad that doesn't need cooking and steamer packs of vegetables from the freezer section that can just be microwaved. Just because freshly cooked vegetables might be better doesn't mean frozen vegetables are bad for you.
Make small changes and experiment. You don't have to figure it out what healthy means to you overnight.9 -
NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »If you can eat an entire pizza and an entire bag of chips you can eat big meals. i dont understand the issue?cwolfman13 wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »What did you eat when you were gaining weight?
Crap food. I’ve always been a big junk food eater, mostly salty stuff. I admit, I used to eat an entire giant bag of chips to myself with a jar of ranch dip in two days. Oh, and a medium pizza at least once a week to myself.
Always just, junk.
If you can eat an entire medium pizza yourself, I don't think your issue is with not being able to eat large meals or finishing a small piece of fish. This seems like more of a mental thing with your current food choices than a stomach capacity issue.
Haha that’s kind of cute, I don’t eat it all in one go 😂😂😂 And I’d always get thin crust pizza. It would be throughout the day, not one sitting, hahaha.
So if your previous eating pattern was to eat a large portion of specific foods over the course of an entire day, why not use that strategy now?
You know you can get sufficient calories that way (since before you had excess calories using this method). And if you're tracking, you should be able to see what you're missing out on nutritionally (if anything) and then make adjustments to your meals based on what you'd like to get more of in your diet.
I just don’t know what to eat. Which is why I made this post. I disagree with others that I can eat pizza & other stuff all the time. It’s not a good idea. I want a healthy lifestyle, not this unhealthy weight-gain terrible lifestyle.
I wouldn't eat pizza *all the time* (you probably need some other stuff in your diet). But if it's a food you like and find palatable, why isn't it a good idea for you to eat it sometimes?
You gained weight because you consumed more calories than your body was using, not because pizza is a uniquely terrible food. It's a collection of pretty standard foods -- bread, tomato sauce, cheese, vegetables, meats. Nobody has to eat pizza for good health, but neither do you have to avoid it for good health.
But you're free to avoid it if you don't want it. When you say "healthy lifestyle," what does that mean to you? What kind of foods would you be eating?
Eating pizza like that was early 2017 for me. I don’t do it any more. I’ll have pizza on occasion.
Yes, I did gain because I ate too many calories & barely exercised, always coming up with an excuse not to.
Healthy lifestyle, eating more greens, stuff like that. Cutting out red meat, eating more lean meat & fish. I usually have sushi these days, but the ones without the creamy dressing. Exercising daily.
I don’t know how to make meals. I don’t know how to cook things, especially healthy things. I should probably invest in a cookbook or something.
If I could only have one cookbook, it would be The Joy of Cooking. In fact, for many years, it was my only cookbook, and what I used to teach myself how to cook when I left home with no skills. Your library system may have it - mine does! In fact, my library has tons of cookbooks.
You may find cooking shows useful as well. But if you want a cookbook/encyclopedia, get the JOC.5 -
NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »And by big, I mean normal sized meals, that average people eat. I just can’t, never have, even as a small child. Finishing a plate of food has always been a challenge for me. Just the other day, I couldn’t finish a small salmon fillet and had to give the rest to my boyfriend so it didn’t go to waste. I get full quickly to the point of nausea if I continue.
Because of this, I’m finding myself snacking a lot. I eat small portions of things throughout the day to keep myself going.
Anyone have any tips/ideas for a healthy way to get all my nutrients in through small meals/snacks? I want to eat healthier & not grab a bag of potato chips or a candy bar. My parents didn’t raise me healthy, so it’s definitely a struggle knowing what’s good for me & what isn’t.
Thanks!NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »And by big, I mean normal sized meals, that average people eat. I just can’t, never have, even as a small child. Finishing a plate of food has always been a challenge for me. Just the other day, I couldn’t finish a small salmon fillet and had to give the rest to my boyfriend so it didn’t go to waste. I get full quickly to the point of nausea if I continue.
Because of this, I’m finding myself snacking a lot. I eat small portions of things throughout the day to keep myself going.
Anyone have any tips/ideas for a healthy way to get all my nutrients in through small meals/snacks? I want to eat healthier & not grab a bag of potato chips or a candy bar. My parents didn’t raise me healthy, so it’s definitely a struggle knowing what’s good for me & what isn’t.
Thanks!
I just make nutritious filled smoothies if my eating habits suck that day.1 -
NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »And by big, I mean normal sized meals, that average people eat. I just can’t, never have, even as a small child. Finishing a plate of food has always been a challenge for me. Just the other day, I couldn’t finish a small salmon fillet and had to give the rest to my boyfriend so it didn’t go to waste. I get full quickly to the point of nausea if I continue.
Because of this, I’m finding myself snacking a lot. I eat small portions of things throughout the day to keep myself going.
Anyone have any tips/ideas for a healthy way to get all my nutrients in through small meals/snacks? I want to eat healthier & not grab a bag of potato chips or a candy bar. My parents didn’t raise me healthy, so it’s definitely a struggle knowing what’s good for me & what isn’t.
Thanks!
I prefer small meals too. I just don't see how the OMAD people do it!
For snacks I like fruit with cottage cheese, peanut butter, nuts, or cheese, depending on whether I need more protein/fat/calories.
Having 4 oz of cottage cheese with 2 oz blueberries right now. 132 calories, 13 g protein, will get me through til dinner.2 -
Anyone have any tips/ideas for a healthy way to get all my nutrients in through small meals/snacks? I want to eat healthier & not grab a bag of potato chips or a candy bar. My parents didn’t raise me healthy, so it’s definitely a struggle knowing what’s good for me & what isn’t.
Plan your food for the day and prelog so you know you will get enough nutrients even with small amounts more often.
Don't eat the low nutrition foods until you meet your goals. After that go ahead and eat whatever you like that fits your calorie goal.
Stock up on things like fruit, yogurt, hard boiled eggs, baby carrots, cherry tomatoes, cottage cheese, nuts, protein bars, popcorn instead of potato chips and candy bars.
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diannethegeek wrote: »One option might be to make or pack calorie-dense meals and then eat them in courses throughout the day. Things like nuts, hard-boiled eggs, apples & peanut butter, protein bars, cheese, avocado, pizza, ice cream, etc. So you'd be getting the same calories and nutrition as you'd get from the meal, just spread out over time.
I'd also agree that a doctor's visit might be good if this is affecting your life.
Or just pack a "regular" meal -- protein, veggies, a starchy side if you want it -- and then eat it "sporadically, throughout the day" like it was a medium pizza. If it's easier, break it down into snack-size portions in mutiple containers.1 -
NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »If you can eat an entire pizza and an entire bag of chips you can eat big meals. i dont understand the issue?cwolfman13 wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »What did you eat when you were gaining weight?
Crap food. I’ve always been a big junk food eater, mostly salty stuff. I admit, I used to eat an entire giant bag of chips to myself with a jar of ranch dip in two days. Oh, and a medium pizza at least once a week to myself.
Always just, junk.
If you can eat an entire medium pizza yourself, I don't think your issue is with not being able to eat large meals or finishing a small piece of fish. This seems like more of a mental thing with your current food choices than a stomach capacity issue.
Haha that’s kind of cute, I don’t eat it all in one go 😂😂😂 And I’d always get thin crust pizza. It would be throughout the day, not one sitting, hahaha.
So if your previous eating pattern was to eat a large portion of specific foods over the course of an entire day, why not use that strategy now?
You know you can get sufficient calories that way (since before you had excess calories using this method). And if you're tracking, you should be able to see what you're missing out on nutritionally (if anything) and then make adjustments to your meals based on what you'd like to get more of in your diet.
I just don’t know what to eat. Which is why I made this post. I disagree with others that I can eat pizza & other stuff all the time. It’s not a good idea. I want a healthy lifestyle, not this unhealthy weight-gain terrible lifestyle.
Since you apparently have strong opinions about what is unhealthy, pack yourself multiple snack-size portions of foods you don't consider to be unhealthy, and eat them throughout the day. You can put a third of a chicken breast or a fish steak or fillet in a container, with a third of a serving of broccoli, and third of a serving of rice. Or whatever foods fit your definition of healthy. Repeat two more times.1 -
kshama2001 wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »If you can eat an entire pizza and an entire bag of chips you can eat big meals. i dont understand the issue?cwolfman13 wrote: »NeymarMessiFCB wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »What did you eat when you were gaining weight?
Crap food. I’ve always been a big junk food eater, mostly salty stuff. I admit, I used to eat an entire giant bag of chips to myself with a jar of ranch dip in two days. Oh, and a medium pizza at least once a week to myself.
Always just, junk.
If you can eat an entire medium pizza yourself, I don't think your issue is with not being able to eat large meals or finishing a small piece of fish. This seems like more of a mental thing with your current food choices than a stomach capacity issue.
Haha that’s kind of cute, I don’t eat it all in one go 😂😂😂 And I’d always get thin crust pizza. It would be throughout the day, not one sitting, hahaha.
So if your previous eating pattern was to eat a large portion of specific foods over the course of an entire day, why not use that strategy now?
You know you can get sufficient calories that way (since before you had excess calories using this method). And if you're tracking, you should be able to see what you're missing out on nutritionally (if anything) and then make adjustments to your meals based on what you'd like to get more of in your diet.
I just don’t know what to eat. Which is why I made this post. I disagree with others that I can eat pizza & other stuff all the time. It’s not a good idea. I want a healthy lifestyle, not this unhealthy weight-gain terrible lifestyle.
I wouldn't eat pizza *all the time* (you probably need some other stuff in your diet). But if it's a food you like and find palatable, why isn't it a good idea for you to eat it sometimes?
You gained weight because you consumed more calories than your body was using, not because pizza is a uniquely terrible food. It's a collection of pretty standard foods -- bread, tomato sauce, cheese, vegetables, meats. Nobody has to eat pizza for good health, but neither do you have to avoid it for good health.
But you're free to avoid it if you don't want it. When you say "healthy lifestyle," what does that mean to you? What kind of foods would you be eating?
Eating pizza like that was early 2017 for me. I don’t do it any more. I’ll have pizza on occasion.
Yes, I did gain because I ate too many calories & barely exercised, always coming up with an excuse not to.
Healthy lifestyle, eating more greens, stuff like that. Cutting out red meat, eating more lean meat & fish. I usually have sushi these days, but the ones without the creamy dressing. Exercising daily.
I don’t know how to make meals. I don’t know how to cook things, especially healthy things. I should probably invest in a cookbook or something.
If I could only have one cookbook, it would be The Joy of Cooking. In fact, for many years, it was my only cookbook, and what I used to teach myself how to cook when I left home with no skills. Your library system may have it - mine does! In fact, my library has tons of cookbooks.
You may find cooking shows useful as well. But if you want a cookbook/encyclopedia, get the JOC.
You can borrow it virtually before getting a physical copy to see if you like it. There are high quality scans of it.
https://archive.org/search.php?query=The Joy of Cooking&and[]=mediatype:"texts"0
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