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Volume Eaters Thread
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psychod787 wrote: »ladyzherra wrote: »I eat a lot of volume. I am also a binge eater and overeater. Is the difference really just a name? I am a whole food vegan and my choices are veggies but does that really nullify the fact that I have no control over my portions?
We have to make our own way in this life.
I’d venture to guess that this is the whole thing.
Can you live peacefully with your choices?
‘Binging’ in clinical terms is usually defined by a reasonably intense caloric intake in a short period of time, but (maybe more importantly) also usually accompanied by shame, secrecy, and a characteristic ‘loss of control.’ Followed by, usually, a good deal of guilt.
Most Americans struggle to get adequate servings of vegetables, and hide the ones they do eat under sauces or clusterkitten them to all hell by deep fried prep and ketchup toppers (hi, corn syrup. I’m looking at you! French fries and ketchup are the top ranking ‘veggies’ consumed by American kids.)
I’ll easily kill half of a spaghetti squash, and a tub of spinach. Follow it up with an Apple the size of my head. Guilt? Loss of control? Nope. I struggled for a while with feeling weird about it. Then I took a hard look at what it means to eat ‘normally.’ Normal eating, from what I can observe in my friends and the grocery carts around me, is not anything I want to sign up for. If granola bars and bagels and tortillas made me happy, felt good in my body, and met my goals, I’d eat them. They don’t, so I don’t. I’m ok not being normal.
The food habits I’m still working on changing are more intention-focused.
When I struggle to fall asleep or with physical pain and I find myself trying to ‘fix’ it with apples or grapes or chia pudding eaten by the light of the fridge at midnight - that feels bad.
We work with what we have, and continually refine the process. The path sometimes gets narrower, the more we learn and the more we do the work. Years ago I struggled with midnight granola bars. Now it’s apples. Same struggle? Maybe. But definitely a different stretch of the road. Most of us have gravitated to MFP because we want to look at our relationship with food in some way.
I’m done layering shame on top of behavior that already feels bad. I don’t find it helpful. Last night’s grain/nut/oil/sugar-free brownie, eaten at 10pm? Maybe not my best choice, and certainly didn’t take me closer to my goals. But I can live with myself today, and be transparent about where I am and who I am. That wasn’t always the case.
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One of my favorite low cal high volume meals. Turkey, Italian seasoning, lettuce tomato onion pickles spicy mustard on cracked pepper with pan cooked zucchini 😊. I like my huge wraps. Whole meal 220 calories. At that amount you can eat two if you are even more of a volume eater lol.
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One of my favorite wraps. Tons of fresh strawberries on 80 calorie sourdough wrap. Topped with lots of trivia and dark chocolate pb2. I add extra water to make a thinner consistency so that it can be drizzled on. Delicious and huge. Photo of my hand for size comparison. This is part of my night snack in addition to my three (3c each) bowls of pudding most nights.
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@Noreenmarie1234 that looks delicious! What wrap brand is 80 cals? The drizzle is just runny PB2? I’ve never tried the chocolate flavor.0
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@Noreenmarie1234 that looks delicious! What wrap brand is 80 cals? The drizzle is just runny PB2? I’ve never tried the chocolate flavor.
Yes tumaros sourdough wraps. They are huge 10 inch wraps. Best tasting and biggest with the lowest calorie amount out there. They have everything sourdough pumpernickel cracked pepper in the big ones. I don’t buy the small ones but they have a ton of other flavors in those.
Yes I make the drizzle by adding 3 tbsp of water per 4 tbsp powder, then just add drops until I get it to the right consistency. The chocolate pb2 recently changed their recipe and now it’s more like pure dark chocolate. Less pb in flavor. I liked the old recipe a lot more, but this one is still good. It is less sweet though. I add a lot of truvia to the wrap too because I have a major sweet tooth and like everything super sweet, lol.5 -
Seared Tuna Pepper Steak with Sesame/Soy/Sherry Sauce and Roasted Broccoli
300g (2/3 lbs.) tuna
salt/lot's of pepper
1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons dry sherry
475g (1+ lbs.) broccoli
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
salt/pepper
touch of 5-spice
For the meal: 660 calories, 39g carbs, 17g fat, 88g protein.
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sweetangelkitten wrote: »I like to volume eat in the evening, dinner is my favorite meal and I often don't want the meal to end. I try to eat lots of veg with supper and a good filling meat. Vegetables with shrimp or salmon is nice Or if I feel snackish, turkey slices with pickles wrapped in em
My favorite meal is salmon with half a plate of veggies. Easy, fast, and tastes amazing every time!2 -
just_Tomek wrote: »Who is coming over? Never mind. All gone now lol but it was enough for two, I swear. And the whole thing? Not even 400cal dinner.
HAHA, that is my kind of meal! My family always joke when I am cooking myself a meal "wow thanks for making enough for all of us".
Is that rice in the back or cauliflower "rice"?1 -
Woah. Super late to the party, but glad I found this thread!1
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just_Tomek wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »just_Tomek wrote: »Who is coming over? Never mind. All gone now lol but it was enough for two, I swear. And the whole thing? Not even 400cal dinner.
HAHA, that is my kind of meal! My family always joke when I am cooking myself a meal "wow thanks for making enough for all of us".
Is that rice in the back or cauliflower "rice"?
Better than rice konjac rice with some saffron mixed in. In the yellow curry 200g pollock and veggies.
Konjac (or shirataki) is a staple for me.
I wish it weren't so costly, though. May I ask where you purchase yours?
Any advice for the most frugal?0 -
just_Tomek wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »just_Tomek wrote: »Who is coming over? Never mind. All gone now lol but it was enough for two, I swear. And the whole thing? Not even 400cal dinner.
HAHA, that is my kind of meal! My family always joke when I am cooking myself a meal "wow thanks for making enough for all of us".
Is that rice in the back or cauliflower "rice"?
Better than rice konjac rice with some saffron mixed in. In the yellow curry 200g pollock and veggies.
Konjac (or shirataki) is a staple for me.
I wish it weren't so costly, though. May I ask where you purchase yours?
Any advice for the most frugal?
I get that...love the Better Than Rice product...although the only one I've come across is at my local natural food store @ $5/bag. I don't purchase too often because of that.0 -
just_Tomek wrote: »just_Tomek wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »just_Tomek wrote: »Who is coming over? Never mind. All gone now lol but it was enough for two, I swear. And the whole thing? Not even 400cal dinner.
HAHA, that is my kind of meal! My family always joke when I am cooking myself a meal "wow thanks for making enough for all of us".
Is that rice in the back or cauliflower "rice"?
Better than rice konjac rice with some saffron mixed in. In the yellow curry 200g pollock and veggies.
Konjac (or shirataki) is a staple for me.
I wish it weren't so costly, though. May I ask where you purchase yours?
Any advice for the most frugal?
I am on Canada and we pay $3.99 a package for rice. Noodles are much cheaper at Asian shops for $1.50 a box.
California, and a crazy expensive area because SF proximity.
Asian stores for the WIN- $1-ish at Ranch99.
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tthickens637 wrote: »
@tthickens637 to make sweet potato toast cut a sweet potato into 1/4 inch slices, pop in toaster and toast like you would bread. Super easy and yum 😊2 -
just_Tomek wrote: »just_Tomek wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »just_Tomek wrote: »Who is coming over? Never mind. All gone now lol but it was enough for two, I swear. And the whole thing? Not even 400cal dinner.
HAHA, that is my kind of meal! My family always joke when I am cooking myself a meal "wow thanks for making enough for all of us".
Is that rice in the back or cauliflower "rice"?
Better than rice konjac rice with some saffron mixed in. In the yellow curry 200g pollock and veggies.
Konjac (or shirataki) is a staple for me.
I wish it weren't so costly, though. May I ask where you purchase yours?
Any advice for the most frugal?
I am on Canada and we pay $3.99 a package for rice. Noodles are much cheaper at Asian shops for $1.50 a box.
Ranch 99 has lots of great produce and all sorts of other things at super low prices compared to other stores in CA. My favorite things to get there are Chinese eggplant, Bok choy (they have all sorts of varieties I’ve never seen before), snap peas, cabbage, Persian cucumbers, Chinese long beans,etc. I also get rice wine vinegar and things like that for great prices. It’s a volume eater’s (and someone that likes to experiment with exotic produce and ingredients) paradise!
I also find lots of treasures at roadside farm stands and farmers markets.0 -
tthickens637 wrote: »
@tthickens637 to make sweet potato toast cut a sweet potato into 1/4 inch slices, pop in toaster and toast like you would bread. Super easy and yum 😊
Wow!!! Now that's my kind of cooking. 😆 Thank You.2 -
sure do like burger night!!!
and just over 1600cal5 -
Watches a YouTube video that showed people making a konjac or however you spell it. Nurses catch spell. Lol looked awesome!2
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just_Tomek wrote: »Not gonna lie, I had problems finishing this gochujang young jackfruit with peas, butternut squash on konjaku noodles. All of this here for 300cal dinner. I am stuffed. Very very stuffed.
@just_Tomek I have a can of jackfruit I’m scared of. Any prep advice?
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