Volume Eaters Thread
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I also just ordered nutritional yeast (no clue what it tastes like) to sprinkle on broccoli, cauliflower, roast squash
Nutritional yeast has a cheesy flavor. Very nice on popcorn... plenty of ideas on the web about what to do with it. I would recommend just trying a little at a time until you figure out what works for you.
I used to get nutritional yeast in a huge tub (the empty is used as a waste basket) because I had cats who loved it. One cat would beg for more nutritional yeast topping before she even ate the regular cat food. Once I spilled a bunch on the floor and by the time I got back with something to clean it up -- it was GONE without a trace.
An alternative to Parmesan cheese is a blend of nutritional yeast and ground nuts/seeds. There must be recipes for homemade mixes floating around the web. I like the commercial Parma!, which just used ground walnuts originally but then added ground sunflower seeds and hemp seeds. So I think the possibilities are endless if you want to experiment.
I like to add Parma! to veggies, pasta, rice, etc. Also good on popcorn, especially with a green veggie powder.
I use ground cashews and nutritional yeast mix for vegan parm. Delicious and takes seconds to make. Never tried it on popcorn though, but definitely will, what a great idea!0 -
I also just ordered nutritional yeast (no clue what it tastes like) to sprinkle on broccoli, cauliflower, roast squash
Nutritional yeast has a cheesy flavor. Very nice on popcorn... plenty of ideas on the web about what to do with it. I would recommend just trying a little at a time until you figure out what works for you.
I used to get nutritional yeast in a huge tub (the empty is used as a waste basket) because I had cats who loved it. One cat would beg for more nutritional yeast topping before she even ate the regular cat food. Once I spilled a bunch on the floor and by the time I got back with something to clean it up -- it was GONE without a trace.
An alternative to Parmesan cheese is a blend of nutritional yeast and ground nuts/seeds. There must be recipes for homemade mixes floating around the web. I like the commercial Parma!, which just used ground walnuts originally but then added ground sunflower seeds and hemp seeds. So I think the possibilities are endless if you want to experiment.
I like to add Parma! to veggies, pasta, rice, etc. Also good on popcorn, especially with a green veggie powder.
Eat this nightly0 -
Pasta fan here. I'll have a (for me) huge amount of farfalle pasta today, with pieces of smoked chicken, sundried tomatoes and a bit of green pesto that I'll make myself.1
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baby spinach is my go to
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First ever ‘lemon coconut blender sorbet’-
8 big cubes frozen lemon juice&zest
4 cubes frozen silk unsweetened cashew milk
3T liquid egg whites
2 scoops vital proteins collagen (70 cals/2 scoops)
Some monksweet (granulated low sugar sweetener)
Some liquid Splenda
2T canned coconut creme
Blend to all hell.
Pack into old Talenti containers.
Freeze one, eat one.
Then go back and eat the other 2 -
Volume peeps, what are you eating this week??
Inspire me!!
I’m such a mass eater that pasta does not count as volume in my world, unless it’s shirataki or seriously cut with veggie spirals.
What volume meals are you loving right now?
Any fun new volume-friendly finds?
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I'm so boring...but still loving my baby bok choy/swiss chard/kale, etc., etc., and mandoline done daikon/English cucs/zucchini, mushrooms, Shirataki noodles etc., massive stir fries or salads, soups
Found some organic Oyster Mushrooms at T+T Market for a good price too...
Did decided to try this spice - a large container for around $10...so I hesitated. Sure glad I did! My new favorite spice (I LOVE spices!). It's like better version of lemon zest. I'm in love2 -
I'm so boring...but still loving my baby bok choy/swiss chard/kale, etc., etc., and mandoline done daikon/English cucs/zucchini, mushrooms, Shirataki noodles etc., massive stir fries or salads, soups
Found some organic Oyster Mushrooms at T+T Market for a good price too...
Did decided to try this spice - a large container for around $10...so I hesitated. Sure glad I did! My new favorite spice (I LOVE spices!). It's like better version of lemon zest. I'm in love
+1 for sumac, it's my relatively recent discovery as well.0 -
This snickerdoodle ice cream fluff was pure magic! Used 1/2 scoop cinnamon crunch PP and 1/2 scoop Salted caramel PP. Topping is 1/2 tbsp Sola sweetener with dash of cinnamon tossed in plain Ezekiel cereal.1
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Will have with some of this yummy cake and some ice 'cream' fluff for snack...once again, thanks for the recipe https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10642391/protein-angel-food-cake-make-it/p1
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just_Tomek wrote: »
Will have with some of this yummy cake and some ice 'cream' fluff for snack...once again, thanks for the recipe https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10642391/protein-angel-food-cake-make-it/p1
I had one of these for breakfast every day this week.
I hear you...I've been making it more and more...it's so versatile too 1 -
just_Tomek wrote: »
Will have with some of this yummy cake and some ice 'cream' fluff for snack...once again, thanks for the recipe https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10642391/protein-angel-food-cake-make-it/p1
I had one of these for breakfast every day this week.
I hear you...I've been making it more and more...it's so versatile too
Need. More. Egg whites.
Went thru a couple of Costco cases of EW on variations of this cake.0 -
Not sure what the secret is for properly representing scale in these photos, but this was a huge amount of food - this was a big, wide pasta bowl and it was a little under 2lbs of food. Fighting hunger all afternoon so wanted to nix it with dinner!
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^^^ Waiting patiently over here. 0
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370 cal breakfast this will take me a few mins to eat haha4 -
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?4
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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?
I understand you MORE than you know. After my massive weight loss, I have definitely gravitated towards less calorie dense food. Dont get me wrong, I was and still am a binge eater, but volume eating gives me an outlet without blowing through my calories for the day. Maybe it's not what society says I should be, but *kitten* society. We have to make our own way in this life. Best wishes4 -
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?
I stopped caring of what anyone thinks, i eat huge amounts of veggies, and mostly raw, so my lunch box is heavy and bulging with fruit and vegetables to the point that i can barely close it now, my dinner salad used to feed 4-5 people with leftovers, now it's my personal bowl of salad, hehe. So what? My family accepted the fact that this is how it is now. I've been maintaining for two and a half years, and I'm happy this way. It works for me. What used to be a plateful of potatoes or pasta are low calorie veggies now, and it keeps me satisfied and full. So call it whatever you like, i guess. But i feel that binging is quite different, so volume eating is a fitting term, imo.4 -
I’m am a volume eater AND a binge eater and believe the two to be quite different in the area of intention. So if I intend to eat an entire head of broccoli and a few sweet potatoes, that’s a volume meal. A binge would be an entire box of Kind Bars, when I intended to eat one.7
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I’m am a volume eater AND a binge eater and believe the two to be quite different in the area of intention. So if I intend to eat an entire head of broccoli and a few sweet potatoes, that’s a volume meal. A binge would be an entire box of Kind Bars, when I intended to eat one.
What is strange, is I deal with hunger and satiety issues still.. as of this a.m. only up about 6lbs. Not sure I am trusting my scale.... taking creatine, but lost 6lbs over night loss of trust.. sorry I digress.... I have noticed... since I dropped the hyper energy foods, such as Kind bars, I dont crave them hardly.... I mean food fixated, but I now crave fruit and yogurt....*kitten* kind of crazy stuff. Thanks again for introducing me to your whole food veganism. I will never do it, but introduced me to Jeff Novick, which in turn, led me to Stephan Guyenet. 😀1 -
Fluff of the day to ya! Frozen coffee cubes and Quest cold brew with a dash of vanilla. Once it was huge, I added in a tbsp of chia seeds pre-soaked in almond milk. Off the hook (if you like coffee).
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Made these brownies last night... under 450 calories for entire batch. https://www.thatslowcarb.com/keto-brownies-recipe/3
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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?
No suggestions or explanations just sending love. Struggling with food is hard.2 -
pancakerunner wrote: »Made these brownies last night... under 450 calories for entire batch. https://www.thatslowcarb.com/keto-brownies-recipe/
I just made these for my Sunday breakfast. I didn't have any low carb chocolate chips so added some stevia instead (without the chips there was no sweetness at all). I ate a quarter of the pan with some strawberries and yoghurt. I have several packets of pumpkin in the freezer from last fall and this is a great alternative to muffins. Thanks for posting it 1 -
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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