Need filling food ideas

Are you making sure you have protein which helps stave off hunger pangs? If you have celery add a little p.b. or if you have fruit add a little cheese. I find if I have a combo that includes protein I am much better. If I'm not watching my carbs I also eat air popped popcorn.

Research, do as much of it as you can - find the food lowest in calories so you can eat more, like white fish, you can eat 2 times more than chicken pork or lean beef, and you can pair it with things like grilled Zucchini or yellow Squash. Spaghetti Squash is only 45 cal for a cup, plus I always fill atleast half of my plate with good quality mixed greens, either make homeade dressing or use lemon. I found the trick was staying at 1200 calories and then finding as many foods that were so low I could eat a lot - I like to have a full belly at the end of meal.

Also for lunch I use the Dempsters Body Wise Wraps, fill them with Veggies and fresh herbs and then one protein, either light cheese (I use the pre portioned skim milk cheese strings approx 60 cal per serving, mozzarella) Roma tomato, basil and spinach and press it in my George Foreman Grill. It's so fast and easy and then paired with a mixed greens (15 cal for 3 cups!!!) it's super low cal and I am full - for around 200 cal (inc salad and dressing with .5 tsp olive oil and vinegar and garlic... )

I also think you MUST eat 6 smaller meals per day, never leaving more than a few hours between eating, this helps keep hunger at bay, and you don't spike your blood sugar. Also Oats for breakfast with 1/2 cup blueberries fills me in the am.

Goodluck-

Are you making sure you have protein which helps stave off hunger pangs? If you have celery add a little p.b. or if you have fruit add a little cheese. I find if I have a combo that includes protein I am much better. If I'm not watching my carbs I also eat air popped popcorn.

I agree with this. I often have some peanut butter with something (apple slices, bagel thin, rice cracker, etc...) or hummus with veggies. Right now I'm hard boiling some eggs so I can take one with me for a snack.

I am a volume eater,

I got some lists of foods ranking calories and fiber ranked, and went down the list noting which were my favorite:

celery yes, eggplant no,

I made this MY list,

then I tried to make some combinations I liked,

Fiber One cereal, almond milk, raspberries,

lunch: recipe of finely chopped celery, FAGE yogurt, very low sodium tuna, on low sodium rice crackers, I can eat two whole piled on heaps of the tuna/celery mixture on each rice cracker,

from my list it became apparent I can eat much more veg than anything else, and although it is not what I want It works,

so I am making very good friends with tomatoes, egg whites and low sodium low fat cottage cheese

How about some low cal soups - could help to fill you up even in between meals. I found some great recipes on Cook Yourself Thin and also the bbcgoodfood websites.

Protein works best for me..others might say fiber, especially from veggies.

Try switching up your foods and meal sizes too. I went from eating hardly anything for breakfast and snacking all day to eating a bigger breakfast (at least 300 calories) and making sure I got lots of protein in that meal. It really helps me stay full, even to the point of being able to avoid snacking later in the day most of the time.

watch the soups, they are usually packed with sodium and that sets up the sodium/fat/sugar spiral

I wish there were a really good low sodium soup available

Try eating food with low GI.

Low GI Meals leave you FEELING FULLER LONGER, ease food cravings and provide you with greater and more sustained energy levels. If you’re looking to either lose weight, or maintain your existing weight, a low GI diet lifestyle is the perfect option. Also, if you find yourself lethargic, losing concentration, or experiencing mood swings an hour or so after eating, a change to low GI meals may show immediate benefits.

In term of long terms health, Low GI Diets are important to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes or heart disease. However, if you’ve already been diagnosed with diabetes, low GI diets have been shown to improve both lipid and glucose levels, maintain more stable insulin levels and reduce insulin resistance, which is important in reducing the risk of long term diabetes-related complications.

More and more health benefits associated with choosing a low glycemic index diet are constantly being realised, but the ones we’ve listed are certainly already impressive …

-Control and stabilise your blood sugar levels
-Raise your HDL (“good”) cholesterol
-Lower your LDL (“bad”) cholesterol levels
-Assist you with weight loss
-Manage symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
-Improve your body’s sensitivity to insulin
-Lower your risk of type 2 diabetes
-Lower your risk of heart disease
-Improve your energy levels and general well-being

You can search the list of food which is low in GI online. (:

Hope this helps.

Cheers.

watch the soups, they are usually packed with sodium and that sets up the sodium/fat/sugar spiral

I wish there were a really good low sodium soup available

Surely if you make your own soup then you can control the amount of sodium in it. Thai butternut squash is particularly rich in flavour but low in fat.