Magic Foods? Tips?
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Onedaywriter wrote: »Magical macro for me = protein snacks in the evening. At night, the snack monsters haunt me. I wants chips, cookies, ice cream etc.
But carby and fatty things just make me want more. If I have some Greek yogurt, cold cuts, boiled shrimp or even skim milk the snack demons seem happy and stop their haunting.
Also, I noticed- again maybe this is just me- if I eat the protein snack earlier- before the demons come out sometimes they stay away completely.
Me too
Also, now that I've cut out the high carb foods before bed I am sleeping better, which is magical!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10819241/how-foods-may-affect-our-sleep5 -
Coffee. Egg Whites.2
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I like volume veg. I eat 40-50 grams of fiber a day mostly from cooked and raw produce. Soups, salads, stir-fries, casseroles . . .
I gotta watch sugar and sweets. Sometimes I can have two Oreos and be fine, but other times, it's like opening Pandora's box and 2 will turn into 12 before I know it.
Gotta get to know your own body and your own head!5 -
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For me at the moment it's zucchini noodles. I like to eat fairly big portions, and this really cuts it without breaking the calorie bank.
I cook the noodles on a frying pan, then mix in a tiny bit of grated cheese and a tablespoon of cream cheese (these will melt nicely), season well and I have myself a huge tasty dinner with minimal calories4 -
Minna_2407 wrote: »For me at the moment it's zucchini noodles. I like to eat fairly big portions, and this really cuts it without breaking the calorie bank.
I cook the noodles on a frying pan, then mix in a tiny bit of grated cheese and a tablespoon of cream cheese (these will melt nicely), season well and I have myself a huge tasty dinner with minimal calories
Do you use frozen noodles or fresh? This sounds good!
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You'll need to experiment and find what foods are magical to you.
I think everyone's magical foods are different. Some find fat satiating; some find protein satiating; for some, it's carbs. Water or coffee may fill you up...or they may make you more hungry.
Water makes me hungry, but hot liquids fill me up. I find shakes and smoothies very filling, but most people don't. Very low carb makes me hungry, but high carb does, too so I like to keep it around 100-130 grams of carbs a day for best satiation. Very low carb satiates most people. Protein fills me up, usually. Sometimes, I use the volumizing approach to eating where I eat large portions of low calorie vegetables and fill in with small portions of fat/protein, but I've learned over the years that just leads to me wanting to overeat all types of foods that aren't low calorie vegetables. Sugar and snacky foods make me hungry and I cannot be trusted to have them in the house so they're not allowed. They trigger me. If I have a big breakfast, I really don't get hungry the rest of the day; If I eat lightly or not at all for breakfast, I'll be ravenous at night no matter what else I ate that day. I do best loading up on calories earlier in the day rather than saving them for a nice dinner. Wine gives me the munchies...I just learned that recently.
Experiment and see what works for you. It may be completely different than what everyone else swears by.
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Wait, what? There are magical foods?0
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I don't think there's such a thing as a truly magic food, but I have found that striking the right balance of protein to carbs and fiber is important.
Like I've found, as an example, that when I bring some eggs and turkey sausage to work for breakfast, I am satisfied. BUT, if I skip the sausage and have my eggs over Wasa crispbread (the multigrain one is something like 5 net carbs per piece), it's satisfying not only to eat but helps me feel fuller, longer, than concentrating on protein/fat alone. But it's also light enough that I don't feel weighed down and it still is less carb-y as a typical piece of bread for the whole meal.
Protein keeps a lot of people feeling fuller longer but I've found I thrive off of a little variety and I've had to get creative with how I add it in without giving into old habits.
It takes a lot of trial and error. I'm just learning as I go!
I keep wholesome snacks on me at all times because so long as I don't get HANGRY, I make good choices. But once I get too hungry, it's so, so tough to come back from. So for me it's less about finding the magic foods, and more about the best way to eat the ones I already have.6 -
Not a magic food, but I always find sunflower seeds in the shell to help with snacking. It's a whole lot of work to get a few seeds and by the time you go through even half a serving you're tired of eating them.
We take them on long car rides because it's minimal amount of calories for snacking in a car versus shoveling handfuls of chips or candy into my mouth.
It's still not calorie free or anything and with determination you can go over on calories, but it works as a much lesser evil for me.2 -
2 slices of crispy Bacon and 2 Eggs Sunny side up with a slice of toasted low carb bread....
Eggs are fried in butter with a good helping of salt and pepper...
Must be plated with 2 big yellow yokes and the bacon forming a smile and facing me as I eat. I eat the bacon and whites first... leaving just two nice and juicy un-pierced egg yokes. I then bring them closer together and move it a bit closer to me... Then I sweep each yoke one at a time, using the flat edge of my fork from the far end toward me. This forms a near perfect Silhouette of a Yellow Kermit the frog head as the yoke reaches the curved portion of my plate. Then I liberally add salt to said Kermit the frog head and diligently use my single small low carb toast to soak up every drop of goodness on my plate, finishing up with the last bit cooked yoke from Kermi's eye sockets.
I could literally enjoy this breakfast every morning for the rest of my life. It is definitely top of my list of magic food.10 -
For me it's protien and fat. Greek yogurt is perfect. Keeps me satisfied for hrs.3
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Nope, no magic foods. Some find fats to be satiating.
I would say learn to eat within your calorie intake and don’t demonize foods into good and bad groups. Instead eat foods that you like and allow you to hit calorie, micro, and macro targets.
Food addiction is not a thing...1 -
Can't help you......I found all foods magical, likely part of the reason I needed to lose 100+lbs.
Post loss, still find all foods magical, just don't let them 'amaze' me as much.
No magic weight loss foods.
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If I were you I would take a good month of not trying to restrict calories but just tracking them. Measure/weight your food. Look at serving sizes. Plug info into MFP. Get a feel for what a lot of calories IS.
Then look back for the foods you eat and enjoy already that give you a lot of food for a relatively little amount of calories, and the things that are super calorie dense that you wouldn't mind giving up/don't super love.
Build around that.
My 'magic foods' are, right now, 2% cottage cheese with sliced strawberries or blackberries, these gorton frozen fish filet things that are only 105 calories each (and they're *BREADED and delicious) with tartar sauce made from greek yogurt and sugar free relish, and air-fried carrot 'fries' with ketchup. Those are the things that I love eating, don't make me feel deprived, and don't pile on calories.
Next month? Who the heck knows.
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Lots of non starchy vegetables?? It can help to fill up half your plate with those because they take up a lot of volume and don't have many calories. So if you're having pasta for dinner, remove half your portion and replace it with broccoli (for example).
Everyone is different though. I would suggest looking at the calorie density on the foods you typically eat and see if there's anything that has a lot of calories (nuts? fatty meat? oil?) and try replacing them for something that doesn't have as much. Like maybe eat an apple instead of nuts for instance. If you cook with oil a lot, try to find alternative cooking methods.2 -
Coffee will generally supress your appetite, but it's not necessarily the healthy way to go about it.1
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Kimchi (for a few reasons). I don't even waste my time counting cals from it. Make sure you have windows that open.1
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