Magic Foods? Tips?

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-sleep

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!

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.

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.

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.