Healthy foods that fill you up for longer!?

Lucyb8585
Lucyb8585 Posts: 26 Member
in Food and Nutrition
can anyone suggest some healthy foods/meals that fill you up for longer, salad just doesn't cut it for me, i rarely feel full after a salad and it usually ends up with me wanting to snack! Baaddd times! Also somerhing simpke i can take to work! Thanks in advance peops :)

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  • VMarkV
    VMarkV Posts: 522 Member
    Anything with good proportions of fat, protein, and carbohydrate
    Ex: whole milk, peanut butter, etc.
  • wells0707
    wells0707 Posts: 251 Member
    A lot of times I use fat free cottage cheese and fruit for my breakfast or lunch. The cottage cheese is only 80 cals per 1/2 cup. Or sandwich thins and Chicken bacon. I prepackage the bacon into little freezer bags with just a few slices each.
  • MMarvelous
    MMarvelous Posts: 1,067 Member
    Greek yogurt, chicken, water, watermelon, oatmeal, salmon, sweet potatoes
  • impyimpyaj
    impyimpyaj Posts: 1,073 Member
    I try to always have some protein in my salad. Grilled chicken breast, tuna, boiled eggs, whatever I have around. You need the veggies in the salad, but the protein will help give you more long-term energy and keep your stomach satisfied.
  • holleysings
    holleysings Posts: 664 Member
    I drink one or two protein shakes for lunch every day so I don't have to stress about packing a lunch. That plus lots of water and maybe an apple keeps me full!
  • Auntzip
    Auntzip Posts: 126 Member
    You can cook a large pot of black beans and brown rice and portion it for lunches... toss a few veggies in and it's a very filling meal.
    Had it once already this week. :- )
  • missikay1970
    missikay1970 Posts: 588 Member
    i love bananas, peanut butter, cheese or a protein shake.
  • Jacole18
    Jacole18 Posts: 716 Member
    everyone keeps telling me to eat greek yogurt mixed with fresh fruit.....I'm gonna go buy some today!
  • Ralphrabbit
    Ralphrabbit Posts: 351 Member
    Home made soup with lentils & loads of veggies!
  • almac2066
    almac2066 Posts: 1
    Try having a parfait for breakfast. They keep you full for a long time and you will eat less for lunch. At least thats what happens when I have that for breakfast.
  • AmelodyAngel
    AmelodyAngel Posts: 152 Member
    Almonds work great for a snack and for cravings. For a snack I eat about 12- 24 natural almonds and a piece of fruit and green tea. Almonds also help burn belly fat! If I am having cravings I do two glasses of water and 12- 24 almonds, it really helps subside the cravings. As far as meal wise yogurt is great with raw oatmeal and fruit. Salmon or Tuna is great and some good veggies are cucumbers, green peppers and carrot sticks with ranch.
  • AmyW4225
    AmyW4225 Posts: 302 Member
    My obsession, at the moment, is salmon with 1/2 tsp of brown sugar and dijon mustard, broiled for 10-12 minutes, and a sweet potato! :heart: :heart:
  • wells0707
    wells0707 Posts: 251 Member
    Sweet potatoes are fantastic also. They don't have very many calories and you can make them a ton of different ways. That is one of my favorites.
  • tayteetots
    tayteetots Posts: 114 Member
    Add some protein to your salad, chicken, shrimp, goat cheese or nuts. I often put Greek yogurt tzatziki as my salad dressing, makes it creamy and delicious without as many calories as most creamy dressings. Lately I've been doing my salads with chicken, goat cheese and the tzatziki, it is so delicious and feels decadent without that many calories. (Also keeps you full!)
  • icemaiden17_uk
    icemaiden17_uk Posts: 463 Member
    Bump!! Any bread free ideas would be great as well!!
  • Spruillie03
    Spruillie03 Posts: 155 Member
    Protein! Cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, string cheese, eggs, lean meats, soy beans. Aim for a 100 calorie to 10 grams of protein ratio.

    Drink water. Sometimes thirst disguises itself as hunger. If nothing else, a belly full of water won't feel hungry.

    But of course, if you're cutting calories and portion size, expect to feel hungry. The stomach is like a big rubber band. The more we eat, the more it stretches. And the more it stretches, the more food it takes to register as full. It can regain its elasticity by putting less into it, but it sucks. It means feeling hungry a lot of the time.

    If it helps, when I feel hungry, I remind myself that my body now has no choice but to use its reserves to keep fueling me.
  • hheater
    hheater Posts: 52 Member
    I try to always have some protein in my salad. Grilled chicken breast, tuna, boiled eggs, whatever I have around. You need the veggies in the salad, but the protein will help give you more long-term energy and keep your stomach satisfied.

    ^^^ This. Also, I think someone said sweet potatoes. Those are my saving grace. I love 'em.
  • hellraisedfire
    hellraisedfire Posts: 403 Member
    oatmeal. if you're an on-the-go person, mcdonald's oatmeal is pretty epic.
  • tinksmommy2006
    tinksmommy2006 Posts: 575
    Greek yogurt, chicken, water, watermelon, oatmeal, salmon, sweet potatoes

    THESE^^ but also look at this site...it give a "fullness factor" meaning how well, how fast, and how long a certain food will keep you full for. http://nutritiondata.self.com/ just do a search for a food you want to know about and it will tell you....it also will tell you the nutrition info, where it falls on the glycimic index and lots of other neat stuff:) good luck with your adventure:)
  • MMarvelous
    MMarvelous Posts: 1,067 Member
    everyone keeps telling me to eat greek yogurt mixed with fresh fruit.....I'm gonna go buy some today!

    I added strawberries w/ a bit of sugar to some for a morning snack! Delicious ;-)
  • VMarkV
    VMarkV Posts: 522 Member
    Cottage cheese as long as it is at least lowfat-to-whole fat is extremely balanced and is on the lower end of carb content...ideal for busy days where you can't exercise. There is some truth to why "cottage cheese" diets work, it's simply an extremely balanced food source as far as protein, fat, and carbohydrate
  • SuffolkSally
    SuffolkSally Posts: 964 Member
    I don't do "salad" much either, but I like versions with roasted veg based around rice/beans/chickpeas/lentils, and some extra protein from chicken or fish. I just make up a batch and eat it over two or three days. If you've got calories to spare, try adding good fats - whole eggs, whole milk, butter, olive and other nut oils, avocado to breakfast or lunch, then you might feel less deprived and inclined to reach for the bad stuff later...
  • goldfinger88
    goldfinger88 Posts: 686 Member
    A low carb, high protein diet, or low glycemic as many call it, will fill you up and you won't be hungry. In fact, it will be all you can do to get your calories in. Good fats and protein make you lean and fill you up. Carbs make you fat and you're hungry almost as soon as you eat them.
  • Lucyb8585
    Lucyb8585 Posts: 26 Member
    Thank for all the advice guys! I'l be trying out all the ideas, obviously not all at once :-)

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