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Originally Posted by rockinrobin
It's funny because in that breakfast thread that's going on here, I saw your breakfast and right away thought to myself I could never do that! And then when I initially replied to this here thread, I couldn't remember for certain if it was indeed you who posted that breakfast and I guess I was too lazy to investigate. There's no doubt it's yummy, but again, for me - no way. Waaaay too many calories with waaaay too many things going against it. I too was/am/was a carb-aholic. My belief is to dry up the wants for *those foods* and it has served *me* well! You get used to it. It just becomes part of what you do - or should I say, what you don't do. And I don't miss it - ha. Who knew?
The most important thing to me, is to not be hungry AND to be satisfied and totally enjoy each and every item that I am eating.
Anyway, the cheese stick? Don't shoot me. Doesn't fill *me* at all. At all. It takes a mere seconds to eat and sorry, it just doesn't do it for me. For the same calories I can have a huge bowl of cucumber salad. This is where the volume comes into play. It's bulky. It's also crunchy and slightly sweet and takes quite a while to eat. I use vinegar, water and splenda. I'm totally satisfied - for a while. It's a fill-er in-er.
And soup is great! Glad to hear you're having that. I sometimes make a huge pot of veggie stew. Zucchini, peppers, mushrooms, carrots, onions, sometimes eggplant with tomatoes, tomato sauce, garlic. I make a big pot and have it good to go all week long. I heat it up a huge bowlful and sprinkle on a tablespoon of parmesean cheese. Delicious and FILLING. This is a snack for me as well and would be a stand in instead of the cheese.
Experiment. Tweak. Experiment. Tweak. Be creative. Think outside the box.
Well, I won't shoot you about the cheese stick.
I'm at work now... (it's quiet, hence my internet presence...) but on work days I always pack two cheese sticks and two apples. I need something I can grab to eat on the fly if I'm hungry, and I have the kind of job where it's unpredictable whether I can even get a break, much less at a certain time.
I definitely am a volume eater of veggies. I love veggies, and eat tons of them! I'm not trying to get through my days eating tiny little portions of un-dense food like cheese sticks, but usually I find that if I am hungry in the morning, since I eat my breakfast at 6 on workdays, and around 9 most other days, that a cheese stick will do it. Interestingly, I have now finished my large coffee, and with the cheese stick I'm not hungry any more.
I am curious about something though. My bread/peanut butter/banana fits okay into my overall calorie count, and since I only eat half a banana, natural unsweetened peanut butter, and one slice of whole wheat bread, and since I don't eat rice or pasta, or any other bread, or any other sweet stuff except for yogurt with splenda or small apples...
I mean, I guess I'm just wondering if there is really a consensus that it's just bad to have a carb-based meal? I used to eat bagels, and bread and candy and rice and pasta and cake and donuts and I've given every single one of those things up except for a slice of bread and half a banana...
I'm willing to consider that it "may" be bad-- I know that people who are insulin resistant do better not eating high carb meals in the morning, and even though I'm not insulin resistant, maybe I'm some kind of pre-pre diabetic that they haven't been able to diagnose yet, or something...
So, is there a 3FC consensus that weight loss works better when you stay low carb for breakfast? Just curious.