I add veggies to every thing and that *REALLY* helps with feeling satisfied and no hunger for hours. When I get lazy and don't feel like washing, slicing and dicing, I end up having a very difficult time.
For instance, for breakfast I sautee in a small skillet (with a quick spray of PAM, about 1/4 red, 1/4 green and 1/4 yellow bell pepper, 1/4 onion, about 4 or 5 button mushrooms and minced garlic (about 1 & 1/2 cups total raw veggies - around 40 calories) I cook them until they are cooked down the way I like them. I then crack 2 eggs (70 calories each) over the top of the veggies (WITH YOLKS!!!) and cover and let it simmer until the eggs are done. I cut a piece of regular sandwich cheese in half and melt 1/2 over each egg (60 calories). I then put each egg/cheese/veggie mix on a slice of whole grain (45 calorie each) toast. A splash of Tabasco sauce, salt and pepper and you have the most delicious huge plate of "southwest" eggs for 330 calories. I don't get hungry for HOURS when I eat this. Which is almost every day right now since there have been some great sales on bell peppers lately.
It takes awhile to slice & dice and cook, so I'll often make up a big batch of the veggies one day and they'll last several days in the fridge pre-cooked.
My husband also LOVES this, but he usually adds more cheese and sometimes sour cream...creep!
I find a hard time finding foods that fill me up and are healthy for me. I have a bad habit of not eating until Im STARVING, and its really effecting me.
Yes, I did start a 6 page thread on my love of diet soda a few months ago.
However, since then I have been cast in a show at school that is very vocally challenging (Thank you Jason Robert Brown!) I gave up diet coke to help promote vocal health and boy did it kick some of my cravings for snacks totally out the window! Not to mention bloating!
I have been diet coke free for a month and 9 days and I love it!
Yes, I did start a 6 page thread on my love of diet soda a few months ago.
However, since then I have been cast in a show at school that is very vocally challenging (Thank you Jason Robert Brown!) I gave up diet coke to help promote vocal health and boy did it kick some of my cravings for snacks totally out the window! Not to mention bloating!
I have been diet coke free for a month and 9 days and I love it!
good for you!!
i used to drink about 5 a day... now i'm down to one every couple days but mmm... i don't know if i could ever give it up! you've got some willpower!!
i love having ryevita crackers (FIBER!) and laughing cow or hummus on top, and myabe some sprouts or cucumber slices on top as well. also, a half cup serving of cottage cheese with cut up cucumbers, sprouts, onions, etc and salt and pepper tides me over for quite a while!
oh, and i used to be a diet coke addict but haven't had one in over 3 years! it is possible
Last edited by skinnywish; 02-09-2009 at 08:07 PM.
-BIG sandwiches (big because of the lettuce, onions, tomatoes, sprouts....)
-oatmeal w/ raisins & soy milk (on really active days I add peanut butter )
-green tea (like Taylor, I avoid diet soda; I always get hungry after I drink something with artificial sweeteners)
-egg-whites omelet with spinach and soy sauce (don't knock it 'til you try it)
-bean/lentil soups
I used to eat tons of fat-free yogurt, but then my body started rejecting lactose. I still have a nostalgic cup of key lime light Yoplait in the fridge
Add 2 tbs of flax seed to any of these (as previously mentioned) to add fiber, and it really fills you up. It dosne't add much taste, it's kind of a nutty taste, so good for you - and you can mix it into so much stuff!
Pears
Apples
South beach diet wheat tortilla, 1/4 cup of low fat shredded cheese, a few chunks of chicken breast, and a ton of lettuce. Only around 220 calories.
The difference is that dry curd cottage cheese is not in a liquid. There's less fat and much much less sodium (2% vs. 38% of a 2000 cal diet). Since it doesn't have the liquid, you don't need as much of it either - which is why I only use 1/4 cup.
Now the trade off in my opinion is that it doesn't taste as good as normal cott cheese (gotta be honest). I really only eat it because it's good for you and i need that 1/2 serving of protein with my breakfast. It's great when used in things -- i've even used it in lasagna and it turned out pretty good.
I find a hard time finding foods that fill me up and are healthy for me. I have a bad habit of not eating until Im STARVING, and its really effecting me.
Oh I used to do that and then found that by the time I ate I was overeating till I was stuffed- definitely not the way to go- now I make sure to take the time to eat at least 5 times a day, three meals and two snacks, no matter what I'm doing I drop it cuz it can wait
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I really only eat it because it's good for you and i need that 1/2 serving of protein with my breakfast. It's great when used in things -- i've even used it in lasagna and it turned out pretty good.
