[Big Mama]

Same thing. If I eat e.g. a big pile of lettuce (even with the protein and fat incorporated in the meal), I'll want to eat again within an hour. Sometimes, I feel hungrier after I've finished a meal, than before I even started. So weird. I usually "top it off" with a few almonds.

[Onsecondthought]

oh thank goodness i'm not the only one. i was so worried that i was doomed to fail on sb. i figured that if a salad was able to cause my blood sugar levels to spike to the point of causing such cravings that there was no way i'd be able to survive once i started to incorporate higher GI carbs. at least now, there's some glimmer of hope that sb might still work for me. i just have to be really diligent in paying attention to what carbs...both good and bad...do to me and making mental notes of what i can and can't eat.

thanks again everyone! i think you just saved my diet!

[femmecreole]

I was just thinking...salad never makes me crave carbs...but, I never use lettuce in salads, always spinach as a base. I wonder if the spinach keeps that from happening? I use a lot of avocado too which has a lot of fat...might have something to do with it?

[Fat Melanie]

I use full-fat dressing on my salads (one serving of course) and incorporate lean protein and I put it all in a huge serving bowl so I always feel full from the salad. I also noticed that when I buy store-bought salads, they're smaller and I don't feel as full as I do when I make a home-made salad chock full of veggies.