They are based on foods that keep you filled longer not necessarlly right a way so petty much anything high in fiber will be considered a filling food. A good example would be cookies vs popcorn. both are deserts and can hold you over for a craveing but the popcorn will keep you fuller longer. I hope this makes sense.
See, I drink vanilla flavored soy milk versus regular. They are the same points either way. When I drink the vanilla, I feel like I'm having dessert with my meal and it keeps me sated. Yet, only soy milk plain is filling.
You got me on that one, I thought maybe it had something to do with the sugar, but when I just checked they were pretty much the same. I would suggest speaking to your leader if you attend meetings or posting on the WW boards.
[QUOTE=cdawnfine;2579941]They are based on foods that keep you filled longer not necessarlly right a way so petty much anything high in fiber will be considered a filling food. QUOTE] This is not true high fiber foods like breads are not filling foods.
The Filling Foods in the books and data base will be designated with a green diamond.
i agree with daimere that some of the filling foods rules don't make much sense, so i just do what works for me. i mean, flex was working for me before they started momentum. i was already eating about half my points as "filling foods" before they changed the plan. i think the concept of eating filling foods is a good way to regulate how much junk and empty calories we take in and balance out hunger levels. but i'm not going to stress out because my vanilla fat free yogurt techinically isn't a filling food while plain fat free yogurt is.
Personally for me I find kids cereal fills me up and I am satisified through until lunch but they aren't filling foods either. I think the 'filling foods' is a misleading term.
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I hate the "filling foods" thing. It's a load of BS IMO because of their fiber cap at 4g. I really enjoy the FiberOne Honey Clusters cereal. It's 170 cal per 1 and 1/4 cup, 1.0g fat, 14g fiber.
It IS a VERY filling food. I can eat 1 and 1/4 cup of it with 3/4 cup of skim milk and not be hungry for several hours. In the job I do I sometimes don't have the chance to eat so I'll have 2 cups of FiberOne and 1 cup of skim milk and I'll be set for 7 hours. I know it's not good not to eat for 7 hours, but my job or courseload doesn't really care.
But yeah, it doesn't fit "filling foods" even though it's honestly twice as filling as anything on their list. Same goes for the Quaker Weight Control oatmeal.
Well the thing about 'filling foods' is probably they didn't know what to call it. Filling foods are really whole foods, from what I can tell and whole foods that have a good amount of fiber. So a processed cereal wouldn't be considered a filling food but oatmeal would.
I've been following a whole foods diet for years so I get the concept and my diet is natural filled with their 'filling foods' but I think its good to help people make sensible choices.
How are filling foods labeled filling?
