Healthy food that makes you feel full?

[Os Cangaceiros]

This might sound weird but healthy food just does not make me feel full, and thus doesn't really make me feel satisfied. It doesn't really matter how much I eat, even. On the other hand, a double cheeseburger and a ton of french fries will make me feel full, and I know this happens for all the wrong reasons.

In any case: does anyone have any recommendations in this regard?

[LOLseph Stalin]

I feel the same way actually. Obviously it's because of all the fat and additives, but I'd love to hear suggestions too.

[Pelarys]

Nuts (unsalted) are pretty healthy I think, and they make me feel very full. Maybe you could incorporate them to your salads. That's just my personal experience though.

[Quail]

I find soup can be quite filling, and it's really easy and cheap to make lots of delicious soup.

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

Depends what foods you eat and when.

Eating a salad containing greens and veg only won't make you feel full.

If you want to be full, then there are a few GOLDEN rules:

1. EAT A PROPER BREAKFAST. Protein at breakfast is important; eggs really are king at breakfast.

2. Switch from white bread, white rice and white pasta to brown/wholegrain/wholemeal varieties.

3. Eat protein with every meal. Protein - eggs, grilled fish, grilled chicken breast, lean beef, turkey - etc. will fill you up a lot.

4. Avoid temptation - temptation tends to trick you into feeling hungry (I just ate cake for no reason, I should know, haha); do this by planning your food, counting calories, pre-preparing meals and drinking enough water - it's important to drink enough water as sometimes you think you're hungry, but you're really just thirsty.

5. A good test of low sugar levels (i.e. you think you need chocolate or whatever because you need sugar) is to pick up a piece of juicy fruit - grapes or apple are perfect. If you want to eat them, then you need sugar, so eat them. If you don't, then you don't, so don't eat the crappy sugary foods like chocolate cos you don't need them.

Also make sure you're eating enough calories cos if you're not then you'll obviously be hungry whatever the make-up of your diet.

[Decolonize The Left]

This might sound weird but healthy food just does not make me feel full, and thus doesn't really make me feel satisfied. It doesn't really matter how much I eat, even. On the other hand, a double cheeseburger and a ton of french fries will make me feel full, and I know this happens for all the wrong reasons.

In any case: does anyone have any recommendations in this regard?

- Turn rice into pilaf to add 'weight' to the meal. So when you're done cooking the rice/barley, in another saucepan saute up some onions and garlic, a celery stalk, bell pepper, maybe a carrot, and chop up some cilatro/parsley. Then mix all that into your rice with some olive oil/butter/S&P and you've got a much more filling side dish which is still pretty healthy.
- Soup is filling, but more filling is it's awesome cousin: stew. Learn to love the stew.
- Chili. I think everyone agrees that chili is filling. It's also pretty healthy.
- Potatoes are filling, but better for you are yams/sweet potatoes. These are best roasted and you can even roast some garlic and onions up with them to make them extra delicious.

Here's an easy meal which will fill you up just as much as a double cheeseburger with fries and is much, much, better for you:
- Grilled/pan-fried chicken breast (reduce down some white wine and vinegar to add to some sauteed onions as a topping)
- Roasted yams with onions and garlic and spices
- Mixed green salad with fennel, radishes, garlic and lemon/olive oil dressing.

Honestly, that dinner will take about an hour to cook (mostly waiting for the yams to roast) and about 15 minutes to prep. If you've got leftovers then mix em up the next day and fry and egg on top.

[Synthesis-]

Eat celery with some peanut butter, in general eat high fiber foods they digest slowly and anything high fiber is going to be good for you. Try apples and celery for now.

[revolon]

I think there could be a lots of other foods also. But oftenly, I use to eat Zinger burger it's really feel full in there, and sometime really difficult to finish in one sitting. But really loves to eat that.

[ellipsis]

chia seeds.

[Asmo]

Legumes like beans, peanuts, and cashews are filling, healthy, and really delicious.

[The Jay]

Fifteen minutes before lunch and dinner eat one or two big carrots. Not only are they full of bulky fiber but they will start signaling to your brain that there's something in your stomach. That'll make you better able to monitor your portions. ;)1

[#FF0000]

Things that are high in protein tend to be more filling (That means eggs for breakfast)

I think the same is true for foods high in fiber as well.

[Fourth Internationalist]

Beans, peanut butter, potatoes, pasta, bread, tofu, many vegetables, soup, nuts, lots of fiber, etc

[F9]

if being "full" is the requirement, just keep eating until you are full.If you eat 1kg of rice, trust me, you gonna be full.Healthy food could require a bit more consuming to get that feeling it seems, due to variety of reasons, from ingredients to cooking methods, but again if you want to feel full just keep it coming!!!
Actually i dont like feeling full, it ruins a great meal most of the times cause when i am full usually its for food that i really like and cant stop eating:) But generally i dont do that

[Narodnik]

I eat homemade whole grain flatbread (unleavened bread), it's very satiating, and one of the simplest things to prepare, and there are also a bunch of different recepies adding some detail to add some flavour.

[Slippers]

A lot of good suggestions in this thread.

Yes, anything whole grain is good.

I often eat pickles if I am hungry but don't want to deal with calories - no idea how healthy that is. They're not exactly nutritious I don't think but they're big and can fill you up and they have very, very few calories.

[Ele'ill]

Beans and brown rice, quinoa, baked sweet potatoes, regular boring potatoes, peanut butter (a food in itself). You can supplement staple foods like these with different cooking styles and with awesome spices, some sauces depending on their nutritional profile, soups as a side, fruit, vegetables. I've found that when adjusting my diet I always end up wanting to eat more and I guilt myself out of it without realizing that I'm probably just not eating enough and it's not a big deal to eat another helping. Staying active helps maximize dietary changes too.

[slum]

try eating slower and drinking water or having a conversation while you eat. you can eat healthy protein and fibre-dense foods but still not feel full as quickly because simple carbs like those in white bread/ potatoes etc have an 'immediate' filling effect.

it's also not a big deal to eat a LOT of food if you just need a lot of calories either b/c of metabolism or if you expend a lot of energy- the important thing is not to eat crap. the suggestions for food type here are very good. my kitchen is basically: olive oil, brown rice, dried beans, canned tomatoes, potatoes, garlic, onions, frozen vegetables, eggs, cheese, flour and oatmeal, and spices. you can make a wide variety of soups, stews, curries, flat breads/pizzas, chili, omelets, pies, etc with these basics... i find indian and mexican is a great place to start for building up a core of good recipes you can modify. lentils cook really fast, you can throw a curry together real quick, or set some dried beans out to soak when you leave for work, cook em when you get home, slop it all on a tortilla with some cheese, salsa and frozen veg, etc


ETA: base for all excellent "beans and rice" type staple slops: decent amount of olive oil in a pot, cook garlic and onion with your spices on medium heat before you add vegetables and stock/water, let it all cook down. garlic and onion is the secret.

[Comrade Nasser]

Carrots are pretty good.

[black magick hustla]

stuff with high fiber and high protein. there's scientific studies about satiety. google satiety. i used to have the same problem as you, so that's why i eat shitton of protein. i eat a lot of chicken, lean beef, whole bread, lean dairy, veggies, etc

[#FF0000]

Yo. Good healthy snack.

Popcorn.

Check the labels/nutrition box of course but I remember I found one low-butter type that was like 200 calories per bag.

That's p. good for how much popcorn you get.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I've been eating a lot of hummus lately, hummus is pretty good.



Yo. Good healthy snack.

Popcorn.

Check the labels/nutrition box of course but I remember I found one low-butter type that was like 200 calories per bag.

That's p. good for how much popcorn you get.

I think that popcorn has a lot of carbohydrates in it, though, and that's supposedly something I should avoid (although some carbohydrates like dietary fiber are OK). It makes everything even more complicated & shitty, but there you have it.

[slum]

you need carbohydrates to live
dietary fiber and 'complex carbohydrates' should be a part of your diet but that doesnt mean you need to cut out simple carbs entirely

[Os Cangaceiros]

Problem is that carbohydrates make my blood sugar go up up up. And since I'm "insulin deficient", it doesn't feel good when that happens...

[#FF0000]

Oh what a massive pain. That means eating tons of fruit is out of bounds too?

[slum]

ah i see
well, crap. sorry dude. :(

[Os Cangaceiros]

Oh what a massive pain. That means eating tons of fruit is out of bounds too?

Well yeah, that stuff effects it too. Natural sugars aren't as bad as the sugar in soda and stuff, but it still has an effect. Bread will drive it up too, although I still eat bread and potatoes, etc. Some things that have a lot of carbohydrates (like Top A Ramen, which usually has over 50 grams in a package) doesn't really seem to have much of an immediate effect, though.

I don't really miss not being able to drink soda with a ton of sugar or eat a bunch of candy, but I do miss not being able to gorge myself on things like pasta or rice dishes, etc. :(