Opaline
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Alright, I'm sick of this. I've been eating more healthily for a month now (maybe longer), but I'm still hungry more than I was when I was eating crap food. I do not by any means starve myself, I actually feel like I snack too often for my liking, but I try to keep it to fresh produce. Apple slices and carrots just aren't filling, I don't care what nutritionists say about the fiber and blah blah blah. A heaping plate of broccoli still has me going back to the fridge within 15 minutes, even if I initially felt full after eating it. And even if I throw some "filling" protein in like eggs or chicken. What gives? I don't think it's just cravings for junk food. It's beyond that craving feeling. I get more and more hungry if I try to resist eating more - that hollow feeling in my stomach.
I also have another complaint about this: the frequency with which I feel like I have to eat to keep hunger at bay. I'd like to just eat one meal in the morning, a snack a bit later, lunch, maybe another snack, dinner, and that's it. I hate having to graze all day - a handful of raisins here, some cucumber slices, some nuts... it gets to be ridiculous to the point where I spend a huge chunk of my day thinking about food. So... without overdoing it on the grains and dairy and junk food, how do you eat healthily and still feel satisfied and not like you're constantly reaching for celery sticks (that don't fill you up for long anyway)!?
Just a side note... I made a cabbage soup recently that seemed to fill me up much more than just straight fresh produce with some nuts or whatever "healthy" snack/meal. It wasn't as satisfying as, say, pizza or a burger, but it kept me full longer and it was all-veggie with some beef bouillon and spices. I'm thinking the trick might be to, instead of eating a bunch of random "healthy" items all day, make genuine MEALS out of the stuff that, when cooked together, somehow seem to satisfy more - like an omelet with veggies and a piece of fruit and wheat toast (that was a run-on sentence if I ever saw one!).
It sounds like I answered my own question, but... it isn't always easy to put healthy meals together when you aren't the one who controls the grocery shopping (my mom is in charge of that; I can't really request a ton of things and I can't seem to convince them to buy healthier items). I suppose that's why I end up eating a bunch of random produce with the occasional serving of nuts, dairy, eggs, etc. but while these make okay snacks, they're not really filling... gah, I'm so confused
I also have another complaint about this: the frequency with which I feel like I have to eat to keep hunger at bay. I'd like to just eat one meal in the morning, a snack a bit later, lunch, maybe another snack, dinner, and that's it. I hate having to graze all day - a handful of raisins here, some cucumber slices, some nuts... it gets to be ridiculous to the point where I spend a huge chunk of my day thinking about food. So... without overdoing it on the grains and dairy and junk food, how do you eat healthily and still feel satisfied and not like you're constantly reaching for celery sticks (that don't fill you up for long anyway)!?
Just a side note... I made a cabbage soup recently that seemed to fill me up much more than just straight fresh produce with some nuts or whatever "healthy" snack/meal. It wasn't as satisfying as, say, pizza or a burger, but it kept me full longer and it was all-veggie with some beef bouillon and spices. I'm thinking the trick might be to, instead of eating a bunch of random "healthy" items all day, make genuine MEALS out of the stuff that, when cooked together, somehow seem to satisfy more - like an omelet with veggies and a piece of fruit and wheat toast (that was a run-on sentence if I ever saw one!).
It sounds like I answered my own question, but... it isn't always easy to put healthy meals together when you aren't the one who controls the grocery shopping (my mom is in charge of that; I can't really request a ton of things and I can't seem to convince them to buy healthier items). I suppose that's why I end up eating a bunch of random produce with the occasional serving of nuts, dairy, eggs, etc. but while these make okay snacks, they're not really filling... gah, I'm so confused
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