tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441037586839214871.post1685958271938092063..comments2024-02-12T08:34:18.666-05:00Comments on The Long Road: This is HalloweenCarolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05859075229519368228noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441037586839214871.post-70286519052907080362009-11-03T08:26:05.664-05:002009-11-03T08:26:05.664-05:00So I wanted to chime in about your hunger. I had ...So I wanted to chime in about your hunger. I had the exact same problem, and as you know it's a lot harder to lose if you are fixated on the fact that you want to eat. For me, the desire to eat didn't have that much to do with my stomach being empty; sometimes, I just wanted to eat, and eat a lot. Here is how I dealt with that. If any of this helps you, that's great.<br /><br />* Pickles are *very* low in calories. Sometimes, I'd have bowl of pickles, baby carrots and slivers of red bell peppers. Especially if I wanted something crunchy.<br /><br />* I love kale, and it's very filling. Another low cal dinner: bring a little less than a quarter inch of water to a boil in a wide pot or frying pan. Add 8 oz sliced mushrooms and some salt. Add half a bunch of kale which has been washed and torn into pieces. You can throw in some slivered garlic if you like too. Add whatever other seasonings strike you: soy sauce might be good. Cook until mushrooms are very tender and kale is wilted. Serve with a piece of bread if you must, but I often eat it as is. I've been known to throw in some white or napa cabbage and a carrot or two with the mushrooms; don't over cook - the carrots and cabbage get a nice sweet flavor. This is more about volume eating for very little calories; if you have the calorie budget, add a few beans and some stock for a soup.<br /><br />* Oatmeal is your friend, and it doesn't have to be for breakfast. 1/2 c of rolled oats (not the instant kind) averages only 150 calories. Cook it with more water than the package calls for and for longer; the oats swell up more, and make a lot of oatmeal. For only 40 more calories, add 1/2 c canned pumpkin. Fiber + volume + vitamins + sweetness. <br /><br />* Tofu is not actually all that bad. Nasoya makes packages of lite silken tofu that are only 150 calories for the entire package. I've been known to eat one for breakfast, served *very* cold with soy sauce. Alternately, process 1 package of lite silken tofu with 1 can pumpkin puree, some cinnamon, splenda, and whatever other spices you fancy. Portion out into about 4 portions. Refrigerate for a pumpkiny custardy dessert for about 100 calories.<br /><br />* Believe it or not, Gerber makes some snacks for babies that taste perfectly good and are good crunchy snacks. They're puffed cereal type snacks; 74 pieces (about half a cup) are only 25 calories. They come in strawberry, banana, sweet potato, and cherry. <br /><br />Keep it up! You're doing awesome. It's not easy, I know.Gloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13086097662950229936noreply@blogger.com