Foods That Make Me Feel Full

You’d think after 31 years I’d know how to feed myself. It’s a freaking BASIC life requirement. But I’m still struggling…

I’m having a hard time going to back to eating “super healthy” during the week. I knew I was in trouble when I woke up with an empty Butterfinger wrapper hidden in my nightstand and later had to make a special trip to Walmart to buy a pack of cream horns (but that’s a secret! Shhhh!). If you've never had a cream horn, you're not missing much. They’re not really that great, but I’ve been craving them. And yes, I ate the entire package over the course of the day. I couldn’t leave any evidence!

Anyways, now that confession is over (well, almost over…make that 3 packages of cream horns on 3 separate occasions. Okay, I feel better now.) we can continue. I’ve been trying to plan menus with more balance and variety. A girl can only eat string cheese, turkey pepperoni, and protein bars for so long…..

My main concern is that I FEEL FULL after eating. That’s not too much to expect, right? I mean, after all, it is the whole point of eating. And I know that when I cut all “evil white foods” (as my friend E calls them) out of my diet and focus on increasing my protein intake I feel full and lose weight pretty steadily. 

And I am so OVER doing what everyone else says is "healthy.” I’ve been trying to eat “healthy” for my entire life. Everyone has a different opinion. At this point, I just want to feel full and stop continuously stuffing my face with foods I’m craving, stop feeling deprived, and have a normal relationship with food. I mean, gracious! (My first question for God when I get to heaven will be, What’s up with giving me the slow metabolism and sweet addiction, huh?)

So I’m thinking, what if I make a list of foods that I know make me feel full and then make sure I eat one of them every time I have a meal or a snack?! It should work, right? That way I’ll eat less because I feel full and I won’t feel limited because the rest of my meal can contain anything in the grocery store. Like when eating donuts (empty food) make sure I eat some scrambled eggs (full food). By themselves, I could eat donuts all day long. But I bet when I add in the eggs I’ll soon feel the stopping point.

I’m going to give this a try this coming week. For every empty food I eat, I’ll make sure I have an equal amount of full food. I’ll let you know the results. Below is the list I started this morning. If you have any suggestions or ideas to add, please let me know!

Feel Full Foods:

Milk

Reduced Fat Cheese

String Cheese

Chicken

Lean Ground Beef

Bacon

Sausage

Steak

Roast

Ham

Turkey

Pepperoni- turkey and regular

Pork Chops

Protein Bars

Protein Cereal

Peanut Butter

Oil

Nuts

Beans

Eggs

Salad Dressing

Oatmeal- whole rolled oats

Low-sugar Yogurt

Feel Empty Foods:

Vegetables

Fruit

Pickles

Bread

Sweets

Grits

Rice

Pasta

Potato Chips/Pretzels

and Cream Horns :) :) 

(Photo from walmart.com)