Popcorn is usually my go to. Or an egg with your carrots on the side, banana or apple with a little pb or pb2. Could also do a packet of tuna with mustard & add an egg.
taylorthestang on
Seltzer water is a good one, not just diet soda. I notice the carbonation from club soda, flavored or not, is “bigger” than a Diet Coke. Walmart has them for cheap. The carbonation literally expands your stomach.
somehuehue on
Soup.
Can be a whole as meal or a “snack”.
Bone broth in particular.
Early_Improvement985 on
Popcorn. I get the lower calorie kind and even the big bag is 200 calories if I really need to volume eat or am stress eating at my desk (I wfh). The mini kettle corn lower cal bags have just enough sweetness of that’s what I’m craving and are only 100 cals per bag.
spockgiirl on
Protein yogurt is my go-to. Dannon Light and Fit or Carbmaster. Helps get in some extra protein and keeps me going until dinner.
ManyLintRollers on
Protein! A small can of tuna, a protein shake made from whey protein powder and almond milk, cottage cheese or greek yogurt with some berries, or a couple hard boiled eggs are very satisfying.
Skyward_Flight_11 on
Holy cow, six cups of baby carrots??
In the afternoon I will typically eat grapes and/or apple, and usually a protein bar (I like Quest and Barebells), and then just water and distractions. I have a toddler, so I’ll eat my snacks during her nap, and then when she wakes up, we’ll go shopping or do some kind of outdoor activity together. Distractions help me A LOT, especially going to a place where there is not food readily accessible.
DebrecenMolnar on
Hard boiled egg, some sliced beets, air popped popcorn, roasted chickpeas, cauliflower with low cal ranch. Those are my go-to snacks lately!
partylupone on
Maybe consider adding in some fat or protein if you can? If you’re eating 6 cups of baby carrots, that’s about 300 calories (49 calories a cup), so if you moved that down to 1 cup, a quarter cup of hummus has about 100 calories, which would give you some protein and fat. Guacamole is about the same. Or you could make any kinds of dip with greek yogurt instead of sour cream. You’d probably be fuller and about 100-150 calories better off. Plus (for me at least) it’s better psychologically to have something in addition to plain veggies.
Farrell-6 on
Sliced zucchini or larger firm mushrooms with salsa as a dip.
Miso broth, add shredded cabbage riced cauliflower or other low cal veggie
clairethebaby on
mini cucumbers with a little bit of salt and pepper (tuna cucumber sandwiches for protein too!) cherry tomatoes, apple slices, low fat cottage cheese, chobani protein yogurts/smoothies, hard boiled eggs, soups, toast made with low carb/keto bread, beef jerky, edamame beans, and quaker rice crisps are my essentials for snacks!!!
fuckshittyhair on
I will eat 2 cups of almond milk with one scoop of protein power, roughly 180 Kcal and 20 grans of protein.
CriticalIndication99 on
Yogurt yogurt yogurt yogurt and yogurt. You’re welcome.
Formal_Payment on
Watermelon or low-fat greek yogurt!
MajorInsanity on
Light string cheese holds me over pretty well.
fireballs1111 on
Tbh, I’ve been making protein pancakes pretty consistently as a “snack” but it sort of fills me up for the whole day so I don’t eat too much else.
One banana (130g)
Two weetabix
2/3 cup of bonsoy
1 scoop (25g) of musashi whey protein powder
Mix it up, cook on a non stick pan with no oil. 463 cals, so not quite a snack but would recommend if you’re searching for something very filling.
sarasan on
I like wasa with low cal cream cheese (laughing cow), and pickles
Wisdom_In_Wonder on
In addition to several great ideas previously listed, I love sautéeing veggies in a bit of sauce. You can sautée an entire zucchini or yellow squash, spinach, mushrooms, & shredded carrot in a Thai Chili / Sweet & Sour / Duck / Honey Teriyaki sauce for <200Cal. Warm, voluminous, & delicious!
NaughtyLittleDogs on
Say it with me everybody…..
COTTAGE CHEESE!!!
Seriously, though. You need some protein to feel satiated. Veggies alone are not enough, as you have discovered. Half a cup of cottage cheese has around 100 calories and 12 grams of protein. It’s the calorie counter’s best friend.
Scumbaggageclaim on
Even though I’m eating in a deficit, if I am really hungry I try to focus on what I can ADD to a meal that has nutritional value, as opposed to what I can subtract. Adding some chopped nuts or seeds and berries(berries are a super low cal fruit btw) to my oatmeal, or a splash of olive oil to my salad or when roasting/stir-frying veggies isn’t going to ruin my diet. This helps me maintain a healthier overall relationship with food, and makes me more likely to stick to healthy balanced meals. If I try so hard to cut every calorie here and there I end up giving up and eating two or three granola bars randomly and that’s like 700 calories or more. Stick to your diet, but make sure you enjoy it. No sad salads!!!
AutumnPlunkett on
It might be good to start by identifying the why behind why you’re still hungry. Fiber and protein are supposed to help people feel more full. However, for certain neurodiveergent people, we can get our signals crossed. Things like mouth boredom where we just want to have the oral stimulation could be confused for hunger. In which case SF drinks, especially fizzy ones, and SF mints and gums can be really helpful. It’s also possible it could be option three: you are in more of a deficit than your height, weight, and gender calls for. 1200 calories is mostly for short women, especially those with health issues like PCOS that calls for lower calories to lose even a little weight.
twoboobsandaface on
I’m in a jerky phase lately! Lots of flavor and takes a while to eat plus high protein. I get pouches or sticks from Dollar Tree since otherwise it is so so expensive
Front_Cantaloupe8479 on
I’m partial to protien bars. Especially Pure Protien brand. Their galactic brownie and birthday cake ones make me feel like I’m eating candy. I try to eat one on days I can’t make breakfast before work. It usually fills me up for at least 4 hours.
VideoNecessary3093 on
Turkey pepperoni. Hard boiled egg whites. A yogurt. Almonds. Protein bar. A bowl of cheerios with unsweetened almond milk. So many good options besides 6 cups of carrots?! You’re going to turn orange!
easybreeeezy on
Had a whole tub of yogurt because I was so hungry yesterday and it really did the job 😆 mixed it with some sugar free butterscotch jello & pb2.
TheCuntGF on
A handful of dry mini wheats fills me up and moves through me like a slow rock.
lee_knight_ on
Protein oatmeal! You can buy it or just make it yourself with protein powder. Maybe I’m a bad cook, but I prefer the taste of the Quaker high protein instant oatmeal over homemade. Kodiak also makes something similar.
_ghostimage on
I do little deli meat plates with turkey, a little bit of cheese, pickles, banana peppers, and sometimes a small helping of flavored almonds or cashews. Or you could do a lettuce wrap with all the sandwich ingredients you like in it!
Ok-Cardiologist8431 on
Hard boiled eggs, tuna pouches, high protein yogurt, Chomps beef sticks, small container cottage cheese. I always take high protein snacks to work to keep me from being hungry.
Moutonnoir77 on
Laughing cow cheese and crunchmaster multi grain crackers, cottage cheese, hard boiled eggs, the Costco brand of Starbucks egg bites or I make my own, air popped popcorn, pickles, veggies with salsa verde, banana and strawberries, scrambled eggs (I have chickens – lots of my snacks are egg based), poached egg over delightful toast, crunchy granola bar, roasted chickpeas, soup, Yasso bars. All of these are under 200 calories and I’ve been quite happy to scarf them down!
MAMMER_JAMMER on
If you haven’t yet, check out r/Volumeeating
Boredchinchilla21 on
I buy frozen edamame in steam bags. 5 minutes in the microwave and some kosher salt and they are low calorie and very filling.
Dreadful_Spiller on
Air popped popcorn.
weekendshift on
Miso soup packets or a big salad of lettuce and cucumbers with a light dressing and hot sauce
FupaFupaFanatic on
I take tuna, greek yogurt, and a rice cake, and it keeps me solid. I just do carrots to keep my mouth busy.
Glum_Reference531 on
Cottage chesse with some pickles and toasted keto bred! Or egg life wrap
Nuladna4 on
Danon light and fit yogurt, 80 cals and 12 protein, great flavors too
redditmadeupmyname on
Pickles
Ill-Nose1808 on
I have no idea if this is healthy or good for you but I chug some soaked chia seeds in water and I swear by it keeps me full for a couple of more hours
PatientBalance on
If you like carrots, my favorite snack this time of year is roasted carrots with cottage cheese. A little spice, a little fat from the oil, hot and cold together, delicious and filling. Highly recommend Trader Joe’s cottage cheese over others, and chop up whole carrots, baby carrots don’t roast well.
Chomps turkey jerky. 80 cal 12 pro. So good tasting as well. Other flavors are good too but slightly higher cal lower pro.
Specialist-Drop656 on
I like to crumble up a rice cake, add some peaches, cottage cheese, and spicy honey. Hits a lot of cravings, and is semi-filling.
milkybubbl3s on
Everytime I have a protein shake with my lunch or earlier in the day im so surprised how less snacky i feel in the evenings and I don’t need to eat a huge dinner.
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Popcorn is usually my go to. Or an egg with your carrots on the side, banana or apple with a little pb or pb2. Could also do a packet of tuna with mustard & add an egg.
Seltzer water is a good one, not just diet soda. I notice the carbonation from club soda, flavored or not, is “bigger” than a Diet Coke. Walmart has them for cheap. The carbonation literally expands your stomach.
Soup.
Can be a whole as meal or a “snack”.
Bone broth in particular.
Popcorn. I get the lower calorie kind and even the big bag is 200 calories if I really need to volume eat or am stress eating at my desk (I wfh). The mini kettle corn lower cal bags have just enough sweetness of that’s what I’m craving and are only 100 cals per bag.
Protein yogurt is my go-to. Dannon Light and Fit or Carbmaster. Helps get in some extra protein and keeps me going until dinner.
Protein! A small can of tuna, a protein shake made from whey protein powder and almond milk, cottage cheese or greek yogurt with some berries, or a couple hard boiled eggs are very satisfying.
Holy cow, six cups of baby carrots??
In the afternoon I will typically eat grapes and/or apple, and usually a protein bar (I like Quest and Barebells), and then just water and distractions. I have a toddler, so I’ll eat my snacks during her nap, and then when she wakes up, we’ll go shopping or do some kind of outdoor activity together. Distractions help me A LOT, especially going to a place where there is not food readily accessible.
Hard boiled egg, some sliced beets, air popped popcorn, roasted chickpeas, cauliflower with low cal ranch. Those are my go-to snacks lately!
Maybe consider adding in some fat or protein if you can? If you’re eating 6 cups of baby carrots, that’s about 300 calories (49 calories a cup), so if you moved that down to 1 cup, a quarter cup of hummus has about 100 calories, which would give you some protein and fat. Guacamole is about the same. Or you could make any kinds of dip with greek yogurt instead of sour cream. You’d probably be fuller and about 100-150 calories better off. Plus (for me at least) it’s better psychologically to have something in addition to plain veggies.
Sliced zucchini or larger firm mushrooms with salsa as a dip.
Miso broth, add shredded cabbage riced cauliflower or other low cal veggie
mini cucumbers with a little bit of salt and pepper (tuna cucumber sandwiches for protein too!) cherry tomatoes, apple slices, low fat cottage cheese, chobani protein yogurts/smoothies, hard boiled eggs, soups, toast made with low carb/keto bread, beef jerky, edamame beans, and quaker rice crisps are my essentials for snacks!!!
I will eat 2 cups of almond milk with one scoop of protein power, roughly 180 Kcal and 20 grans of protein.
Yogurt yogurt yogurt yogurt and yogurt. You’re welcome.
Watermelon or low-fat greek yogurt!
Light string cheese holds me over pretty well.
Tbh, I’ve been making protein pancakes pretty consistently as a “snack” but it sort of fills me up for the whole day so I don’t eat too much else.
One banana (130g)
Two weetabix
2/3 cup of bonsoy
1 scoop (25g) of musashi whey protein powder
Mix it up, cook on a non stick pan with no oil. 463 cals, so not quite a snack but would recommend if you’re searching for something very filling.
I like wasa with low cal cream cheese (laughing cow), and pickles
In addition to several great ideas previously listed, I love sautéeing veggies in a bit of sauce. You can sautée an entire zucchini or yellow squash, spinach, mushrooms, & shredded carrot in a Thai Chili / Sweet & Sour / Duck / Honey Teriyaki sauce for <200Cal. Warm, voluminous, & delicious!
Say it with me everybody…..
COTTAGE CHEESE!!!
Seriously, though. You need some protein to feel satiated. Veggies alone are not enough, as you have discovered. Half a cup of cottage cheese has around 100 calories and 12 grams of protein. It’s the calorie counter’s best friend.
Even though I’m eating in a deficit, if I am really hungry I try to focus on what I can ADD to a meal that has nutritional value, as opposed to what I can subtract. Adding some chopped nuts or seeds and berries(berries are a super low cal fruit btw) to my oatmeal, or a splash of olive oil to my salad or when roasting/stir-frying veggies isn’t going to ruin my diet. This helps me maintain a healthier overall relationship with food, and makes me more likely to stick to healthy balanced meals. If I try so hard to cut every calorie here and there I end up giving up and eating two or three granola bars randomly and that’s like 700 calories or more. Stick to your diet, but make sure you enjoy it. No sad salads!!!
It might be good to start by identifying the why behind why you’re still hungry. Fiber and protein are supposed to help people feel more full. However, for certain neurodiveergent people, we can get our signals crossed. Things like mouth boredom where we just want to have the oral stimulation could be confused for hunger. In which case SF drinks, especially fizzy ones, and SF mints and gums can be really helpful. It’s also possible it could be option three: you are in more of a deficit than your height, weight, and gender calls for. 1200 calories is mostly for short women, especially those with health issues like PCOS that calls for lower calories to lose even a little weight.
I’m in a jerky phase lately! Lots of flavor and takes a while to eat plus high protein. I get pouches or sticks from Dollar Tree since otherwise it is so so expensive
I’m partial to protien bars. Especially Pure Protien brand. Their galactic brownie and birthday cake ones make me feel like I’m eating candy. I try to eat one on days I can’t make breakfast before work. It usually fills me up for at least 4 hours.
Turkey pepperoni. Hard boiled egg whites. A yogurt. Almonds. Protein bar. A bowl of cheerios with unsweetened almond milk. So many good options besides 6 cups of carrots?! You’re going to turn orange!
Had a whole tub of yogurt because I was so hungry yesterday and it really did the job 😆 mixed it with some sugar free butterscotch jello & pb2.
A handful of dry mini wheats fills me up and moves through me like a slow rock.
Protein oatmeal! You can buy it or just make it yourself with protein powder. Maybe I’m a bad cook, but I prefer the taste of the Quaker high protein instant oatmeal over homemade. Kodiak also makes something similar.
I do little deli meat plates with turkey, a little bit of cheese, pickles, banana peppers, and sometimes a small helping of flavored almonds or cashews. Or you could do a lettuce wrap with all the sandwich ingredients you like in it!
Hard boiled eggs, tuna pouches, high protein yogurt, Chomps beef sticks, small container cottage cheese. I always take high protein snacks to work to keep me from being hungry.
Laughing cow cheese and crunchmaster multi grain crackers, cottage cheese, hard boiled eggs, the Costco brand of Starbucks egg bites or I make my own, air popped popcorn, pickles, veggies with salsa verde, banana and strawberries, scrambled eggs (I have chickens – lots of my snacks are egg based), poached egg over delightful toast, crunchy granola bar, roasted chickpeas, soup, Yasso bars. All of these are under 200 calories and I’ve been quite happy to scarf them down!
If you haven’t yet, check out r/Volumeeating
I buy frozen edamame in steam bags. 5 minutes in the microwave and some kosher salt and they are low calorie and very filling.
Air popped popcorn.
Miso soup packets or a big salad of lettuce and cucumbers with a light dressing and hot sauce
I take tuna, greek yogurt, and a rice cake, and it keeps me solid. I just do carrots to keep my mouth busy.
Cottage chesse with some pickles and toasted keto bred! Or egg life wrap
Danon light and fit yogurt, 80 cals and 12 protein, great flavors too
Pickles
I have no idea if this is healthy or good for you but I chug some soaked chia seeds in water and I swear by it keeps me full for a couple of more hours
If you like carrots, my favorite snack this time of year is roasted carrots with cottage cheese. A little spice, a little fat from the oil, hot and cold together, delicious and filling. Highly recommend Trader Joe’s cottage cheese over others, and chop up whole carrots, baby carrots don’t roast well.
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Chomps turkey jerky. 80 cal 12 pro. So good tasting as well. Other flavors are good too but slightly higher cal lower pro.
I like to crumble up a rice cake, add some peaches, cottage cheese, and spicy honey. Hits a lot of cravings, and is semi-filling.
Everytime I have a protein shake with my lunch or earlier in the day im so surprised how less snacky i feel in the evenings and I don’t need to eat a huge dinner.