filling up--is it okay?

Hi all,

I have lost 40 pounds in the past two years! at first from calorie counting and exercise but now i dont count bc its a part of my lifE!!

is this a problem tho--i can eat endless fruits and vegetables! ENDLESS!? like 1 huge bags of grapes.

of course i feel a bit off after, and i eat them and then some protien also like beans.. but is this bad? that my stomach is probbaly stretched? 

does it hinder weightloss? theres no way i could be going over my caloires if all i eat is beans/soy, and fruit and vegetables unless i eat tons of beans and kashi or wahtever..

so should i back off on the fruit?

help!

thanks, annie

are you at your goal weight?

No I would llike to loose 5-10 more pounds!  Just in general though..is that feeilng of fullness. Overfullness. is it bad? even with fruit and veg?

That is one of the main advantages of basing a diet around vegetables.... they're nicely filling,... plus very low in calories and they're pretty nutritious.  However, as with anything else, you can have too much of a good thing.  It's important to get a balanced diet of different foods so that you're getting a broad range of nutrition.  If you just eat a limited diet of vegetables fruit and beans you may not be getting enough fats, for example.  You're also missing out on some of the vitamins in wholegrain foods, meat, fish and so on.  

It's also important to make sure you're getting enough energy.... if you eat too many vegetables to the exclusion of other foods you can inadvertently starve.   Too much fruit can add too much sugar to your diet... even though it's natural sugar you can still go overboard on it.  Have you ever run your typical food intake through the CC food log and run an analysis of the calorie content?  If it was sub 1200, for example, you'd potentially have a problem.

And a final thought.... Try to get out of the habit of eating until you're uncomfortably full or 'a bit off'.   Gorgeing, even when it's on vegetables and fruit, isn't a particularly healthy thing to do.

thanks!!