Snacks/Foods that make you feel full

Hi, I am looking for suggestions on low calorie foods that make you feel full even if you eat a small portion. So far it seems like only peanut butter does the trick. Everything else: small portion = feel hungry half an hour later. Even those protein bars don't make me feel full (plus they taste so awful). Meat/poultry fill me up as well but thats not really a practical snack throughout the day. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Applesauce works for me. One cup of natural unsweetened applesauce is 100 calories.

lean cusines  cost but they have something in it to keep you full longer

Whey protein drink & oatmeal. 

I much on dry Cherios Multi-grain, they taste good, are only 110 calories per cup and they last long enough to kill the hunger pangs. 

SOUP

OATMEAL- lots of fiber and protein!

HUMMUS-- I didn't believe people at first, but it IS very filling, because 2 tbsp has a decent amount of fiber and protein.

BROCCOLI/CUCUMBERS/CARROTS, almost all vegetables-- eat them raw if you can, because the act of all the chewing and crunchiness seems to help with hunger and gives your brain time to detect fullness.

VEGGIE DOGS and BURGERS-- low cal for high protein. Boca burgers are 70 calories and have about 18 g of protein I believe. They taste a lot like real meat too. I wouldn't be able to tell the difference if I didn't know!

Basically anything with high fiber or protein or volume or a combination of those.

If you're not vegan like me, I'd suggest my all time favorite before I became vegan-- EGG WHITES. You can get ridiculously full on egg whites for very little calories. 17 calories for one egg white, and it has 3.5 g of almost pure protein. You can eat them with salsa, ketchup, barbecue sauce, season them pretty much however you like. You could even whip up sweet things with them or make them into desserts... I really miss egg whites. They helped me a lot in dieting, and now I've been gaining back weight, because I can't find such an extremely low calorie protein source anymore.

I don't know about you, but some of these sugestions are not filling at all!  Small portions always = not filling!!!  Yes it is absolutly a terrible fact, but nevertheless true.  A snack that I rather like quite a bit is pudding mixed with puffed wheat.  I use Jell-O instant pudding but when I make it using half skim milk/ half water.  I divide the pudding into 3 cups (the pudding box said 4 servings, but 4 makes them too small) and I have about 1+ cups puffed wheat.... it comes out to ~100 cal. 

First off, everyone's metabolism is a little bit different, so what is filling for one person may not be filling for you. I suggest you keep a food diary where you record the time of day you eat things and your hunger level when you start and when you finish. That way you can see, "Oh, on Sunday I ate some oatmeal for 130 calories and I was a 7 on the hunger scale 90 minutes later, but on Monday I ate a bowl of cheerios for 125 calories and I didn't want to eat again for 4 hours and then I was a 6." That said, you do need some ideas to get you started! *Anything with whole grains, obviously *Quaker Lower sugar oatmeal. This stuff is so great and doesn't have that icky fake-sugar aftertaste! I love the strawberries and cream/ peaches and cream pack. You really don't miss the sugar! *Regular cheerios with a splash of skim milk *Finger veggies like broccoli, cauliflower, or carrots, with hummus *Yoplait light (this does have fake sugar in it, but somehow I am able to tolerate it in this, whereas in diet soda and other things I can't.) *String cheese or 90-cal colby cheese snacks, maybe with some triscuit thin crisps I try to aim for 100-150 calories for a snack, and something that will keep me from eating for at least 2 hours.

Original Post by tamilyns:

How many calories was in that Raspberry Smoothie??

 

Tami

 It has about 380 kcals. (I use Adam's organic peanut butter because it doesn't have high fructose corn syrup).

Mid-afternoon I eat low fat cottage cheese with fruit, like strawberries, or blueberries. There is alot of protein in the cottage cheese and alot of fiber in the fruit, and it definitely fills me up till dinnertime!

If I have 2 eggs, either boiled or poached it fills me up for much longer than any other type of food. For instance I'll have 2 eggs a slice of toast and half a tomato for breakfast at 8 and I'll be allright until 12 noon. If I have cereal (oats or all bran flakes) I am normally hungry again 2 1/2 hours later!

I agree with the Kashi bars I like the Pumkin Spice with flaxseed. Drink a 16 oz bottle of water and full for quiet a while.

Quaker Mini Drizzled Rice Cakes (LOVE the caramel ones) plus one can of seltzer water.  The rice cakes alone won't do it, but once I add the bubbles, I'm full. At least for an hour or two. 

Just had to add my newest sweet treat creation.

8oz. Almond Milk unsweetened, 1/2 cup sugar free fat free chocolate pudding mix (Jello brand) whip it then freeze it ass 2 tbsp spoons FF whip and you have an 80 calorie chocolate treat!

If you're looking for something with protein, I love making smoothies with this spriu-tein raspberry protein powder. I blend 1 scoop of it with either a frozen banana and some soy milk or oj and lots of ice. Either way, it makes a huge glass for about 200-250 calories. I usually hate drinking my calories but those things keep me full for a loooong time.

Primal Spirit Vegan Jerky *always* does the trick for me (and I imagine other brands would as well, that's just what I can get).  The only real problem is it's high in sodium, because it's low in fat, but has plenty of fiber and protein and tastes great.  Plus, depending on which flavor you get, they have between 72 and 100 calories per package, so it's pretty good  bang for your caloric buck!  If you can't find them in your grocery store, you can order them in bulk on Amazon, but if you haven't had soy or seitan products before, I def. recommend trying them first.

I just bought some PB2 from ebay and put it in my oatmeal this morning.   SO YUMMY.   150 cals max and full of fiber!   ( : 

Something that i had just before that reall filled me up was hot rice, plain with japanese soy sauce sprinkled on it.

I cut a large tomato up and salted it, had it on the side of the rice. Its really low in calories and is a small meal that tastes really yummy even though there is not much to it.

Around 1cup of cooked white rice is about 150 cal.

A tomato is around 20 cal.

 

Enjoy!

I agree with the oatmeal and apple posts.  I also think a hard boiled egg is a great filler.

ETA:  If I'm every having a sweet tooth craving and I know I shouldn't be hungry (usually after a big meal), I down a large glass of crystal light lemonade or tropical punch.  It always does the trick!

1/2 high protein pita (70 cal, 5g protein) + 1 light laughing cow cheese wedge (35 cal) + cucumber (5 cal-ish) = 110 calories.  Even having two of these is only around 225 calories.  I'll eat this w/ a salad for lunch, and be stuffed.

hi folks thanks for some brill suggestions am new to this CC too and have struggled to stick with 1500cals a day (it dosen't seem to 'buy' much)

some things I have used are:

asda mighty soup - under 200/tin may be as little as 100 would have to check

1/2 cantalope melon

couscous 1 serving = 202 cals so even a whole pack is only 404 cals!

rich tea biscuits - 38 cals each

put salad dressing on salad and use the one you like (it defo won't bust yer cals as fast as a chocolate bar would! :-0 )

jacket spud

baked beans

tin tuna salad

hope these few help a bit too

best wishes

amanda

SW238 CW230 5ft 7in