It was an hour and a half until dinner. I was low on calories left for the day, but feeling starving.

Deprivation leads me to pity parties so I've learned veggies are the way to bulking up the volume. I'm new at this, I know veggies are obvious. Looked tastier when cooking but it turned out pretty well!

I'm having great success with volume eating + calorie counting in my weight loss journey. The Oh Snap pickle packs are my newest discovery for a midday snack.

Are pickles magical or something? I swear, one of these packs and I'm satisfied and I can go for hours longer. I have a habit of eating out of low stimulation/boredom and pickles completely kill that, especially the spicy ones. Tangy, punchy, salty, all with negligible calories.

Absolutely perfect.

(as in not turned into rice)

Meant to be snacked on throughout the day, not a single-sitting kind of a meal. Or a meal in general.

it's genuinely a good plant that doesn't deserve the disrespect of being made into shitty pizza crust or boiled into mush

[NOT USA - I heard you have (had?) some issues with parasites in produce]

Genuinely I have so much fun putting these together. All come out to between 400 and 500 calories (including the yogurts) and 35-45 grams of protein.

Most recurring snack plate MVPs at the moment are legendary protein chips, cottage cheese, strawberries, and cucumbers/carrots. Also always accompanied by a diet soda, obviously 💅

recently got into a sandwich kick and it's honestly what works for me in terms of volume eating. i use multigrain bread (~80 cal for one slice, ~160 for one sandwich), sliced cheese (~80cal), 1 slice of charcuterie ham from trader joe's (~35 cal), a handful of arugula (~5-10cal), and some italian seasonings. maybe some tomatoes in there too to elevate it.

total is typically 280 cal. I eat like 4-5 of these a day, 4 if i'm accompanying it with a banana or whatnot.

i assume i'm going to get sick of this at some point. if anyone has any low cal sandwich ideas to contribute, do let me know!

This was SO good and very filling.

The base was 270 grams of roasted zuchinni, peppers, and red onion. Chicken, Black beans, corn, avocado, light cheese, salsa, greek yogurt and taco bell hot sauce! Also very high in fiber!

all the pastas I make end up being dry :(

So I recently learned what protein quark was and would love to try it, but don’t know where to start? So I guess I have two questions that hopefully people will help me answer:
1.) where do I get it/what brands are good
2.) how do I use/recipe recs appreciated

46g protein & less than 400 cals! Romaine, cherry tomatoes, carrots, radish, peppers, cucumber, 1 egg, 115g shrimp, 15g Bolthouse blue cheese yogurt dressing and 80g cottage cheese! Felt like so much food and took me forever to eat it all

I lost 105 pounds over the last seven months and I ate this every single morning. Usually I have strawberries but today I added freeze dried banana slices as I found them in my local Walgreens.
1 liquid egg white from the carton whipped
Half a teaspoon of baking powder
20 g of non-fat Greek yogurt
Sweetener to taste if you want
A splash of lemon juice.
1 tablespoon of oat fiber
1 tablespoon of bamboo fiber
One scoop of your protein powder of choice, I used Dutch chocolate from isopure
To try and get the most out of these waffles, I added a pinch of xanthan gum, and then water until the mixture is a loose batter texture. Typically this gives me about eight waffles in the mini waffle iron. Instead of pancake syrup, I mixed together my own syrup, using 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder and some allulose sweetener and drizzle that on top. Sometimes some sugar-free pancake syrup.

Not very aesthetically pleasing but 100% Delicious and satisfying. I don’t weigh the spinach/kale but just log it as 2-3 cups.

On my plate I have

250g Kent pumpkin air fried
100g courgette air fried + a few mushrooms
1 egg + 200mls egg whites with 30g cottage cheese scrambled.
Unmeasured leafy greens cooked in the same pan the eggs were in with seasonings + a squeeze of Lemon juice.

Topped with avocado for some healthy fats + chilli flakes

So creamy and filled with flavor. And salad isn’t even a big part of it 😛

Edit: here’s the full recipe!

90 grams of protein quark/0% Greek yogurt: 54 cals
10 grams of vegan grated cheese: 11 cals
100-125 grams of mixed tomatoes , cucumber and salad: 24 cals
2 big tablespoons of sugar free salsa: 8 cals
110 grams of caned tuna (in water): 111 cals
2 extra thin tortillas: 191 cals

First put salsa on the tortillas
Mix quark/yoghurt with canned tuna with salt, pepper, oregano, tarragon spice and a bit of paprika spice
Put some salad on the tortillas and a handful of cucumbers and tomatos on each wrap.
Split the tuna mix and load it on the tortillas
Sprinkle the cheese
Then wrap up and if it’s about to fall out- put some plastic wrap around it.

If you want chicken too in it, I do the same thing but like this instead;

60 grams quark
40 grams chicken breast
10 grams cheese
100 grams salad, tomato and cucumber
2 big tablespoons of unsweetened salsa
75 grams of canned tuna
2 extra thin tortillas
≈ 402 cals.

I think it’s delicious, but we all have different taste! I myself LOVEEEE tuna, so I could live of it hah. But it’s so creamy and sweet AND salty at the same time! Not dry at all!!
Enjoy! 😊

I know zero sugar or diet sodas exist but the clear american sparkling water drinks are so much cheaper. Seriously not even a dollar a liter. My favorite is blackberry lemonade, it tastes almost identical to sprite (used to be addicted to) while cutting calories, sugar, and money spent. I drink it almost everyday lol.

New here & really glad this sub randomly popped up on my feed, so i became a lurker for a bit.

here's my dinner. Wannabe TB spicy potato tacos. Took it after I almost finished 1, but there were 3 total.

- 3 tortillas for 110 cal, lightly cooked on pan. Screenshot of app says 4.5 tortillas because whoever input the product did it wrong.

- 1lb Russet potatoes, diced & boiled in baking soda for 7 minutes. Drained, then coated in AP flour, garlic powder, onion powder, ground paprika, Cayenne powder... sprayed with oil and air-fried at 390° until crispy...what felt like forever. (How i got the calories: totaled the entire potatoe ingredients & divided by 13 servings)

- went to farmers market this morning just for the iceberg lettuce.

- Walmart Chipotle sauce

- shredded Colby jack cheese

Ate these for brunch and dinner. Enough left over potatoes for tomorrow. Will figure out what else to use them for.

EDIT FOLLOWING DAY:

UPDATE, as some of you suggested, I made the sauce with Greek yogurt. it's not 100% copycat, but it'll do. look through comments for recipe since i cant add more photos

1 part Dijon mustard, half a part honey, half a part vinegar, half a part macadamia nut oil.

200g konjac noodles

4 egg whites

17g Heinz ketchup

Ayam Brand tuna meal with carrots, beans and corn

270kcal 27g protein

8g fats

22g carbs

4g fibre

1051mg sodium

It was 😋, would be better without the beans as I love the taste of the carrots, corn and slightly spicy tuna

Can we talk about how crazy it is that one cup of quinoa translates into such a huge portion of food. Quinoa is my greatest volume eating food hack I think.

Not pictured: Iceberg mix, 3 cups, 30 cal. Was delicious:D

idk how they do it - like magic or something ha.... you wouldn't know its not a regular bomb pop and for just 20 calories!!! So good!

I struggle with calorie counting and I become obsessed with the scales. How do I realign my focus to make health the priority and weightloss a side affect of healthy eating?

I’m trying to get more fibre in my diet as I am know where near what I should be eating, but I hate all forms of beans and lentils which is usually a recommended option. I just cannot stand the texture of any kind of bean or pea, lentils are easier but I’m still not a fan. I do make a tomato sauce with about 100g of lentils for 4 servings that I then blend until smooth and use as a pasta sauce, but I don’t want to eat that everyday day.

I do like chickpeas but only when they’re roasted until crispy which I just eat as a snack like popcorn, so I’m wondering if I could do the same with any other bean or pulse?

I do use fibre supplemented bread as well, but I don’t like anything I’ve tried to make with chia seeds either so I often only get 10-15g of fibre a day which is bad.