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How to not feel hungry all the time..
I inadvertantly discovered something when I was dieting. Although I
managed to lose down to a very slim and trim 136 pounds which is right where I should be, but I learned how to control hunger. The secret? Fiber. Fiber has to be eased in to though. You can't comfortably start eating 500% of the minimum recommended fiber without suffering bloating, etc. But you can build up to it very easily. The advantage of fiber is very simple: It is filling, yet has NO calories. In fact, that is the definition of fiber. It cannot be digested by humans. Even though a deer or a cow would find calories in certain human dietary fiber, we cannot, so it is free food in that regard. Almost all foods that are high fiber are also low calorie. Green beans are loaded with fiber...25% of your daily minimum in one can, and only 70 calories. The calories come from the protein and carbs. Oh yes, one point. When you buy metamucil or other fibers in a drugstore or supermarket, there are calories listed. Why? Well, it isn't pure fiber. There are sweetners, carbs, protein and fat along for the ride....but when a label lists fiber, those grams of product have 0 calories. Besides high fiber, it also helps a lot to drink lots of water. Tea, diet soda, etc. work as well, but the caffeine might be a problem. I presently eat about 500% of the daily recommended min. fiber recommendation and I simply do not get hungry. Here is a short list of high-fiber foods...some plain, some processed, but all very high fiber (for the calories). Lots of vegetables like celery do not seem to be high-fiber, until you determine the fiber as a percentage of calories. Then celery jumps way up. You get most of the fiber from whole grains like puffed wheat, oatmeal, and products like Fiber One (original) where a half cup has 57% of the min. fiber recommendation and only 60 calories. All vegetables are good, but broccoli and cauliflower are very good and green beans are the most concentrated fiber (for the calories). Basically you can eat like a gorilla if you eat those low cal, high fiber veggies, but you will stay as slim and trim as a mink. Every dieter should consider this option, unless you are satisfied eating very small amounts of high- fat, high calorie foods, and still manage to ward off the hunger and constipation that would likely result. dkw |
How to not feel hungry all the time..
wrote in message ... I inadvertantly discovered something when I was dieting. Although I managed to lose down to a very slim and trim 136 pounds which is right where I should be, but I learned how to control hunger. The secret? Fiber. Fiber has to be eased in to though. You can't comfortably start eating 500% of the minimum recommended fiber without suffering bloating, etc. But you can build up to it very easily. For breakfast I often have a serving of Wheatena hot cereal and I add 1/3 - 1/2 cup of wheat bran to it. The wheat bran adds loads of fiber and very few calories but it really bulks up the cereal. You end up with a massive bowl of the stuff. I add fruit (fresh as much as possible but sometimes I'm out and used dried), Equal, unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze milk and cinnamon. It's very filling and yes, it will keep you regular! -- Liz |
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Thanks for this very informative post! I use psyillium husks. Put one
table spoon of pysillium (7g) in 1 cup of water and drink another cup of water right after. If you do that three times a day, you get 21g of fiber plus 1.5 liter of water. I forgot about green beans until you wrote about them! They were very useful to my diet a few years ago. Even though I was using those in cans which are inferior in quality than the raw ones, they were very helpful because they kept me fuller. I'm going to the supermarket this morning to buy lots of them! I'll get brocoli too! |
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I just checked a psyllium container. It says 3.1g of fibers per
tablespoon. I was off by 3.9... But it's ok as it fills me up for zero calories. |
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On Dec 14, 8:45 pm, "Elizabeth Blake"
wrote: wrote in message ... I inadvertantly discovered something when I was dieting. Although I managed to lose down to a very slim and trim 136 pounds which is right where I should be, but I learned how to control hunger. The secret? Fiber. Fiber has to be eased in to though. You can't comfortably start eating 500% of the minimum recommended fiber without suffering bloating, etc. But you can build up to it very easily. For breakfast I often have a serving of Wheatena hot cereal and I add 1/3 - 1/2 cup of wheat bran to it. The wheat bran adds loads of fiber and very few calories but it really bulks up the cereal. You end up with a massive bowl of the stuff. I add fruit (fresh as much as possible but sometimes I'm out and used dried), Equal, unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze milk and cinnamon. It's very filling and yes, it will keep you regular! -- Liz Sounds great. I see the bran at the supermarket, but never used it. My cereal has lots of bran already in it though....corn and wheat bran mostly. I add blueberries and cranberries to a lot of my cereal. Both are high fiber and low cal as well, with cranberries only 45 cal per cup. I use frozen and can add an entire cup right away to oatmeal right out of the microwave, stir, add 4-5 Equal and eat it without waiting. The frozen fruit cools the oatmeal and the hot oatmeal thaws the berries so everything is just right. dkw Oh, yes, another treats I add to other food...usually green beans is water chestnuts or mushrooms. Both are very low cal and high fiber and you can eat a huge bowlful for 100 calories. I heat up the greenbeans and mushrooms and add a little Smuckers sugar-free syrup to the top. It's pretty filling and tastes good. dkw |
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On Dec 15, 10:47 am, "
wrote: I just checked a psyllium container. It says 3.1g of fibers per tablespoon. I was off by 3.9... But it's ok as it fills me up for zero calories. I keep seeing and reading good things about psyllium husk and I already eat some already in my cereal, but I think I'll buy both bran and psyllium and give it a try. Thanks. As you know there is an on-going discussion on what allows a person to feel full. Obviously, there is a huge psychological component to this as some people are never full and others seem to eat like birds, and claim they are stuffed. We with weight problems do not fit into the latter group. Some say fat, some say carbs, many seem to say protein is what curbs appetite, so I also eat 6 egg whites a day. They only have 150 calories. Actually I make a kind of meringue that turns out more like big marshmallows using Splenda. Of course you could make an omelet with spray oil and add onions, curry, or whatever tickled your fancy and that's pretty good too. It does give lots of protein and seems to help keep me full. No fiber in egg whites of course. I feed 4 egg yolks a day to my border collie mixed in with her dry commercial dog food. She has a beautiful coat and lots of energy. I hate to waste food so this seems to work out. You can buy plain egg whites in the supermarket too, but they are ultrapasturized and taste a little tough and funny plus don't whip up as nicely. dkw |
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You seem very creative with foods.
You mentionned mushrooms. I've "discovered" them last week. No need to cook them, just need to wash them and they're ready to eat. Just a few of them fill me up nicely for at least an hour. As I'm writing this, I'm eating the green beans I've just bought - after reading your initial post- at the supermarket I cooked 200g of them. I steamed them and did not throw out the remaining water as it certainly contains vitamines and minerals. I drank it instead. This is the best website that I know of on nutriutional content of foods. You can find out what minerals and vitamines foods contain and what food contains the most of any mineral or vitamine. http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?t...trient&dbid=59 |
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On 14 déc, 20:12, " wrote:
Dkw, you are very helpful. Do you have a blog or a website on weight management? |
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On Dec 15, 1:06 pm, "
wrote: On 14 déc, 20:12, " wrote: Dkw, you are very helpful. Do you have a blog or a website on weight management? No, I just had a weight problem for many years, and the yoyo dieted my way from 250 down to 150 a bunch of times before I finally figured out what works for me. I like food so much, that I just had to figure out a way to eat a lot of food, and yet stay healthy, and this is what I've come up with so far. I'm convinced that there are lots of successful ways to diet, as long as one counts calories. I'm dictating this using my new vista voice recognition software. It seems to do pretty well, but I haven't learned all the proper commands yet. Eight, wait a minute. Now I won't be able to eat and communicate at the same time though. Just the second all get a cell respect and see what that does to my words... OK I'm back here goes, actually I weighed 230 pounds less than three years goal, and I've weighed 130 6 pounds for about 2 1/2 years, and since I've given away all my fat close, I guess I'll just have to stay here it 136. Not bad! I guess I can eat and talk of the same time. Dkw |
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You wrote: "I like food so much, that I just had to figure out a way
to eat a lot of food, and yet stay healthy," EXACTLY my situation! I'm obsessed with food. I would eat pizza, KFC, cookies, bagels, cakes all day every day. If you told me I have only a month to live, I would pig out all day. I've started buying large quantities of vegetables. I have to find a way to eat all that. I've just finished another big salad with red leaf, cucumber, one tomatoe, dried parsley, onion, black pepper and salt. Very low calorie meal and very water-dense, with lots of vitamines and minerals. After that, I steamed brocoli. Later on, I'll cook a steak. I'm very happy to hear about your success. Do you take any supplements like vitamins or minerals? Do you think having minerals off multi- vitamins has the same effect as having minerals off food? |
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On Dec 15, 3:49 pm, "
wrote: You wrote: "I like food so much, that I just had to figure out a way to eat a lot of food, and yet stay healthy," EXACTLY my situation! I'm obsessed with food. I would eat pizza, KFC, cookies, bagels, cakes all day every day. If you told me I have only a month to live, I would pig out all day. I've started buying large quantities of vegetables. I have to find a way to eat all that. I've just finished another big salad with red leaf, cucumber, one tomatoe, dried parsley, onion, black pepper and salt. Very low calorie meal and very water-dense, with lots of vitamines and minerals. After that, I steamed brocoli. Later on, I'll cook a steak. I'm very happy to hear about your success. Do you take any supplements like vitamins or minerals? Do you think having minerals off multi- vitamins has the same effect as having minerals off food? I don't take any vitamins or supplements. I get lots of all the vitamins and minerals and far as I know I'm healthy. I toyed with taking Omega-3, but there's a fair amount in oats, so I don't take any. I hear lots of claims for this or that vitamin, mineral, supplement, combination, but except for the Omega 3, there doesn't seem to be much science behind it. I pretty much follow Dean Ornish's advice, except he does recommend the Omega 3. I certainly eat low fat...about 10% of my diet, no more than that. I'm with you. I could really eat all day. In fact, when I was fat, I could easily eat a dozen donuts and a quart of milk. I did this numerous time when I would drive through Martinsville, Indiana on my way back to Bloomington for college. The thing was, they always had still warm, fresh out of the cooker glazed donuts when I would pass through on Sunday eve. I must have done that 30 times.....while driving, or an entire box of chocolate cherries while returning with diet soda from the grocery. I'm sure I could eat 6 Big Macs. I have eaten an entire medium pepperoni pizza on several occasions too, and an entire gallon of Bluebell homemade vanilla with strawberries ice cream. The ice cream would be what, about 5,000 calories? Then I would get home and look for something else to eat. In a way, since I was never really satisfied and really never starved, it was a little easier for me to just ignore my desires for food, since obviously I can't trust my appetite to tell me when or what to eat. For me it is probably like an alcoholic who really can't take that first drink again cause it will cause him to blow it. I never ever overeat. I get to exactly my 2,000 calories and I stop eating. My weight stays almost exactly the same too. I too am obsessed with food. I watch the food channel quite a bit and my favorite episode is where they show the 10 best places in America to pig out. I was thinking the whole time that I could out-eat any of those people they showed. A lot of places would serve huge pizza or some grotesque cheeseburger with 8 pounds of fries....stuff like that. Oh ya, one was pancakes...giant stacks and ice cream. The premise to most was that you paid a price for the food, but if you could eat it all, it was free. The other program that I have watched a couple of times either on the Food network or the history channel were the history of chocolate and candy in America. I never was a big meat eater, but sweets are a different matter. The program where they have pie bakeoffs are also great. Man, I could eat an entire pecan pie or cherry pie...warm with vanilla ice cream, or 2 doz. chocolate chip cookies fresh out of the oven with lots of ice cold milk. Yet, the heaviest I ever was, was 250. I see a lot of people much heavier than that, so I know they must be consuming 6,000 calories + a day. I would much rather dwell and fixate and fantasize about food now than actually eat it, cause I refuse to ever get fat again. dkw |
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This post was very amusing. :) Now the word pizza is echoing in my
brain... I imagine hearing a thousand of crying men screaming and demanding pizza... "Pizza! Pizza! Pizza!". :) I remember those days when as a teenager I lived at my parents'. Any food I wanted, I could have it. We had three flavours of ice cream, lots of soda, pies, etc. At one point I moved out and stayed unemployed for a few months. When I came back home, people asked me how I lost weight. I told them, "Now *I* pay for the food." Whatever, I'm on my way to a better me. I'm putting as much veggies in my mouth as I can at every meal. Mike 194/180/170 |
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On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:41:49 -0800 (PST), "
wrote: Whatever, I'm on my way to a better me. I'm putting as much veggies in my mouth as I can at every meal. I've been following with thread with some interest. If it wasn't for my liking vegetables, I'd still be a real porker as opposed to just a moderate porker. When I get hungry, I have to reach for a can of veggies, or a package of frozen veggies. Without them, I wouldn't be able to control the urge to eat all the bad foods I've given up over the last 15 months. Luckily, I love most veggies, so it's not a problem. I just have to stay away from sauces to put on them. :) Oooh, lookie... the wife just brought home a head of cauliflower. Hey hun, lemme put that away for ya. ::evil grin:: :) -- Zilbandy 602/359/250ish -- Zilbandy |
How to not feel hungry all the time..
wrote in message ... I inadvertantly discovered something when I was dieting. Although I managed to lose down to a very slim and trim 136 pounds which is right where I should be, but I learned how to control hunger. The secret? Fiber. Fiber has to be eased in to though. You can't comfortably start eating 500% of the minimum recommended fiber without suffering bloating, etc. But you can build up to it very easily. The advantage of fiber is very simple: It is filling, yet has NO calories. In fact, that is the definition of fiber. It cannot be digested by humans. Even though a deer or a cow would find calories in certain human dietary fiber, we cannot, so it is free food in that regard. Almost all foods that are high fiber are also low calorie. Green beans are loaded with fiber...25% of your daily minimum in one can, and only 70 calories. The calories come from the protein and carbs. Oh yes, one point. When you buy metamucil or other fibers in a drugstore or supermarket, there are calories listed. Why? Well, it isn't pure fiber. There are sweetners, carbs, protein and fat along for the ride....but when a label lists fiber, those grams of product have 0 calories. Besides high fiber, it also helps a lot to drink lots of water. Tea, diet soda, etc. work as well, but the caffeine might be a problem. I presently eat about 500% of the daily recommended min. fiber recommendation and I simply do not get hungry. Here is a short list of high-fiber foods...some plain, some processed, but all very high fiber (for the calories). Lots of vegetables like celery do not seem to be high-fiber, until you determine the fiber as a percentage of calories. Then celery jumps way up. You get most of the fiber from whole grains like puffed wheat, oatmeal, and products like Fiber One (original) where a half cup has 57% of the min. fiber recommendation and only 60 calories. All vegetables are good, but broccoli and cauliflower are very good and green beans are the most concentrated fiber (for the calories). Basically you can eat like a gorilla if you eat those low cal, high fiber veggies, but you will stay as slim and trim as a mink. Every dieter should consider this option, unless you are satisfied eating very small amounts of high- fat, high calorie foods, and still manage to ward off the hunger and constipation that would likely result. dkw How long have you been using this regimen? Oh, and BTW, a high fat diet does not produce constipation. There are some reports of those who tried to do high protein low fat and low carb at the same time who had constipation problems. The reason I was wondering how long you used very high fiber is that my info has been that the body recognizes the caloric value of food after several weeks. In such a case I would expect that one would tend to eat increasing volumes of the fiber dense foods over time. The Paleo diet folk believe greenbeans to be unhealthy. |
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On 16 déc, 04:48, Zilbandy wrote:
On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:41:49 -0800 (PST), " wrote: Whatever, I'm on my way to a better me. I'm putting as much veggies in my mouth as I can at every meal. I've been following with thread with some interest. If it wasn't for my liking vegetables, I'd still be a real porker as opposed to just a moderate porker. When I get hungry, I have to reach for a can of veggies, or a package of frozen veggies. Without them, I wouldn't be able to control the urge to eat all the bad foods I've given up over the last 15 months. Luckily, I love most veggies, so it's not a problem. I just have to stay away from sauces to put on them. :) Oooh, lookie... the wife just brought home a head of cauliflower. Hey hun, lemme put that away for ya. ::evil grin:: :) -- Zilbandy 602/359/250ish -- Zilbandy Wow! From 602 to 250, that's amazing! I put salt, black pepper and dried parsley on the veggies. They make them taste better and they have no calories. |
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On Dec 16, 3:48 am, Zilbandy wrote:
On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:41:49 -0800 (PST), " wrote: Whatever, I'm on my way to a better me. I'm putting as much veggies in my mouth as I can at every meal. I've been following with thread with some interest. If it wasn't for my liking vegetables, I'd still be a real porker as opposed to just a moderate porker. When I get hungry, I have to reach for a can of veggies, or a package of frozen veggies. Without them, I wouldn't be able to control the urge to eat all the bad foods I've given up over the last 15 months. Luckily, I love most veggies, so it's not a problem. I just have to stay away from sauces to put on them. :) Oooh, lookie... the wife just brought home a head of cauliflower. Hey hun, lemme put that away for ya. ::evil grin:: :) -- Zilbandy 602/359/250ish 602 to 359? I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy! Neil 385/260/220 |
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On Dec 16, 7:39 am, "Cubit" wrote:
wrote in message ... I inadvertantly discovered something when I was dieting. Although I managed to lose down to a very slim and trim 136 pounds which is right where I should be, but I learned how to control hunger. The secret? Fiber. Fiber has to be eased in to though. You can't comfortably start eating 500% of the minimum recommended fiber without suffering bloating, etc. But you can build up to it very easily. The advantage of fiber is very simple: It is filling, yet has NO calories. In fact, that is the definition of fiber. It cannot be digested by humans. Even though a deer or a cow would find calories in certain human dietary fiber, we cannot, so it is free food in that regard. Almost all foods that are high fiber are also low calorie. Green beans are loaded with fiber...25% of your daily minimum in one can, and only 70 calories. The calories come from the protein and carbs. Oh yes, one point. When you buy metamucil or other fibers in a drugstore or supermarket, there are calories listed. Why? Well, it isn't pure fiber. There are sweetners, carbs, protein and fat along for the ride....but when a label lists fiber, those grams of product have 0 calories. Besides high fiber, it also helps a lot to drink lots of water. Tea, diet soda, etc. work as well, but the caffeine might be a problem. I presently eat about 500% of the daily recommended min. fiber recommendation and I simply do not get hungry. Here is a short list of high-fiber foods...some plain, some processed, but all very high fiber (for the calories). Lots of vegetables like celery do not seem to be high-fiber, until you determine the fiber as a percentage of calories. Then celery jumps way up. You get most of the fiber from whole grains like puffed wheat, oatmeal, and products like Fiber One (original) where a half cup has 57% of the min. fiber recommendation and only 60 calories. All vegetables are good, but broccoli and cauliflower are very good and green beans are the most concentrated fiber (for the calories). Basically you can eat like a gorilla if you eat those low cal, high fiber veggies, but you will stay as slim and trim as a mink. Every dieter should consider this option, unless you are satisfied eating very small amounts of high- fat, high calorie foods, and still manage to ward off the hunger and constipation that would likely result. dkw How long have you been using this regimen? Oh, and BTW, a high fat diet does not produce constipation. There are some reports of those who tried to do high protein low fat and low carb at the same time who had constipation problems. The reason I was wondering how long you used very high fiber is that my info has been that the body recognizes the caloric value of food after several weeks. In such a case I would expect that one would tend to eat increasing volumes of the fiber dense foods over time. The Paleo diet folk believe greenbeans to be unhealthy.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - No, perhaps high-fat doesn't produce constipation, but if you eat a lot of fat, then you do not get to eat much of anything else and stay within your alloted calories, and the lack of bulk including fiber becomes a problem. In other words, fat has over twice the calories of carbs and protein, so right away you would be eating less than half as much food by weight. Next high-fat foods are also low fiber foods. In fact, meat has no fiber. Fiber comes from vegetables and fruit which are low-cal overall. I think that is the connection. Now could you just eat a lot of fat, then eat some fiber and everything be ok with digestion? I really don't know. Perhaps. Of course the thing that really causes constipation are calcium (milk and cheese products) and iron. I do know you need to ease into high-fiber. I routinely eat 500% of my daily min. requirement of fiber with no side effects. I do take long walks with the dog, but she never complains. If someone went from low fiber to high fiber overnight, they would experience distress though. I think the problem has to do with the soluble fiber which produces gas. I assume what happens is that the flora in the gut change somehow to accomodate this high fiber in a few days, but that's a guess. I have never heard green beans being bad for a person. I would have to hear the argument. If they cause you to swell up like a balloon and go POP, I suppose that could be bad though....sort of like the restaurant skit from Monty Python....only in his case it was "one thin mint". |
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On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:42:30 -0800 (PST), "
wrote: Zilbandy 602/359/250ish -- Zilbandy Wow! From 602 to 250, that's amazing! Well, 250 is the goal. I'm at 359 now. I've been on a platteau for about a month. Hopefully, after the holidays, I'll have better luck avoiding all the holiday treats and get back to eating broccoli. :) I put salt, black pepper and dried parsley on the veggies. They make them taste better and they have no calories. -- Zilbandy |
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On Dec 21, 3:23 pm, Steph Peters
wrote: " ofhttp://groups.google.comwrote: I inadvertantly discovered something when I was dieting. Although I managed to lose down to a very slim and trim 136 pounds which is right where I should be, but I learned how to control hunger. The secret? Fiber. Wasn't fibre ever the basis of a popular diet where you live? One of the diets that got a lot of publicity in UK in the 80s/90s was Audrey Eyton's F plan, where the F is for fibre. Her regimen included an apple and orange per day, two bowls of her recipe for a mixture of dried fruits, bran breakfast cereals with bran, and eating a target amount of fibre per day. While I don't do the breakfast mix any more because I never did like it much, high fibre is the basis of my diet, together with low fat and low calories I tend to eat a lot of fruit and salad because I can just grab and eat immediately without cooking, so that they are convenient for keeping me going during the day at work. I eat vegetables as part of planned meals, so no more than I did before changing my way of eating; however since I'm a vegetarian I probably eat a lot more vegetables than many other people. Steph 238/166/119 Not that I recall, but I sure could have missed The Fiber Diet or whatever they called it. You know I have looked at fiber supplements and even bran, metamucil, etc. before, but I was kinda confused about why there were calories listed for it. If it's fiber there shouldn't be calories. Then I figured out that it has other stuff in it, so there will be a few calories in the product. Then the metamucil fiber was a little confusing because I thought it was a laxative, so I voided...make that avoided it. What turned me on to fiber was the Fiber One cereal (original) with only 60 cal per half cup. It's artificially sweetened with Aspartame. It really tasted good. Then I noticed the light breads like Nature's Own Light uses fiber to reduce the calories, so I started to get the picture....I think. Anyway, I was already eating pretty high fiber BEFORE the Fiber One...of which I have probably 1.5 cups per day, puffed whole wheat, oatmeal, plus I am also vegetarian. I'm sure I don't need to actively seek out fiber...however, what is important to me, being the glutton that I am...make that reformed glutton, is that I get lots and lots of food. Voila, fiber. dkw |
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" of http://groups.google.com wrote:
I inadvertantly discovered something when I was dieting. Although I managed to lose down to a very slim and trim 136 pounds which is right where I should be, but I learned how to control hunger. The secret? Fiber. Wasn't fibre ever the basis of a popular diet where you live? One of the diets that got a lot of publicity in UK in the 80s/90s was Audrey Eyton's F plan, where the F is for fibre. Her regimen included an apple and orange per day, two bowls of her recipe for a mixture of dried fruits, bran breakfast cereals with bran, and eating a target amount of fibre per day. While I don't do the breakfast mix any more because I never did like it much, high fibre is the basis of my diet, together with low fat and low calories I tend to eat a lot of fruit and salad because I can just grab and eat immediately without cooking, so that they are convenient for keeping me going during the day at work. I eat vegetables as part of planned meals, so no more than I did before changing my way of eating; however since I'm a vegetarian I probably eat a lot more vegetables than many other people. Steph 238/166/119 |
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wrote in message
... Not that I recall, but I sure could have missed The Fiber Diet or whatever they called it. You know I have looked at fiber supplements and even bran, metamucil, etc. before, but I was kinda confused about why there were calories listed for it. If it's fiber there shouldn't be calories. Then I figured out that it has other stuff in it, so there will be a few calories in the product. Actually, I think that soluble fiber is counted as calories and that's what those powdered supplements are. Insoluble fiber, like wheat bran, is very low calorie. http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/que...lefibercal.htm "According to the FDA, soluble fiber is listed on food labels as having calories because it does, in a roundabout way, contribute calories to the body. This is because most soluble fiber is used by the bacteria in the colon to produce short-chain fatty acids which, in turn, are used by the body. These calories do not raise blood sugar, so when counting carbs, those in soluble fiber (like insoluble fiber) don't count towards the total. This same situation is also true of oligosaccharides, which may or may not also be listed as fiber." -- Liz |
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wrote in message
... Not that I recall, but I sure could have missed The Fiber Diet or whatever they called it. You know I have looked at fiber supplements and even bran, metamucil, etc. before, but I was kinda confused about why there were calories listed for it. If it's fiber there shouldn't be calories. Then I figured out that it has other stuff in it, so there will be a few calories in the product. Actually, I think that soluble fiber is counted as calories and that's what those powdered supplements are. Insoluble fiber, like wheat bran, is very low calorie. http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/que...lefibercal.htm "According to the FDA, soluble fiber is listed on food labels as having calories because it does, in a roundabout way, contribute calories to the body. This is because most soluble fiber is used by the bacteria in the colon to produce short-chain fatty acids which, in turn, are used by the body. These calories do not raise blood sugar, so when counting carbs, those in soluble fiber (like insoluble fiber) don't count towards the total. This same situation is also true of oligosaccharides, which may or may not also be listed as fiber." -- Liz |
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Informative post on how to not feel hungry all the time and like to add to not feel hungry all the time, break meals in small frequent meals and add fruits and vegetables more in your daily meals.
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I'm a huge fan of natural mild yoghurt to keep those hunger pangs away :)
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