I find myself constantly eating a ton of food, mostly oatmeal, fruit, vegetables, rice w/beans, and low-fat yogurt on occasion. It just hit me that most of what I eat is not very high in calories. If I start eating more calorically dense food (i.e. grape nuts, peanut butter), would this fill me up faster?
Thanks.
Try eating 2 apples and a liter of water before every meal and then eat what you want 10-15 minutes later. Now this my friend will fill you up. Now Peanut butter and apples will get you there as well.
yes. try lentils, quinoa, edamame, nuts.
hungry marathon runner wrote:
I find myself constantly eating a ton of food, mostly oatmeal, fruit, vegetables, rice w/beans, and low-fat yogurt on occasion. It just hit me that most of what I eat is not very high in calories. If I start eating more calorically dense food (i.e. grape nuts, peanut butter), would this fill me up faster?
Thanks.
I would have said fiber but it seems like you already eat enough...
for the immediate meal it's the quantity that will fill you up, but if you eat lots of low calorie food you will be hungry again an hour later vs after a couple of McGriddles and hashbrowns you're going to be throwing up before you even make it to Hardees for a 2/3 lbs thickburger and fries. Especially if you pound a few buds in between (as my fellow glutfestlites can attest). Keep that up and you won't even make it to a Whitecastle Crave Case for dinner.
I have been a runner for a long time, but this fall when I was training I was at higher mileage in preparation for a marathon, and I was scared at how hungry I was all the time. I had these insane cravings for peanut butter, and the last few miles of my long runs were usually spent hallucinating about some particular food that I wanted as soon as I was finished. I never felt full. I ate a lot of bananas with peanut butter, like three bowls of cereal or oatmeal a day, granola bars, and nuts. I think when you're training so hard that you get these cravings you should just indulge yourself, because it's not even really indulging yourself, because your body is telling you it needs MORE.
Now I'm barely training and I eat like half as much as I used to. And my peanut butter consumption has dropped precipitously.
If you need some ideas, here is a ten page thread about what people like to eat with their peanut butter. Do not read it before you go out for a run.
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?board=1&id=1904772&thread=1904772