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by lelovelady » Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:14 pm
Well, for me, the best all time food is oatmeal. It's my favorite breakfast now because it's cheap, really good for you, tastes yummy, and it's really filling. I like to have it with a bit of fruit, with an orange as my preferred fruit. I use the quick oats, because I'm lazy, and leave them a little firm, not all gooey, and it fills me up for hours. I don't feel the absolute need for protein at breakfast, and that's when I try to slip in my extra dairy servings (yogurt mixed with oatmeal is very yummy).
For lunch, I'm still trying to find the right balance of foods that will keep me full without making me sluggish. So far, I've identified fresh fruit as a must have ... if I don't have the fruit I feel hungry faster than if I do. Other than that, a nice mix of protein and carbs seems to work. A baked potato with some chicken chili was really good and lasted a long time. A sandwich with a salad and fruit also has worked well. Regular soup, even something like chicken noodle, didn't work; but a hearty homemade stew was really good and lasted a long time, as did the hearty chili with beans. With both the stew and the chili, I had a little dairy with it too ... yogurt with the stew (I know, it sounds horrid, and it was a little weird, but it worked) and cheese and sour cream with the chili.
The stew and chili also worked well for dinner, with cornbread to go with them. I find for dinner that a smaller amount of protein, with a medium amount of starch, and a nice heaping helping of veggies is really good. That's actually the only meal that I don't really crave fresh fruit, unless I skipped it at one of the other two meals.
For between meals, my biggest successes have been with herbal teas and with V-8 juice. Fruit juice doesn't really work for me, it makes me hungry. And coffee after my cup in the morning just makes me irritable, although I will have a second cup in the afternoon if I'm just really dragging. It "feels" more substantial than tea, even if it does make me cranky. Other people are reporting great success with a glass of whole milk. I haven't tried that one yet, and on one of the other headings they've posted a couple of really terrific sounding recipes for a modified hot cocoa that doesn't have all the added sugar that just sounds heavenly.
Good luck! Stick with it!
Laura L.