This will fill you up I feel like I am starving!!!!!

[Guest guest]

I bake a flour tortilla shell and fill it with brown rice, refried beans and add

a bunch of chopped greens,  and shredded carrots, chopped mushrooms, grated

beet, hemp seeds, sunflower seeds and a little dressing.

That thing will fill me up so much I can often have a mini dinner.

Donna

 

 

 

 

 

" Tolerance of other opinions builds thy inner peace "

Source: Dalai Lama

 

 

--- On Mon, 11/3/08, mainvillefamily <mainvillefamily wrote:

 

mainvillefamily <mainvillefamily

I feel like I am starving!!!!!

 

Monday, November 3, 2008, 8:45 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

First off can I just say there is so much I adore about this group!

Over the past two years that I have been a member, I have learned so

much about all of you. I do not post much, though when I have the

responses have always been kind and helpful. I do not respond to

many posts, because frankly I am not as cool as ya'll (lol).

 

Anyhow, I joined 2 years ago when our whole family went vegetarian.

The boys caved in about a week, I in two weeks. My dd has been a

vegetarian for 2 years! I tried a few more times and was not

successful. Previously the issue was I suffered from anemia and also

had endometriosis, so obviously during certain times I felt I NEEDED

meat because my iron would get so low I felt like I could hardly

function. Since my hysterectomy, my body has been a lot healthier

and my iron levels are finally under control.

 

So now I have been vegetarian for just over a month and finally no

longer feel tempted to eat meat. BUT I feel like I am STARVING most

days. I can never seem to fell full. I know that part of that is

teaching my stomach that " pain " doesn't mean full. When I ate meat,

I knew I was full when my stomach hurt, when it was full and

digesting I guess, because meat is harder to digest. But now I guess

my food digests so quickly I constantly feel hungry.

 

I have not found my " meat " so to speak, the thing that makes me feel

content and full. After every meal I honestly feel like I could

still just eat and eat.

 

I have tried lots of recipes, primarily pastas, breads, rice, etc. I

have been hypo (or perhaps hyper) glycemic my whole life and carbs

are the thing that help me feel balanced when my sugar is low. For

example, if I take a nap, I have to eat when I get up or I cannot

think straight and feel crankly. I'll eat some pasta, rice, or bread

and feel so much betterl.

 

But despite all that I still feel like I am hungry. I am not

horribly picky, I like most vegetables and most what i call

cooking/flavoring vegetables (like onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, green

onions). I do not like tofu, in any way shape or form. I don't like

most of the fake meats, except for the boca chik*n burgers, but I

can't eat those everyday. I am not a big fan of soy either, and I am

really trying to like beans, I don't really like pinto beans although

with enough seasoning I can tolerate them. I do like black beans

though. I make things like pizza, manicotti, and such for the family

but personally I do not like to eat a lot of cheese and it seems the

primary ingredient we have been using to make meatless meals (of

course making dairy free versions for our dairy allergic child).

 

So, is this just a normal part of it, teaching my stomach that I am

full even though it does not hurt? Any ideas on other ways to make

my meals seem more filling? Any suggestions on what vegetables,

grains, etc are more filling?

 

I feel so great about finally being a vegetarian, and in many ways my

body feels so much better, but I am tired of feeling starved which

makes me feel insanely cranky!

 

Thanks,

Stacee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

yum!  now I'm hungry

 

--- On Mon, 11/3/08, Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower wrote:

Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower

This will fill you up I feel like I am starving!!!!!

 

Monday, November 3, 2008, 5:04 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I bake a flour tortilla shell and fill it with brown rice, refried

beans and add a bunch of chopped greens,  and shredded carrots, chopped

mushrooms, grated beet, hemp seeds, sunflower seeds and a little dressing.

 

That thing will fill me up so much I can often have a mini dinner.

 

Donna

 

 

 

" Tolerance of other opinions builds thy inner peace "

 

Source: Dalai Lama

 

 

 

--- On Mon, 11/3/08, mainvillefamily <mainvillefamily@ gmail.com> wrote:

 

 

 

mainvillefamily <mainvillefamily@ gmail.com>

 

[vegetarian_ group] I feel like I am starving!!!! !

 

 

 

Monday, November 3, 2008, 8:45 AM

 

 

 

First off can I just say there is so much I adore about this group!

 

Over the past two years that I have been a member, I have learned so

 

much about all of you. I do not post much, though when I have the

 

responses have always been kind and helpful. I do not respond to

 

many posts, because frankly I am not as cool as ya'll (lol).

 

 

 

Anyhow, I joined 2 years ago when our whole family went vegetarian.

 

The boys caved in about a week, I in two weeks. My dd has been a

 

vegetarian for 2 years! I tried a few more times and was not

 

successful. Previously the issue was I suffered from anemia and also

 

had endometriosis, so obviously during certain times I felt I NEEDED

 

meat because my iron would get so low I felt like I could hardly

 

function. Since my hysterectomy, my body has been a lot healthier

 

and my iron levels are finally under control.

 

 

 

So now I have been vegetarian for just over a month and finally no

 

longer feel tempted to eat meat. BUT I feel like I am STARVING most

 

days. I can never seem to fell full. I know that part of that is

 

teaching my stomach that " pain " doesn't mean full. When I ate meat,

 

I knew I was full when my stomach hurt, when it was full and

 

digesting I guess, because meat is harder to digest. But now I guess

 

my food digests so quickly I constantly feel hungry.

 

 

 

I have not found my " meat " so to speak, the thing that makes me feel

 

content and full. After every meal I honestly feel like I could

 

still just eat and eat.

 

 

 

I have tried lots of recipes, primarily pastas, breads, rice, etc. I

 

have been hypo (or perhaps hyper) glycemic my whole life and carbs

 

are the thing that help me feel balanced when my sugar is low. For

 

example, if I take a nap, I have to eat when I get up or I cannot

 

think straight and feel crankly. I'll eat some pasta, rice, or bread

 

and feel so much betterl.

 

 

 

But despite all that I still feel like I am hungry. I am not

 

horribly picky, I like most vegetables and most what i call

 

cooking/flavoring vegetables (like onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, green

 

onions). I do not like tofu, in any way shape or form. I don't like

 

most of the fake meats, except for the boca chik*n burgers, but I

 

can't eat those everyday. I am not a big fan of soy either, and I am

 

really trying to like beans, I don't really like pinto beans although

 

with enough seasoning I can tolerate them. I do like black beans

 

though. I make things like pizza, manicotti, and such for the family

 

but personally I do not like to eat a lot of cheese and it seems the

 

primary ingredient we have been using to make meatless meals (of

 

course making dairy free versions for our dairy allergic child).

 

 

 

So, is this just a normal part of it, teaching my stomach that I am

 

full even though it does not hurt? Any ideas on other ways to make

 

my meals seem more filling? Any suggestions on what vegetables,

 

grains, etc are more filling?

 

 

 

I feel so great about finally being a vegetarian, and in many ways my

 

body feels so much better, but I am tired of feeling starved which

 

makes me feel insanely cranky!

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

Stacee