by Lokemun Magar

Created on: November 10, 2009   Last Updated: September 23, 2011

Weight Watchers members looking for filling foods in their diet have now an updated list to refer to. What are the best filling foods for Weight Watchers members? In this list, filling foods are neatly categorized according to food types such as vegetables, fruits, soups (with a line that reminds its members that cream soups are not filling foods), starches, grains and cereals, lean meats, fish and shellfish, meat substitutes, egg products, milk products and dairy substitutes.

You might be asking what filling foods are. In a nutshell, when you are on a weight loss plan, the key to successful long term weight loss is not starvation or torture, but eating right, eating less of the fattening foods and eating more of the food that fills you and keeps your mind from thinking of food all the time, and keeps your stomach free from hunger pangs.

Filling foods are foods that satisfy your eating habits and help keep hunger at bay. You eat smarter, but stay full longer. As Weight Watchers members attending meetings or on the online program, you will be tracking all that you eat through the POINTS system. The wonderful lists of food supplied through the Momentum Program help you select the right filling foods to eat conveniently. There are etools available even to members who attend meetings and do not wish to enrol on the online program and go it alone.

Inbetween meals, do you grab your favorite hot dog and crackers, or do you reach out for filling foods? Instead of the sinful hamburger, why not consider these wonderful snacks that are wonderful filling foods? You might want to go for a cup of red ripe cherries, a small plate of guacomole, or a small bowl of your wonderful popcorn, unsalted and without honey? In other words, filling foods are selected with care, within the point requirements of the day, and you will never feel you are on a diet or starvation plan.

Here are the top seven most filling and most favored filling foods available in many countries.

1. Potatoes: Potatoes are found almost anywhere in tropical and temperate destinations. They are hardy and made delicious with a pinch of salt and baked whole. Do note that what you eat with the potato is what makes you fat, not the potato itself. It is also unlikely that no matter how hungry you are, you will finish a few potatoes at a sitting.

2. Bran cereal: Eat a cup with wholesome milk for breakfast, and the morning rush hours will move you on until lunch time, without you thinking crazy for food.

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