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.
3. Apples, oranges, grapes, dragon fruit and cherries: These fruits may seem full of juice. They are also high in fiber, an essential to good digestion. Do not look down on their size. A cupful of grapes or cherries, and one or two medium apple, orange or dragon fruit can hold you hunger-free for a couple of hours. Do note that fruits are best eaten fresh. While fresh fruits are considered filling foods, dried fruits or fruit juices are not substitutes for them.
4. Vegetables: Can't do without your greens? Choose from these - artichoke, avocado, beans, lentils, mushrooms, squash, and squash leaves, to name but a few. Do remember how you cook your greens can make a difference to it being called a saintly filling food or a sinful food. A simple illustration: would you choose a fresh avocado, or spinach cooked in coconut curry? The fresh avocado is definitely the preferred choice.
5. Broiled or roasted poultry meat without skin or bone: Turkey and chicken breast are the more popular choices. Do beware of what you top it up with.
6. Salmon, cod or catfish: Fish is best eaten freshly steamed or broiled. If you are on a camping trip, you might want to consider the canned version in water, not oil.
7. Steak - trimmed of all visible fats and broiled: The amount of meat matters, of course. There is a stark difference between eating a thinly sliced 200g of beef striploin and a kilogram of steak, if you can stomach that.
If you are a vegan, any bean substitute works fine as a filling food, and with a little pure tomato sauce, you can make a wonderful list of snacks with bean paste. In any choice, bear in mind that the amount does matter. The next time you are hungry, won't you grab a bite of the above filling foods? It will keep you off the thought of food till the next available proper meal.