Re: Buns Again
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:55 am
I just did the math.
My normal breakfast is oatmeal with berries and a tsp of brown sugar, for 342 calories.
Midway through the morning, at about 10:30, my stomach is empty and I have a tiny meal of 5-10 saltines and a cucumber, sliced up, for 90-150 calories.
that is a total of 430-490 calories for the morning.
Today I had a piece of whole wheat toast w. a scant TBSP of natural peanut butter on it, a dribble of honey, and a banana for 430 calories. It is now 10:30 a.m. and I AM NOT HUNGRY. There will be no need for the little snacky-meal though I did slice half a cucumber and put some of the slices in my water. However, even if I eat cucumber slices, it would bring my morning calories to under 460 calories.
Peanut butter is EXTREMELY calorie dense and I know I'll gain weight if I eat it daily. I've done it, so I KNOW this.* However, this is the first breakfast I've had in ages that didn't leave my stomach empty by mid-morning. My usual is oatmeal, but I've also eaten potatoes for breakfast...pretty much the same. Hungry halfway through the morning. Though I must say not as completely EMPTY as oatmeal leaves me, I still felt I wanted a munch at 10:30. Which brings up a tangent: This 10:30 hunger? It is not appetite. If it was appetite, I'd feel hungry right now, and I don't.
This is definitely something to think about, because I treasure my food sanity and don't want to snack between meals, but I also don't want to feel hungry halfway through the morning.
*I say "I know this" but when I gained weight eating peanut butter and pickles on toast for an after dinner snack, I wasn't measuring, so I may have been eating a LOT more peanut butter.
My normal breakfast is oatmeal with berries and a tsp of brown sugar, for 342 calories.
Midway through the morning, at about 10:30, my stomach is empty and I have a tiny meal of 5-10 saltines and a cucumber, sliced up, for 90-150 calories.
that is a total of 430-490 calories for the morning.
Today I had a piece of whole wheat toast w. a scant TBSP of natural peanut butter on it, a dribble of honey, and a banana for 430 calories. It is now 10:30 a.m. and I AM NOT HUNGRY. There will be no need for the little snacky-meal though I did slice half a cucumber and put some of the slices in my water. However, even if I eat cucumber slices, it would bring my morning calories to under 460 calories.
Peanut butter is EXTREMELY calorie dense and I know I'll gain weight if I eat it daily. I've done it, so I KNOW this.* However, this is the first breakfast I've had in ages that didn't leave my stomach empty by mid-morning. My usual is oatmeal, but I've also eaten potatoes for breakfast...pretty much the same. Hungry halfway through the morning. Though I must say not as completely EMPTY as oatmeal leaves me, I still felt I wanted a munch at 10:30. Which brings up a tangent: This 10:30 hunger? It is not appetite. If it was appetite, I'd feel hungry right now, and I don't.
This is definitely something to think about, because I treasure my food sanity and don't want to snack between meals, but I also don't want to feel hungry halfway through the morning.
*I say "I know this" but when I gained weight eating peanut butter and pickles on toast for an after dinner snack, I wasn't measuring, so I may have been eating a LOT more peanut butter.