Low Calorie Volume Eating Options or Suggestions

I am on a weight loss journey and since Oct 2025 I've lost about 50 pounds and I'm very proud and excited for myself since food has always been something I have struggled with, especially portions. I am a volume eater and I like to snack but I've been working on snacking and volume eating foods that are low-calorie.

I don't eat anything until around 10 am, when I grab a snack. Usually, my snacks for the day are a bowl of veggies (especially cucumber, raw mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, cauliflower rice, sweet potato) and a bowl of cut-up fruit (especially pineapple, cantaloupe, strawberries, other berries). I steer clear of grapes and bananas as volume fruit.

Does anyone have any suggestions for other foods that would work as options or any suggestions in general? I feel like I'm getting stagnant and that makes me want to grab other things around me that aren't good options. Once I start down that path, my hunger is sky-high, and I start craving the processed foods I've worked to get rid of. I try to drink at least 96 ounces of water a day, outside of any tea or almond milk I have throughout the day and if I can remember, I take 3 fiber pills in the morning. I try to be very careful about added sugar and the total calorie count of foods in general. I feel like I've gotten bored and it has made my weight loss journey hit a few bumps in the road.

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Tired of being overweight

I joined this subreddit and I am glad that I found it. I am tired of being overweight. I'm tired of not being taken seriously by people. You can tell when someone js being nice but they don't really wanna talk to you. I think it is honestly because of my weight.

I wanna say that I have already lost 10 pounds. It is not much but it is a start. I want to work more on this weight loss goal. I want to be able to wear the clothes I want without feeling disgusting. I want to be able to feel comfortable in my own skin. I can and will achieve this goal!

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When did you start seeing results after you went into a calorie deficit?

Okay, I'm going to lay it all out for you'll, because I don't know what else to do. Please let me know if you have any questions. Here it goes:

Recently I started calorie counting to troubleshoot what is causing a long plateau. I have never experienced this in my life. I have always lost weight by just eating healthier, avoiding less "healthy" packaged food etc. I used the tdee calculator to see how many calories I should be eating daily. It says around 1765 a day, I should be losing 1 pound a week, but I have not been seeing that. I have a very healthy diet that I upgraded even more for weight loss. Most of the time I essentially eat : Meat, fruits, veggies, nuts and very dark chocolate (moderately) and I reduced my baking to just on the weekends. (This has truly been a sacrifice, but I did it!) I'm a little more adventurous on the weekends but not by much, & I don't really eat out.

I also have upped my exercise from just walking and added cardio sessions /light weightlifting 4-6 days a week, for the past 2-3 months. I have seen changes with my measurements, but not so much on the scale. This is my first time actually counting calories. I started doing so roughly 4 or more weeks ago. I am so ready to see the scale move significantly!

For reference currently I am 38 yrs old, 5'8, in good health, not on any meds. I usually eat around 1300 calories or less during the week and 1700-1900+ on the weekends. I have a desk job. I usually don't eat until 11 or 12 noon and stop eating around 7-8 p.m. I have had significant stress the past few years (that's ongoing) and lost a loved one. I am very aware of what I eat and I've never been prone to bingeing. But I tend to bake a lot of "healthy" goods which I realize are still calorie dense so that's why I've limited it.

I am trying to lose the last 15-20 pounds. My goal was 35-40 pounds and it's never took this long. I lost 23 pounds within the first few months of upgrading my diet last year. No calorie counting just eating naturally low calorie foods, meat, veggies, fruit, but then I hit a plateau and then the holidays came, I was still eating healthier alternatives, but everything was a lot denser and I baked a lot and didn't exercise for a week or so. I finally got back on track and stricter in January. Now I’ve added calorie counting because I'm tired of being in a plateau. The results still seem slow, but I'm getting better at tracking more accurately weekly. I try to over measure/weigh my amounts to make sure I'm not over.

All that to ask when did you start seeing results after you went into a calorie deficit? What are some things that may be hindering me that I'm not aware of? Am I missing something? Anybody experience anything similar what helped you? Any advice would be appreciated.

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Why am I more hungry some days

Maybe a silly question but curious. What works for me is fasting the whole day until around 7pm then eating before bed. My food intake is usually similar every day but some days I wake up ravenously hungry and others I’m not hungry all day until dinner.

Is this because of the food ate the previous day? Or is it another reason. Trying to get my nutrition dialled in now as I’ve hit my first plateau (103kg down to 84ish) and tbh I wasn’t overly strict with my eating during this weight loss but rn I need to lock in. Any thoughts on this?

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Need advice and vent with weight loss

Ive (21 F) been going to the gym for 4-5 months, i do weights 4 times and cardio 1 or 2 times a week. I do not weight myself or count calories because is triggering for me. My principal objective is to loose fat, more than building muscle. For cardio im doing half hour stairmaster and half hour incline walking (3 and 5 on the settings).

Ive been feeling better but im not seeing the progress i expected so i decided to switch to OMAD (just eat lunch, i do take creatine) and have been doing it for a couple of weeks and i mostly have been feeling good and do not get hungry all the time like i used to and has been helping with my constipation (gross) so thats great

I know loosing fat takes time, it all depends on calories and such but not seeing progress is making me so sad because i think ive been really putting an effort and my weight is something ive been conscious about and has been impacting my mental health

Im asking for your experience. How long do i have to wait to see progress? Am i doing something wrong that i can maybe adjust? How was your experience loosing weight? Should i do something different for cardio? Or do more? What do you think?

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What’s one simple thing that you did that made weight loss easier?

Just when I was so fed up of dieting, I decided that I’m just going to focus on something small. Im normally one to stick to a diet for a few months then quit. This time i realised that I needed to make it a lifestyle change. My aha moment was when I cut down on oil/buttee. That’s it! I only use 1 tsp of ghee to cook my eggs and I measure 8g of butter for my toast and it STILL TASTES GREAT. I didn’t want to cut out any of my favourite foods because lm a foodie as well but omg I can’t believe how easy it has been! I’ve saved 100s of calories just by reducing oil/ghee/butter! I’ve lost 5 lbs and I look slimmer already. I do eat vegetables, whole grains, meat, fruit etc so a balanced diet but I was eating way too much fat. You can’t lose weight if you’re eating way too many fats and carbs. I decided to keep the carbs and cut the fat and it’s worked! What did you do that was simple but helped you to lose weight?

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Finally broke down and decided to start seeing a dietitian.

41F, starting weight 223 lbs. I have been losing and gaining the same 40-45 lbs for about 7 years now, and was starting to feel like it would always be this way. Cutting down to 1200 cals a day, intermittent fasting, cutting carbs and tracking calories, etc. Lose the weight, feel good, start slacking off and then boom, gain it all back. I'd been seeing these ads for Berry Street and thought, "What the heck, might as well see if my insurance covers it." (It does.) I've been working with the dietician chosen for me for about two months now, and I'm really surprised how much of a difference it's made.

The main difference, I feel, is that she's helping me reframe my approach to food and weight loss as a whole. One of the first things she told me was that her goal is to make it so I don't have to give up any of the things I love. Which, I know, we've all heard that "everything in moderation" is the way to go, but I felt like I didn't really know how to put that into practice without guidance. She's showing me what that looks like for me personally, and how I can maintain it so it's not just a diet.

I'm currently down to 216 lbs, but more than that, I'm tracking my measurements (which is where I see the biggest difference). It has taken some time for me to wrap my head around the fact that yes, I'm losing weight at a slower pace than I ever have with anything I previously tried, but I'm also not starving myself or overtraining in order to do it. If the rest of my life looks like this, I think I can do it.

I just wanted to share, because this is the first time I've ever felt truly positive about the possibility of losing the weight and keeping it off.

Thanks for reading!

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