I had a huge salad tonight

[Intherightplace]

It was massive a dinner plate piled high with bulgar wheat, roasted tomatoes, olives, salad leaves and herbs, halloumi fried in a polenta and sesame seed coating, with an olive oil, lemon juice garlic, honey and thyme dressing.

A proper faff to make, but delicious and certainly not low calorie.

As I was eating it I was thinking I'd done too much l'd never finish it but I struggled on until I was uncomfortably full.

Less than 30 mins later, I am starving! Does anyone else get this after a "healthy" meal?

I'm not over weight, and I always eat well, it's not that I'm used to eating loads of junk food, but these kinds of healthy meals never leave me full for very long.

Yeah, the only thing that fills me up is meat.

It sounds gorgeous

Oh I agree. I have a massive salad every lunchtime and I follow it with dark chocolate and fruit... And then eat bread at some point late afternoon.

I always eat salad with high quality protein, otherwise I’m hungry again in an hour.

@Hermione101

I always eat salad with high quality protein, otherwise I’m hungry again in an hour.

Aren't the halloumi, sesame seeds and bulgar wheat all good protein foods?

No, I don’t understand how you are uncomfortably full after a very large meal and literally feel starving again thirty mins later. Are you sure you’re not thirsty?

Salad makes me trump a lot

@lokomojo

Yeah, the only thing that fills me up is meat.

Me too. I usually eat meat + salad and minimise the carbs. Followed by some chocolate. Everything in moderation and your weight will be fine.

Surely it’s a Mumsnet massive salad not a huge salad?? 😂

Everything in moderation and your weight will be fine.

My weight is fine

I'm surprised you ate it all, i would only be able to manage a mouthful, then the rest would feed to rest of the family for a week. Yabu

What? You ate it all? You mean you didn't save what you couldn't eat to feed the rest of your family for the month of August? You have failed at MN.

I never find halloumi that filling oddly.

What you need it Boiled eggs, salmon, feta, chicken legs etc

@Bluntness100

No, I don’t understand how you are uncomfortably full after a very large meal and literally feel starving again thirty mins later. Are you sure you’re not thirsty?

If I eat a potato and veg meal (with meat) I'm hungry after half an hour.

If I eat pasta or rice then I'm full all night.

Bloody annoying as I'm low carbing so am generally always hungry and starving by the time I go to bed!

@Intherightplace I wouldn’t use them as my primary source of protein. I use seeds and nuts for fats (which also keeps you full), but grains are more as a side for me, rather than a main protein source. Cheese is just a garnish. I usually add sardines, eggs, chicken, turkey meatballs, tofu or tempeh. That’s just what works for me!

last night i had half a small size tub pringles.one can of magners..but workt as 3 glasses and over course of a.m til bed time-ate half tub of betty legal high crockers chocolarte icing... burn me imma witch..izit keto?

I am starving! Does anyone else get this after a "healthy" meal? where you want wrong was having a huge salad not a missive one.

*massive

I also had a salad. Looked a lot on the plate. But im not hungry. And if I was I wouldn’t est now. Don’t eat after 6