Reply #15: Another thing, go for volume

[murphymom]

I've had to follow a diet for 30+ years (diabetes) and it helps to try and pick foods that give you as much stuff on your plate for the fewest calories. Before the weather starts to heat up for you, try going for main-dish soups, especially the lighter, brothy ones. Besides filling you up, they give your brain a chance to register that you're full before you chow down half the kitchen, because soup takes longer to eat.

Just for grins, when I was fixing lunch today I looked at the nutritional label on a loaf of whole wheat bread (100 calories per slice), a box of stoned wheat crackers (60 calories for 2 crackers) and a package of Wasa crispbread (35 calories per slice). Now for me, 2 slices of bread (plus a filling) = a sandwich = lunch. On the other hand, 6-7 crackers plus a slice of cheese feels like just a snack and wouldn't satisfy me as lunch even though the total calorie intake was about the same. That's what I mean about volume.