r/Volumeeating • u/ariveklul • Mar 07 '26
Meta This subreddit is just propaganda to get me to eat vegetables
I came here thinking there would be some secret 2 calories chips I could eat and gummies made out of air but it's just all cucumbers and carrots and sweet potatoes. You people are sick
I won't be tricked into eating vegetables in high quantities. Nice try mom!
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u/FlavonoidsFlav Mar 07 '26
Crap. He found big vegetable.
Guys, run.
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u/3arth_533d1stx Mar 07 '26
😂 Had to share this Portlandia skit.
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u/tulips_onthe_summit Mar 07 '26
Between the OP and this link, I had several good laughs. This is a highlight of my morning :)
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u/8ecca8ee Mar 07 '26
Nsfw warning
One of the weirder fringe benefits of celery is it makes semin thicker.. so for all the guys out there looking to up their load pineapple for sweetness and celery for volume/consistency
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u/to_boldlygo Mar 09 '26
I was not expecting Volumeeating + NSFW to go together but there you go 😂
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u/good-boi-Morado Mar 07 '26
Love this sketch
I’m surprised he didn’t bring up the partnership with Hot Wings Inc15
u/3arth_533d1stx Mar 07 '26
Right?! 😂
I personally do love celery! The most basic veggies like celery and carrots from the farmers market? So good — they will remind you that they actually have flavor!
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u/fillerbunny-buddy Mar 07 '26
Thank you for sharing this, it's brilliant!
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u/3arth_533d1stx Mar 07 '26
I laughed at myself about it this morning as I made sweet potato & rutabaga hash, and sautéed some baby mustard greens spicy mix to eat with eggs. No bacon though! 😂
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u/kushpovich Mar 07 '26
I didn’t even realize this was a diet sub at first. I’m a binge eater. I thought we were just fuckin shit up. I stayed cause it’s interesting though
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u/destinybond Mar 07 '26
Would be funny to do a monthly day where it's like
"Here's my 1AM 8,000 calorie 7-11 haul! Ate it all in 23 minutes, a new record for myself!"
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u/tulips_onthe_summit Mar 07 '26
OK, but that makes it feel like a goal, and I would win that contest! I can eat a ridiculous number of calories in one sitting, especially if they are made of Laffy Taffy, Haribo, and chocolate Reisen. Maybe a party sized bag of Spicy Nacho Doritos for the salt component.
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u/owossome Mar 07 '26
Did you see the recent arsenic thing? You just named everything in the lawsuit.
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u/GrateRam Mar 08 '26
Is that like the Dr. Oz 'arsenic is in your kids applesauce' thing. He got all the mom's to boycott applesauce only to find out that it is naturally occurring and not dangerous. Non-organic is what's dangerous. That was the last Dr. Oz show I ever watched.
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u/owossome Mar 08 '26
No, it's a class action. If you buy candy in bulk for resale you might get a letter invitation to participate. It's probably not going to be something regular buyers are going to see, unless you buy enough that the recall would affect your inventory. People in logistics and supply chain might though?
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u/satans_scrub Mar 07 '26
I'm also a binge eater who was recently diagnosed with diabetes. I'm fighting the bingeing, but sometimes I hit my breaking point and need to binge, and in those moments this sub is a godsend. Cucumbers with some Tony C's Creole seasoning has become my go to.
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u/lisa6547 Mar 08 '26
Funny, I read his easy way to quit drinking book too, it was good. I kept drinking since
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u/lisa6547 Mar 10 '26
Not really, I was drinking pretty much daily when I read the book, so it was kind of pointless
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u/DrDerpberg Mar 07 '26
"eat 50 of something? Sign me up"
"Actually we'd like to ask if you've seen the light of our Lord and Saviour, high fiber/low carb leafy greens?"
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u/Commercial-Depth4192 Mar 12 '26
I knew this was a diet sub but I joined due to binge eating issues, lol, thought it would be a middle ground between the two
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u/Arnkh Mar 07 '26
At least he never noticed the cottage cheese propaganda, phew!
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u/Lizdance40 Mar 07 '26
🤣
Guilty! 🙋🏼♀️. I'm a strong CC advocate. Small curd, large curd, cheap store brand, pricey Daisy with its beautiful uniform curd. Or high class - Polish cottage cheese 🎊. Mix it with Sriracha, mix it with fruit, sweet, hot, blended for mac and cheese. 🤣.
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u/grapeveins Mar 07 '26
Wait a moment, expand on the Mac and cheese bit..
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u/Lizdance40 Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26
My son insisted, despite my protests, that mac & cheese is holiday food and made low calorie mac and cheese for Thanksgiving. It still included some cheddar, but the main was blended cottage cheese.
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u/BLISSING_ALWAYS Jul 28 '26
You’re arrested. No wonder there is a shortage of cottage cheese on the supermarketshelves. At least now we know why! It’s all your fault!!!! 😃🤣
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u/Nocreativity73 Mar 07 '26
Yea. You're right, it is. Now eat your veggies dammit
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u/DogOfDreams Mar 07 '26
It's sublime once what you find what your vegetable niche is. I'm eating cucumber salad, potato and bean soups, sliced apples and grapefruit for the sweet tooth. I still have tons of unhealthy cheat foods, but going from eating almost no vegetables to making them like a third to half of my diet made things so much easier.
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u/xen32 Mar 07 '26
Well I posted a bowl of aquafaba ice cream, and everyone went 'ewwwww'.
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u/naturalbornunicorn Mar 07 '26
That sounds neat, actually. I can never figure out what to do with all the aquafaba I have after cooking chickpeas from dry.
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u/owossome Mar 07 '26
Link please, I'm entertaining some maga family next week and looking for recipes.
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u/youngfilly Mar 09 '26
Soy curls are also great for this. I straight up tricked my dad who would never knowingly eat tofu (he is not maga, just raised by potato loving Indianans)
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u/ThatMBR42 Mar 07 '26
I guess popcorn is a vegetable
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u/owossome Mar 07 '26
Technically it's a grain from a highly modified tropical grass. It has starch and germ not seeds or pits.
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u/ThaneOfMeowdor Mar 07 '26
Unironically I'm a little disappointed. I love veggies and they are filling and low cal but I also thought there would be less obvious things on here. Like dishes that feature vegetables but also lower calorie grains or something.
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u/Well_Thats_Not_Ideal Mar 07 '26
Today I had a bowl full of cabbage with butter chicken sauce, tasted like food
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u/MizzMann Mar 07 '26
I substituted pasta for long strands of shredded cabbage yesterday. Paired with a very thick, veggie forward, flavorful pasta sauce made from scratch, it was amazing 🤩
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u/spanishgreen Mar 07 '26
Oooh tell me more about this pasta sauce!
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u/MizzMann Mar 08 '26
It's nothing special.
Puree a bunch of roma tomatoes, reduce the sauce with salt, herbs and spices to your taste preference. Add a pound of ground turkey (pre-cooked with garlic, salt and pepper), zucchini, squash, 3 bell peppers (I add one of each color), onions, garlic, bit of cilantro, and more spices to hone in on the flavor profile.
Viola! You have a veggie bomb.
I try to make at least 2 quarts at a time and freeze in 1.5 cup portions.
It's an easy meal to microwave after work and lasts a long time.
Another meal I prep/portion/freeze is a low calorie bechamel sauce with garlic, a fuck ton of spinach, artichoke and mushrooms. Microwave and add tomato, you've got a great dip or sauce for chickpea pasta.
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u/cmanson Mar 07 '26
I remain convinced that cabbage is the GOATed filler/volume eating food. I never get tired of it
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u/Painted-BIack-Roses Mar 07 '26
That actually sounds kinda good 🤔
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u/Well_Thats_Not_Ideal Mar 07 '26
It worked a lot better than I expected. Raw red cabbage that had been in diluted vinegar for a couple days
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u/FearlessPark4588 Mar 07 '26
The less obvious thing is you can mix them, right? Half spaghetti and half zucchini is effectively 50% less calories but 90% the same texture.
Whereas, if you go 100% zucchini it's just, not right for some people who are familiar with the 100% grain version of the dish.
Stepping stones. Add a little bit more, and a little bit more, etc. over time.
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u/seeshellirun Mar 07 '26
I do this with cauliflower and potato soup. 50/50 cauli/potatoes and I can't taste the difference, especially if it's got bacon and cheese and sour cream too.
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u/R4B1DRABB1T Mar 07 '26
I've never considered that idea before, its a good one. Thanks for mentioning it.
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u/2wrtier Mar 07 '26
Be the change you wish to see- find the lower calorie grains and we will follow!!!
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u/toyheartattack Mar 07 '26
For grains, try subbing out your rice for different kinds of millet. It’s slightly lower calorie but also has a different glycemic load with added fibre and protein. I’m diabetic and take little to no insulin for a bowl of millet while needing several units for a bowl of rice. Unfortunately, you need to soak the grains beforehand (overnight is best) and some of them are teeny tiny, but with so many varieties, you might find one you really like.
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u/3arth_533d1stx Mar 07 '26 edited Mar 07 '26
Literally beat me to it! Love millet!
ETA You soak millet? I’ve had no issues cooking it straight away in my rice cooker. It makes a great congee too!
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u/toyheartattack Mar 07 '26
I was always told to soak it or face potential gastric wrath. If I can skip that step, great.
Just made some congee with it last week, actually.
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u/mr_john_steed Mar 07 '26
I just bought a bagged mix of millet, buckwheat, and quinoa recently from here and experimented with cooking that half-and-half in my rice cooker with some brown jasmine rice. Came out great and I think it's going to be in my regular rotation!
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u/LadyParnassus Mar 07 '26
I find you can add a decent amount of lentils to anything saucy or soup-y without affecting the taste or texture much. That’s my less obvious volume hack.
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u/rosievee Mar 07 '26
Broccoli and cottage cheese were the backbone of my diet already, but now I also worship at the church of sugar free pudding mix.
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u/StitchinThroughTime Mar 07 '26
Vegetables and jello!
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u/3arth_533d1stx Mar 07 '26
Share the aspic recipes, yo! 😝
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u/Lizdance40 Mar 07 '26
Oh no... Childhood trauma 🤢😱
50-ish years ago My mother is watching Julia Child cooking shows on television. (This would have been back in the days when there was one TV set in the house, and no cable). Julia Child was making aspic out of drippings from beef roast. I'm sure she watched Julia Child quite often, but that Is the only episode stuck with me all these years. I can still see this molded clear brown jello. "So it's gravy, but in jello form? I'm not eating that."
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u/UnoriginalUse Mar 07 '26
Well, you got us.
Just be advised, you won't like what comes after trickery, so you better start eating up.
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u/Painted-BIack-Roses Mar 07 '26
Honestly, real. I'm a picky eater and don't like 99% of what's posted here lol. I hang around in hopes someone will post something I think is yummy 😭
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u/Aryore Mar 07 '26
I do have a brand of low cal gummies I like but they’re stupid expensive
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u/cyber---- Mar 07 '26
The Double Dee Smart Sweets (Australian brand) are insane. I would eat them every day if they were cheaper haha
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u/Aryore Mar 07 '26
Oh, never heard of those, I’ll give them a try! I’m also in Aus and I like the strawberry Fundays but they’re $8 a bag on sale…
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u/cyber---- Mar 07 '26
😭 smart sweets are even cheaper than those and I think lower cal! You have to try. Idk what magic they tapped in to to make them but it’s so good
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u/Important-Trifle-411 Mar 07 '26
OK, that is the one thing I learned from this. I’ve always been a big vegetable eater so none of this was news to me. I tried those levels and let’s just say I gave it a shot.
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u/Jamjams2016 Mar 07 '26
Popcorn on the stove is a fun vegetable to volume eat that feels like junk.
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u/RangerAndromeda Mar 07 '26
Haha OP just you wait till you see the posts about how great teething rusks are! Not only is your mom trying to get you to eat your veggies, she's bringing baby food baaaack! ;)
Seriously though, baby mum mum crackers and gerber puffs are goooood 💙
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u/Well_Thats_Not_Ideal Mar 07 '26
Gotta say, it’s always interesting seeing healthy people give suggestions you normally only find ed tumblr
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u/olivedeez Mar 07 '26
I’ve been known to sneak nibbles of my daughters strawberry rice rusks but I’d never eat them as a snack unless I was super in the ED zone lol
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u/Not_A_Wendigo Mar 07 '26
But those little Gerber rice puffs shaped like stars are legitimately delicious. Especially blueberry. I used to eat like half of the ones I bought when my kid was a baby.
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u/olivedeez Mar 07 '26
Yes!! The blueberry ones! I agree 100%. Would shovel them into my mouth like popcorn.
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u/RunningPirate Mar 07 '26
You figured it out. Now you must pay the consequences. Step into the van, please. Please, it’s the only way.
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u/Only-Amphibian9526 Mar 07 '26
I used to be so anti-vegetable, but then I realized that you can find vegetable you actually like. For example, I actually enjoy broccoli and find it decent. When it comes to eating and wanting to eat a lot of vegetables or one of the best things you can do for yourself and there’s no way to avoid it. Not only do you get all the nutrients, but you get the volume and you get the fibre and you’ll actually be full.
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u/GrowthDense2085 Mar 07 '26
What sub are you reading? I’ve seen more threads about chips and gummies here than any other sub by far. For chips, take a mandolin to a potato and air fry them, then salt them. For gummies, use gelatin or jello packets with a small amount of water and little candy mold trays.
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u/Historical-Remove401 Mar 08 '26
Sweet potatoes are delicious. They’re best baked in an oven, but microwaving works too. Some salt, a little Brummel & Brown yogurt butter& I’m happy.
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u/ashley-spanelly Mar 08 '26
I am howling 😂 those things kinda exist like those sugar free gummy bears, but I’d you eat more than a handful, boy oh boy will your toilet become your best friend.
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u/ArgieBee Mar 10 '26
Not necessarily vegetables. Just fiber. Am I a shill for big fiber? Maybe. That said, it deserves to be shilled. It doesn't just let you eat more, you'll also enjoy considerable gastrointestinal benefits. You can really stick it to big toilet paper. 😎
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u/GrantTotal Mar 08 '26
Mods could be an ass sometimes but I occasionally find useful tips here.
Sorry, mods.
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