What meals don’t make you feel bloated and tired?

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Oatmeal is one of those for me, it’s almost shocking how I don’t feel terrible even after eating a good portion… that got me wondering what else there might be.

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  1. Silly_sausage_89 Avatar

    Fruit,
    Stir fry
    ,Salmon and rice

    Mostly healthy stuff that doesn’t include beans/legumes

  2. RCM13 Avatar

    Everything except pizza.

    And that’s only because I have no self control with pizza.

  3. PlaneAd8667 Avatar

    Carrots and cucumbers with hummus

  4. LadyMirkwood Avatar

    For me, a chicken broth or the archetypal ‘girl dinner’

  5. MadameCoco7273 Avatar
    • Roasted Chicken with lemon, mustard and herbs with roasted potatoes
    • Seared Salmon, Rice, Snap Peas and a little hoisin sauce
    • Cream of Wheat with a little butter and parm
    • Pastina with butter and parm
    • Avocado Toast (sourdough bread here is the key)

    I have IBS and these are all my go to meals

  6. evhan55 Avatar

    Oats for me too! Rice, chicken, most veggies, eggs, oatmeal toast, fruit, water, chamomile tea, light soups

  7. reptilenews Avatar

    Anything that doesn’t have heavily processed carbs. Whole foods. Meat or a vegetable protein, whole grains, and fresh veggies.

  8. CarelessAbalone6564 Avatar

    Fish, roasted veggies, eggs, soups

  9. cardinalandcrow Avatar

    I’ve found that it’s less about the food and more about the portion size. But it’s much easier for me to overeat when I’ve made, for example, my daughter’s favourite (vegan) mac and cheese, because it’s easy to wolf down more of it. 

  10. Desert0fTheReal Avatar

    Costco has these “sheet pan” frozen vegetable mixes that are so good.

  11. Spare-Shirt24 Avatar

    Look up Low FODMAP foods.

  12. crash_cove Avatar

    Any meat or fish with roasted veggies (experiment to find some that don’t bother you, I’m okay with asparagus or green beans)

  13. puppylust Avatar

    Chicken/pork + rice + veggies.

    There are so many options to keep it interesting. I almost always have a container of lightly seasoned brown rice in the fridge ready to go. (I add a spoonful of vegetable bouillon and some salt to the water before cooking)

  14. K_Knoodle13 Avatar

    Not many, and if I forget to take my meds, nothing! My digestive system hates fiber, so fresh fruits, veggies, etc. are my nemesis. Lettuce/leafy greens are my actual arch enemy.
    For me it’s yogurt, simple grains (sourdough, rice, pasta) with proteins and cooked veggies, and processed foods. Small, frequent meals also help, but the key for me is cooking/processing fibers specifically to make them more easily digestible.

    But I am an outlier, and it took a long time of working with a GI and a registered dietician to find out what works for me.

  15. Drabulous_770 Avatar

    Love oatmeal, I usually do that with a handful of dried cranberries and some walnut pieces.

    My other main breakfast is two scrambled eggs and I slice up an amylu chicken andouille sausage bc I like a savory breakfast. Sometimes add a slice of toast w/ raspberry preserves. I don’t feel tired and lazy after that, and I’m ready to start getting stuff done for a productive morning!

  16. ChaoticxSerenity Avatar

    Broccoli, cauliflower and other cruciferous vegetables make me feel so bloated if I eat more than 1 serving 💀

  17. Perfect_Natural_4512 Avatar

    Sushi! Eating little & often! Less dairy less coffee (my favourites)

  18. Wild-Opposite-1876 Avatar

    For me, it’s vegetable protein, veggies in general, fruit, rice…. 

    No animal based products though, never felt good after eating them, and feeling better than ever after ditching them tbh. 
    Plantbased food cured my chronical gastritis that had been present for 16 years by then. Just boom! 

  19. anonymousurfunny Avatar

    Salad and fresh fruits and a grilled chicken 

  20. Embarrassed_Ad_6848 Avatar

    Poke bowls
    Salmon and rice
    Boiled eggs
    I have issues only with bread, pizza, sweet or processed stuff and thank god I don’t even like any of these.

  21. fitvampfire Avatar

    Any fish! I love salmon! Oatmeal, yogurt, black bean burgers, cottage cheese with fruit, my protein smoothies, taco salad

  22. HALT_IAmReptar_HALT Avatar

    I’ve been making Sour Spicy Cold Noodles using glass noodles instead of wheat and sauerkraut instead of cucumber. I eat it for most meals. I’m obsessed with this dish. It’s so easy, delicious, and good for you!

  23. Hypatia76 Avatar

    Whole milk Greek yogurt, chia seeds, fresh berries, and toasted salted pumpkin seeds. I basically eat that every day and it’s been amazing. No more bloating, and it fills me up. Plus the sweet berries and salty pumpkin seeds are a good combo. It’s kind of a perfect mix of healthy fats, fiber, pre and probiotics, and micronutrients.

  24. nachosaredabomb Avatar

    Some sort of protein (usually fish or eggs) and brown rice.

  25. Superb-Personality47 Avatar

    So I learned how to make this kind of salad in school while attending this 8 week nutrition class. They called it a mediterranean-style salad.

    I have PCOS and this is one of the main meals I have because of how bad my insulin resistance gets.

    Starting from the bottom of the bowl or jar of choice:

    • a simple olive oil, lemon juice, and pepper and salt vinagrette, or in my case a homemade hummus-tahini sauce with olive oil and more lemon juice

    -the ‘meaty’ part:

    • diced persian or hothouse cucumbers, prerinsed in TJ’s vegetable rinse since I like to keep the skin on for more fiber

    • garbanzo beans, black beans, great white beans, usually from can

    • sometimes i add diced heirloom tomatos from my patio garden, otherwise I leave out since I’m picky about uncooked tomatos

    • the leafy part:

      • baby spinach, arugala, kale, etc. basically any sort of leafy vegetable I find on sale. I prefer to buy it whole as its cheaper and will last longer in the fridge, and I chop as I need it
      • chopped mint leaves from the patio garden. adds freshness to the salad and mint plants are easy to keep, and will last way longer than buying mint in a pack from the store
    • the fun part (aka the toppings):

      • salad topper from costco consisting of pempkin seeds and other seeds and dried cranberries (incredibly tasty and against the rest of the salad the cranberries really feel like bits of dessert scattered throughout)
      • crumbled feta from costco (i like to buy the feta in the tub, try to mix it and crumble it well in the tub, and then chuck it in the freezer and use as needed)

    Optional:

    • When I can, I like to buy the 5 dollar chicken from costco and shred and dice the meat myself, portioning out for salad, making soups etc. Also I keep the bones to make broth to liven up noodle soups and to mix in with my cats wet food (just a bit to add some oomph)

    Anyway you can mix and match but the meaty part makes up like 50% of the salad volume and the leafy part makes up maybe 30%. Thats the key for me – theres so much you’re chewing and eating and its all flavorful, so by the time you finish you get kind of full. It sounds like a lot of work but honestly once you figure out what you like its pretty easy to plug and play since its mostly assembling. The focus on whole vegetables and beans that will keep way longer than the leafy stuff also helps make it more economical (to me anyway).

  26. jorgentwo Avatar

    I make a quinoa salad with an herby olive oil and lemon juice dressing, parsley, cherry tomatoes, kalamata olives, cucumber, chickpeas, and feta cheese. Once it’s been sitting in the fridge for a couple hours the quinoa gets really nutty and addicting, I’ll keep stealing spoonfuls throughout the day. 

  27. chubalubs Avatar

    I’ve cut out all ‘white’ food-pasta, bread, rice, processed food like cake and cookies. My sister has biopsy proven coeliac disease-I don’t, but I’m sensitive/intolerant to gluten and if I eat too much, then I feel bloated and uncomfortable. I tend to stick to protein and veg, its not a keto diet as such,  but quite low in carbs. 

  28. AbacaxiForever Avatar

    Have you worked with a registered dietician? Do you need to see a GI?

    Most meals shouldn’t leave you feeling bloated and tired.

  29. Sweaty-Staff8100 Avatar

    fruits + raw vegetables

  30. CandyV89 Avatar

    Salmon, greens, yogurt, shredded wheat, fruit and veggies.

  31. Nervous-Version26 Avatar

    Vietnamese spring rolls

  32. Annual_Dimension3043 Avatar

    Literally the only meal I can eat that doesn’t make me feel awful is salad.