Whole Foods..

Not the store. In the past 6 months I've begun eating more whole foods than normal. Whole foods are foods that are real food. Veggies, fruit, meats that aren't processed* and all organic if my wallet allows. I think it's important. I think that processed foods are the devil and the devil should only be enjoyed in small amounts (read: Christmas, birthdays and Sunday nights).

Whole foods made by me in my home. Yes, that's a sweet potato.

Any whole food centered article or book out there talks about the benefits (which are great) and the importance it plays in us not getting things like cancer and skin rashes. I agreed with all of these things.

BUT

(you knew there was a but) I am having one issue I didn't expect. Most of these books say that if you eat processed foods you eat more because they don't make you feel full and when you eat whole foods, you feel fuller and eat less. For me, this is not the case.

Me eating not whole foods on what could only have been a Sunday.

I just don't understand.  Take for example yesterday. I ate a healthy lunch of quinoa, black beans, and veggies with a tiny bit of olive oil from sauteing the garlic and onions.  It was a good 2 cups cooked/combined of these things. I ate it. Ah. Delicious. I finished eating lunch around 1pm. At approximately 1:15pm my tummy began growling.

Why.

I say why but the truth is I don't care what the answer is because I'll continue to eat healthier and moderate my pizza intake no matter what. I just don't understand why after almost half a year...I'm still hungry 15 minutes later.  I know I exercise very frequently and I know my insides are probably a more than a little messed up from my middle school diet of Watchamacalits, Nacho Cheese Doritos and Mr. Pibb.  I know this.  But still...you would think lots of veggies and whole grains would keep me feeling full for longer that 15 minutes.


*I include meat in this. Some people don't. Those people eat more legumes than I do.