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[quote=Anonymous]I've found that most of the people who have a problem with big salads are ones who put higher caloric components in their salads, like the ones that add meats, eggs, cheese or extra dressing.  I knew one person who thought that sunflower seeds had no calories and put like three big scoops of them on, thinking they were saving calories by putting sunflower seeds instead of bacon crumbles on.  Most likely your brother, based on his keto diet puts protein, dairy and higher fat components (like sunflower seeds and higher fat dressing) than you are putting on your salad.  You salad was fine.  He was probably just assuming there were higher calorie foods on your salad like he puts on his.

That said, the salad is a good start, but as another PP mentioned, the quantity of food is another issue.  The volume of salad (huge bowl) is good as long as you only eat low calorie foods like veggies.  The problem is that it does not help you decrease your appetite.  Any time you eat something that has more calories, your calorie count will go up because of the volume.  So it is better to find salad components that will give you longer lasting satiation without as much volume.  Each individual metabolism is different, so you have to find out what components will help your diet and nutrition the most.  Since we are all home-bound and you have a lot more control over the contents of your salad (as opposed to going out to restaurants or ordering take-out salads), you can start with the large salad and slowly over time adjust the portion size and the components to decrease the portion size, get your body used to less volume per meal and then add components that will help you go longer between meals.[/quote]

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