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Potatoes are king of satiety.

I dice up two giant baked potatoes for lunch daily and mix with a lean protein and some toppings like sliced jalapenos and sometimes Greek yogurt.

At 3 PM, I drink a Premier protein shake but don't eat again until 7AM the next day, yet I am still full by bedtime. Breakfast is a larger protein shake with fruit or almond butter + almond milk.

Easiest diet ever, and I feel great and hardly crave bread or sugar now.

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While I commend you for your effort, protein shakes are ultimately basically ultra processed food. They have their uses, but if this is the standard diet for humans in 2025, then something is wrong with how people are eating.

I mix whey, full-fat yogurt, and frozen fruit in a blender. I think it's a decently healthy breakfast, even if blending is technically a type of "processing".

Unless you mean the packaged protein shakes, in which case I agree, and also incidentally they are kind of gross.

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