I have looked over hundreds of food diaries and it is fairly common for many people to skip breakfast as they don’t feel hungry then or do not have the time to eat breakfast first thing before work.
A study by the Journal of International Medical Research (2008) demonstrated three good reasons why eating breakfast is important if you are looking to lose weight.
1. People who eat breakfast have a reduced appetite and reduced eating throughout the rest of the day
2. Compared to people who do not eat breakfast and eat later in the day, people who do have an overall reduced appetite.
3. Men and women who do not eat breakfast, or who eat very little in the morning, end up hungry during the day and the evening and subsequently eat more during this time, consuming more calories than they need.
Good ideas for high protein, low-carb breakfasts, are:
Eggs on toast
Egg omlettes
Whey Protein Shakes with a raw egg added
Cream cheese and smoked salmon
Peanut butter on toast
Organic yogurt with nuts
String cheese and hard cooked eggs
Eating breakfast will go a low way to reducing your overall appetite for the rest of the day and prevent you from loading up on calories during the day and especially in the evening.
1 comment:
Spot on Mike - missing breakfast is a sure fire way of gaining weight due to low blood sugar and energy levels, and then reaching for the sugar/caffeine stimulants mid morning.
Equally, eating a carb/sugar based breakfast will set your blood sugar levels sky high, before plummeting and giving you that mid morning low. Scrap the cereal!!
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