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Protein Bars for breakfast??

FutureDVM2020

I cannot eat when I first wake up in the mornings, it makes me extremely nauseous. I get up about an hour before I leave my house for school each morning. I don't have any extra time to get up earlier as I typically stay up late studying every night. I know I need to eat breakfast and usually get hungry about an hour after getting to class. My question is, is a Quest protein bar or cereal bar a bad idea for a regular breakfast? I usually snack on fresh fruit up until lunch and drink coffee to hold me over, but I'm not meeting my protein goals each day and usually going over on my carbs. I like the Quest bars because they don't have added sugars in them, but are there other things that could potentially cause weight gain or slow my weight loss by having a protein bar for breakfast maybe every other day? I still stay within my calorie allotment even when I have a protein bar.

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ThatLadyFromMN

I have the same problem, I eat 4 tbsp.'s of peanut butter for breakfast

CynthiasChoice

I think a protein bar is fine on the days you need to go to school. The protein bar is probably a better choice than the cereal bar. Maybe you could change it up on the weekends. (Try my favorite: Plain Greek yogurt topped with frozen blueberries and chopped walnuts. Yummm!)

I'm not expert enough to explain intermittent fasting to you or give advice about it. All I know is how my nutritionist did it: Nothing to eat between 6 PM and 10 AM. It can have some positive effects on regulating blood sugar, controlling cholesterol, maintaining lean mass, reducing cancer, etc. BUT, I also know it can have negative effects for some females, so please be careful and study up on it before deciding to try it.

kommodevaran

CynthiasChoice wrote: »

I'm not expert enough to explain intermittent fasting to you or give advice about it. All I know is how my nutritionist did it: Nothing to eat between 6 PM and 10 AM. It can have some positive effects on regulating blood sugar, controlling cholesterol, maintaining lean mass, reducing cancer, etc. BUT, I also know it can have negative effects for some females, so please be careful and study up on it before deciding to try it.

This is woo. Not eating between 6 PM and 10 AM is perfectly normal and healthy, but it's not a magic health trick. People who need to eat more often, must do so. Like diabetics, athletes and underweight. Not "some females". Things like that make people afraid for no reason.

35dollars

Protein bar(s) for breakfast works for me - I'm starving when I get up in the morning, so I need something, but I don't want a heavy breakfast before my 10 mile cycle commute, so I eat one as soon as I get up, and another one once I arrive at work.

Brands I've found to work well, and which come with a decent protein to calorie mix are listed on this thread.

CynthiasChoice

kommodevaran wrote: »

CynthiasChoice wrote: »

I'm not expert enough to explain intermittent fasting to you or give advice about it. All I know is how my nutritionist did it: Nothing to eat between 6 PM and 10 AM. It can have some positive effects on regulating blood sugar, controlling cholesterol, maintaining lean mass, reducing cancer, etc. BUT, I also know it can have negative effects for some females, so please be careful and study up on it before deciding to try it.

This is woo. Not eating between 6 PM and 10 AM is perfectly normal and healthy, but it's not a magic health trick. People who need to eat more often, must do so. Like diabetics, athletes and underweight. Not "some females". Things like that make people afraid for no reason.

I think I was unclear, and that lead to the woo conclusion. My nutritionist (only person I know who does IF) fasted from 6 PM to 10 AM. I would assume that's safe for everyone except diabetics, athletes and underweight, as you said. It becomes unsafe for some females if they choose to regularly fast for a longer period of time, like a full day. That can sometimes disrupt a woman's menstrual cycle.