Breakfast...

Hi! I'm not a morning person either so I find it easier to keep breakfast simple. Things that require little to no cooking time. I usually eat 2 hard boiled eggs and some type of fruit. Another option would be to mix fruit in with cottage cheese.

This sounds nasty but its amazing, simple, and fast.
1/2 cup cerial
1 yogurt
1/2 cup fruit ...I use fruit cocktail or canned fruit in water...
Stir all together. Its like a parfait and easy on the calories

I am totally not a morning person and find that 10:30ish is the time I feel like I want to have something so I make that my snack. It is usually something I can grab and go. Do what your body tells you to do.

breakfast is not important. it's also not not important. if you wake up not hungry, don't eat. when i work, i usually don't eat until 4-5 hours after waking up (not counting coffee).

if i wake up early for a run or a bike ride, i'll usually have a banana or something, more so that i don't get all shaky at the end of my work out.

I am not a morning person and I never have eaten breakfast wake up to early to think about it but now I want to implement it because I was told it is very important for a diet well period but yeah I don't know exactly how to go about what to eat....

The people telling you its very important, are the ones trying to sell you a box of cereal. Its marketing.


If you're not hungry in the morning, save your calories for when you are. Meal timing is not relevant to weight loss. A caloric deficit is.

Yupp...

Lyle McDonald has some great information on it here:
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/research-review/meal-frequency-and-energy-balance-research-review.html

The take home from Lyle's article, in terms of practicality and application, would probably be this quote, this is Lyle here:


* If eating more frequently makes it easier to control/reduce calories, it will help you to lose weight/fat.
* If eating more frequently makes it harder to control/reduce calories, or makes you eat more, you will gain weight.
* If eating less frequently makes it harder for you to control/reduce calories (because you get hungry and binge), it will hurt your efforts to lose weight/fat.
* If eating less frequently makes it easier for you to control/reduce calories (for any number of reasons), then that will help your efforts to lose weight/fat

Or in other words, personal preference.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/820577-meal-frequency-rev-up-that-furnace-lol

I mix my breakfast up: oatmeal, egg whites (boiled or scrambled), turkey bacon, fruit, yogurt, toast.... I will have a variety of combinations during the week. I love tea or hot water and lemons.

Excellent advice. I love fruit in my cottage cheese. Its simple to carry with you and will keep you full well into the lunch time hour. This is my go to breakfast as well. In addition, I pre make my breakfast at night, which consists of: scrambled eggs and turkey bacon. can;t go wrong with this either.

The only studies I've seen which support breakfast as important were geared toward people with metabolic syndrome. If you don't have metabolic syndrome, then no worries. Eat when you're hungry. There's a growing body of evidence to support intermittent fasting, which means fasting through part of the day and eating your daily calories closer together...like if you skip breakfast and basically just eat lunch and dinner, and even some snacks in between, so that your calories are all consumed within, for example, 8 hours.

I usually don't eat breakfast. I've found that when I skip or delay breakfast, I have a much higher level of satiety after lunch and dinner, and I don't need to snack as much. It's easier to stick to my goal just by skipping breakfast.

Some people are the opposite, and find that if they skip breakfast, they're ravenous by lunch and it sets them up for overeating the whole day.

Do whichever works for you.

Lyle McDonald has some great information on it here:
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/research-review/meal-frequency-and-energy-balance-research-review.html

The take home from Lyle's article, in terms of practicality and application, would probably be this quote, this is Lyle here:


* If eating more frequently makes it easier to control/reduce calories, it will help you to lose weight/fat.
* If eating more frequently makes it harder to control/reduce calories, or makes you eat more, you will gain weight.
* If eating less frequently makes it harder for you to control/reduce calories (because you get hungry and binge), it will hurt your efforts to lose weight/fat.
* If eating less frequently makes it easier for you to control/reduce calories (for any number of reasons), then that will help your efforts to lose weight/fat

Or in other words, personal preference.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/820577-meal-frequency-rev-up-that-furnace-lol

^wonderful advice

Hi, what is the carb content in a boost? This is a real good idea.

A 6-ounce bottle of Boost "Glucose Control" has 190 calories, 16g of carbs, 3g fiber, and 16g of protein.

I have never been one to eat first thing in the morning either. In fact, the thought of eating upon rising is ill feeling to me. The only times I've ever been able or felt the need to eat early was when I was with child.

I eat when I get hungry. On workdays it's a bit earlier, usually 9ish. On the weekend it varies can be 9-10. If I have plans and know I'm limited with the ability to eat late I plan for it and have some sort of snack that I would consider as my breakfast food.

I'm kind of odd about what I like to eat first thing in the morning, or what I consider as my breakfast. I cannot typically eat something sweet. Protien and fruit based.

I often boil eggs for grab and go. I make ahead eggs mixed with veggies/meat that I can cook at work. OR do some sort of prepared snack/healthy option. Protien meals/snacks hold me over for whatever time I eat lunch. Sometimes I prepare oatmeal, but lately been avoiding too many carbs.
Here's a couple of places to check out if you like oatmeal. You can prepare it ahead of time


http://www.theyummylife.com/8_muesli_flavors
http://www.theyummylife.com/Refrigerator_Oatmeal