Breakfast/Lunch Ideas

I usually have two breakfasts. The first one is as soon as I wake up and is almost always cottage cheese with a tiny drizzle of maple syrup. It's a great protein hit and I've been waking up pretty hungry since starting to lose weight, and I find it's pretty filling too.

Second breakfast is always coffee and either:

2 ingredient pancakes (egg and banana)
Little Big Bread (low cal, high fiber), toasted with peanut butter and banana
Little Big Bread, toasted with light cream cheese, lox and capers
Canadian bacon and side of fruit
Scrambled eggs and side of fruit

Protein and fat are usually my priorities in the morning and I find I need a good amount of both to feel satisfied.

I usually have 3 egg whites cooked with butter-flavored pan spray, sprinkled with a dash of garlic powder and a tiny squirt of ketchup. The eggs are only about 40 calories and the spray doesn't have any, and the garlic gives it a bit more flavor. Ketchup is just a preference of mine! And I usually have a cup of coffee and a banana. Usually, you want to eat within an hour or two of waking up because it will jump-start your metabolism for the day for 200-300 calories.

For lunch, I try to eat a bit heavier. I switch lunch and dinner. That way, I have something filling and heavy to stick with me and burn off throughout the day, as apposed to at night when people don't do many activities and go to sleep with a lot of food in their stomachs which isn't great for digestion. I'll usually have a 400-calorie lunch (baked spaghetti, chicken, etc) that's heavy in protein and carbs to fuel me for the day. Dinner is usually a grilled cheese sandwich made on a pan with the same butter flavored spray, which is so much healthier than butter! And, of course, whole grain or whole wheat bread. And sometimes I throw an egg white or two on top. That way it's enough to please my appetite, yet not super heavy since I won't be doing too much later in the evening.

And always make sure to try to take in 8 cups of water every day! It helps flush the toxins from your body, which will help increase weight loss and reduce cellulite, as it's a buildup of toxins in fat stores. It'll help your skin retain elasticity, which will also prevent from the "flabby" stomach a lot of people get after loosing a lot of weight.

All of this was suggested to me by a nutritionist during a course I took over the summer. Good luck.

lately i been on a diet plan... and my girlfriends is very similar 2 wholemeal bits of toast and a banana for breakky. 100g brown rice 100g of broccoli and 200g of chicken for lunch..

this keeps me full and hits my macros perfectly.. in between them i will eat a hand full of almonds around 10... i poach the chicken then add different spices so it doesn't feel like im eating the same thing every day...

Breakfast 1: either oatmeal made with almond milk and cinnamon and raisins OR a cinnamon raisin english muffin with peanut/almond butter. And coffee of course.

Breakfast 2: protein bar of choice. lately it's been Perfectly Simple (by Zone) and the oatmeal chocolate chip is amaze.

Lunch: My usual is sliced bell peppers with hummus, one of those little packets of tuna salad or the ranch flavored tuna, a piece of fruit, and maybe some string cheese. Sometimes I'll bring leftovers, and I usually go out to lunch on Fridays with coworkers. Sometimes I'll bring a ham and cheese sandwich or I'll make some soup or lentils to bring for the week. I try to keep lunch around 400-500 cals.

Afternoon snack: always fage greek yogurt, 2%!

I prefer breakfast sandwiches similar to the Egg White Delight at McDonalds. It's only 250 calories with 18g of protein.

My lunches usually consist of leftovers from the night before, otherwise I'll make a chicken salad with a side of fruit and nuts to take with me to work.