Big Breakfast Diet???
TheChocolatePrincess
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I have been reading up on PCOS and ran across studies that suggested women with PCOS eat a big breakfast (980 calories), Moderate Lunch (640 Calories) and a Small Dinner (190 Calories); they say that this could help with TTC because it helps with insulin resistance. Has anyone tried it? I adjusted my MFP for it. Honestly, I am having trouble eating that much food first thing in the morning. Do you have any big breakfast suggestions?
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Sometimes, my breakfast is close to that, sometimes I skip lunch, I don't know, my meals are all wonky, based on hunger, but I *CAN* eat that much in the morning if I choose the right foods. I follow a low carb/high fat plan per my endocrinologist's advice.
Eggs, mixed with heavy cream, scrambled, and cook in butter or coconut oil or bacon drippings.
Top with cream cheese, shredded hard cheese of choice.
Scramble in breakfast meat of choice, ground beef, sausage, bacon, etc.
Serve with a Bulletproof coffee/tea/cocoa or hot beverage of choice, and you can easily get to 980 calories. I usually do 3 eggs and ground beef, and I add a bit of salsa to my eggs.
Note: This is VERY FILLING, and you might not be hungry for lunch. I'm hit or miss whether I eat lunch at all when I eat this high.
What are you eating that you can't ramp it up that easily?
Though admittedly, I don't think I could happily eat that small of a dinner and stay on track.0 -
This morning I went to the deli in my building because I was running late. I ordered the Pancake Platter which is 2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon, and 2 pancakes. I ate 1 and a quarter of a pancake, 1 piece of bacon, and a half of serving of the eggs. I had a lightly sweetend green tea to drink. I think I am going to try your eggs recipe. It looks really good. I'm not a big pancake eater but I figured I would give it a try.0
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I'm so glad you posted this! I was just reading that study. Here are some of the benefits listed:
"Free testosterone dropped by 50% (that's huge by the way).
Sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) went up by 105%.
Ovulation improved.
Less insulin was released."
I cheat most at night, but I've never tried to eat this way. I will try it with you! Maybe we should post weekly or biweekly results?0 -
I'm generally the exact opposite of this. I'm a big night eater - so if I don't have a big satisfying dinner I run a HUGE risk of snacking on crap I don't need. There are many days (today, even) that I don't have anything but coffee for breakfast. Interesting, though, that it can be so helpful. I'll be curious to hear about the progress the two of you make.0
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Deena_Bean wrote: »I'm generally the exact opposite of this. I'm a big night eater - so if I don't have a big satisfying dinner I run a HUGE risk of snacking on crap I don't need. There are many days (today, even) that I don't have anything but coffee for breakfast. Interesting, though, that it can be so helpful. I'll be curious to hear about the progress the two of you make.
@Deena_Bean I've always been a night eater, too, and I'm with you - I'm more likely to snack and fall off plan if I don't have a satiating night meal... Looking forward to the progress/results of any who try it!0 -
that is interesting!
I don't think it would work for me; I usually end up regretting using up a lot of calories for breakfast. 300-400 seems about right for me. I get hungry in the evenings, too.0 -
I tried it for a day, then dropped out. Here's my experience: I ate 700 calories between 6am and 9am, then was so full that I didn't even want to touch lunch, but was starving by dinner (which is my most challenging time.) I think my take-away from this study is to eat most of my calories at breakfast and lunch so that i have time to burn everything off and feel full going into dinner. I will definitely start trying to make eggs part of breakfast now too. Thanks again for sharing the study!0
