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What do you do?

On a weekday I have 45g granola with semi skimmed milk. Otherwise I might have an egg on a muffin or porridge.

3/4 cup of yogurt, 1/2 cup blueberries and 1/4 cup homemade maple nut granola and coffee, keeps me going until lunch

I eat a three egg white omelet every day with a banana and a kind bar, its boring 5 days a week but it satisfies me

chloehallam180894 wrote: »

How come you don't use the yolk?? Xx

I heard it is higher in cholesterol so I try to avoid it

Get on the yoghurt band wagon! I have like 250g of 0% greek yoghurt with 50g raspberries + 50g blueberries, it's like 200 calories and tastes amazing.

I'm going on one month with MFP. Feel free to add me! Just getting started with getting to know the community.

For breakfast I have

90g frozen mango
90g frozen mixed berries
A banana (weighed but it varies)
*edit* and a table spoon of linseeds (weighed) - adds some texture to it
1.5 cups of water

Throw it into blender, blast it for a minute, put in shaker cup and out the door

I pre weigh and separate my mango and berries so in reality it takes me about 2 minutes each morning to sort it and I drink it whilst I drive to work

I find it gives me loads of energy, tastes awesome, cheap as anything and keeps me full until my lunch time

Good luck =] add me if you wish to be friends

When you eat sugar (natural or processed) your glycogen level goes up and your body slows the fat burn process. A bunch of fruit in the morning is sure to stagnate fat loss. Unless you're doing some really heavy cardio...

chloehallam180894 wrote: »

That actually sounds amazing!! And sounds like a good hangover cure hehe!!

It always works for hangovers...

But thats not it's main goal....

I spent a long time going to dietitian, I lost a lot of weight (down to 90kg) doing low-carb and could run 15km and things were great. My daughter got ill and over the last 18 months - it's gone back up (mainly from larger portions and booze). Now I'm starting over again...

Cutting out the booze and going back to low carb.

This is one example of just how easy it can be to do that - especially when it gets cold and wet out side. It leaves you full and happy:)

I'm also a big fan of BBQ - so using BBQ for meat and what not is great. SHame there isn't a low carb booze (I know it's not strictly high-carb but it's more that its empty calories).

Personally I won't touch low-fat & low-calorie products with a barge pole. They are fake and contain that much rubbish - its not good. Always fresh food where I can and avoid sugars.

As a side note - a dietitian is certainly someone to talk to. They can really help you come to terms with why you eat, what you eat and how you eat. Also, they look at the individual and recommend an approach based on that rather than what you may read in a magazine or web site.

Main thing I think though is that to make a go of it, you need to commit to changing your lifestyle. Not just to changing a bit of food:) Where you can, use the stairs or walk/bike instead of taking car or bus. Instead of sitting in front of TV, go out and walk (you can take an audio book or listen to music if you can't deal with the silence). Get a dog - they need lots of walks. Understand that if you have a bad day, so what, you have way more better days. Modern life makes us concentrate on the bad rather than the good. If you don't do as good as you want to, admit it to yourself and look at why you didn't do as good as you can. Be honest and then make adjustments for next time...

If you do good or better than expected on something, look at why and incorporate those things into other areas.

hmm - sorry - from hangover cure to soapbox in three little paragraphs:)

Main thing is - stick with it, you will succeed.