Breakfast

Mhari2015
Mhari2015 Posts: 50 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Okay so what should I eat?

I have Cheerios and a banana but I was advised as good as cheerios are for you, I need to have something that will help me through the day.

One note, I can't stand porridge, nuts or muslie. Please help

Also I have been informed that 1400 calories are not enough if I want to lose weight and I need to go up to 1600. I am currently finding this difficult as I think it may be too much but do not want to reach the point where I am at a standstill and not losing. Are they're any snacks that any of you could suggest. Been advised rice cakes are good. Also have frozen grapes as they are so so yummy!!

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  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Nothing wrong with Cheerios and banana if you like them and they fit your goals. There's no magic foods - eat what you like that fits your goals.
  • Mhari2015
    Mhari2015 Posts: 50 Member
    I get that. I am scared at some point my weight will be at a standstill. I know there is not fast solution and I understand that this will take years. I feel that because if I am not eating enough in the morning it will need to stay in my system for longer if you get what I am saying
  • cathipa
    cathipa Posts: 2,991 Member
    I would have some protein and/or fats with those carbs. Protein and fat help with satiety. As long as you maintain a calorie deficit you will lose. I would recommend weighing what you eat and log everything you consume.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    edited March 2017
    I don't have any breakfast! I like eating later in the day and eating in the morning wastes my calories, and makes me hungry all day.

    I also don't snack - I don't need constant feeding, and prefer bigger meals. I feel less hungry and more satisfied with 2-3 big meals rather than lots of mini meals throughout the day.

    But, if you're a breakfast person, you can eat whatever you like. Cereal. Dinner leftovers. Eggs and bacon. Just make it fit your plan for the day. Cereal and fruit would not satisfy me, or keep me feeling full very long - I would go for something more protein based.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,089 Member
    Mhari2015 wrote: »
    I get that. I am scared at some point my weight will be at a standstill. I know there is not fast solution and I understand that this will take years. I feel that because if I am not eating enough in the morning it will need to stay in my system for longer if you get what I am saying

    I'm not sure I get what you're saying, and with all due respect, I'm not sure you do. I think you've just absorbed random ideas from people or websites or magazine articles that didn't know what they were talking about or were just saying things to sell stuff or attract eyeballs.

    If you're not eating enough in the morning, it's not going to stay in your system longer. If you don't put enough gas in your car for your drive across the desert with no gas stations for 500 miles, would you expect the gas to stay in your longer?

    I'm not sure what you mean by "need" to stay in your system for longer, so if that adds some meaning to the sentence that I'm missing, please explain.

    Your weight will hit a standstill long-term when the calories you're consuming are equal to the calories you're expending. If 1600 calories are a deficit for you now, they should remain a deficit for you until you've lost enough weight, reduced your activity, lost significant amounts of lean body mass (which almost certainly will be a subset of losing lots of weight overall), or had body parts amputated to bring the calories you use down to 1600.

    If 1600 creates a really large deficit for you, more than your fat reserves can keep up with, you could screw up your hormones, which might affect calorie expenditure, and/or your body could conserve calories by using fewer calories for menstrual cycles, immune system, and maintaining lean mass (not just muscles, but hair, bones, and organs, including skin), but that's not a likely scenario for most females on 1600, unless you're extremely active or an athlete in training. If you start having these kinds of issues, you need to see a doctor, and you should eat more to let your body fix the damage you've done.

    Your weight can hit a standstill in the short term if normal fluctuations and the effects of water retention (caused by reproductive system hormones,stress hormones, other hormones, sodium consumption, the body's need for water for muscle repair after a new or increased work load, or for glcyogen storage after a relatively larger meal or carb-heavy meal) and the weight of food in your digestive tract are large enough to mask the effects of body mass loss due to your calorie deficit. In that case you need to be patient.

    You can also hit a standstill due to some combination of eating more than you think you are (solution: tighten up your logging and get a food scale if you don't have one) or using a method of counting your exercise calories that overestimates them (solution: try only counting 50% of your exercise calories).
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Eggs and bacon give protein and fat. It's a beautiful thing.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,089 Member
    When you eat Cheerios and a bananas, does it keep you from getting hungry until your next planned meal or snack?Do you get enough protein and fat overall (through your entire day)? If yes to both, you don't need to change your breakfast to " have something that will help me through the day."
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    I agree with @JeromeBarry1 Eggs, bacon, along with tomatoes and mushrooms give me the best start and last me for many hours. But it is up to you what you eat in the mornings. Doesn't matter as long as it fits your calories and you enjoy it.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Eat whatever you want to eat, whenever you want to eat it. Do whatever works best for your own satiety and adherence. Meal timing is completely irrelevant to weight loss, the only thing that matters is calories in < calories out over the long term.
  • Mhari2015
    Mhari2015 Posts: 50 Member
    I was advised this by a trainer at the gym

    I am sorry, I am not very good at putting things into words I guess. He advised that I need to eat more as what I am eating will not leave my system as it is stretching throughout the day.

    I feel I am doing fine on my own for the moment but thought advice would help. A lot of you have been helpful and I thank you. I feel patronised by one particular comment though and also feel worse than I did coming on here!

    I am not brainwashed, I know what I am doing, I am not in a rush!

    I am eating 1400, going to the gym 5 times a week and losing weight

    Just concerned about the point where I will be at I standstill. I guess if this happens I should just go back down to 1200.

    Also i have to leave the flat at 5 so a full on grill up is not really an option.

    I will stick what I am doing for now
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    If you have to leave early, and need to eat but would like other options, consider things like HB eggs, or frittata/egg "muffins", or yoghurt with fruit/nuts, or smoothies with protein and fats incorporated.... Things that can be prepared in bulk in advance, or quickly.

    I've even used protein shakes as milk for cereal to increase the protein content.
  • Mhari2015
    Mhari2015 Posts: 50 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    If you have to leave early, and need to eat but would like other options, consider things like HB eggs, or frittata/egg "muffins", or yoghurt with fruit/nuts, or smoothies with protein and fats incorporated.... Things that can be prepared in bulk in advance, or quickly.

    I've even used protein shakes as milk for cereal to increase the protein content.

    Thank you
  • Anna_137
    Anna_137 Posts: 167 Member
    edited March 2017
    I used to eat a huge fruit salad for breakfast every day. However it took so long to eat such a big volume of food! I had to get up earlier to make sure I hate time to eat it all before rushing off to work. Then I got terrible stomach aches on the train every morning.

    I switched to having weetabix with some strawberries. I'm so much happier for it (and still losing weight). Do what works for you! Some people skip breakfast all together and there's nothing wrong with that. Personal trainers aren't nutritionists. It's good to get their advice, just bare in mind that it comes from their personal experience, what they've heard from other people, and what they've read on the internet.
  • Mhari2015
    Mhari2015 Posts: 50 Member
    He is a nutritionist too :)
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    Mhari2015 wrote: »
    He is a nutritionist too :)

    The title of "nutritionist" isn't regulated - many get their qualifications out of a cereal packet (or paleo granola bag)... Unless you know he has decent qualifications in nutrition, I'd be talking his recommendations with a pinch of salt..
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    Mhari2015 wrote: »
    I was advised this by a trainer at the gym

    I am sorry, I am not very good at putting things into words I guess. He advised that I need to eat more as what I am eating will not leave my system as it is stretching throughout the day.

    That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.

    For me, I don't have breakfast. If you want to, that's great. Nothing wrong with Cheerios and a banana.
  • victoria_1024
    victoria_1024 Posts: 915 Member
    I eat cereal for breakfast because I enjoy it. I usually eat the special k protein cereal because it's hard for me to meet my protein goals for the day if I eat something like cheerios. But I have days where I eat Frosted Flakes or something ridiculous just because I want to.

    I eat about 1450 calories a day (plus some exercise calories) but I'm short and in a healthy weight range (125 and 5'2.5") just trying to take off a few more vanity pounds. When I was obese I ate more to lose weight. I needed my weight loss to be sustainable since I had a lot to lose. So 1400 may be fine for you depending on your weight/height/goals. But if you have a lot of weight to lose, 1400 may be too aggressive.
  • Anna_137
    Anna_137 Posts: 167 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Mhari2015 wrote: »
    He is a nutritionist too :)

    The title of "nutritionist" isn't regulated - many get their qualifications out of a cereal packet (or paleo granola bag)... Unless you know he has decent qualifications in nutrition, I'd be talking his recommendations with a pinch of salt..
    ^this

    Not to say your personal trainer doesn't know anything. I'm sure they're hugely motivational and do have a lot of knowledge. But don't be afraid to question what people tell you.

    If you look around the forums you'll see lots of posts from people who have been given bad advice from nutritionists who peddle myths like 'starvation mode' or having to eat at certain times of day to lose weight. Even qualified doctors give some questionable advice when they're trying to sell their diet books.
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    I don't typically have breakfast but today for example, I went out with my bf and had a huge Sunday breakfast. If it fits your daily goal you can do whatever you wish. Think of calories as dollars in your bank account. You can spend the money on what you wish but don't put things in credit. If you spend more than you get you will need to pay that back eventually :)
  • erevans
    erevans Posts: 5 Member
    I have a few favorite breakfasts. I like to keep whole grain waffles in the freezer for rushed days. I toast two of them and put 1 tsp of peanut butter on each one. Sometimes I include fruit with that (banana, apple, grapefruit). Another favorite is sautéed veggies (mushrooms, asparagus, onion, spinach, etc), two slices of lunch meat ham and an egg plus an egg white scrambled together. My newest favorite is overnight oats made with Greek yogurt.

    I try to have a good combination of protein (15-20g), carbs and fiber (5-6g) at breakfast to really fuel my day. I do not snack between breakfast and lunch either, I just am not hungry enough for that.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    edited March 2017
    Mhari2015 wrote: »
    I get that. I am scared at some point my weight will be at a standstill. I know there is not fast solution and I understand that this will take years. I feel that because if I am not eating enough in the morning it will need to stay in my system for longer if you get what I am saying

    Eat what you like. Eat your calories. Use a food scale to weigh everything that is solid and semi solid. Log everything that you eat, drink and cook with.
    Mhari2015 wrote: »
    He is a nutritionist too :)

    Nutritionists can get their degree in a weekend. Listen to a Dietitian instead.

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