| They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day... do you agree... what did you have today?
Posted: 6/9/2008 8:44:20 PM | Times have changed since I last posted....
Organic whole grain cereal...add 2 tbsp. of organic whole ground flax seed, a banana and fortified (organic) brown rice "beverage"
Add a couple of pieces of Silver Hills brand bread with almond or cashew butter
and a "no sugar added" type jam (although I'd rather have raspberries or strawberries
from my own plants) makes a good start to the day.
A couple of cups of fresh ground coffee always comes first! | |
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| They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day... do you agree... what did you have today?
Posted: 6/18/2008 4:58:56 PM | My own experience in losing 50 pounds twice is confirmed by this article:
Big Breakfast Helped Women Lose Weight
18 Jun 2008
Researchers from Venezuela and the US found that women who had a big breakfast packed with carbohydrates and protein, and then followed a low carbohydrate, low calorie diet for the rest of the day, were more successful at losing weight and keeping the weight off than women on strict low carbohydrate diets.
The study was presented at The Endocrine Society's 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, yesterday, Tuesday 17th June, by lead author Dr Daniela Jakubowicz, of the Hospital de Clinicas, Caracas, Venezuela. Plans to publish the paper in a journal were not announced.
Jakubowicz, who worked on the study with US scientists from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, said that:
"Most weight loss studies have determined that a very low carbohydrate diet is not a good method to reduce weight."
She explained that the low carbohydrate diet, "exacerbates the craving for carbohydrates and slows metabolism. As a result, after a short period of weight loss, there is a quick return to obesity."
Only 5 per cent of low carbohydrate diets are successful after two years, and most of them do not address addictive eating impulses, said Jakubowicz.
The findings of this study, suggested the researchers, showed that the long term effectiveness of a diet depends on how well it creates a sense of fullness and brings down cravings for "carbs".
For the study, the researchers enrolled 94 obese, physically inactive women and put 46 on a very low carb diet and 48 on their new diet for 8 months. Both diets were low in fat and total calories, but they had different ways of taking in carbohydrate over the day.
The women on the very low carb diet ate 1,085 calories a day allotted as 17 grams carbohydrates, 51 grams protein, and 78 grams of fat. On this diet, breakfast was the smallest meal, comprising 290 calories and only 7 grams of carbohydrate, such as bread, fruit, cereal and milk. Also, the women on this diet could only eat up to 12 grams of protein in the morning, such as meat and eggs.
On the new "big breakfast" diet, the women ate 1,240 calories a day alloted as 97 grams carbohydrates, 93 grams protein, and 46 grams of fat (compared with the other diet, these women ate less fat, but more carbohydrate and protein every day). On this diet, breakfast was the largest meal, while lunch comprised 395 calories (including 34 grams of carbs and 28 and 13 of protein and fat respectively), and dinner contained only 235 calories (5 grams of carbs, and 18 and 26 of protein and fat respectively).
For the first 4 months, the study focused on weight loss, and on weight maintenance for the second 4 months. The results showed that:
* After 4 months, the women on the very low carb diet had lost an average of 28 pounds (12.7 kilos).
* After 4 months, the women on the big breakfast diet had lost an average of nearly 23 pounds (10.4 kilos).
* At this point, there was no statistically significant difference in the weight loss profiles of the two groups, despite these apparently large differences in the averages, said the researchers.
* After 8 months, the women on the very low carb diet had regained an average of 18 pounds (8.2 kilos).
* After 8 months, the women on the big breakfast diet had lost another 16.5 pounds (7.5 kilos).
* Overall, the women on the big breakfast diet lost more than 21 per cent of their body weight, while the women on the very low carb diet only lost 4.5 per cent.
* The women on the big breakfast diet reported feeling less hungry, especially before lunch, and they reported having fewer cravings for carbs compared with the women in the very low carb group.
The researchers suggested that the big breakfast diet was more effective at helping the women lose weight over the period of the study because it controlled appetite and cravings for carbohydrate foods containing sugar and starch.
Jakubowicz also said the big-breakfast diet was healthier than a very low carb diet because dieters ate more fruit and therefore got enough fiber and vitamins. She has been using the diet successfully with patients for over 15 years, she said.
Source: The Endocrine Society.
Article URL: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/111734.php | |
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| They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day... do you agree... what did you have today?
Posted: 6/18/2008 10:31:29 PM | I can vouch for the results satx posted. It worked for me.
THOUGH, I have since been a student for the last 5 years and have 2 more to go. It is the worst health/lifestyle on the planet, if you are self-supporting and live in Michigan and maybe other places, I don't know. Michiganders will understand what I mean. I struggle with health and weight all of the time. I work nights because it is the only way to keep a job while being a full-time student if you are self-supporting.
Because of working nights and a schedule that changes daily, I have no idea when i will get up, or get to eat next. This is very health destructive. When I finally get to be out of school, I will return to the type of eating described in satx post. It works. Our biological clocks were made for certain schedules and breakfast is exactly that... breaking a fast. It is the most important meal of the day. I miss it. My favorite breakfast when I ate that way was a big steak fajita burrito; or a bacon, egg, tomato, hashbrown on a toasted bun; or lengua tacos (beef tongue, onion, cilantro, hot sauce, avocado on soft corn tortilla). With my stupid lifestyle now, my stomach is always so upset that if I eat anything right after getting up I am lucky to be able to choke down yogurt. I usually have to wait at least 5 hours before eating so I can keep it down. | |
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Hwyl
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| They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day... do you agree... what did you have today?
Posted: 7/24/2008 11:47:23 AM | I'm still on my second cup of coffee. 
Now it's almost lunch, so it's probably going to be a Turkey Cheeseburger, with chips and a pickle.
Breakfast is usually egg white omelet, or sandwich. Sometimes, though I love a big breakfast, eggs, sausage or bacon, hash browns, toast, coffee, juice, pancakes...
But after that, it's back to bed for a nap...  | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 12:12:45 PM | | Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! One can skip his or her dinner but shouldn't skip his or her breakfast, which can help him or her to control his or her weight! | |
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| Yes!
Posted: 7/24/2008 12:20:25 PM | | Strange but true: Leftover chicken and dumplings. | |
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Posted: 7/24/2008 12:55:48 PM | Eating a well balanced breakfast is especially important for the energy needed to get through the day. Your body will have 12 hours roughly to absorb all the nutrients, and so, this makes very good sense. Besides, skipping breakfast after having not eaten for 8 or more hours previously is BAD for your health and can contribute to diabetes, heart disease, or both and often leads to obesity.
One thing for sure... the most important meal of the day is NOT dinner. In a standard cycle, eating a meal after 8 p.m. (or even earlier) should be discouraged, especially if you're going to be in bed (sleeping) a few hours later.
I used to be a terrible eater, but have recently gotten on a health kick, hoping to reverse the damage caused by years of dietary indiscretions.
This morning, I had 2 eggs (minus the yolk) with flax-seed toast (low-fat spread) and a smoothie made with blueberries, cherries, red grapes, a peach and low-fat, lactose-free milk. Got my protein with plenty of antioxidants, fiber, while simultaneously minimizing the purines (staving off gout), and also drinking 10-12 glasses of water daily. Been on this regimen for 2 weeks. Along with 30 minutes on the treadmill every morning, I've so far dropped 6 pounds. | |
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TishaG
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| They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day... do you agree... what did you have today?
Posted: 7/24/2008 1:38:39 PM | I have the same thing every day. Nonfat vanilla yogurt, strawberries/bananas with Fiber one cereal sprinkled on top. I then grab an unsweetened iced coffee from Starbucks on the way to work. It keeps me full all day till I take a light lunch break (fruit and water..I work outside in heat) at around 2pm. Fiber cereal really does fill you up. The only day I have something different is Sunday. | |
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