Healthy brekkie

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Well I've decided to start eating healthier, especially in the morning.

For the last two weeks I've been having a bowl of Cornflakes, which a small amount of milk. (used to make bacon and egg sarnies)

It seems I'm constantly hungry now when I first wake up, and even after my cereal about 2 hours later I'm thinking about lunch cos I#'m hungry. but I know I've eaten a good sizxed portion of brekkie.

Will this stop?
 
Grilled bacon, scrambled egg, some wholemeal toast.
Much healthier than cornflakes and will actually keep you feeling full.

cornflakes/all breakfast cereals are high processed nutritionally devoid blood sugar spiking garbage, you'd be just as well eating a Snickers.
 
tom_e said:
Grilled bacon, scrambled egg, some wholemeal toast.
Much healthier than cornflakes and will actually keep you feeling full.

cornflakes/all breakfast cereals are high processed nutritionally devoid blood sugar spiking garbage, you'd be just as well eating a Snickers.
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This, but turkey bacon instead - more protein (more satiating) and lower fats. Leave creme fraiche out of the scrambled eggs as well.
 
Cookeh said:
This, but turkey bacon instead - more protein (more satiating) and lower fats. Leave creme fraiche out of the scrambled eggs as well.
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Fats are good and more satiating! Crappy processed fats like tuft hydrogenated crap is the stuff you want to avoid. Animal, nuts, seeds fats are the good stuff though!

I do prefer Turkey bacon, but I reckon proper pig bacon would be healthier as turkey bacon is quite highly processed.
 
All of the above.

I personally find eggs to be very satiating, particularly scrambled where they have a bit more volume too.

Experiment to see how you find fat & protein based breakfasts to affect you vs protein & carb based alternatives.

Nothing wrong with eating lunch or evening foods in the morning, for example, vegetables, meats etc.
 
I just want to eat better, and healthier. Need to lose a few stone really.
I don't have the motivation for the gym, I go for a few weeks then get bored and quit.

Food is the better option for me anyway, I think I will eat better generally and walk my dogs twice a day, at the moment it is my sons job but I will take it over for the exercise. I've even invested in a set of http://www.amazon.co.uk/AKG-TIESTO-...=1429606519&sr=8-1&keywords=tiesto+headphones
to help with the dog walking :)

Evening meals are a pain too - finding nice enjoyable heathly food isn't easy for me. I don't tend to find anything enjoyable unless it is unhealthy.

Mind you, tonight I'm making a king prawn salad with new potatoes. That should be a healthy meal. (as long as I'm not hungry at 9pm and want to snack on crap)
 
Having noticed your 'location' ;) Have you also tried cutting out (even for a time) or cutting down on your beer intake? This combined with a decent food intake will reap big benefits.
 
My off work day breakfasts are normally 3-4 bacon with 4-5 scrambled eggs.

Sometimes I go all out and add sausages (the 95+ meat ones), nom.
 
You don't need to be a gym monster to benefit from eating foods that are more satiating. It may seem counter-intuitive after all the years of the media saying "zomgz, fat is bad" but you really can eat healthy fats and have them help you lose weight - if you're more satiated you'll have less hunger pangs/cravings.

Try having an omlette in the morning along with a load of green veg. Low calories, a bit lower carb than is ideal (imo) lots of healthy proteins, fats, nutrients and fibre.
 
DirtyJester said:
Having noticed your 'location' ;) Have you also tried cutting out (even for a time) or cutting down on your beer intake? This combined with a decent food intake will reap big benefits.
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This is something I'm cutting down on, only drinking when out for a social reason now, not going to the pub 2-3 times a week "because I can". Like I used too.

Begbie said:
My off work day breakfasts are normally 3-4 bacon with 4-5 scrambled eggs.

Sometimes I go all out and add sausages (the 95+ meat ones), nom.
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I can do this every day as I work from home.

FrenchTart said:
You don't need to be a gym monster to benefit from eating foods that are more satiating. It may seem counter-intuitive after all the years of the media saying "zomgz, fat is bad" but you really can eat healthy fats and have them help you lose weight - if you're more satiated you'll have less hunger pangs/cravings.

Try having an omlette in the morning along with a load of green veg. Low calories, a bit lower carb than is ideal (imo) lots of healthy proteins, fats, nutrients and fibre.
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Omlette is a good idea. Will give that a go once my conflakes have run out (3 days left I think)
 
I liked poached eggs in the morning, if I am short on time I do the 60 seconds in the microwave cooking.

I normally have one with a piece of Wholemeal bread.
 
Can't beat a poached egg (no pun)!

How about some healthy pancakes..

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Easy made, healthy, tasty and filling.

Oats, banana, eggs, peanut butter and optional fruit of choice.
 
Though if your aim is weight loss, then just 'healthy eating' isn't going to do you any favors at all.

Lets take an example of you need 3000kcal to survive.

You eat 'healthy' (meats, veg, fruits etc) but you eat at 3000kcal or higher? You're going to not lose weight or worse put weight on.

Sadly there is no shortcuts, no magic breakfast no cool diet. You need to treat this as an individual thing and know what your eating. Track EVERYTHING, and I mean EVERYTHING that passes your lips. It's not hard, and with apps like my fitness planner it has barcode scanners. If your cooking chicken for example then weigh it and work out the calories.

Calorie deficiency is king. 'Healthy eating' isn't going to make you lose weight without being calorie controlled. You need to work out your BMR.

Also that's your forearm, most peoples forearms are skinny. It's pretty hard to get big forearms anyway, never mind without training.
 
Begbie said:
Though if your aim is weight loss, then just 'healthy eating' isn't going to do you any favors at all.

Lets take an example of you need 3000kcal to survive.

You eat 'healthy' (meats, veg, fruits etc) but you eat at 3000kcal or higher? You're going to not lose weight or worse put weight on.

Sadly there is no shortcuts, no magic breakfast no cool diet. You need to treat this as an individual thing and know what your eating. Track EVERYTHING, and I mean EVERYTHING that passes your lips. It's not hard, and with apps like my fitness planner it has barcode scanners. If your cooking chicken for example then weigh it and work out the calories.

Calorie deficiency is king. 'Healthy eating' isn't going to make you lose weight without being calorie controlled. You need to work out your BMR.

Also that's your forearm, most peoples forearms are skinny. It's pretty hard to get big forearms anyway, never mind without training.
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Beaten me to it.

'Eating healthy' can and does lead people to gain weight & bodyfat. You need to establish a calorie deficit or surplus to lose/gain weight/fat as mentioned above.

no single food is predisposed to fat gain more than any other. You can still eat foods you enjoy whilst losing weight but have to exercise moderation.
 
My breakfast is currently either the 'heaps of fruit' porridge sachet or:
3 eggs, spinach, handful of frozen cooked chicken strips (asda), peppers, leeks, a couple of chillis, onions etc (dry fry). I scramble the eggs with a slice of butter (guess about 12g worth - half of a tenth of the 250g block), put the veg+chicken in the frying pan and get a cuppa on, takes just a few minutes cooking and I nuke the spinach with a teaspoon of water in a bowl. Longest part is chopping the veg.

Lunch is either a sarnie and some nuggets or a tuna pasta salad and green leaves in chilli dressing.

Tea is home made curry or chilli of some sort with rice or noodles. tbh I'm no cook and it probably tastes like **** but it's got loads of chilli in and lots of meat, so I don't care.
 
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