Big Breakfast Diet is Key to Weight Loss
Like most kids of my generation I grew up eating a bowl of cereal every morning for breakfast. A bowl of soggy, cold cereal greeted me every morning for as far back as I can remember. I read and reread the backs of an endless array of cereal boxes as I chomped down my breakfast before trotting off to school or whatever other adventures I had planned. My mother never really allowed me to get too crazy with my cereals; no Cap’n Crunch at my house. Cheerios was about as sugary as I was allowed and I’m thankful she did that in retrospect.
Fast-forward a couple few decades and now I’m an adult with an adult breakfast. I’ve talked many times about how much I love pancakes and how I would eat them every day if I could. Well, now I do. Two waffles with a generous swipe of chunky peanut butter is what I eat nearly every morning. I make my own because I can control what goes into them.
According to a new study my dreams have been answered and a big breakfast may actually help you keep the extra pounds off. Harvard came to a similar conclusion about breakfast back in May. From an article at WebMD:
Eating a 600-calorie breakfast rich in carbohydrates and protein helps dieters lose more weight long term than eating a modest breakfast and following a lower-carb eating plan, according to a new study.
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“Those on the ‘big breakfast diet’ feel less hungry before lunch and all day,” says Daniela Jakubowicz, MD, an endocrinologist in Caracas, Venezuela, and a clinical professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, who led the study. She is presenting her findings this week at ENDO 08, the 90th annual meeting of The Endocrine Society in San Francisco.
I undoubtedly learned the big breakfast concept from my dad. I have fond memories of his “big breakfast” days as he called them. These were usually contained to the weekends when he had the extra time needed to fry up some potatoes, eggs, sausage links, and the occasional can of corned-beef hash. The tradition continues to this day for him, albeit modified to be a bit healthier, and he looks forward to his big breakfast days as much now as he did then.
So get up early tomorrow morning and start your own big breakfast day tradition because breakfast is good, good for you, and may help you lose some weight.
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Last Updated on July 2nd, 2008
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I hate cereal for breakfast. Every morning I make an egg white omelet or scrambled eggs. I try to have fresh fruit if I can.
Just this morning I cut up a cantaloupe and fried some bacon. Nothing beats bacon.
However, I’m not big on “carby” breakfast like biscuits and gravy or sweet rolls, etc.
I notice when I eat a big breakfast I feel full all day.
I am a vegetarian so i prefer nonfat yogurt with blueberries, apple, mangoes and also bran flakes with skimmed milk in the breakfast. I have experienced as well that having around 400 calories breakfast would keep me until lunch time and would never need a snack.