Ideas please?

frulewis

Ok so about every two weeks I start a new healthy eating regime which is gone by close of buisness the first day, seriously! not to mention the dreaded C word but Christmas is coming up and for once I would like to have achieved my goal of being generally healthier and losing weight. I'm way too fond of the sweet stuff, I actually eat ok breakfasts, lunch and dinners so what I'm asking basically is what are quick healthy filling snacks that actually taste good and don't burst the seams Also I eat bran flakes in the morning and if anyone has an alternative to it that is high in fibre but less stodgy I would appreciate it!
thanks mo chairde

Seillejet

How about fruit?

I used to find when I came in from work, would be week part of the day and I would scoff Michelle McManus style on biscuits and choclates.

By eating rasperries, blackberries, kiwis all that good stuff, Ive shed quite a bit.

Frogdog

Alternative to bran flakes? Porridge or omlettes for breakfast. Both healthy and filling.

Seillejet

Great recommendations on the porridge.

I was doing my supermarket shop last week, and this guy that looked like a cyclist, put five large boxes of bran flakes in his trolley. I remarked "Andrex must love you".....he didn't find it funny.

metamorphosis

Bran flakes are 22% sugar so best to avoid unless you exercise hard before brekkie.

As said - oats, no added sugar muesli and eggs are a much better brekkie. Maybe greek or plain yogurt with fruit chopped too?

Maybe if you outlined what you ate for all your meals for a typical day and liquids people could give you more concrete advice.

In terms of snacks: cottage cheese is a great snack - a tub is usually about 200kcals but approx 25-30gms protein which will keep you fuller for longer. Fruit, nuts and seeds, dark chocolate - all good but nutritious snacks.

EileenG

Personally, I'm a huge fan of eggs for breakfast. Particularly when the weather starts getting nasty, a nice hot breakfast is a great start, and scrambled eggs or a mushroom omlette is ready in the same time as my coffee.

There was a study with overweight women which found that those who ate eggs for breakfast ate less during the rest of the day, and at the end of 12 weeks, had lost twice as much fat as the group that ate the same calories worth of bagels for breakfast. They also had no difference in cholesterol, even after 12 weeks of eating 2-3 eggs a day.