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Low fat breakfast option

  • 23-11-2013 11:30am
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭lukesmom


    I find the 30g recommended amount doesn't half fill me up. This morning I ate a large bowl of porridge but this is full of carbs. Any suggestions for a very filling low calorie breakfast? I've cut out bread completely.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,284 ✭✭✭Chattastrophe!


    Porridge is about the best most filling breakfast you can have. I wouldn't worry about the carbs in it - the low-fat low-calorie breakfast cereals are full of sugar anyways, which converts to carbs, and they'll only give you a quick short-lived sugar high - they won't keep you going for the morning.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 musegirl


    Scrambled eggs. Grilled tomato and maybe even a turkey rasher or some mushrooms if you're going all out!! Low in Carbs, high in protein so keeps you fuller for longer. If you're in a rush in the morning, do the scrambled eggs in the microwave. Plenty of black pepper. Mmmm


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,885 ✭✭✭JuliusCaesar


    I think I must have retrained my hunger/satiety levels. I find a boiled egg and a cup of tea keep me going till lunch. I'd never have thought this! Not even a slice of toast! I used to have porridge, 40g, and it sort-of worked - eventually.

    Lukesmom, I was also on medication which made me really hungry and started it 4 months into my diet. I stopped losing weight but didn't put any on, but it was a struggle till I got used to it. Now that I'm off it (6 months later), I do find that I don't need to eat as much until I feel I've had enough. I do leave the table now feeling I *could* eat more, but I don't *need* to. Hope this helps.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭lukesmom


    I think I must have retrained my hunger/satiety levels. I find a boiled egg and a cup of tea keep me going till lunch. I'd never have thought this! Not even a slice of toast! I used to have porridge, 40g, and it sort-of worked - eventually.

    Lukesmom, I was also on medication which made me really hungry and started it 4 months into my diet. I stopped losing weight but didn't put any on, but it was a struggle till I got used to it. Now that I'm off it (6 months later), I do find that I don't need to eat as much until I feel I've had enough. I do leave the table now feeling I *could* eat more, but I don't *need* to. Hope this helps.

    Thanks it's a tricky one because the med works so well except for the hunger side effect.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭mashedbanana


    I am intolerant to fats. Any fats, including the good ones, like a piece of avacado. It was all to do with gallbladder removal last year.

    This is what I eat every day. I eat this everyday, cos you will find that once you eat 'simple' food, and you see a result in weightloss, you kinda don't want to move away from what obviously works for you. Do consider Biochemical individuality too though! We are all different.

    I eat 4 eggs for breakfast, every day. Boiled eggs. 2 whole, and the whites of 2. this is because I can't take the fat of 4 egg yolks, but the fat from 2 is manageable.

    Lunch is a grilled chicken breast, I season the daylights out of it, and whack it on the George Foreman grill.

    Dinner grilled chicken breast as above with veg (half the plate of mixed veg). No potatoes (I don't like the starch)..... at a push a 1/2 a sweet potatoe.

    Plenty of fluids, a multimineral/vitamin, and I found herbal teas fantastic as I don't eat any Gluten/dairy/processed food/sugar of any sort. Herbal teas stand alone, and require no sweetening or milk, as tey are not as acidic. It's sort of like eating a calorie restricted Paleo diet.

    I did this way of eating due to my intolerance to fat, and as a bonus my weight melted off. So If weightloss is your aim, eggs is your friend. If you want to go down the road of counting calories I think an egg is 80 whole..an egg white is 17. You can bulk up on the white, but do think of the carbs.

    I'm, 5ft 6" and have lost 2 stone in 11 weeks, effortlessly.... never felt hungry, or tired. If anything my energy went through the roof. Gluten can cause a hunger that can never be satisfied, if you have a sensitivity to it. When I cut out all the regular food, and brought it back to basic, simple food, it was as if my body had a sigh of relief. I went from being a bit conscience of my weight, to having to look further to find clothes to fit!!!

    Sorry if I waffled on, if none of it is of interest to you, please ignore! :-)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭lukesmom


    I am intolerant to fats. Any fats, including the good ones, like a piece of avacado. It was all to do with gallbladder removal last year.

    This is what I eat every day. I eat this everyday, cos you will find that once you eat 'simple' food, and you see a result in weightloss, you kinda don't want to move away from what obviously works for you. Do consider Biochemical individuality too though! We are all different.

    I eat 4 eggs for breakfast, every day. Boiled eggs. 2 whole, and the whites of 2. this is because I can't take the fat of 4 egg yolks, but the fat from 2 is manageable.

    Lunch is a grilled chicken breast, I season the daylights out of it, and whack it on the George Foreman grill.

    Dinner grilled chicken breast as above with veg (half the plate of mixed veg). No potatoes (I don't like the starch)..... at a push a 1/2 a sweet potatoe.

    Plenty of fluids, a multimineral/vitamin, and I found herbal teas fantastic as I don't eat any Gluten/dairy/processed food/sugar of any sort. Herbal teas stand alone, and require no sweetening or milk, as tey are not as acidic. It's sort of like eating a calorie restricted Paleo diet.

    I did this way of eating due to my intolerance to fat, and as a bonus my weight melted off. So If weightloss is your aim, eggs is your friend. If you want to go down the road of counting calories I think an egg is 80 whole..an egg white is 17. You can bulk up on the white, but do think of the carbs.

    I'm, 5ft 6" and have lost 2 stone in 11 weeks, effortlessly.... never felt hungry, or tired. If anything my energy went through the roof. Gluten can cause a hunger that can never be satisfied, if you have a sensitivity to it. When I cut out all the regular food, and brought it back to basic, simple food, it was as if my body had a sigh of relief. I went from being a bit conscience of my weight, to having to look further to find clothes to fit!!!

    Sorry if I waffled on, if none of it is of interest to you, please ignore! :-)


    It is of interest thank you. I hadn't really thought too much of eggs but I may try adding more of these into my diet. I had a 3 egg omelette last week and it was surprisingly filling.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,694 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    I wouldn't worry too much about the carbs in porridge. They break down more slowly so you have way more time to put them to use as fuel. Don't assume carbs = bad. But I have two scrambled eggs for breakfast and I find it hard to switch back to oatbran because I enjoy the eggs so much. Bit of salt 'n' peppa and you're golden!


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6 avaross09


    Breakfast should always be heavy as it is the first meal of your entire Day,Thus once you have a heavy breakfast your lunch and your dinner should always be lighter .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,512 ✭✭✭runawaybishop


    avaross09 wrote: »
    Breakfast should always be heavy as it is the first meal of your entire Day,Thus once you have a heavy breakfast your lunch and your dinner should always be lighter .

    This is not true.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭lukesmom


    This is not true.

    I have often heard it is true though


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭Lia_lia


    avaross09 wrote: »
    Breakfast should always be heavy as it is the first meal of your entire Day,Thus once you have a heavy breakfast your lunch and your dinner should always be lighter .

    :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,512 ✭✭✭runawaybishop


    lukesmom wrote: »
    I have often heard it is true though
    Nonetheless, it is untrue. Every meal is equally important.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭jlm29


    Calories are calories. I don't think it matters what time of day you consume them


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭mashedbanana


    There used to be a saying. Eat breakfast like a King, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper. The notion is that after fasting all night, and taking into consideration some folk advise not to eat 4 hrs before bed....a large breakfast is needed to fuel you for that day after such a long fast. Each meal after that is to simply keep your metabolism up and running.

    Some folk say 6 small meals, other advise only 3
    Some exercise to the hilt, others jog to the car door, from the front door. ( that would be me )

    It quiet simply is what ever suits your body best, and what ever works for you. I previously mentioned biochemical individuality.

    For me I do 3 meals, cos it works, for me. I can't eat like Neddy the horse every morning, my tummy would ache, but I also don't exercise to lose weight. So my appetite hasn't been increased by it. Dinner is always a big meal for me. Sets me up all evening. i look forward to it.

    Food calories is processed differently depending on the food. 100g of chocolate calories, will be processed in a different way to 100g of veg. 'THAT' is why counting calories is not the end all & be all. It is all about keeping hunger at bay (properly recognised hunger) and keeping your metabolism burning. Through trial & error you will find what works for you. If you eat all the right foods, you need never worry again about calories.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,512 ✭✭✭runawaybishop


    There used to be a saying. Eat breakfast like a King, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper. The notion is that after fasting all night, and taking into consideration some folk advise not to eat 4 hrs before bed....a large breakfast is needed to fuel you for that day after such a long fast. Each meal after that is to simply keep your metabolism up and running.

    Some folk say 6 small meals, other advise only 3
    Some exercise to the hilt, others jog to the car door, from the front door. ( that would be me )

    It quiet simply is what ever suits your body best, and what ever works for you. I previously mentioned biochemical individuality.

    For me I do 3 meals, cos it works, for me. I can't eat like Neddy the horse every morning, my tummy would ache, but I also don't exercise to lose weight. So my appetite hasn't been increased by it. Dinner is always a big meal for me. Sets me up all evening. i look forward to it.

    Food calories is processed differently depending on the food. 100g of chocolate calories, will be processed in a different way to 100g of veg. 'THAT' is why counting calories is not the end all & be all. It is all about keeping hunger at bay (properly recognised hunger) and keeping your metabolism burning. Through trial & error you will find what works for you. If you eat all the right foods, you need never worry again about calories.

    There used to be a saying "if you keep sailing that way you will fall off the edge of the world". That was also found to be untrue.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,869 ✭✭✭thegreatiam


    There used to be a saying "if you keep sailing that way you will fall off the edge of the world". That was also found to be untrue.

    What_You_Talkin_Bout_Willis_Picture.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭mashedbanana


    There used to be a saying "if you keep sailing that way you will fall off the edge of the world". That was also found to be untrue.

    Well, I can't see what point your trying to make tbh. I was merely repeating a old saying. That some folk still believe in, cos it might work for them.

    But hey, why don't you give some advice to the OP, maybe share some of your experiences, as I have. Cos I have 'been there, done that', so was simply giving my opinion. Not just one liners.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,512 ✭✭✭runawaybishop


    Well, I can't see what point your trying to make tbh. I was merely repeating a old saying. That some folk still believe in, cos it might work for them.

    But hey, why don't you give some advice to the OP, maybe share some of your experiences, as I have. Cos I have 'been there, done that', so was simply giving my opinion. Not just one liners.

    The old saying is bollocks.


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    Porridge is about the best most filling breakfast you can have. I wouldn't worry about the carbs in it - the low-fat low-calorie breakfast cereals are full of sugar anyways, which converts to carbs, and they'll only give you a quick short-lived sugar high - they won't keep you going for the morning.

    Am I the only person in the world who finds that porridge is not at all filling? I have a bowl and I am more hungry an hour later than if I have eaten nothing at all.
    jlm29 wrote: »
    Calories are calories. I don't think it matters what time of day you consume them

    Not true in the sense that eating at odd times of the day can disrupt satiety mechanisms, causing you to eat more overall. Add to that that people who eat protein earlier in the day and carbs later in the day tend to eat less overall.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭mashedbanana


    Am I the only person in the world who finds that porridge is not at all filling? I have a bowl and I am more hungry an hour later than if I have eaten nothing at all.



    Not true in the sense that eating at odd times of the day can disrupt satiety mechanisms, causing you to eat more overall. Add to that that people who eat protein earlier in the day and carbs later in the day tend to eat less overall.

    Once upon a time I used to eat porridge, but because I have a sensitivity to gluten, porridge made me hungrier too! I could eat a whole (daddy bear) portion, and it would do nothing for me. I should point out I'm not a celiac, which incidently is only one test used for the detection of gluten sensitivity. the more you eat, the more you want, yet never quite feel satisfied.

    I eat carbs for my dinner, it's the only time I eat them, and I have found I require less of them. I found I require less food, period. The only reason I keep banging on about it (lol) is because for me it's like finding the holy Grail! A way to lose weight, effortlessly, no exercise required, energy increase 100%, happy & healthy. It's all the processed food pps. My 'diet' is boring to some people, it's a lifesaver for me though. So I'm sharing it, in case ppl are interested in giving it a shot!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭lukesmom


    I find porridge very filling. I don't get hungry till about 3 hours later.


  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Charleigh Warm Boy


    Porridge doesn't do much for me either, unfortunately, because I do quite like it. Eggs all the way for me


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,969 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    I don't like porridge but it's eggs every morning for me. 2 scrambled eggs in coconut oil and some beans. Sometimes (like this morning) I might have a rasher and a pudding to spice it up a bit.
    Yesterday morning I had two soft boiled eggs. Yummy!


  • Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    4 eggs with about 30g of mozzarella microwaved is a great breakfast.

    You could also do 2 whole eggs and 4 yolks etc..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Not true in the sense that eating at odd times of the day can disrupt satiety mechanisms, causing you to eat more overall.
    +1, too many people treat the calorie counting thing like an exact science, as though people are lab rats who are unable to have sneaky snack in work, millions will be about in the coming month! and as though telling people to eat X kcal is an easy task.

    But even with "lab rats" I think I did read about differences in fat levels put on eating the same calories at different times. I think I also read about this with livestock, I always figured if anybody should know about putting on mass with minimal calories it would be farmers, and the cows can not have sneaky cakes and lie. IIRC the difference was not very much though.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 536 ✭✭✭April O Neill II


    Porridge is about the best most filling breakfast you can have.

    That depends on the person. I don't really find it very filling at all.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭lukesmom


    Mars Bar wrote: »
    I don't like porridge but it's eggs every morning for me. 2 scrambled eggs in coconut oil and some beans. Sometimes (like this morning) I might have a rasher and a pudding to spice it up a bit.
    Yesterday morning I had two soft boiled eggs. Yummy!

    Do your eat bread with the eggs?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,694 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    lukesmom wrote: »
    Do your eat bread with the eggs?

    I don't anyway.

    There's no requirement for bread :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,394 ✭✭✭Transform


    bluewolf wrote: »
    Porridge doesn't do much for me either, unfortunately, because I do quite like it. Eggs all the way for me
    +1


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  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Charleigh Warm Boy


    Bread has started making me ill in the last few weeks so no bread - didn't really eat it much anyway only a couple times a week.
    Eggs on their own!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,969 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    lukesmom wrote: »
    Do your eat bread with the eggs?

    Nope!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭mashedbanana


    rubadub wrote: »
    +1, too many people treat the calorie counting thing like an exact science, as though people are lab rats who are unable to have sneaky snack in work, millions will be about in the coming month! and as though telling people to eat X kcal is an easy task.

    But even with "lab rats" I think I did read about differences in fat levels put on eating the same calories at different times. I think I also read about this with livestock, I always figured if anybody should know about putting on mass with minimal calories it would be farmers, and the cows can not have sneaky cakes and lie. IIRC the difference was not very much though.

    Ya, the only time the cows get the 'extra bit' is if they are calving, or when the farmers get beef meal delivered, this is usually to fatten up cattle headed to the chop. Some of them get a citrus mixture too, but this is more so full of nutrients and 'good stuff' but without the extra calories. Cows are naturally skinny though. But even at that the farmers are thinking nutrients, not calories.

    I agree with you that being too exact about calories is almost, silly. It is over emphasizing just one element of weightloss/get fit/healthy. some swear by it though.

    as a bonus (I thought I'd share with everyone) at the health shop today, I discovered a bar of chocolate, which is gluten/wheat/dairy/sugar/artificial sweetner free. I couldn't believe it. I bought it. It's mint flavoured. i have't eaten chocolate in months & months. I only took a piece for a taste. Divine!

    I have it put away, it might surface again Christmas day. :-)


  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Charleigh Warm Boy


    as a bonus (I thought I'd share with everyone) at the health shop today, I discovered a bar of chocolate, which is gluten/wheat/dairy/sugar/artificial sweetner free. I couldn't believe it. I bought it. It's mint flavoured. i have't eaten chocolate in months & months. I only took a piece for a taste. Divine!

    No way? wtf is in it? What is it called and where can I get some?! Everything I find dairy free is full of gluten and sugar and everything gluten AND dairy free is definitely just sugar :(


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    I think I know the one, it's sweetened with xylitol, which is technically an artificial sweetener but is very good for teeth and won't upset tummies.

    It's in a clear plastic package with the exception of the label and I got it in an independent health shop in Galway. Damned if I can remember the name, but when I'm passing again I'll have a look.

    Although having said that, the small out of sugar in dark chocolate will not kill you. Dark chocolate is packed with magnesium which helps blood sugar anyway.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭mashedbanana


    Okay ... It's made by 'Plamil'
    Green & black wrapper (as I got the mint one) they also had one with hemp seed, might try that another time.

    ingredients:Cocoa Mass, Xylitol (which comes from a natural source, doesn't spike insulin, FANTASTIC stuff) Cocoa butter, Sunflower lecithin, peppermint oil.

    Its 100g weight.
    Fat (OWS) 25.8.......per bar.
    606 cal......per bar.

    With the best will in the World you could not sit and eat a whole bar, but to snap off a few pieces......
    I'll be keeping mine for a rare treat. It tastes really lovely!

    I promised my dad a few bars of it, as he is diabetic, and is sick of eating the other stuff. This will be something new for him.

    Incidently, and i know this has probably gone miles off the subject, I have discovered that if you take Chromium Picolinate, daily.... you can say bye bye to cravings! Of any sort. I find that a lacking in chromium....can make craving worse. That and gluten. Gluten gets on my nerves. But Chromium release the insulin. I won't get into that now, but it was on my mind to mention it. Just recommending a few things is all......


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭mashedbanana


    bluewolf wrote: »

    I had a look at those nakd bars today too, there are a few different flavours. The idea is that the dried fruit will be the sweetner. Can't go wrong, providing you're not insulin resistant. But if we were to sit and list all the pro's & cons ofeverything we would be addled from it! These bars in person do look nice.

    If your gob is average size like my gob, you'll get about 3 bits out of it, but with all the nuts and seeds that's all you'd want, with a mug of tea! It HAS to be better than alot of food on the market. Its nice to know that there are options like this out there, even if you had one stashed in the glove box in the car for emergencys! Ya never know!


  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Charleigh Warm Boy


    Okay ... It's made by 'Plamil'
    Green & black wrapper (as I got the mint one) they also had one with hemp seed, might try that another time.

    http://www.hollandandbarrett.ie/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=5513&prodid=6515&bid=515
    om nom nom

    http://www.hollandandbarrett.ie/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=5511&prodid=6513&bid=515

    Nah I'm not agonising, it just seems that everything alternative is riddled with sugar and I do like to try alternatives
    I'll give one of these a go!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭mashedbanana


    There ya go Blue wolf....and it is only fab! Give them a try. Alot cheaper then what I paid for them too!!!!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,812 ✭✭✭Precious flower


    I used to eat porridge for breakfast, I hated the taste of it but I forced myself to eat it as it was healthier than the weet-a-bix I would normally eat for breakfast. The weird thing was, I always found that it never satisfied my hunger and within no time (similar to when I have a bagel or toast for breakfast, which is rare) I found myself extremely hungry very soon after so I gave up eating it and went back to the weet-a-bix that kept me going for a bit longer.

    I'm wondering though, is weet-a-bix all that good, or is the best of the worst in terms of cereals? Can't eat eggs -bleugh! My family think I'm a weirdo because I refuse to eat them!:pac: Find green tea in the mornings makes me hungrier quicker too actually. Love bananas though good eat them all day and find they're very good at sating my hungry, especially when I get very hungry as my mother, brother and I all have this 'thing' where are blood sugar levels drop suddenly out of no where making us shaky and sick feeling like you haven't eaten in ages; sugar helps curb that but I can sometimes feel it coming on before it gets bad and I make sure to eat a banana or something.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    I'm wondering though, is weet-a-bix all that good, or is the best of the worst in terms of cereals?
    weetabix is one of hte better ones, not much added sugar, some might not want to be eating wheat so might go for oatabix, I heard they go soggier.

    Its odd that weetabix is not really marketed as being healthy, its still seen as a kids cereal so many presume its really sugary, while lots of the high sugar ones like bran flakes are marketed & thought of as being healthy.

    I used to eat porridge for breakfast, I hated the taste of it

    Can't eat eggs -bleugh!
    What about pancakes? you can liquidise uncooked porridge oats, egg & milk and make oat pancakes. 2 great breakfast ingredients, and very tasty, you can make up big batches of thick ones and put them in the toaster each day.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,812 ✭✭✭Precious flower


    rubadub wrote: »
    weetabix is one of hte better ones, not much added sugar, some might not want to be eating wheat so might go for oatabix, I heard they go soggier.

    Its odd that weetabix is not really marketed as being healthy, its still seen as a kids cereal so many presume its really sugary, while lots of the high sugar ones like bran flakes are marketed & thought of as being healthy.



    What about pancakes? you can liquidise uncooked porridge oats, egg & milk and make oat pancakes. 2 great breakfast ingredients, and very tasty, you can make up big batches of thick ones and put them in the toaster each day.

    Wow, that a really great idea, thanks never would've thought of that!:) Sounds tasty too!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    There's an old thread here about them with various peoples recipes & tips etc
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055002535

    I fry mine in coconut oil these days.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭mashedbanana


    I used to eat porridge for breakfast, I hated the taste of it but I forced myself to eat it as it was healthier than the weet-a-bix I would normally eat for breakfast. The weird thing was, I always found that it never satisfied my hunger and within no time (similar to when I have a bagel or toast for breakfast, which is rare) I found myself extremely hungry very soon after so I gave up eating it and went back to the weet-a-bix that kept me going for a bit longer.

    I'm wondering though, is weet-a-bix all that good, or is the best of the worst in terms of cereals? Can't eat eggs -bleugh! My family think I'm a weirdo because I refuse to eat them!:pac: Find green tea in the mornings makes me hungrier quicker too actually. Love bananas though good eat them all day and find they're very good at sating my hungry, especially when I get very hungry as my mother, brother and I all have this 'thing' where are blood sugar levels drop suddenly out of no where making us shaky and sick feeling like you haven't eaten in ages; sugar helps curb that but I can sometimes feel it coming on before it gets bad and I make sure to eat a banana or something.

    The green tea will make you hungry, cos it speeds up your metabolism. Bananas is good, as its a fruit, and that has to be better than almost anything else. But you mentioned your blood sugar levels drop suddenly, you can get shaky & sick. Bananas will spike your insulin, taking away this feeling temporarily....but then the insulin drops lower...and you crash again. round & round you go!

    Processed carbs (bread,porridge,wheat,) actually anything that comes out of a package is turned to sugar when it hits your system, this spikes your insulin. Fills you for a few moments, even helps you gain weight. But when the insulin drops lower then what it was before, you get all shaky and a bit dizzy too. The idea is to not eat anything that will spike your insulin. If you can keep it steady....you'll never experience a crash. It can be like walking a fine line sometimes, until your body is highly tuned.

    Some people are even sensitive to eggs, but sometimes... I think it's what they are eating with the eggs thats giving them problems.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭131spanner


    I've been having porridge for the last while and it doesn't fill me the way it used :( maybe I'm just sick of it. My weight-loss has kind of stalled at 1.5 stone with 2 stone still to lose and I'm trying to shake it up a bit.

    Are scrambled eggs a good alternative, breakfast-wise?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 234 ✭✭gemini_girl


    I have porridge most mornings with berries & cinnamon. It doesnt fill me any more than a bowl of rice crispies but I love it. I always thought I was intolerant to eggs. Any time I ate them especially on their own I would get bad stomach pains but then I tried something. I bought organic free range eggs. Even before i ate them i noticed the difference in the colour of the yolk! Anyhow if I eat these very good quality eggs my stomach is fine :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,400 ✭✭✭lukesmom


    Had two weetabix today for a change. Nice but only half full after them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭mashedbanana


    131spanner wrote: »
    I've been having porridge for the last while and it doesn't fill me the way it used :( maybe I'm just sick of it. My weight-loss has kind of stalled at 1.5 stone with 2 stone still to lose and I'm trying to shake it up a bit.

    Are scrambled eggs a good alternative, breakfast-wise?

    Well, I love eggs. They have the right amount of fat in them (for me) and they certainly keep me going. If I were you, and I was looking to lose a couple of stone, but found it has stalled, I'd be having aright good look at my carb intake. I would reduce this considerably, and them re introduce those carbs at a later date once my weight had started to shift. Good carbs that is! Veggies I mean!

    Scrambled eggs are great, but do you mean Irish scrambled eggs made with milk? Or American, where you just throw a few eggs into the pan, and mash them around till cooked? I don't do dairy, but love the 'mashed in the pan' scrambled egg, it brings out the taste of the yolk. Also, use large eggs! not skimpy little ones! Get the nice big ones!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 542 ✭✭✭mashedbanana


    lukesmom wrote: »
    Had two weetabix today for a change. Nice but only half full after them.

    Shur thats no good to you, half hour later you'd be thinking about food again. Weetabix is only good for one thing. We all know what that is I think!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ciaobella


    I prefer to eat oatmeal and fruits in the morning.


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