healthy breakfast?

[ashdabasher]

when your on a diet dose it help to eat breakfast? If so, please tell me why because i think it would just put on more weight.

thanks

[ilovemarkb]

yes, most important meal of the day. it gets your metabolism going( your boiler burning) My 12 year old overweight stepson used to skip breakfast, but since he moved in with us in march, he.s lost half a stone, we make sure he has breakfast every morning! Im addicted to "oats so simple golden syrup" with sultana.s. very yummy, and keep me going till 1 o clock!!

[Panic Button]

Eat something filling but not high in sugar or fat. It might help you avoid snacking during the morning.

[andy-hughes]

The phrase 'Breakfast like a king, lunch like a nobleman, dine like a pauper ...' is grounded in good nutritional sense.

The morning is the best time to burn off calories - so start with a healthy breakfast - low sugar as advised. Lunch should be healthy as well, with a walk afterwards to get the digestion going. Dinner should be light, and eaten before seven if at all possible - nothing to eat after that.

Your sleep time is spent digesting your last meal, which is why it needs to be the smallest.

No snacking, some exercise, and hey presto! Weight loss!

[velvet lady]

andy-hughes - i agree, i eat loads up until lunctime, less and less as they day goes on, keeps me trim and slim, hardly touch junk food anymore, and i feel like a new woman. (mm interesting thought) '

[alijangra]

Nothing like a big breakfast to set you up for the day! I totally agree with andy-hughes.

[aims1202]

Yes it does, as others have said breakfast is the most important meal. But if you are like me and find it hard to eat loads in the morning, just make sure you eat something filling and not too sugary. I think porridge is the most healthy but also museli. If you dont eat breakfast you will just be starving mid morning and are more likely to eat junk to get a quick fix.
Forget about being on a diet, just change the things you eat forever to loads of fruit, veg, non processed food and healthy snacks like nuts, seeds, natural youghurt, salad etc
Drink loads of water and always have a glass before a meal. Eat slowly and stop when you are full. Dont forbid yourself anything, if you eat well the occassional treat is ok!
Oh yeah and some exercise too!

[bensmum]

Most advice would be to preferably eat your largest meal in the morning then ease up during the day with a very light meal at night as andy says.
However I can't eat first thing in the morning. I am usually up around 5.30am and out of the house before 7 and I just can't eat then. I have taken to having a handfull of grapes mid-morning, a banana at lunchtime then a sensible meal in the evening (although always before 6pm - I don't eat after that). I know it's not the ideal diet but it suits me and I don't snack during the day. If you can manage to eat at breakfast it is better for you but you should do what you feel comfortable with without going to extremes. Everything in moderation as they say.