Diet Blog

Breakfast of Slimming Champions

Tuesday, 30 September 2008

Can a big breakfast help you lose weight?

A study has found that eating a big breakfast may help you to lose weight.  By eating 50% of the food you would eat over a whole day at day at breakfast, participants in the study lost more weight than those cutting back on carbohydrates

The study compared people on a low carbohydrate diet to those on a diet containing more calories, but with half the total days worth of calories consumed at breakfast.


Our unique program provides tools to track your meals and exercise and calculate how much weight you’re losing…or will lose in the future! Let us help you track your diet and exercise. You’ll then have more time to live your life. Find out more


While the low carbohydrate diet showed faster results than the big breakfast diet, over the 8 month period the big breakfast group lost significantly more weight in the long term.  The big breakfast diet group had lost on average 18 kg while the low carbohydrate group had lost 12.8kg by four months, but regained 8.2 kg by the eight month mark.

 

So the saying ‘breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dine like a pauper’ may actually hold true for effective long term weight loss.


Both diets were reduced calorie diets.  If those on the low carbohydrate diet could not maintain eating very little carbohydrate (which is very difficult to do!) in the long term, the weight loss effects would have been reversed as their bodies switched into storing all extra carbohydrate as fat.


For those eating the big breakfast, they would have felt fuller throughout the day, and had fewer carbohydrate cravings than the low carbohydrate diet group. 


People who eat breakfast also have a lower BMI on average compared to those who skip breakfast.

The study suggested a breakfast made up of fruit, wholegrain cereal and some lean meat like ham, or eggs for protein. So is a big breakfast something that you can fit in each day? 


See http://www.theage.com.au/news/diet/breakfast-of-slimming-champions/2008/07/17/1216163063578.html for the full article.


Australian Lifestyle & Fitness has a unique program that puts you in charge and guarantees that you will lose weight. Learn more about our simple approach, easy-to-use tools and gimmick-free program.


Enjoy this post? Joint the conversation by leaving a comment below. Read similar articles:
  • BMI Body Mass Index


Digg this article about Breakfast of Slimming Champions  Add Breakfast of Slimming Champions article to del.icio.us bookmark  Post this article about Breakfast of Slimming Champions to Newsvine Share this article about Breakfast of Slimming Champions on Reddit Rank article Breakfast of Slimming Champions on Rankit
Height: cm
Weight: kg
Your Age: years
Gender:
M     F    
Your personal information is 100% confidential.
Privacy policy

Subscribe to our Diet Newsletter

We’ll send you an eNewsletter with our latest diet articles!



Join your friends and become a fan of ALFitness on Facebook



Read user comments on Breakfast of Slimming Champions

  User Comments


Australian Lifestyle & Fitness Information Guide

alfitness.com.au is an online weight loss program dedicated to weight loss, diet, weight loss programs, calorie counters, BMI calculators and topics related to lifestyle and fitness development. At alfitness.com.au tailored meal plans and exercise programs are suggested based on your specific weight loss goals. They are designed just for you!

Subscribe today and become an exclusive alfitness member! Your membership will give you unlimited access to an interactive diet and exercise planner, nutritionist and personal trainer support, an online calorie counter (food calorie counter & exercise calorie counter), tracking tools, etc. Your membership also includes groundbreaking diet updates, not found on any other weight loss, lifestyle and fitness site. Every diet, fitness plan or weight loss secret will be revealed! Our quest is to help our members lose weight, set up diet plans & weight loss programs, and present an easy-to-use calorie counter and BMI calculator. With our support you will feel good about yourself again!

The purpose of alfitness.com.au is to help online members
  • 1. Take the guesswork out of weight loss with our unique, easy-to-follow weight loss programs.
  • 2. Lose weight through a combination of a healthy diet and a fitness program.
  • 3. Keep motivated while losing weight – we will support you every step of the way.
  • 4. Understand calorie counters, how to use food calorie counters and take advantage of exercise calorie counters.
  • 5. Search through an assortment of flexible diet plans and put together a customized diet plan that is perfect just for you.
  • 6. Join simple, effective and user-friendly scientifically researched online weight loss programs.
  • 7. Use a simple online BMI calculator to determine their Body Mass Index.
  • 8. Calculate their BMI and explain what the results indicate.
  • 9. Stay fit and fabulous. Our fitness plans and fitness programs are adapted to your weight loss goals, your level of fitness and lifestyle, and will target your specific problem areas.