Lose Weight From A Big Breakfast!

[Dien Rice]

(Sorry if this seems "off-topic" of the usual stuff... But I think it's probably useful to a number of us, including "me"!)

A recent study compared (1) people on a very-low-carb diet (including during breakfast), with (2) others who had a big breakfast (with carbs and proteins), followed by a very-low-carb diet for the rest of the day...

In fact, the very-low-carb diet people ate fewer calories per day (1,085 calories a day), compared to the big-breakfast followed by low-carbs people (1,240 calories a day).

At 4 months, both groups lost similar amounts (an average of 28 pounds for the very-low-carb group, and an average of 23 pounds for the big breakfast group)...

But then, at 8 months, the results are completely different! After 8 months, the very-low-carb group had REGAINED an average of 18 pounds! While the big-breakfast group had LOST a further 16.5 pounds!

I think what's going on is that the very-low-carb diet probably slows down your metabolism, making it harder to lose weight, and which maybe contributes to the "see-saw" effect, making you want to eat more and regain weight. On the other hand, I suspect you don't have this problem with the big-breakfast diet. (But I'm not an expert in these things... )

Is this the "holy grail" of dieting! The FINAL solution to the "see-saw" effect that plagues all dieters?

Anyway, here's an article about it (Lose weight on the carb-packed "big breakfast" diet) for those who want more details... (And you can find plenty more articles if you search through http://news.google.com or http://news.yahoo.com )

Best wishes!

Dien

Dien,

Thanks for mentioning the study.

This is, by no way, a Valid study to determine Low Carbs vs Big Breakfast. Look at the so-called Low Carb group. MOST of their calorie intake was from Fat. Not a lot of Nutrients in plain old Fat.

And as for their weight gain. I just worked out, in the last four months they would have to been consuming 562 calories a day More than they were burning. Assuming they didn't Fudge on their diet, we are expected to believe they were functioning on 523 calories a day.

Also, 28 pounds over four months is stuff all weight loss. That's Only 7 pounds a month. Heck, just not drinking Coke would probably have seem them lose that much.

As much as you might like to Wish otherwise, if you consume fewer calories than you burn you will lose weight.

I gave a rundown of a FatLoss Diet a while back. Follow That and I guarantee you'll lose weight. (And no eating choc chip cookies - even in little bites - HA!) Or get your own copy of the IHAWL Diet Hotsheet.

Michael Ross