The last item on the agenda before we embark on a 2 week high protein diet is BREAKFAST.
As previously mentioned, the body desires hydration upon waking, so we want to give it water, not coffee/tea. Herbal tea is ok as long as it isn't artificially flavoured as many are.
After a glass or two of water, your body requests complex carbs. Your brain can only function on carbs and it is ready to wake up. However, breakfast needs to provide a balance of quick brain food and sustained energy.
A combination of cereal and fruit will do this. The fruit can be broken down readily and perk up the brain, while the cereal breaksdown slowly providing energy to mid morning. The best combination is porridge and sliced fruit. There are many reported health benefits of eating oats, particularly the cholesterol lowering effect.
What if you don't like porridge??? Choose a cereal that isn't highly processed. If the cereal isn't a challenge for the body to breakdown, the body will be flooded with insulin and excess kilojoules will be stored. So the cheerio and compressed biscuit varieties are not a good option.
Museli is a good option, just be wary of sulphites in the dried fruit/nuts. And be aware that dried fruit and nuts are very energy dense. 1/2 a cup of museli or 1 cup of cereal/porridge with lowfat milk is the recommendation. I always recommend A2 milk, you can read all about that on my website http://www.asnatureintended.net.au/
The rule of thumb for sugar content of a cereal is max 15g per 100g and 5g per 100g of fat. This is considered a modest intake, as to be classified a low fat or low sugar there can only contain 3g per 100g of fat or sugar.
When your next at the shops, see how many cereals you can find that actually fulfils this criteria - there won't be many! Most breakfast cereals are actually more like dessert!
If you must eat toast, make sure it's a beautiful loaf with lots of seeds and grains - go easy on the toppings and avoid vegemite and peanut butter.
Next week is the high protein diet and I will be posting everthing you need for that in the next couple of days.
and by the way, I've dropped a dress size and finally thrown away those ugly maternity jeans and brought a pair of size 12 jeans!
I hope your progressing well, this week we'll do another measure - weight, waist, hips.
This would be a PERFECT TIME to take a photo of yourself and email to me! There are great prizes to be won and all you need to do is SEND A PHOTO to asnatureintended@bigpond.com
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