Breakfast is the main meal of the day and its contents often determine the shape of your day, especially if you are trying to lose weight. If your breakfast contains excess sugar, salt or saturated fat, you will often feel bloated, lethargic and hungry after a few hours, which will cause you to eat more calories for lunch and dinner.
Do not pretend that some of these foods seem to have healthy options, they may already be but they will not help you to lose weight, know these foods and avoid eating them at breakfast until you succeed in losing weight.
Healthy alternatives to some types of food
- Cereal
Many of its species contain sugar, which means excess calories without any added nutrition value, and may lead to sudden increases and decreases in blood sugar level, and because it does not contain the necessary protein and fiber, you may feel hungry after a short period of eating them.
But what should you do if you prefer cereals in the morning? Replace it with cereals made of whole grains, which do not contain more than 10 grams of sugar. This will ensure you a feeling of fullness and satiety for longer periods, and not eat more sugars.
- Energy bars
Some use energy or granola bars as a quick breakfast in the morning, most of them healthy and made of whole grains and oatmeal. But it still contains a lot of added sugar, which makes it a bad choice for anyone trying to lose weight.
Choose energy bars that contain less than 8 g of sugar.
- Meat
If you prefer to eat protein in the morning, be careful to eat processed meat such as sausage, smoked meat and others, they are full of sodium and saturated fat. To get your body’s protein needs, eat its plant sources such as beans and lentils.
- Natural juices
Although, the fresh juices are a healthy choice, but replacing it with a fruit would be better for you if you were hoping to lose weight because it contains the fiber. Try fruits rich in fiber such as apples and pears.
If you want to follow a healthy weight loss system, you need to pay attention to what you eat of the food and its contents of various nutrients, especially carbohydrates and fats and their effect on you. And make sure also to practice exercises in addition to the diet, this will help you to lose weight, regain fitness and strengthen your muscles.
