High Protein Breakfast: A Steady Way to Lose Weight

Some High Protein Breakfasts

Here are some examples of high protein and low carb breakfasts:

Meal 1
½ c high-fibre cereals with raisins
One orange
Cottage cheese or 3 low-fat turkey sausages

The cottage cheese or the turkey sausages contain high quality protein. The cereal with raisin will help give the feeling of fullness removing the urge to eat at odd times. Toxins are formed due to pollution, stress and other non desirable things that enter our body due to our lifestyle. The orange helps in that area.

Meal 2
3 eggs
1/2 c oatmeal with 1 c blueberries
1 c fat-free milk

Oat meal is one of the slow burning carbohydrate which provides energy for a long time and also the soluble fibre that is needed by the body. All berries are rich on antioxidants which help in removing the toxins from our body.

Meal 3
Fluffy Cheese Omelette with Ham, sausage or Bacon.
Nutritional Bars that are low carb
Acai Berry juice or drink

Again, a balance of fat, protein, fibre and antioxidants. Acai berry is a well known source of antioxidants, and is widely used for removing toxins from our bodies.

Researches Recommend High-Protein Breakfast for the Obese
Wayne W. Campbell, PhD, professor of Foods and Nutrition at Purdue University, states that there are a large number of researches that support eating high quality protein rich food, especially when dieting. This maintains the feeling of fullness.

Scientists from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond conducted a study on 94 obese women. They divided them into two groups putting one group on a low-calorie breakfast routine and the other on a big breakfast routine. In 8 weeks time, the big breakfast group was losing a large amount of weight continuously while the other group had stopped losing weight after a very impressive start.

Another study conducted by the researchers at Purdue University concluded that if people ate high-quality protein rich breakfast, they had the sense of fullness all through the day in comparison to when the protein intake was high in lunch or dinner.

For their study, the researchers added protein high products in different meals for different sample groups. They found that the feeling of fullness was felt the most when the additional proteins (egg and Canadian Bacon) were consumed during breakfast.

Modify Your Breakfast Routine
Due to our busy lifestyles most of us do not get the time to prepare a breakfast at home. The readymade versions of breakfast meals, however, are higher in carbohydrates than proteins. So we need to be very careful while selecting our breakfast meals.

Most of the fast food restaurants offer omelettes which you can order to your preference; so that is a good option. The low-carb food bars are handy and can be carried with oneself. You can also consider some of our suggestion on high-protein breakfast ideas (given in the column above) for starters.

The high protein breakfast diet will take some time to get used to. So, eat healthy and take one step at a time.