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Changed my breakfast

Postby Will on Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:19 am

Over the past 4-5 weeks I've been regularly making smoothies for brekkie

Apple
Banana
BlueBerries
Rasberries
250ml natural set yoghurt
very big handful of oats
scoop of whey
cinnamon
milk (not sure how much, but enough to make the consistency the way I want it)

This makes about 750ml of smoothie and fills you up quite nicely. The rest of my diet has been good. Lots of green veggies, lean meats, fish, chicken, duck, etc...

I've been taking fish oils too (6 per day in total).

My training hasn't been has hardcore as it was before my shoulder, but still pushing hard in all other exercises I can do. I've definitely dropped some BF, and no visible strength losses bar bench/chest exercises. However I've almost recovered and going to be hitting it hard again.

I was wondering if the fat loss had occured as a result of the breakfast or just my lack of ultra hardcore training? As I said I dont' think I've lost much strength (DLs 200x5, squats 160x6, PCs 100x5).

Still holding a bit of "excess" below the belly button area (cortisol?) but really looking a lot leaner (but I feel a bit skinny now :() though still weighing in at 97.5kg
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby health4ni on Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:26 am

Me too actually, but I'm much more on the veg side.

Here's what I had this morning:

1/2 cucumber
1 avocado
handful of spinach
handful of watercress
a bit of coriander
4 radishes
lime
30g of hemp protein powder (15g protein)
1/2 cup of green lentils
1 apple
2 dates
5 cherry tomatoes
tbsp flax seed
tbsp fresh ground almonds
tsp of cinnamon
tsp of turmeric
1/4 tsp ashwagandha
1/4 tsp gotu kola
him salts

Fecking lovely. Got two servings too.

Yesterday I had similar but with blackberries.

I have this almost everyday now.
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby Will on Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:31 am

Sounds exotic!! Do you blend it all together?

So you reckon this sort of breakfast can contribute to fat loss? It certainly keeps me full for a bit longer (about 1hr or so) than eggs, and porridge (and as much as I love porridge I just don't eat it as much in the summer). I guess it's holding a lot more antioxidants too. I'm having 2-3 big portions of green veggies a day, plus all this fruit (which I know has fructose, but taking it with some cinnamon I hear helps with the processing of fructose is that right?). But I'm having at least "7-a-day" in terms of fruit and veg.
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby Alex on Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:18 am

I used to do something similar although without milk and have noticed the same but didn't read too much into it. Sounds more like as part of a combination of changes.
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby Will on Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:22 am

Alex wrote:I used to do something similar although without milk and have noticed the same but didn't read too much into it. Sounds more like as part of a combination of changes.


Interesting. Ah well, I'm enjoying it anyway, still eating shed loads, I think I'm just eating better too. Probably more likely to be integral to the change.
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby Alex on Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:45 am

There's generally less calorific content in whole foods, fruit and veg so although you're eating more volume, the total calories may be less. Your body will also be putting the better quality of food to better use.
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby Will on Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:05 am

Good to know! :)
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby health4ni on Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:53 am

I don't have any dairy in it though; no whey or milk. I sometimes add freshly made almond milk. Or like today I added a little bit of rice milk which I forgot to add.

I also take 1 tbsp of olive oil & hemp oil during eating it too.

Contribute to fat loss? Well yeah, it's real "alive" food. High water content food.

EDIT: @will, yeah I pop it all into a MagiMix and blend the crap out of it. I did it yesterday and added smoked salmon in it. Better absorbed apparently. Tasted fine.
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby cleaver on Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:32 pm

health4ni wrote:Me too actually, but I'm much more on the veg side.

Here's what I had this morning:

1/2 cucumber
1 avocado
handful of spinach
handful of watercress
a bit of coriander
4 radishes
lime
30g of hemp protein powder (15g protein)
1/2 cup of green lentils
1 apple
2 dates
5 cherry tomatoes
tbsp flax seed
tbsp fresh ground almonds
tsp of cinnamon
tsp of turmeric
1/4 tsp ashwagandha
1/4 tsp gotu kola
him salts

Fecking lovely. Got two servings too.

Yesterday I had similar but with blackberries.

I have this almost everyday now.


nice, but I think I'd prefer it for my last meal.
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby Dtlv74 on Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:39 pm

My Breakfast is normally:

mixed fruit salad (melon, blueberries, kiwi, banana, apple, grapes, pinapple, orange, grapefruit... with a few seasonal randoms added) which i make up in bulk every three days or so,

250ml natural yohurt, spoonful of local honey, oats & some mixed nuts,

2-3 eggs (either poached, fried or boiled),

whey protein shake & milk (with just a few grams of added EAAs),

big spoonful of hemp seed oil.

That covers all the bases of essential nutrients to start the day and is pretty light on the stomach. I can't eat huge quantities first thing so i space this breakfast out over about an hour/ninety mins.
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby kp1512 on Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:46 pm

mine is a doner kebab and chips followed by a gallon of Milk

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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby Will on Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:51 pm

Det that's a decent brekkie! Unfortunately I'm at a silly time in the morning so only have 20 mins to get something down me! :(
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby Dtlv74 on Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:57 pm

Will wrote:Det that's a decent brekkie! Unfortunately I'm at a silly time in the morning so only have 20 mins to get something down me! :(


he he, well it doesnt always work out that way... am a lazy bastard and don't always get all of that into me, but that's the plan. I always feel great after i do though, and am really starting to make an effort at the mo to be more consistent with nutrition.... am prone to undereating when stressed and things have been pretty stressful recently.
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby Rilla on Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:03 pm

kp1512 wrote:mine is a doner kebab and chips followed by a gallon of Milk

Breakfast of Champions I say!


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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby Wardie on Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:30 pm

That's some breakfast!

I don't like to mess around in the morning so mine is vert straight forward.

100g oats, 50g whey, 3g fish oil.

If there's any at home i'll munch a couple of blueberries.
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby Craig on Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:05 pm

kp1512 wrote:mine is a doner kebab and chips followed by a gallon of Milk

Breakfast of Champions I say!


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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby Bison on Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:48 pm

I've been having the same breaky for a while now, I like it and it's so easy to make it suits my lazy ass perfectly :D

Upon waking, still with eyes glued together with sleep, I've usually just about manged to put my undies on... if really tired maybe the missus knickers - though that's confusing for the kids if they're up :?

25g WPC
25g MPC
2g Leucine
2g Mega Greens
5g Psyillum Husks
1 scoop organic bio-live yoghurt

I'll then head back upstairs and wake up properly, do whatever and cook some food...

Chicken Breast
3x Bacon
Burgen Bread
Rocket Salad and Tomatoes
2x Raw Eggs - Put in boiling water for 60 secs

I just neck the eggs while waiting for the bacon to cook.
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby RoB on Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:48 pm

Recently I've been having quinoa porridge made with coconut milk and cinnamon every morning, tastes amazing!
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby health4ni on Sat Jun 27, 2009 7:35 am

RoB wrote:Recently I've been having quinoa porridge made with coconut milk and cinnamon every morning, tastes amazing!
Yes, this is rather nice. Flaked almonds on top goes well too.
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby Wardie on Sun Nov 22, 2009 1:05 pm

My breakfast is far simpler, I get up as late as I can to get to work at a sensible time, and I don't fancy doing too much first thing.

60-100g Oats
50g Protein blend
Creatine

I'll munch a few blueberries as well if i've got any in. There's no doubt I could improve on this.
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby simon m on Sun Nov 22, 2009 1:11 pm

Wardie wrote:My breakfast is far simpler, I get up as late as I can to get to work at a sensible time, and I don't fancy doing too much first thing.

60-100g Oats
50g Protein blend
Creatine

I'll munch a few blueberries as well if i've got any in. There's no doubt I could improve on this.

Looks fine to me, personally, as long as you get some protein in you and carbs, it's cool. What you eat later in the day impacts more in my experience
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby Alex on Sun Nov 22, 2009 2:04 pm

Mine is also pretty simple at the moment as I'm either training or I'm eating food through the day fairly soon after so some whey for protein and then some oats, homemade oat cookies, or even a bit of toast with nutella is enough to get me going.
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby health4ni on Sun Nov 22, 2009 2:34 pm

Just add in some berries, grapes or an avocado at least for some "real" food as it were. The berries go well with oats and in porridge as do grapes.
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby Alex on Sun Nov 22, 2009 3:54 pm

Personally I don't like to give my digestive system too much to do early in the day, especially if I'm training early as it can detract from the workout if your body is busy digesting food. Otherwise it's only an hour between breakfast and starting my daily food and I think this timing works well as things are "warmed up" so to speak.
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Re: Changed my breakfast

Postby Will on Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:14 pm

I never train early or first thing and work stupid hours so I'd rather get something substantial down me. :)
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