Hit me with your best lo-cal brekkies!

[Thisnamechanger]

Hello!

I've had a very sociable but very unhealthy few weeks and have put on a bit of weight - loads of eating out and drinking wine and not moving enough!

I'm trying to have a healthy two weeks before my summer holiday and hopefully shift the few lbs that have crept on.

Lo-cal lunches I seem to have mailed but drawing a bit of a blank at brekkie. Smoothies etc seem to have SO much sugar in. Any good ideas? I don't have a sweet tooth. Anything that can be prepared at work (i.e only microwave and toaster, no stove) is a massive plus!

Scrambled egg white, avocado and salmon/ham/bacon medallions. Breakfast is usually the only meal I have carbs with so I sometimes have a slice or rye/sourdough toast with real butter, I also have full fat milk and everything else. My PT doesn’t always agree with me, he thinks more carbs and low-fat but I’ve found I’m hungrier (even though I’m eating more) and more bloated.

High fat = weight loss.

I have full fat (10%) Greek yogurt with frozen berries and ground flaxseed for breakfast - as part of 800 cals a day max.

I do something very similar (with the food, I eat way more calories!). I eat a diet that feels satisfying and try to listen to how I feel - eg stopping eating when I’m full regardless of how much I actually ate. For me, satisfying is full fat and protein. I still have carbs but how I have them varies.

I usually have a similar breakfast - full fat yoghurt, berries, and some form of cereal-type item on top (currently having Grape Nuts as I like the malty taste and they have no added sugar, these are obviously normal carbs as they’re mainly wheat).

Lunch will be various veg - carrots, beetroots, radish etc, usually raw and grated as it’s easy to make and easy to eat - with full fat hummus and some other protein like mackerel or chicken.

Dinner is usually oily fish/meat and veg (like steak and salad, salmon and veg), depends on how I’m feeling but the majority rule is going for a carb light dinner, I have pasta for dinner maybe once a week and another similar carb (like rice or noodles) about once a week too.

I don’t feel hungry, or deprived, I don’t snack, and I lose weight gradually (average at least 1 pound a week).