Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:31 am
Jackie J wrote:Hi Jeff, Forgive me if you 've answered this in another thread, but do you not eat breakfast? If you do, what do you eat?
Greetings,
I am not a breakfast eater in general, though have no "rule" about it and/or don't have any specific recommendation for anyone else. We all have to find how to best incorporate the principles and guidelines into our own lives and schedules. I find most people enjoy breakfast, though for me, unless I am out somewhere and it is being made for me, I usually skip it.
In regard to recipes ideas, I don't have many as it is not something I prepare. However, we do not need separate "breakfast" recipes and any recipes I recommend could just as easily be eaten for breakfast as it can for lunch or dinner. Many cultures consume breakfasts of foods that are not far different from some of my recipes.
However, having said that, when I did eat breakfast on a regular basis, my three favorite breakfasts were
1) Oatmeal with some fresh fruit and berries and a little flax seed on it
2) A bowl of fresh fruit with a little flax seed sprinkled on it.
3) Breakfast rice, which was just some leftover brown rice with fresh fruit, berries and a little flax on it.
If you need more ideas, the recipes section here, and the McDougall newsletters and cookbooks have many breakfast recipes in them.
Jackie J wrote: Also, in the updated recipe post, the calories for each recipe was about 600-650 but in the original post the total calories for the day from eating two recipes is 1513. That doesn't add up.
Good catch. I double-checked and the calories in the analysis are correct, not the calories for each recipe. Depending on the varieties of each item chosen, the calories will vary but the calories for each recipe will be about 700-750. Mia Culpa!
Remember though, the main issue is calorie density, not calories and these meals come in around 300 cal/lb or less, even with the higher calorie value for the total meal. So the final meals are all very low in calorie density, high in nutrient density, high in satiety and fill you up for few calories.
In Health
Jeff