Losing weight isn’t rocket science. It’s monitoring your intake as well as calorie outtake. However, calories can add up with a blink of an eye so careful food plans are important on your road to losing weight. People always ask my husband and I how we maintain our weight. Here are some of our favorite breakfast combinations for under 400 calories.
1) Two hard boiled eggs (approximately 150 calories) with two Wasa crackers (each 45 calories) and jam. Approximately 275 calories.
2) Two scrambled eggs (approximately 150 calories), fried with Trader Joe’s olive oil spray (no calorie) accompanied with two Wasa crackers (each 45 calories) and jam (low cal, 100% fruit jam). Fruit side. Approximately 325 -400 calories.
3) One and one-quarter cup of Kashi GoLean high protein cereal (approximately 180 calories) with almond milk (approximately 45 calories per cup) with ½ sliced banana. Approximately 325 calories.
4) Fat-free yogurt (approximately 120 calories), two Wasa crackers (each 45 calories) with jam (low cal, 100% fruit jam) and choice of one banana, or two slices of either watermelon or cantaloupe. Approximately 350-400 calories.
5) Assorted fruit smoothie with fat free milk or yogurt. Two Wasa crackers (each 45 calories) with jam. Approximately 300 -400 calories depending on the fruit and juice used to make the smoothie.
We drank coffee or tea with any breakfast listed above. Empty calories in the morning usually come from cream in coffee, orange juice and other juices as well as butter. We substituted almond milk or skim milk for cream in coffee. In the beginning, until we reached our target weight, we minimized juices due to their high calorie intake. Instead we ate the fruit itself. One glass of orange juice or 12 fl oz is about 200 calories; you’d need to walk one hour walk to burn that 200 calories of juice! If you substitute the glass of orange juice with one orange (typically 80 calories), you consume 120 calories less. We continued to take a high quality multivitamin. We found low calorie, natural jams and eliminated butters and butter substitutes.
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