(written by: Jason Daley)

I read an interesting article several weeks ago about losing weight by eating a large breakfast. Sounds like the next Fad diet, I know, but the study they did was pretty interesting.

"The big-breakfast group had a 610-calorie breakfast as part of a 1,240-calorie day. Breakfasts included milk, lean meat (sorry, no bacon or sausage), cheese, whole grains, a serving of healthy fat, and one ounce of chocolate or candy to defray the sweets cravings. The other group's participants consumed 1,080 calories per dayas part of a high-protein, low-carb diet. Both groups were on the diet for 8 months. The high-protein group lost an average of 9 pounds but the big-breakfast group lost an average of 40 pounds. And perhaps not surprisingly, the big-breakfast group complained less about cravings and hunger."

Read the Supersized version of the article here: Big Breakfast = Big Weight Loss

I found this relevant for the active real estate agent, because a lot of times breakfast is the only meal agents have time to sit down and eat properly. Between running around on Listing appointments and showing buyers homes, it can be difficult to find the time to stop and eat a proper meal. And if you have already skipped breakfast then your body is not going to like you very much the rest of the day. I found it an interesting concept to eat the majority of your day's calories for breakfast, so having a few pounds around the middle that I would rather not, I gave it a try. Note: I usually ate small snacks in between meals to keep my stomach from beating me up, and I usually exercise several times a week to maintain my current weight, if I don't it goes up, so the exercise stayed and only the eating habits changed for this experiment.

I have now tried this "Big Breakfast" diet myself for several weeks, and here is what I found:

1.      It was fun eating all that yummy stuff for breakfast, instead of just a bowl of cereal and sometimes a banana.

2.      I noticed that I did not feel as hungry between meals, and could skip my usual snacks that kept my stomach calm.

 3.      Besides the not feeling hungry, I didn't see any weight loss from just this change. (it was only several weeks though)

 4.      It is a little more time consuming to cook a large breakfast, than to slap some cereal in a bowl.

 5.      After several weeks I began to tire of big breakfasts EVERY morning,

 and began to yearn for the small simple bowl of cereal again, and sometimes just took the easy route and had the cereal.

6.      And after about 3 weeks I had about all the big breakfast I could handle, and went back to cereal most days, and the occasional big breakfast when I feel like it.

So in a span of about 3 weeks I did the usual diet routine. Get excited, and try it, get into it and realize it is not as easy as it sounds, falter a little, try again, and then get sick of it and go back to my old ways. HEY at least i didn't gain weight!!!

I do like the feeling fuller for longer aspect of it, and when I am going to be out and about all day I do try to have the big breakfast so I don't have to plan in snacks to keep the tummy in check. Speaking of which my stomach I growling right now for a snack, I guess I should have had the big breakfast this morning!

Have any of you tried the big breakfast diet?

Has it worked for you?

Are you going to try it?

Inquiring minds want to know!

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