Sugar added, sugar added, to coco-youknow whats, to corn-youknow whats, to every type of youknow what breakfast cereal, they all have massive amounts of sugar added. Perhaps enough sugar is added for an athlete to run a marathon, who would know, it would not surprise me. Usually the amount of sugar that has been added is very cleverly obscured because the packaging speaks of “energy” instead of heaped teaspoons.
What they do not have added is the ability to make us feel full, so the natural and perfectly understandable thing to do is eat more of them, and more and more of them, until we do feel full. That might be great for breakfast cereal sales, but it is exactly what we need to overcome when struggling to lose weight and keep that weight off.
A round of toast lightly buttered with a shortcut, almost fatless piece of bacon and an egg, fried in a non-stick frying pan will be much more filling and the feeling lasts longer. It is very important to have a good non-stick frying pan so that all the bacon and all the egg gets onto the toast. Follow that with a real, fresh large (or two small) orange.
At the start of my weight loss journey I found that I needed to have two rounds of toast, two shortcut, almost fatless pieces of bacon and and two eggs for breakfast. Sometimes two large oranges as well. It takes some experimenting to find out the best amount for the current body shape. Slowly, over time the amount required reduces.
This month of “Porkust” is a very good time to try some breakfast changes if you are struggling with coco-youknow whats or corn-youknow whats, or any other youknow whats. The only marathon we need to run is to get as far away as we can, as quickly as we can from the sugar added, breakfast cereals isle of the supermarket.