Anyone try eating breakfast on P2?

[Nicole T]

After my last round, I had a horrible time stabilizing and ended up stumbling upon the Leptin Reset program. It worked amazing and I even ended up losing a few extra lbs in P4. Don't want to get too into how it works but the basis is eating a HUGE breakfast (like 50-70 grams of protein) within 30 minutes of waking up, eating a light lunch and then dinner. No snacking and no carbs.

One of reasons it works is that it revs up your metabolism first thing in the morning. As hard as it was to eat a meal that big first thing, it definitely worked and the lbs started flying off.

So my question is--would we not want to apply the same thinking even though we are doing P2? Maybe eating one of our meals at breakfast and then an early dinner around 4 or so? Has anyone tried this? There is a woman over on the Leptin boards who is in P2 right now who does this and said it totally got rid of her hunger she was having and helped control cravings.

I think I'll try it tomorrow and report back

[emel]

It's my thinking, too. For those with leptin issues, it could help, I think.

I'm feeling better now that I have something in the mornings. It's either a veggie/fruit/cocoa shake or egg whites w/a veggie.
It sounds like I eat a lot, but it's under 500 cal, and sometimes I don't eat all of it.

B: some shake ( 1/2 a fruit and 1/2 a veg)
L: protein, raw veg, 1/2 fruit
S: finish what I didn't eat for L
D: protein, raw or cooked veg
Dessert: either the rest of the shake from B or a fruit, sometimes baked apple w/melba but usually just fruit.

[Margarita :)]

It's so funny that you posted this, because I was thinking about trying this. I've eaten this way on P2 a couple of times, and found that both times I lost more the following week.

What I did this last time was eat a really gigantic plate full of scrambled eggs for breakfast made of 1 egg yolk and 5 egg whites. Cooked it on very low heat in a pan coated with 1/2 tsp of coconut oil. Then, I used some Walden Farms ketchup on the side. Made myself a cup of coffee with 1 TBS H&H. It was an awesome breakfast. (Although the WF ketchup wasn't really that good, and I didn't eat most of it.)

I wasn't hungry til around 2. Then I had my normal P2 meal of chicken breast, veggie, and an apple for dessert. I wasn't hungry after that until around 7, so I had my two melbas at that time with another cup of decaf coffee with H&H.

Then I had two days in a row of big losses. This happened to me two times, so I was thinking that I'm going to give it a try again to see if it's not just dumb luck and there's actually something to it.

Will report results back later ...

Margarita

[Nicole T]

How exciting! I have a good feeling about trying it because it really just makes sense if you think about it. No dietician or nutrionalist EVER recommend skipping breakfast so why would we think that's a good thing in P2?

[Sassine]

I eat breakfast everyday. Always have. This is my round 2, phase 3. There is also an 800 calorie hcg protocol that encourages breakfast. It's by Sonia Russell.

[C'Marie]

I have almost always "split" my daily proteins into 3's instead of 2's and had something for at least a late breakfast, then delayed lunch and delayed dinner a bit because of my work schedule. I find it works better for me. I don't necessarily "add" any protein, just split it up 200g/3 or something like that. If I do "add" something, it's very occasionally an extra eggwhite or two at most, as I stick to protocol pretty closely.

As far as who does/doesn't skip breakfast, with an on-protocol steak day for P3 and P4 helping people lose by eating one meal at the end of the day (I can never wait till much past 4-4:30, though) so there is something to that as well, at least for a correction. I just don't choose to eat that way every day. But everyone is different.

[Twirl]

I'm interested in the Leptin reset as well. And the idea of eating breakfast makes sense to me.

I had been thinking that on my next round I would add some egg whites in the morning.

But I'm still thinking about it.

[Nicole T]

Originally Posted by C'Marie

I have almost always "split" my daily proteins into 3's instead of 2's and had something for at least a late breakfast, then delayed lunch and delayed dinner a bit because of my work schedule. I find it works better for me. I don't necessarily "add" any protein, just split it up 200g/3 or something like that. If I do "add" something, it's very occasionally an extra eggwhite or two at most, as I stick to protocol pretty closely.

As far as who does/doesn't skip breakfast, with an on-protocol steak day for P3 and P4 helping people lose by eating one meal at the end of the day (I can never wait till much past 4-4:30, though) so there is something to that as well, at least for a correction. I just don't choose to eat that way every day. But everyone is different.

True but the times I have done a correction day (steak or chicken thighs), I didn't fast until dinner but instead ate my steak and chicken all throughout the day (and always had 3-5 lb losses). So I don't think the fasting until dinner is totally necessary for a correction day to work.

[msgirl]

hmmmm.... subscribing and thinking about that egg white scrambled egg breakfast...sounds yum!

Margarita please do share your results!

[Nicole T]

Originally Posted by msgirl

hmmmm.... subscribing and thinking about that egg white scrambled egg breakfast...sounds yum!

Margarita please do share your results!

I'm definitely trying the egg/egg white tomorrow morning! I actually got to goal last time by adding in 1 egg and 3 egg whites for one of my meals...it seemed to actually accelerate my losses!

[jt_gmotu]

Originally Posted by Nicole T

So my question is--would we not want to apply the same thinking even though we are doing P2? Maybe eating one of our meals at breakfast and then an early dinner around 4 or so? Has anyone tried this? There is a woman over on the Leptin boards who is in P2 right now who does this and said it totally got rid of her hunger she was having and helped control cravings.

So glad you posted this! R1P4D15...and have gotten really used to having a decent sized breakfast. (works for me--->energy-wise...) Was not looking forward to my next P2 and waiting to eat till lunch!

Thanks again!

[C'Marie]

Originally Posted by Nicole T

I'm definitely trying the egg/egg white tomorrow morning! I actually got to goal last time by adding in 1 egg and 3 egg whites for one of my meals...it seemed to actually accelerate my losses!

You mean you didn't "substitute" one egg and 3 egg whites for one of your two proteins, you had an entire "additional" serving of protein then? Just clarifying. I want to be sure what you're saying
I've thought of that - but that would be as "rogue" as I ever go - for days that I work 18 hours during tax season.

[Margarita :)]

Originally Posted by C'Marie

You mean you didn't "substitute" one egg and 3 egg whites for one of your two proteins, you had an entire "additional" serving of protein then? Just clarifying. I want to be sure what you're saying
I've thought of that - but that would be as "rogue" as I ever go - for days that I work 18 hours during tax season.

When I did it, I substituted the eggs for my normal protein.

Also, I know I told you guys I was going to try doing this intentionally and report back, but I just haven't had the chance to get to the grocery store to buy my eggs. Saturday will probably be my first day.

[Sleepy]

i love to know the results also
i workout at 5 am so im always starving til lunch

[msgirl]

Gonna try this on Friday - I have an early meeting and then they are serving lunch at work. I am certain I won't be able to eat the lunch they serve so maybe this would get me through until I get home at 2. I really will let everyone know how it goes. I am just gonna have to eat at like 6:45 or something.....UGH early mornings!

[emel]

I didn't eat breakfast this morning and started feeling run-down. I got up at 5 am.
Ate a few bites at 9:45 and felt better right away. I had 5 cuke slices, 3 tiny frozen strawberries, and one slice of my 4 slices of lunch chicken.

[Nicole T]

I decided to hold off one more day to try the breakfast since I have to do a postpartum visit today with a mom and her baby at 3pm and it could last a few hours so I didn't know what my hunger would be like for dinner if I did the breakfast. I'm going to try it tomorrow when I have more of an open schedule to play around with my meal times.

[Sleepy]

i have breakfast on the weekends
usually baked eggs with tomatos
doesnt seem to stall me

[agentventi]

Nicole-I always eat breakfast even on P2
Usually it is 3 eggwhites and 1 whole egg with salsa or sometimes a baked apple.
But I also do about 6-700 calories so I am still eating a protein/vegg combo for lunch and dinner then another fruit for snack. No melbas because I tend to go overboard

[mybigbutt]

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[tddurham]

Can't wait to hear the results, I too have thought of adding a bit of protein in the morning as breakfast since I get up at 6 and don't go to bed till well after midnight.

[minimonkey]

When not on P2, I would happily eat 75% of my day's calories first thing in the morning -- I love breakfast. If I have a good one, I can skip eating for the rest of the day no problem.

On p2, I tend to have one of my fruits and one of my proteins in the morning, and then another meal later in the day.

I don't eat much after about 5 pm, generally.

[minimonkey]

I am going to be doing roughly the leptin reset program for my p3, btw. I won't be able to do it perfectly (I'm finishing grad school, so the late nights on the computer aren't optional! And sleep will be compromised, to be sure...) -- I do plan to incorporate as much of the program as I can reasonably manage though -- and the big breakfasts? No problem!

[SueQ]

I ate breakfast this round; I'd have about 2-3 oz of protein pretty soon after I woke up. It really did help with hunger for the rest of the day. That was on top of my normal 6 oz at lunch and dinner.

I'd have my apple with lunch, veggie as a snack, prot+veg for dinner and apple as a snack. I'm really into being able to eat every few hours. I cannot sustain a diet where I have to endure real hunger for any length of time so I opted to potentially have slightly lower losses on a plan I could stick with for longer. My rounds tend to be 40-50 days though.

[beachagain]

Nicole turned me on to Leptin Reset last month while I was struggling with P4 (after an amazing P3)...but I had difficulty sticking with it and found myself snacking a few times...then found myself bingeing...then found myself doing another round ....BUT I must say, my weight remained mostly stable so it worked...the only time I really gained was when I loaded (for obvious reasons) but I (like Minimonkey) plan to do LR for P3...but have also thought about the breakfast thing on P2...I was concerned about getting hungry though

I thought about doing the P2 brownie for breakfast tommorow...but using the whole egg with the cocoa and other ingredients and beating the 3 whites until stiff then incorporating them together...still trying to figure it out but that might be a yummy breakfast
I'm glad I saw this trhead because it's making me want to make that plunge to the P2 leptin reset