Skipping breakfast
Do not expect to lose extra pounds by giving up the morning meal.
«Skipping breakfast is one of the worst habits I observe in people over 40,» says Catherine Johnston, MD. — It has a bad effect on both the figure and well-being. Instead of skipping breakfast altogether, find a simple and nutritious breakfast option that you can easily incorporate into your morning routine. For example, wholegrain flakes with a handful of berries and chopped nuts, oatmeal with raisins or at least a quick smoothie.»
Coffee instead of food
If you think that breakfast can be replaced with a cup of coffee, then we assure you — it is not so. Coffee (even high—calorie raf with cream and syrups) is not food. It can suppress hunger signals. But often the lack of calories (and, accordingly, energy) manifests itself later in the form of a daytime decline in strength or an evening craving for sweets.
Pastries for breakfast
Even supposedly healthy cookies with a high fiber content contain from 30 to 40 calories? Can you imagine how many calories are contained in a chocolate cream sponge cake or a croissant with jam? In addition, pastries, especially purchased ones, are often prepared with not too useful preservatives, baking powder and cheap ingredients.
«After 40 years, people, especially perimenopausal women, lose muscle mass. This slows down the metabolism. Without a healthy balance of proteins, complex carbohydrates and healthy fats, eating sweet refined carbohydrates, such as pastries for breakfast, can raise blood sugar levels. It will damage not only the figure, but also the health.»
Instead of these «empty» calories, it is more useful to eat a banal omelet or boiled egg, banana, Greek yogurt or ordinary porridge — hercules is perfect.
Not enough water
If you don’t start your day with enough fluids, it will «come back» to you in the future.
Lack of water leads to many problems, from exacerbation of gastrointestinal diseases to poor skin condition.
In addition, when our body is dehydrated, energy drops and we feel irresistible fatigue. To replenish this energy, we eat more, and this ultimately only leads to weight gain.
«Drink at least 400-650 milliliters of water as soon as you wake up. Do not start breakfast within 30 to 45 minutes after drinking water,» nutritionists advise.
