googily
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That's the key. Low carb really curbs cravings. A low carb, high fat, moderate protein breakfast holds me easily to dinner time.
Exactly. My first meal of the day was around 12:30 pm, and it was mixed greens with about 6 oz of chargrilled chicken and ranch dressing and a few croutons, and about seven strawberries (thank heavens for the salad bar place downstairs). MFP says that's about 500 calories, 24 g carbs, 18 g fat, 35 g protein, and 4 g carbs.
Right now, three hours later, I could stand to maybe have a snack, maybe some cheese. But that would require going down three floors to the self-serve kiosk here at work, and I don't feel like getting up, so I'm just drinking more water instead.
But I can remember back to my many years of trying to follow a low-fat approach, using carbs as the basis of my eating, that being under 500 calories at 3:30 pm would have had me beyond ravenous, and I'd be racing down to the kiosk to buy something "low fat," but loaded with sugar, wolfing it down, and would then be at 700 calories and still hungry and cranky, and would arrive home ready to break down cabinet doors to eat whatever I could get my hands on.
Bringing an end to the blood sugar spikes--even as someone who is not remotely close to being diabetic--is just huge.