This is why you're not losing weight: you need a meat and nut breakfast

Breakfast:

Little changes are important to create big results. Clients often come to me thinking they eat well, telling me they are always hungry and that they run so much that they don't know why it's possible for them to still be overweight. Once I look at their daily diet it's usually overwhelmingly apparent why they can't lose weight.

It's not your fault. We've been taught that a healthy breakfast looks like this:

This breakfast probably seems perfectly healthy, if anything you may think it looks larger than your usual breakfast. We can see some oatmeal, yogurt, fruit, a couple nuts and some bran muffins and of course coffee. The first switch people should make is breakfast. Usually I'm a big fan of small achievable changes, except when it comes to breakfast. The breakfast above is full of carbohydrates and not much else. This breakfast gives you a rush of energy and then leaves you empty and exhausted. Not to mention it seriously affects insulin, blood sugar and your body's weight loss hormones. THIS is why you're fat. But it's not your fault!!

The small bit of good I can see in this picture is just that- small. I would keep maybe the yogurt (given it's non-hormone induced, greek yogurt and given it's not non fat) but I'd add 7 more ounces. And I'd keep the nuts, but I'd add about 20 more of them... And I would for sure keep the coffee, especially this morning.

This is what my breakfast looked like:

First things first: I try to eat breakfast within an hour of waking up. try. I start my morning with 2 full glasses of water and a shot of the apple cider vinegar you see in the background. This is where someone says "gross" and I say "you get used to it". But in reality, you don't. It's disgusting and after years of taking it every single day, I still detest it. You can make it better by mixing it with water and stevia, but it's still pretty terrible.

My breakfast includes- black coffee, no cream no sugar and just a sprinkle of cinnamon. Cinnamon helps regulate blood sugar and if I absolutely needed my coffee lighter and sweeter, I'd add stevia and heavy cream only.

On my plate (notice I use smaller salad plates usually):
I have 24 almonds (that I tossed with unsweetened cocoa and stevia and roasted in large batches a few nights ago) and chicken that I also had left over (it's sprinkled with turmeric, paprika and a little cayenne). I also take good quality fish oil and vitamin D3.

Meat and nuts. This is what your breakfast should be- no more, no less. I try to switch it up each day. I was in a hurry today so I relied on leftovers, but steak and eggs with some walnuts, salmon and macadamia nuts, even in a pinch- greek yogurt and some nuts in the car on the way to work is fine.

Clients often start asking the whys and hows at about this point in my diet overhaul. And in a week they're usually singing my praises. It makes you drop crazy weight because it regulates your hunger, cortisol, leptin, and blood sugar. It decreases cravings and the fish oil keeps your mind alert and awake. Weight loss is often achieved the first week just from this change- and most of it is belly fat.

So remember- meat and nuts for breakfast! Give away your cereals, granola, bran muffins and oatmeal. I don't care that you bought it for $25 at trader joe's or that it's low fat and vegan and made by hippies so it must be good for you. It's not. And it doesn't even taste good. And it's the reason you're not losing weight.

And look at these fun girls- they eat a meat and nut breakfast and lift heavy weights and spend their days at poolside resorts... apparently:

I want to go to there....