B1 – Intermediate
Some people don’t usually have breakfast so they don’t gain wait. However, a recent study shows that making big breakfasts a daily habit can help you lose weight. It could also help you burn more calories throughout the day.
Read the article to find out why some researchers recommend patients with obesity as well as healthy people to eat a significant amount of food for breakfast.
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2002/200223-big-breakfast-4.html
Discussion Questions:
- How important is breakfast for you?
- What’s your breakfast usually like?
- Do you always have breakfast in the morning or do you sometimes skip it? Why/Why not?
- Do you agree that big breakfasts could result to weight loss? Explain.
- What is the most important meal of the day for you?
- What are other ways to lose weight that you know of?
8 replies on “Big Breakfasts Help Burn More Calories”
1. How important is breakfast for you?
Breakfast is very important for me. I love having breakfast, although during busy weekdays I sometimes don’t spend as much time preparing it as I would like.
2. What’s your breakfast usually like?
I usually have coffee and a slice of toast with olive oil and tomato, sometimes with turkey or avocado.
3. Do you always have breakfast in the morning or do you sometimes skip it? Why/Why not?
On weekends I always have breakfast. During the week it depends on whether I work from home or go to the office. If I work from home, I make time for a proper breakfast. If I go to the office, I wake up earlier and usually just have coffee there.
4. Do you agree that big breakfasts could result in weight loss? Explain.
I do think a good breakfast helps start the day with energy and makes the other meals lighter. It’s also true that heavy dinners feel worse and are harder to digest. However, I’m not sure that having a big breakfast alone would help with weight loss—I have some doubts about that.
5. What is the most important meal of the day for you?
In practice, lunch is the most important meal for me. It’s the one I make the biggest, while breakfast and dinner are usually lighter.
6. What are other ways to lose weight that you know of?
I think it depends a lot on diet—trying to eat more vegetables and proteins and less fat and sugar. Also, regular physical exercise helps a lot.
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1. How important is breakfast for you? Currently it is very important, since it is one of the two meals I make daily. Several years ago I used to not having breakfast but during the last years I have changed my habits.
2. What’s your breakfast usually like? I usually eat a couple of bread slices (I try to avoid wheat so I go for espelta or other types of cereal) with tomato, oil and protein (omelette, ham, turkey, etc), some fruit and a cup of black coffee.
3. Do you always have breakfast in the morning or do you sometimes skip it? Why/Why not? I used to skip breakfast but I changed my habits several months ago and now I always eat breakfast. I have changed because my doctor ask me to have breakfast and skip dinner instead in order to try to ameliorate a medical condition.
4. Do you agree that big breakfasts could result to weight loss? Explain. Yes, because you can burn the calories you ingest at breakfast during the day, whereas if you eat the same amount of calories at dinner you will not be able to burn them when sleeping.
5. What is the most important meal of the day for you? It depends on the day but usually lunch.
6. What are other ways to lose weight that you know of? Trying to cut the amount of calories and substituting junk food for healthy food. Also eliminating ultra processed food with chemicals for more natural foods.
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1.How important is breakfast for you?
Breakfast is very important for me .I tried to do intermitent fasting but I didn’ t get it.My body and brain need sugar to be able to work
2. What’s your breakfast usually like?
I wake up very early , take a shower and drive to the office. Once I am at the office I go to the kitchen and I have toast with tomato and avocado and some pastries with a long coffee while I am wathing the news on TV.
3.Do you always have breakfast in the morning or do you sometimes skip it? Why/Why not?
Yes, I always have a breakfast. I usually have some eggs from Friday to Sunday as I am at home, so those days my breakfats is different than I havea at the office.
4.Do you agree that big breakfasts could result to weight loss? Explain.
What is the most important meal of the day for you?
What are other ways to lose weight that you know of?
In my opinion it depends on the person but I think that having big breakfasts always will be better than big dinners as you can the day with energy that you will need .than means that you ahve to move not to have a big breakfats and stay sat.
For me the the main meal is at noon at least in regards of quantity.
My point of view regarding losing weight is taht you need to practise some sports and be activated. Other important thing is to mix proteins , carbohydrates and vegetables. We should be focused on the quantuty of vegetables , reaching until 40% . Other important thing is to avoid
ultraprocessed food and to eat fruits out of the normal shcedule if you feel hungry
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How important is breakfast for you?
The breakfast is very important for me. I think it’s the most important meal of the day, because the people have a lot of hours without food and it’s necessary that the body get energy again
Do you always have breakfast in the morning or do you skip it? Why/Why not?
I never skip breakfast. I weakup every morning and I take a shower and I have a breakfast. I make coffee and toast with marmalade. When I wakeup I need to have a breakfast because if I have not breakfast, I feel weak and low tension in my body
Do you agree that big breakfasts could result to weight loss?
I don’t know. I supuse that this investigation is truth, because, if the person has a large dinner and after go to the bed, it’s normal that the person get weight
What do you usually have to get through the day?
I don`t understand this question. Do you explain me.
What are other ways to lose weight that you know of?
I think the correct way to lose weight is practice a sport, a balanced nutrition and eat little and often, 4 or 5 times a day
What is the most important meal of the day for you?
Breakfast.
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I weakup every morning …
> I wake up every morning …
because if I have not breakfast …
> because if I do not have breakfast …
I feel weak and low tension in my body.
> I have low energy in my body and I feel weak because of that.
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