anyone recommend what's best to eat for breakfast and lunch?

[chloexlaura]

Is tomato soup okay? with or without bread? my first day tomorrow! wish me luck! I'm currently 16stone at 19!! really need to loose it!!

[IndigoBlue61]

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Hi I doubt whether tomato soup would fill you up at breakfast time, so you are better going with foods such as eggs or porridge etc. You don't need to go hungry to lose weight, you just need to eat the right things and watch your portion control.

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I work from nine till half one so don't get to eat lunch till about two o'clock but I find if I have 2 poached eggs on a slice of whole meal toast that really does see me through don't feel hungry at all and I work in a kitchen where there's a lot of things to temp me ha ha but manage to stay good I personally find if I have porridge I do tend to get hungry about eleven hope this helps , good luck