When I have absolutely no time, I eat the smart ones stuffed breakfast sandwich. 240 calories, 16 gs of protein, 3g fiber made w/ egg whites, cheese, turkey bacon and vegetables. Pretty tasty and 2 minutes in the microwave.
After eating oatmeal, low sugar, for about 6 months (days I am at work) I changed to weight watchers bagel (1 Point) and 1 weight watchers low fat cream cheese (1 Point). yes, smaller bagel than what everybody else eats, but I'm actually eating bread and cream cheese.....for breakfast....I do not feel cheated because of the portion size.
If I eat something that is mostly grains, I'm starving soon after..
So, on weekdays when I have to work, I take a "turkey sandwich" with me to eat after the gym when I get to work. I make it the night before out of flat out bread, a little olive oil mayo, brown mustard, turkey and LOTS of spinach. I also have a piece of fruit. When I leave in the morning, it's in the fridge packed with my lunch and I can just grab and go! Since I teach school, I don't have time for a snack. That breakfast is so "complete" for me that it keeps my blood sugar on an even keel and I don't get hungry.
On the weekends, it's a big blow out breakfast of eggs over easy stacked on ezekial bread and raw spinach with a little mozzarella cheese, fresh herbs and salsa on the top, chicken sausage and a fruit cup.
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I *usually* have yogurt and maybe some toast. I love yogurt and havent ate it in a long time and one day said to my self.. why not?? So each week I pick up about 5 yogurts I think Im gonna add cottage cheese to the mix too..
Wonderfully strong french-press coffee with vanilla unsweetened soy milk, a combination of steamed, microwaved, and sauteed veggies (carrots, asparagus, cauliflower, spinach, broccoli, mushrooms, red peppers, brussel sprouts), a little tofu, and a dab of tomato sauce, sprinkled with ancho chili pepper and black pepper. I usually also have 1/4 cup of whole-grain cereal, too.
I eat an english muffin with eggbeaters and 2%milk cheddar cheese
I used to eat bagle and cream cheese every morning. Then I switched to the ww bagels. The first couple days it was okay, but by the end of the bag it felt like punishment to have to eat those. I was about to go back to my old bagels when we had a WW meeting devoted to breakfast and one thing we discussed was the importance of protein. That's when I started the egg eng. muffin sandwich thing.
oh and in regaurds to keeping it fast. I microwave the egg in a small bowl. It's faster, easier to clean than a frying pan, and it makes the egg fit perfectly on the english muffin!
I've started eating a toasted light english muffin with a small amount of grape jam. These are great ideas, I'm writing them down in my meal ideas notebook, thank you all!
a nice trick for getting the protein in is to take a muffin pan, spray it, and pour yer egg whites from the carton straight in. you can add shredded lowfat cheddar, or fakin' bacon, or real bacon, and bake it at about 325 for maybe 20 minutes or so (i never pay attention to how long i cook them - they generally seem to come out okay.) then pop them into a ziploc baggie and freeze. you can toast a muffin or small bagel while you nuke one and have a pretty darn good egg mcmuffin.
It's funny, there's no such thing as "breakfast food" here in Thailand. When I walk up the soi (street) outside my place of work in the morning, I'm accosted by the smells of fried fish, fried rice, BBQ pork ribs, and all manner of foods that would never equal "breakfast" for me. It can be quite nauseating!
I usually bring boiled egg whites, apples, yogurt, and almonds to work. The two things I do get from the "local" stalls are rice-noodle soup and fruit. Fruit carts are everywhere you look in Bangkok! They slice up fresh chilled papaya, pineapple, watermelon, guava, water apples, and so many other tropical fruits for you right there, on the spot! It's lovely!
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My breakfast lately has been hot cereal (sometimes oat bran, sometimes bob's red mill high fiber cereal, sometimes something else) with pumpkin puree and spices. This morning I added some agave nectar, yesterday was a piece of banana. I can add soy/almond milk but I've been using water instead. I actually take it to work, heat it up and eat it there.
1/2 cup oats with 1/2 container Yoplait thick n creamy cinnamon roll yogurt (or any but thicker is better)
You can cook several days of oats at atime and just toss em in the fridge in a container and nuke for a minute or so and your ready,
I think Im gonna add cottage cheese to the mix too..
