Two favorites - oatmeal, 2 slices turkey bacon, 1 hard boiled egg, soy milk.
# 2 - Greek yogurt, 1/2 cup fruit mixed in, soy milk, Wasa crispbread with peanut butter on top.
I generally alternate them day by day.
Both get me through the morning, and they have to do a lot, as I exercise in the AM. I usually eat lunch around 11 AM, so I do not have a morning snack.
If for some reason I do not exercise, I add a snack in mid-morning, usually a protein, but depends on how I am feeling - for about 100 calories.
I count carbs for my diabetes situation, so that influences my choices.
Someone mentioned almond milk. I love it. Low cal., low carb, tastes just great.
My most common breakfasts are:
- instant oatmeal w/skim milk: 245 cals
- oat bran w/raisins, brown sugar, and skim milk: 265
- raisin bran w/skim milk: 265
- oat bran cold cereal w/skim milk: 265
So I guess I usually eat 265! I eat a banana at around 10:30 in the morning to tide me over until lunch though, and sometimes I add other fruits to my cereal.
Today's breakfast came in at just under 400, and I suspect my two "alternates" are about the same. On Mondays I have no time for a snack because I'm in a management meeting from 10 to 12 (in theory, often 12:30) so if I get anything, it's a ff latte. I need those other calories to get me through.
I pretty much eat the same thing for breakfast/pre breakfast each day I eat part of this before my morning walking/aerobic video and then the rest after my video.
2 egg whites
Buckwheat pancake ( 1/4 cup mix ) or two slices toast ( Schwebel's light wheat ) with spray butter
4 oz orange juice
1/8 cup mild fancy shredded cheddar
1/2 pealed medium apple
1 oz Jimmy Deans 50% reduced fat sausage
I don't really eat a breakfast per se... I eat a lot of mini meals in the morning since I'm super hungry when I wake up and I hope that the first meal will fill me. By about 10 AM I have about 800 calories of breakfast items under my belt. I eat things like oatmeal and peanut butter, cottage cheese, alternative bagels, cereal & milk, eggs, smoothies... But then the rest of the day usually slows down a lot since I don't get that hungry.
1/2 cup oats with tsp honey
egg beater omelet with 2% cheese and as many veggies as I feel like chopping that morning and as much salsa as I want
a couple oz of light soy milk in my coffee.
Mine are usually in the 200-400 range; I switch off between carb-based (cereals, oatmeals) and protein-based (eggy, dairy, occasional P.B.) breakfasts depending on what my morning exercise is.
I eat a banana at around 10:30 in the morning to tide me over until lunch though, and sometimes I add other fruits to my cereal.
I need those other calories to get me through.
