I have four favorite breakfasts I cycle through, depending on what I'm in the mood for or my calorie plans for the day.
2 Kashi waffles, 1 with peanut butter, 1 with jam - about 400 calories. This is my usual breakfast for maintaining and the rest of the day is "on plan"
1/2 cup of pumpkin flax granola, fat free greek yogurt with honey, 2 spoons of wheat germ - about 325 calories, normal maintenance day breakfast
1/2 cup of oatmeal (made with water), 2 spoons of apple butter - about 275 calories - days when I'm trying to get back to goal weight, or I plan to eat dinner out
1/4 cup egg beaters, 1 50 calorie whole wheat tortilla, lots of spinach leaves/salsa - about 150 calories - for days when I'm trying to get back to a goal weight
I can't tell for sure because I've stopped counting calories, but mostly it was around 300-350. However, I tend to consider breakfast like the most important of my meals (and dinner the least, in a way--I'm lucky in that I just can't be bothered to eat past 8-9 pm, so it doesn't matter if I'm hungry again or not), so I'm not too focused on making it a 'low-cal' meal in any case.
Glory~ I like your idea of the 4 breakfasts depending on mood and maintenance or losing requirements. By the way, I saw your recommendation for pumpkin flax granola cereal on "Food Talk and Fabulous Finds" -- and I now have my own variation that I've been eating all the time lately!
1/2 cup of the cereal
half or full container of greek yogurt (same brand you mentioned)
topped with blueberries
Height: 5 ft 8.5" athlete who can give a punch & certainly take one too! :)
I do count calories, but I just do a rough guesstimate at best in my head, I refuse to OBSESS with an EXACT calorie count!
For me during weightloss I ate approximately 400 calorie breakfasts, 400 calorie lunch, 400 calorie suppers & 200 calories worth of snacks if I got hungry.
Now in maintenance I aim for approximately 500 calorie breakfasts, 500 calorie lunches and 500 calorie suppers and if I am hungry I add in 200-300 calories worth of snacks and call it a day. If I am hungry I eat more, if I am not so hungry I eat a bit less. Pretty simple regime, simplicity works best for me!
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i eat about 200 calories to 250, but i also eat 6 times a day, that includes my snacks...and my dinner is usually the higher meal....so yeah, i think it depends on your plan for the day...and how it breaks down for you...
I almost always have the same breakfast which is 1 whole wheat english muffin with thin spread of natural peanut butter and 1/2 of a banana cut in slices on it.
It sustains me while I hike and keeps full until lunchtime. I just LOVE it!
Occasionally I will mix it up with a bowl of Go Lean cereal with skim milk and 1/2 banana on it.
I finally bought the Almond Breeze almond milk to day at Trader Joe's and I am really excited to try it. Do any of you use Almond milk????
I almost always have the same breakfast which is 1 whole wheat english muffin with thin spread of natural peanut butter and 1/2 of a banana cut in slices on it.
It sustains me while I hike and keeps full until lunchtime. I just LOVE it!
Occasionally I will mix it up with a bowl of Go Lean cereal with skim milk and 1/2 banana on it.
I finally bought the Almond Breeze almond milk to day at Trader Joe's and I am really excited to try it. Do any of you use Almond milk????
I drink the unsweetened chocolate almond milk and I love it. I buy it in bulk from Whole Foods and I save some money, plus they last forever in the shelf.
My typical breakfast includes 1 cup of unsweetned chocolate almond breeze, 1 string cheese and 1 atkins chocolate/peanut/nougat bar.
I know this is gonna sound crazy, but lately I break my breakfast up into 3 parts, spaced about an hour apart.
-cucumber salad, lots of it (I know, I'm weird)
-fat free/sugar free yogurt with Fiber One Cereal mixed in
-3 egg white omlette with either a broiled zucchini or sauteed spinach and mushrooms or some other veggies- for a total of about 250-300 calories
my breakfast is always fiber one cerial with milk comes out to about 400 calories. i eat alot in the morning because i dont have lunch for 5 hours. im in highschool, cant eat when ever i want to. I have to wait for my lunch
Robin, I'm getting to that place myself at the moment. I'm trying to figure it all out.
My breakfasts are 250-350. I almost always have an omelet with veggies or beans in it. Sometimes I'll have a slice of toast also.
Recently, however, I've been wanting to eat something before I go to the gym, to give me enough energy to complete the NRLW workouts (which include HIIT on top of weight lifting). I need to look into optimum pre-workout nutrition but I also need it to be low-cal. I've been having a yogurt or banana or a piece of toast with pb prior to the gym and then my omelet when I get home. I'm loathe to use up so many calories in the morning (I'm an afternoon snacker and evening wine drinker), but, I want plenty of energy for my exercise AND, I want to be able to eat a really big, filling meal (hooray omelets!) once I get back from the gym.
My breakfasts run between 300-500 calories. This includes my fish oil supplement that contains 38 calories.
My typical breakfast is 1 cup cooked steel cup oatmeal (cooked with water), 1T flaxseed (ground), 2T dried fruit, 1t raw sugar, 2T soy milk, coffee (black), and my supplements. Which works out to around 300 calories.
Sometimes on the weekends I make wholegrain pancakes, waffles, or an omelet and that will run higher.
How many calories are in your breakfast?
