breakfast
 

ugh.. breakfast. i can never figure something out that's healthy and will fill me up for breakfast. it's my worst meal i swear... does anyone have any tips for something that would be healthy, and easy to make for breakfast?

I vary my breakfasts. Sometimes I have some sort of hot cereal - oatmeal, cream of wheat, oat bran, hot multigrain cereal, grits, things like that. Then other times I'm in the mood for meat and eggs. In which case I have scrambled egg whites or Egg Beaters, Morningstar Farms bacon strips, turkey sausage links, etc. Or I have these little mini omelets that I buy from Market Day. Cheese-filled egg omelets (they use lowfat cheese) that are only 60 calories a piece. I had one of those this morning :)

Then sometimes I have cold cereal. Just whatever we have hanging around. I prefer things like Cheerios, bite-size Frosted Mini Wheats, Grape Nuts, etc.

Then, of course, I have days where I don't feel like eating at all. I went years without ever eating breakfast and I still have mornings where I just can't think about choking down any food, so to get some nutrition in my body, I keep around cans of the powder-form Slimfast in a bunch of different flavors. No, I'm not on the 'Slimfast plan' or anything, I just keep the stuff around to get some form of nutrition on the days I just don't feel like eating. I also use instant breakfast. Both the Slimfast and instant breakfast, I use the low sugar varieties.

I like to have 1/2 cup eggbeater with 1 slice LF cheese & 1 slice rye toast. It's my favorite breakfast.

RAISIN BRAN and semi skimmed milk!!

A scraping of peanut butter on toast and a banana
scrambled eggs 1 sl toast
omlette
kashi go lean and cottage cheese

Stuff a whole wheat pita with an egg-y something!

I like:
.5 cup egg beaters, 2 Tbsp flax seed, .25-.5 cup salsa, 1 ox reduced fat cheese (mozzerella or cheddar), maybe some grilled onions.... all mixed together and cooked in a pan.
I put half of the mixture in each warmed-up pita half and eat 1/2 right away and then save the other half for a snack mid-morning... it stores well b/c of the pita.

I just like instant oatmeal. Even instant oatmeal is whole grains, and I get the reduced-sugar kind so it's not so horrible for you as some flavors can be. If I know it'll be a while before I eat anything else, I'll have 2 packets and make it with water. I find the Weight Control kind to be even more filling with just 1 packet (maybe because it has a little more fiber?).

I used to do eggs every morning, but I just do not have the time for that anymore. I love cold cereal with milk, but I find it's not as filling as oatmeal and is so often filled with a whole lot of nothing nutritious (though I did used to eat Go Lean Crunch, but it's pretty expensive and too high in calories for an actual Jill-sized serving ;) ).

I often actual just have a Special K cereal bar (90 calories) and a diet soda in the morning. I know it's not very nutritious, but the bar gives me some calories (plus I can eat it in the car!), and the soda actually makes me feel very full (the carbonation, I guess). I'm not really suggesting this is what you have, just adding in my normal routine breakfast as well :p

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this or not, but what I eat depends on how long I stay feeling satisfied. Like if I eat cereal (hot or cold) or breads or any other carby-type foods, by 10:30 or 11am I'm famished. But if I eat a high-protein breakfast, like eggs and turkey sausage or an omelet or anything really LOW carb, I can hold out until after 12 or 1pm before eating again.

Anyone else?

For example, yesterday I had egg whites and low-sugar chocolate milk for breakfast and was fine until past noon. Today I had Grape Nuts and by 10:30 I was ready to eat the refrigerator, lol.

Never fails.

Well, I'm just saying that I feel hungrier when I eat the high-carb stuff. Not that I count carbs or anything, it's just something I've noticed and if I remember correctly, someone else on this board said the same thing not long ago, but I can't recall who it was. Was just wondering if it was just me or not :D

I usually eat breakfast around 8'ish. 7:45-8:00 during the week when my son has school and between 8 and 9 on the weekends, since I sleep in a little longer. And I usually have lunch between 11 and 12. No set time, I don't eat by the clock, but that's the usual time I start getting hungry. Unless I eat cereal or something for breakfast. Those days I start getting hungry again by as early as 10:00.

Then I have days where I don't eat lunch until 1 or 2pm because I'm out running around and just wait until I get back home to eat.

Jill- 5 am!! You poor thing! (Actually, that's when I get up, too... *sigh*)

I think that's why everyone always suggests some -protein- as a snack during the day -- it keeps you fuller longer. Fats, too, and complex carbohydrates (fiber!).

I seem to have found the right balance between macronutrients to keep me satisfied.
Both have 68g carbs and 3g fat. The Optimum Slim cereal with raisins has 12g fibre and 14g protein; and the hemp breakfast shake also has 11g fibre with 16g protein.

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lol

What in the world is a hemp shake? :?:

Sorry, I think I posted it somewhere in this thread. The concoction that's currently in favour with me is:
5½ oz banana, 1 cup cranberry juice, 2 tblsp. hemp protein powder, crushed ice. I just zuzz it all together in the blender.

I get the protein powder from my local organic market. It's Living Harvest Original Flavor Hemp Protein Powder. I started drinking a shake for breakfast because I just couldn't face eating "real" food first thing on a morning. Then I discovered this hemp powder which is great for bumping up the fibre as well as protein. 110 kcals in 1 serving (2 tblsp.).

Thanks for letting me know. I was confused by that one ;)

What I like:

hot cereal (oatmeal, grits or something), with flaxseeds, wheat germ or applesauce.

cold cereal--high fiber like Shredded Wheat, with sliced banana or dried cherries

eggs and vegetarian sausage

frozen waffle with peanut butter and sliced banana.

I agree about eating a small amount q. 3-4 hours. It makes a huge difference for me. Sometimes I do a few walnuts midafternoon and I can stay full until dinner.

I make a packet of instant oatmeal and mix in a cup of frozen blueberries after the oatmeal is cooked. It takes 2 minutes to make and you can eat it a lot faster since the blueberries cool it down (lol I'd rather sleep in later than take time to eat slower... :dizzy: ).