I love FF plain Greek yogurt for breakfast! I eat one cup with 1/2 cup Trader Joe's High Fiber Cereal stirred into it (if you don't have a Trader Joe's, you could use Fiber One or a similar high-fiber cereal). I top it with 2 oz of fresh berries. The whole breakfast comes in at about 210 calories but has over 20g of protein! If I'm feeling like I can afford a calorie splurge, I also stir in 1 tbsp of ground flaxseed.
If you want to try something different with your cottage cheese, lately I've been mixing together 1/2 serving of FF cottage cheese with 1/2 serving of FF plain Greek yogurt. I sweeten it with some splenda, stir in some cinnamon (which, BTW, is an appetite suppressant), and top it with 1 oz of berries. This is about 115 calories and still has a whopping 17g of protein, so you'd probably want to have something else with it--maybe a hard-boiled egg (for a super protein packed breakfast), a slice of whole grain toast, one of Meg's fabulous Fiber One Muffins, or some fruit. It is remarkable good--the cottage cheese add substance to the yogurt and the yogurt adds creaminess to the cottage cheese. On the weekends, to change things up, I have it with 3 slices lean bacon and a muffin and the whole thing comes in at around 300 calories.
I mix two eggs together, cut up onion, green onion, jalapeño, crushed red pepper flakes, lil salt, and put about a cup of water. I boil it all together and it's super good. Sometimes for fun I put in broc and mushrooms.
I love Cheerios. I buy regular plain Ole Cheerios with Skim Milk and Banana Slices in it and I love it. It fills me up for a couple of hours and the banana's give it some flavor.
Lately I'm on a berry kick. I have a big bowl of cut up strawberries and whole blueberries, topped with a Silhouette+ yogurt and 1/3 cup of almond granola. Total calories will depend on the cereal you use - with mine, a gigantic bowl comes in at about 200 calories, with a filling 10 grams of fiber. You can lower the calories slightly and boost the fiber by using something like Fiber One honey clusters instead of the granola.
It's really good - sweet, crunchy, and very filling. Keeps me going well until lunchtime.
You'll have to stir it when you first open it to mix the oil back in.
I read somewhere to turn the unopened jar of peanut butter upside down for about 4 days before you open it. This way the oil starts to rise to the bottom of the jar helping with the mixing. I am amazed that it actually works.
Usually when I'm in a rush, I'll eat fiber one cereal mixed with non-fat plain yogurt (and of course my coffee with a bit of skim milk). The cereal adds texture and taste to the yogurt, which in my opinion is pretty gross plain! It's very filling, and I'm usually good for several hours after that as long as I drink enough water throughout the morning.
For Bfast I have been eating: 1/2 cup eggs whites with 1 cup boiled spinach and 1 slice low fat swiss cheese mixed it. I also have an english muffin (plain). It comes in around 320 calories (since I use 1/4 tbsp of olive oil in the pan). I also like egg whites and salsa with lowfat cheese.
I'm really all about the egg whites. I do have to admit I'm all about the salt and pepper too :-/
I choose a whole grain and a fruit. So it could be a smoothie and some WW toast or oatmeal and a fruit, or just some cold cereal like raisin bran or total with fruit cut up and thrown on top.
1 mini whole grain bagel, a slice of canadian bacon, lowfat veggie cream cheese. I think it's a little over 200 calories and it gets me through until my 10 snack. yum
I usually try to have something savory (rather than sweet) because, at least in my head, it's more satisfying and stays with me longer than something sweet. Anyway, I've really been digging the Jimmy Dean D-lights b-fast sandwiches-- I eat the turkey sausage ones-- b/c they taste pretty darn close to the Mickey D's ones and only have 260 cals, which is perfect for me with just water, or with some light vanilla soymilk and/or a piece of fruit if I'm extra hungry.
I usually have Quaker Oats Weight Control oatmeal
A fruit
a cup of diet hot chocolate
And half a cup of milk, 1/2 in the oatmeal and 1/4 in the diet hot chocolate
Omelettes. Take one whole egg and one egg where you discard the yolk. Those two eggs provide 87 calories, leaving you with 213 for fillings. 1/4 cup sharp cheddar cheese has 120. Three pieces of bacon has 109 calories. Three ounces of ham has 150 calories. Add healthy things like diced tomatoes, diced onions, diced jalapenos (we puree a jar of jalapenos in a blender for relish) or other veggies and you can jazz up the flavor for little calories. And, since it's protein based, it's filling.
And, mentally, omelettes don't equate with dieting for me. I don't feel deprived when I eat them.
