My current breakfast is a toasted Thomas "Better Start Light" english muffin (100 cals, 8 g fiber, 5 g protein). I divide one wedge of Laughing Cow light between the halves of the muffin and top each half with a slice of dried beef (less than 10 cals per slice) and scrambled egg beaters -- 1/4 cup of the egg beaters makes plenty for both muffin halves. I do the egg beaters in the microwave as the muffin toasts. I use a trick I learned on 3FC and add about a teaspoon of lowfat cottage cheese to the egg beaters before scrambling to make them a bit fluffier. This is a really satisfying breakfast for me, and it generally sticks with me until lunch.
I have either oatmeal, 10 grain hot cereal, or oat bran hot cereal every morning. My standard is to put a little chopped nuts, a few raisins, some ground flaxseed, a bit of honey, and a sprinkle of cinnamon (I measure it all on the scale). It comes in at around 200 calories. I also drink a big cup of coffee with 1/2 cup of whole milk and a small amount of sugar, which totals between 90 - 97 calories.
On the rare morning that I don't do this it's because I've made a smoothie with my boys: bananas, greek yogurt, strawberries, any other fruit I have hanging around, honey.
I typically eat one of these for breakfast on week days (weekends I have more time to actually cook something.)
~4 oz of full fat Greek yogurt with 1/2 T of honey and a banana (the yogurt is whole because DH and I are TTC.)
~1/4c steel cut oats cooked in water with 2 T raisins, 1/4c almond milk, 1T flaxseeds ground, and 1t honey.
~1c unsweetened shredded wheat with 1c almond milk and fruit on top (either strawberries, a banana, or raisins.)
~2 eggs scrambled with 1t olive oil stuffed into 2 corn tortillas with salsa.
All of these are around 300 calories.
As far as eggs are concerned, there have been many recent studies about dietary cholesterol. From what I've read, dietary cholesterol doesn't necessarily raise your blood cholesterol. I think that has more to do with genetics and your ratio of omega-6 fats to omega-3s. My father ate 2 eggs and bacon every day for breakfast and he never had a cholesterol problem.
Breakfast is just whatever you eat first so have whatever you want! If I'm in a hurry I'll grab a sandwhich. :P I just have to make sure I get plenty of protein or I'll be starving by lunch. I'll eat slices of turkey rolled up with or without cheese; peanut butter toast; a can of soup, a fried egg; mixed fruit; pretty much you name it. Of course I'm lucky and work in an office where I can graze at my desk so my prefered breakfast right now is actually a plate of sliced fruit and veggies with a little meat and cheese or a boiled egg.
Not so sure on the scrambled eggs with breakfast now...tried a scrambled egg with a bit of cheese on a whole wheat tortilla this morning....barely made it through. Maybe I'm not as big a fan of scrambled eggs as I thought....
I may stick with a boiled egg, and oatmeal for a different twist on breakfast...
This morning I had a whole wheat light english muffin for only 100 calories and I put some chives and cheese eggbeaters on it w/ a slice of ham and a slice of cheese. It was pretty good.
I pretty much only have 3 breakfast items, but I never tire of them:
- 1 1/2 - 2 cups Cornflakes and 1 cup unsweetened soy milk (220-270 cal)
- 1 package of oatmeal (from TJ's...so delicious), a pinch of salt and about a half cup of frozen mixed berries (200 cal)
- 2 eggs and 1 cup fresh salsa (240 cal)
How about having those waffles at so and so time, even adding a 34 calorie 2 egg-white omeltte with it, and then having that yogurt an hour or 2 later? This way you stretch out those calories and stretch out the filling power.
That's what I'm gonna try to do, Robin...have the waffles, but throw in some other things to stretch it out. Currently I'm absolutely ADDICTED to watermelon and cantaloupe, so I'll have a ton of fruit 'til it's all gone for the season...
That's what I'm gonna try to do, Robin...have the waffles, but throw in some other things to stretch it out. Currently I'm absolutely ADDICTED to watermelon and cantaloupe, so I'll have a ton of fruit 'til it's all gone for the season...
Good. Good. That's what I do. I eat frequently. I'd rather eat smaller meals and more often.
And about the watermelon and cantaloupe - ME TOO!!! They've been sooooo good. I've been eating an insane amount of it. But for me, I've been saving it as a weekend "treat". I've been eating a peach as my weekday "treat". They've also been heavenly.
We got an over-priced yellow watermelon at a farmer's market over the weekend...and OH MY GOSH...SO good! I'm gonna overdose on watermelon this week....
