Ok, I've never been a breakfast person... I can't stand to eat when I wake up it litterally makes me sick. I've been trying to eat cereal or something this week, and I feel lousy afterwards.

I know that it's the "most important meal of the day"....is it crucial or is there something else I could do or take instead of cereal and "normal breakfast foods"?? All suggestions welcome!

Ah normal breakfast foods! Is normal in the eye of the beholder? I think so. lately I've been having psyllium in cranberry juice and then later a protein shake.

I snitched this from a post of Mel's

Breakfasts: Fruit Oatmeal-Eggwhite Pancake (there are lots of different recipes all over the forum).

My version of the Protein-Fruit Pancake:

4 egg whites
1/4 c. oatmeal flakes
1/4 c. fiber one cereal
1/3 c. cottage cheese
vanilla, cinnamon

Wing it around in a blender until batterish, then pour into a preheated non-stick sprayed skillet. I sprinkle about 1/2 diced apple or the equivalent other fruit on it while it is cooking. Cook 5 minutes at medium temp, flip, cook. Sometimes I add 1/2 c. pumpkin puree to the blender and about 2 tbs. water and pumpkin pie spices. SF syrup if you aren't adverse to artificial sweeteners.

Fruits that work well cooked in: peaches, apples, pears, pitted cherries (frozen), blueberries.

Fruits that are better sliced on top after cooking: mandarin oranges, strawberries, bananas, melon....

Oatmeal and Cottage Cheese

1/2 c. oatmeal dry nuked in LARGE bowl with 1 cup water.
add lots of cinnamon, 1/2 c. cottage cheese, sprinkle of blueberries and some sugar free syrup.

Egg White Omelette
5 egg whites, lots of vegies (or 1 whole egg and 3 whites)
1 slice whole wheat toast or 1/2 whole grain English muffin

Cottage Cheese, yogurt and Cereal
1/2c. cottage cheese
1/2 c. kashi Go Lean or Fiber 1
1/2 c. nonfat plain yogurt or non-fat sugar free yogurt

I think that if you start with something super small but still healthy, such as a glass of 100% juice or low/non fat milk that may help. Or wait an hour after you wake up. Ease yourself into it and it'll be easier. That is what I did and now an hour and a half after waking my tummy growls. :-)

I hear ya on thios one! I could care less about actual food for breakfast. This is what I do, I actually eat nothing but fruit for breakfast! This is due to having read that your body needs to detox in the a.m. and it can best do that by having fruit and water til noon. (that is just what i have heard and it suits me fine!)

Anyhow so I wind up usually making a smoothie! It is a great way to start your day and doesn't weigh you down. I usually have a banana, an apple, half a grapefruit, and an orange. I throw a few ice cubes in and blend them up!

Sometimes I will have blueberry's or strawberries in it too. Give it a try!!

i was the same just a year ago. my breakfast was a coffee and a cigarette on my way to work in the car. i stopped having breakfast once i hit high school (i preferred to sleep in ) and would not eat until i got home.

a few months ago i was still having trouble eating when i first woke up so i waited about 2 hrs (until 9.30am) when I was at work and started to feel hungry. i then toasted myself a wholegrain english muffin and had cottage cheese or vegemite on it.

here are some of my breakfasts at the moment for weekdays. i don't really have time to cook in the mornings at the moment so they are all quick meals. i am still experimenting but am also trying to get up earlier to make some other things instead.

• hard boiled egg (maybe an additional egg white), slice of wholegrain toast with vegemite or jam.
• porridge (oatmeal) with dried fruit and honey
• greek yogurt with fruit compote

on the weekend we have a cooked breakfast on the sunday usually which is scrambled eggs, lean bacon (oven baked) and wholegrain toast with juice and coffee.

I also can't stand to eat in the mornings, but I do find that I eat less throughout the day if I can get something in my stomache first thing in the morning. I tried all sorts of cereals, oatmeals, and even plain toast, but everything made me feel sick. For me, Carnation Instant Breakfast works well. I get calories and protein without having to eat a big amount. I know for some the carbs make them hungrier faster, but it works for me. Try different things and see what works for you.

This is just my personal opinion I don't think it matters what you eat just as long as you eat something to get your metabolism going. I was fortunate do some traveling a few years ago and I have seen just about everything in hotel breakfast buffets including the standard fruit, muffins, pancakes, yourget, oatmeal eggs, breakfast meat, and cereal and some things that spaghetti, baked beans, stewed mushrooms, stewed tomatoes. I have always been a fan of cold leftovers for breakfast (pizza, Chinese, chicken).

Is there anything in particular that makes you feel icky? For me, I can't handle milk or yogurt first thing in the morning. I must be slightly lactose intolerant, because I feel gross and queasy for the rest of the day.

And poo on normal breakfast foods. I like a proteiny breakfast so it will stay with me for a while, but sometimes it ends up being a little of lastnights dinner leftovers. I say have whatever (healthy thing) your tastebuds want and your stomach will handle.

I'm not a fan of toast, pancakes, cereal....bacon and eggs, they just do not appeal to me at all! I find that no matter when I eat these things that I feel sick afterwards, and it ruins the rest of my day. I've never, since I was like 4 yrs old, I've never been able to eat breakfast foods. They seem so bland and boring to me. Oatmeal is the worst!!! At my grandparents when I visit, they give me oatmeal, and I litterally have to choke it down because my stomach just can't handle it. I've tried applesauce cups and fruit cups, and nothing seems to "settle" in my stomach. I have tried waiting an hour or two and those foods still make me feel ill... Maybe I'm just odd!!! LOL!

Thanks for the ideas of leftovers and such, I might try protein shakes or Carnation Instant Breakfasts or something along those lines....

I think peanut butter on a slice of low cal bread is a great breakfast. Lots of protein and tastes yummy. The bread I buy is only 35 calories per slice, so with PB it comes out to about 135 calories.

MY mom fought with me for years to eat breakfast ( I was a skinny teen) but she finally started lettting me have veggie soup and other non breakfast food and I loved it!!

I have trouble with breakfast too... Sometimes I just have Coffee and a WW english muffin.. sometimes I have an orange... sometimes I have leftovers from the night before! Jillybean's right! It doesn't matter WHAT you have as long as it's Something! Today I let my coffee go cold and blended it with ice, protein powder, and milk powder in the blender LOL. I've been craving a chocolate shake and it *almost* hit the spot .

Low fat cheese on toast. I love it.
I also will make a PB&J. I also will do Kashi bars with some yogurt or a piece of fruit.

Eat whatever makes you happy for breakfast!