Ok, so here is my dilema……I am on phase ONE, I am not normally a breakfast eater, and I have very little time in the morning to worry about cooking breakfast. I usually pack up my food for the day, the night before, so I am looking for something easy, that can be made up ahead of time. Once I get to phase TWO, I can start eating the SB meal bars for my breakfast during the week, but on the weekends, I really need some help.

Any suggestions ????

What I did was pick up some Lite'N'Fit snack size yogurt cups. I know we aren't supposed to do the fruit flavors during P1, but I can't stand plain yogurt, and, like you, don't have a lot of time in the mornings. The yogurt has 40 cals, 0 fat, and is sweetened with Splenda.

They were (and are still) perfect for me. I'll either grab one and eat it when I'm getting ready, or if I'm really short on time, I'll just throw it in my lunch, and eat it at work.

For me, it's just the right size at 4oz. because I'm lactose intolerant, and any more dairy would not be a good thing - at least for my co-workers.

I've also eaten celery and hummus for breakfast when I forget to pick up more yogurt, or even lf string cheese.

I'm pretty boring when it comes to creative breakfasts - this is the 1st time in close to 20 years that I've eaten breakfast more than two or three times a month, so I'm not a huge help - sorry.

Hula, check out the South Beach Recipes Thread under Breakfast Ph1. There are tons of good recipes that appeal to everyone. I used to really enjoy the Vegetable Quiche Cups to Go. They freeze well, and they reheat really well too.

I also liked Jalapeno Cheese Pie.

If you get sick of eggs, I hear the Protein Packed Breakfast Cheesecake is good as well.

I seem to remember enjoying the Bean Muffins posted by pearshape.

There are all kinds of things you can make ahead! Good luck to you.

The cheese cakes are really good! Hard boiled eggs done ahead of time Maybe with some grape tomatoes and or a string cheese with tomatoes
one of the things I liked (not actually breakfasty) is CHili you could do a vegan burger with some RF cheese
Another make ahead thing is Egg salad on celery. if you have a shaker you could get some protien powder and shake it with your coffee? just to have something in your system
There are a lot of possibilities!
Kierie

another question on this note -- do you think I could freeze cooked eggs? I was thinking of cooking up a few simple cheese omelets, then freezing them, and heating them up in the mornings with some veggies. Anyone know if this works (ps if I don't hear from you, then I'll let you know how it goes for me tomorrow!)

Give it a try and let us know how it works. I know that hard boiled egg white turns to rubber when frozen but an omelet might work the same as the quiche cups do. You could also get some protein powder, a carton of egg whites, some sf syrup and make a smoothie.

I've tried freezing eggs - I don't like them

I do have a microwave omelet cooker though. I will either use egg substitute or just crack a few eggs, pop them into the omelet maker, with my pre-cut toppings, then 2 minutes in the microwave. That's just enough time for me to either get the hairspray into my hair, or to get my coffee ready. If I'm in a hurry, then I've got some egg substitute at work, another omelet cooker and some cheese at work.

I don't use it too often, because I'm not a huge egg fan... Until l I read your post about making omlets and freezing them I actually forgot I had one here at work. I guess the fake eggs need to be tossed! LOL

Thanks for the ideas. I'm not a big cook, so most of the recipies for stuff, don't really work for me. What I've been doing is buying an Egg McMuffin @ McDonalds and eating just the canadian bacon and egg, then eating some cheese with it. I know it's not the best, but it's worked so far.

Oh, and I forgot to mention.......I don't drink decaffinated coffee. I LOVE chai tea, but can't have it now. And I'll eat items with splenda, but I don't like the taste in drinks, so I just drink water or V-8 juice. I know.....I'm picky

The cheesecake is good - I just made that for the first time this weekend. This week I'm out of the house every day early, so I boiled some eggs, and precooked a pkg of turkey bacon so I can grab that with a V-8. Lately I've been loving BLT wraps - bacon , sliced tomato, sliced avocado, wrapped in a lettuce leaf - easy to eat in the car like a burrito.

Hula, I know egg and canadian bacon are cool on SBD, but from Mickey D's??? SBD is about heart-healthy eating, not just dropping weight. Here's the NI on one without the biscuit or muffin from McDonald's website:

200 cal (not bad)
14 g fat (yeow)
6 g sat fat (double yeow)
245 cholesterol (82% of your daily on a 2000 calorie diet)
660 mg sodium (holy cow)

Don't want to bring you down or anything, but that's kind of a heart-attack on a plate. I wouldn't eat that once a month let alone often.

Take a look at some of the recipes. There are several to look at. Most of them are really easy. It doesn't take long to make some of the recipes, and most of them will last you a week if you take an hour out of an evening to prepare them so you don't have to go nuts at the store buying tons of ingredients. Just see how many servings they make and figure up how many batches/recipes you'll need to make for the week. It's really hard to stick to SBD if you won't cook anything, I will say that much.

Doesn't hurt to give it a shot, right?

Yeah, that's what I'm figuring out. I don't cook--if I stayed home and didn't work, I probably would do better at this, but with my work & home schedule, I just don't have the time. The doctor does NOT want me eating ANY soy products, which is difficult because everything I am looking at that's low-fat or fat free has SOME sort of soy in it. AND, I am chemically intollerant to ANY type of artificial sweetener. I really take a chance when I do have something with Splenda (even though it's made from "real" sugar), cause it still makes me ILL.

I really don't know if this is the right diet for me. I feel like such a failure

If you are eating on the run, during the weekend or whenever you have some time, boil a few eggs and keep them in the fridge and also cook up a batch of turkey bacon in the microwave to keep in the fridge. I've even seen preboiled eggs in the grocery store. You could also keep a pack of spinich in the fridge and make a spinch salad with the eggs and bacon and that would be a quick fast breakfast without much time involved.

I have never been a breakfast eater and very often eat leftovers from the night before for breakfast, but most of that is not portable. I would avoid anything from McDonald's like the plague...just the grease alone floating in the air there might cause a clogged artery!

Don't feel like a failure, it is a process to see what and how it works for you. Just think outside the box, everyone thinks that breakfast means, cereal, toast or the usual breaky stuff. But you can have anything, even left overs from supper the night before. Take some time if you have it and go through all the recipies and see what you like and what you can freeze, or make and leave in the fridge for a few days at a time. Once you get to ph 2 my fav breakfast is a banana w peanut butter. I just slice the banana and then put my pb on eat and eat it. You can do the same with apple slices and grab a v8 drink. Remember just think outside the box. Take care.

A slice of lean ham or turkey and a slice of LF cheese, wrapped around a celery stick makes a great portable breakfast.

hulamom,
I can relate to your being busy, as can lots of others on this forum. I've got 3 kids, a full time job, and a husband who travels for a living. Some of the recipes and things are time consuming, but there are lots of quick things too. When I do cook, I always cook extra for leftovers or for another meal. The crockpot is also a big help. It's very easy to stir fry some veggies and chicken, shrimp, or fish for a quick dinner. I made the Mediterranean chicken last night in under 30 minutes. You can buy frozen veggies, prechopped veggies, bagged salad. Weezle's refried bean soup was ready in a flash. I'm going to be at a conference all afternoon, so when I get home I plan to throw together a salad of shrimp, hardboiled egg, sliced avocado and lettuce and tomato (Cat's idea). Sometimes I buy a couple of big pkgs of chicken breast and grill it all over the weekend, then use it through the week for quick lunches and dinners. When you have some time, browse through the recipes and see what appeals - you'll find some things that work for you, and you'll feel so much better for eating fresh foods.