I have the same thing everyday. A whole grain tortilla with a banana and 1 tbsp peanut butter. Anywhere between 280-310 calories depending on the size of the banana. It keeps me full, and I like it so I haven't bothered switching it up.
I have pretty much the same breakfast every weekday and sometimes on a weekend I will have something different.
My go to breakfast
1/2 c unsweetened almond milk 23 cal
1/2 c skim milk 45 cal
35g Ergogenics Isolate whey protein powder all natural vanilla bean flavour sweetened with stevia 130 cal
1/2oz raw nuts 56-98 cals depending on the nuts
serving of fruit 35-75 cals depending on the fruit
coffee with cream 65 cals (sometimes I have this as my morn snack)
so all together my breakfast is about 350-400 cals incl the coffee
On the weekends I will occasionally have
an egg or 2 with a slice or 2 of lean bacon or ham a slice of seedy rye type bread, coffee and maybe a half an apple. That's more like 450-500 calories
I think there are only a very few number of days where I can go without breakfast.
Usually I am ravenous when I wake up in the morning at 7:30 (i'd say that's my average wake up time). This past month, I have been on this vegan challenge so for breakfast. I'd either have pb&j - natural peanut butter, with no sugar added jelly or I like to eat Uncle Sam's cereal with almond milk. This cereal is really healthy lots of fiber and protein, plus it has the added bonus that it takes forever to eat because you just have to keep chewing but not in a this tastes bad way, just a oh this is interesting and crunchy way.
One cup of coffee with one Splenda and a splash of milk. I always call it 75cals, but I highly doubt it's that much.
I am just not a morning eater. I tried forcing myself to eat breakfast, and it made me sick to my stomach, and then I was mad that I didn't have those calories later in the day. I don't have a problem with feeling sluggish in the morning or feeling ravenous by lunch. I eat a very moderate lunch (usually soup or a salad), and that carries me to a tiny afternoon snack. Then a huge dinner and either a large evening snack or several small evening snacks.
I'm pretty cranky when I force myself to eat breakfast, and I'm even crankier when I can't munch in the evening because I ate all my calories earlier in the day. It's just best for all around me that I skip breakfast, lol.
I could have written this, right down to the coffee with splenda and a splash of milk, lol!
No breakfast for me, my first meal is usually aroud 1pm, sometimes later.
I vary my breakfast every 2 days, doing a "carb funnel" thing - 2 days low GI carbs, 2 days adding higher GI carbs like fruit, 2-3 days low-carb, high-protein bread (or wholegrain bread).
This morning I made an omelette of 4 eggs (the *whole* egg, not just the whites! the yolk is good for you), 4 spring onions and a sweet red pepper. I ate half and took the other half with me at work to eat for the afternoon meal.
Wednesday and Thursday I'll have either cottage cheese with some crunchy veggies or no-fat Greek yoghurt with fruit (berries or grapefruit).
kittenmacer: I agree, the yolk is very good for you. If anything I only use the yolks, lol. But I try to stick to only farm eggs. Our chickens aren't laying right now so I need to find another source.
I have to have breakfast but I don't eat it as soon as I get up. Maybe two or three hours later. I'll be falling over and light-headed if I tried to wait until lunch to eat.
Here are my typical breakfasts:
1.One or two whole eggs fried, scrambled, or an omelette (in coconut oil), occasionally a slice of venison bacon, tomato and/or other veges, kimchi or homemade raw sauerkraut (if I have any), and a tsp or Tbsp of coconut oil. If our goats are in milk then I'll have a little raw goat milk. I try to stay around 250-330 calories. Rarely I'll have a slice of bread preferably Ezekiel, but then I only eat one egg or cut out the milk or something.
2. Smoothie with plain yogurt (homemade raw goat yogurt, again if we are in milk), berries, banana, raw eggs and/or whey protein, ground flax seed, coconut oil, honey and/or stevia, and sometimes a vege or other fruit I may have around. I make a big batch for everyone.
3. Protein bar if in a hurry (this is rare)
4. On the weekend if we are going out in the morning we may grab a sausage biscuit at a fast food place. I have in the past made our own and kept them in the freezer which I need to do again.
These breakfasts can vary some depending on what I have on hand.
I have to have a protein breakfast. I can't do cereal, oatmeal, pancakes, or smoothies made with only fruit otherwise I will be feeling horrible an hour or two later.
I usually have 1/2 cup oatmeal (dry measurement) with frozen cherries. The oatmeal is about 150 calories and a cup of cherries is 90 (240 total), then have some coffee with skim milk, which I count as about 30 calories.
I also sometimes will have greek yogurt and/or fruit for breakfast.
