I'm interested to see what everyone eats for breakfast (today, if it's different every day).
I know you're supposed to eat a 'good sized' breakfast, but since I'm limited to 1400 cals and am not hungry in the morning, I usually am really skimpy.
I generally limit my breakfast to 200-250 cals (I'm limiting myself to 1200 calories so that also adds up quite quickly!) and it's usually enough to last me until lunch with no problems
There are a few different things I cycle around:
1 100 cal English Muffin
1 Large Egg
1 100 cal English Muffin
30 cal of egg beater
50-70 cal slice of American cheese
A bowl of cheerios with milk (150-200 cal)
My mom recently made some low-calorie banana muffins though, so I've been eating a muffin here and there lately
I don't generally eat breakfast and I get up pretty late. Today I was awake at 6:30am and it's my long day so I will be eating breakfast here in a few minutes. Normally, I would eat something like this but I would eat it in the afternoon. I had the same thing yesterday but not until 2pm.
- two whole scrambled eggs cooked in butter with organic cheese
- 1/2 cup full fat organic yogurt with 2 tsp real maple syrup (not the fake stuff) and 1/2 serving of chopped walnuts
edit: This all came out to 510 calories. Tomorrow I will have 1/4 of yogurt. I had been eyeballing it and thought it was 1/2 cup but it was less, which I prefer.
Last edited by LandonsBaby; 10-17-2011 at 08:59 AM.
It depends, but I usually wait until I'm hungry before I eat breakfast (so usually around 10:30 - 11:00). When I do that, it's much easier for me to identify exactly what I want to eat, so it varies. I might have toast with butter or just a piece of fruit or a two-egg omelet (feta, tomato, spinach) if I'm hungry. My breakfast ranges anywhere from 100 - 400 calories.
Btw, the importance of eating a big breakfast is overrated, IMO. There are many people on this board who do intermittent fasting and skip breakfast altogether, and they do well. So, if you're satisfied with your coffee and banana, I don't see a problem with it.
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 don't eat breakfast. I have never liked eating breakfast and always found that eating it when I'm not hungry just prompted hunger that was hard to satiate for the rest of the day. When I found out that the whole "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" was not rooted in any research studies or scientific evidence (thanks 3FC!) I stopped forcing breakfast. I start eating anywhere between 12 and 2. My meals are bigger than they would have been if had spent a few hundred cals on breakfast, which means they are more satisfying. I get fuller faster. It's win win
I just made a great 250-cal breakfast sandwich:
2 slices of that super-flat, round ww bread (100 cal total)
1/4 avocado
Thick slice of heirloom tomato from farmers' market
baby spinach
4 oz. chicken steamed from yesterday
1 T fat-free mayo (10 cal)
salt/pepper
Sometimes I have egg whites (scrambled from a carton that contains *only* egg whites) and some fruit on the side. I also like whole eggs, soft boiled.
Or if I have enough time, I juice some veg together with apple/pineapple and then blend it up with a small bit of avocado or Greek yogurt and ice along with some supplements like acidophilous, wheat grass powder and spirulina. Better than it sounds and it packs a lot of energy.
Also, Greek yogurt is delicious when mixed with the natural sweetener Truvia (stevia leaf) and topped with fruit
Sometimes I have an egg beater scramble made with a little canola oil and peppers and onions and dress it with salsa.
In the summer, I glommed onto a vine ripe tomato with a cup of NF cottage cheese. Tomato season is pretty much over now though. BTW, I use a potassium-based salt substitute on the tomato. For some reason, it works for me pretty well on the tomato but not so much on other foods.
I've been dabbling with IF recently, so if I'm not hungry, I don't eat breakfast.
I drink coffee with NFPM throughout the day (hi-test in the AM, decaf in PM). Along with tea and water. I do this whether or not I eat breakfast.
My breakfast is the same every weekday: I have a skim latte and a fiber bar, for a total of 230 calories, 9g fiber, and 15g protein. A processed fiber bar isn't the very healthiest choice, of course, but I need something I can grab and go, and the combo of fiber and protein I get from the bar+latte keeps me full.
My usual breakfast is, of course, coffee with skim milk and sweetener. 2 eggs over easy, a slice of turkey, from over the counter deli. That runs about 250 cal. That sustain me through my lunch hour that I walk 2 miles. I eat a quick lunch afterwards.
Sometimes for variety, I scramble the eggs, or add 1/2 laughing cow cheese wedge. Or instead of turkey, I get ham....
Forgot to mention, sometimes I add mustard, and recently, it's hot sauce, to give the eggs different flavor.
Last edited by LittleBlueCat; 10-17-2011 at 09:46 AM.
I just made a great 250-cal breakfast sandwich:
2 slices of that super-flat, round ww bread (100 cal total)
1/4 avocado
Thick slice of heirloom tomato from farmers' market
baby spinach
4 oz. chicken steamed from yesterday
1 T fat-free mayo (10 cal)
salt/pepper
That sounds heavenly. I really want to try that!
I LOVE LOVE tomatos and I love seeing how other people use them in their food
What's breakfast for you?
