I tend to eat 4-5 points for breakfast. Here are a couple examples of the things I eat most frequently:
- high-fiber multigrain english muffin with 1 1/2 TBSP peanut butter (my favorite is Naturally More) and a banana = 5 points
- 1/2 cup Uncle Sam cereal topped with 1/2 cup of 0% Fage greek yogurt and 1 cup of blueberries = 4 points
- high-fiber multi-grain english muffin with 1 Morningstar Farms 'sausage' patty, 1 slice ff cheese and cooked egg white = 5 points
I like my breakfasts to have a combination of fiber, protein, fat and carbs. I find that helps me stay full longer and I don't need to snack between breakfast and lunch. I used to never eat breakfast but now I can't imagine starting my day without it!
I like that. That's kinda how I do my snacks at work, too. I will start if I'm hungry between meals getting something 0-1 points like applesauce or a fruit cup. And after 20 minutes if I'm still hungry I will move up and actually eat a sandwich or a fiber bar...something slightly higher in points but also higher in substance.
Yeah, it's really the only way I can think of to actually feel physically full. That or drink a lot of liquid. I try to approach my meals with the idea that "i'm eating to live" first and foremost, not just to enjoy them. So nutrition first, taste later haha. Your plan to wait a bit after snacks and meals has helped me too. Sometimes I'll think I'm still hungry, and wait and then I'm good. Or I'll think I'm hungry, drink some water, and feel better because it was really thirst. I'm working on trying to listen to my body and not just eat for comfort (which is a big problem for me haha).
I have 21 points a day. I usually use 2-4 for breakfast, maybe 1-2 for a snack, then 5 for lunch, 1-2 for a snack, then the rest for dinner and dessert.
I get 34 points and I usually only spend 3-4 on breakfast. I eat 5-6 times a day.
My key to low point breakfast is egg beaters. You get 1/2 cup of egg beaters (equal to 2 eggs) for 1 point. I add mushrooms (but could also add other zero point veggies) for bulk. I use 14g shredded cheese for 1 pt (to make an omlete) and have 2 pieces of toast sprayed with a few squirts of butter spray (1 pt).
Hmmm...this question and the responses really make me think. I realized that I don't really eat meals. Lately I eat ALL DAY. Like...once every hour or two. I do most of my eating in the morning, and there are parts in the day that I eat something larger...but for instance today I didn't eat lunch at all. I ate before my lunch hour, and after, but not during the part of my day set aside for lunch. I have been eating bananas, nectarines, raw carrots, yogurt, cereal, tuna lunch kits, soup, quinoa, lean pockets, and cereal. Last night I didn't eat "dinner" but was hungry before bed and had a bowl of fiber cereal. This seems to be working for me, as I eat when I am hungry, and dont actually plan meals. This works for me as a person without children, and a school teacher who allows her students to snack. I never get really hungry, because I eat all day. Also, I eat what I feel like (but I only stock things low in points values). I feel pretty fortunate to have this much freedom, I know that in the past I have always planned the three main meals with snacks, but for me, snakcing all day on small point things with one or two larger things (5 pts or so) thrown in really helps.
my day starts at 5:30 am (and I usually am rushing to get out of the house) so what's been working for me is that while I'm getting ready for work I have a vita top which is 1 point - just so I have something in my tummy before I get to work - my office keeps all kinds of crackers out in the lunch room and I'm a cracker addict - so if I have something in my tummy when I get to work I'm not tempted to scarf down the crackers... anyways then usually by 8 I am ready for something else to eat so this week I made a big batch of scrambled eggs with all sorts of veggies tossed in. I leave this in the fridge at work and bring a high fibre wrap and some shredded cheese with me and have a breakfast wrap when I get hungry.
1 point for the wrap (and they are quite big - la tortialla high fibre wraps - yummy) 4 pt for the eggs/veggies and 1 point for the cheese...
so my wrap and vita top run me about 6 points for my morning meal and I get 24 points a day... I find that the egg protein really keeps me full until lunch....and I don't need a snack... that way I each lunch, have a snack before I head home to pick up the kids - otherwise I am starving while I'm trying to make dinner and I snack while cooking... agh...
I've also been trying to have protein in all my meals/snacks and I find it makes a big difference in my hunger level.
I currently have 36 points per day. I tend to switch up my breakfasts, and sometimes will use 7 points or so, and sometimes I use less.
However, my favorite breakfast lately is 3 points. It is: a bagel thin (1pt), 1/2tbs light butter (1pt), 1tbs strawberry cream cheese (1pt), and 1 boiled egg white (0pt).
Like someone else mentioned, egg beaters are also a great low-point breakfast food. And if you like breakfast meats, the Jimmy Dean ready-cooked turkey sausage (red box, usually found by lunch meats) is 3 points for 2 good size patties. And 2 strips of lower fat bacon (if it's gwaltney, it's found in the green package) equal 1 point. you could put either on a bagel thin with a scrambled egg white or egg beaters and have a 2-4pt breakfast (add another point or 2, depending on brand, if you like to add cheese)
I do drink coffee in the morning, but I count the (fat free) creamer in my coffee as part of my "anytime" foods vs. part of breakfast, because I drink coffee about 30mins to 1hr after I eat breakfast.
I do about 3 in the am, bagel with wwcream cheese and then bring a boiled egg for snack in the morning 2 with an egg. Load up on veg throughout the day and at lunch will spend about 5. I am a night eater and therefore try to leave as reasonalble enough for at night. HOWEVER, for me it is about changing my habits and therefore am trying to walk/run at night as opposed to eating.
I get 25 points and use anywhere from 4 to 7 for breakfast. Usually fruit (1), egg + egg white (3) with zero pt veg and laughing cow cheese (1) as an omelet. Sometimes a starch if I'm really hungry. I don't find I need a morning snack with this combo. I think the protein is the key to staying satisfied longer.
I'm allowed 35 Points at the moment, but I spend the least of them on breakfast. I use most of my Points on lunch because I get the afternoon munchies if I don't eat a decent lunch.
