How big is your breakfast?

meg7117

I usually have a larger breakfast 500-600 calories but i think that I'm going to change to about 200 because either way I'm hungry later in the day. How much do you usually eat for breakfast?

jennifer_417

I usually don't eat breakfast.

VintageFeline

I usually have porridge and coffee, totals less than 300 calories. I prefer larger meals later in the day, or just one big meal and some snacks.

chimaerandi

Cup of coffee

dramaqueen45

Coffee with creamer and a granola bar- usually 235 calories total. I am not hungry in the morning and could go without but try to eat something so I won't have a blood sugar spike and crash later. In fact I have started eating a banana mid morning to avoid the mid afternoon slump of a blood sugar spike and crash brought on by not eating all morning- it has really helped a lot.

daltonjsmom

I get 1200 calories per day, so I evenly divide them between Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, & Vitamins/Evening Snacks. If I have a special occasion, I will do a lighter calorie, high volume (still filling) bfast & lunch and water so I don't feel hungry but can save more calories for a beer and dinner out or if I have a party to go to.

trjjoy

It depends on how hungry I am. I'm only on 1200 calories a day without exercise so... I'm very stingy with breakfast. I'm also a sweetaholic and absolutely have to make sweets fit into my allowance. I tend to go for filling veggie-based breakfasts.

4leighbee

I eat about 100-150 calories every two hours from 6:30 a.m. til noon ... hard boiled egg, banana, yogurt, baby bel cheese etc ... I have carrots and bell peppers and toss the egg yolk if I'm having a hungry day. And coffee.

jemhh

I'm eating around 1650 calories a day and spend around a third on breakfast

ridge4mfp

My breakfast is usually under 300 calories. Greek yogurt, hard boiled egg and slice of rye toast most mornings. Easily satisfies me until lunch.

Lounmoun

200-300 calories.

mountainninja

I started mfp with a calorie goal that was much too low, and thus went from not ever wanting breakfast to being starving in the morning. I've since adjusted calories to something more sustainable, but I've stuck with having a light breakfast and packing a snack for later in the morning. Then I'm able to eat a late lunch which actually tides me over until dinner. I used to grab a snack on the way home or raid the pantry for snacks when I got home, so this adjustment has been helpful for me.

kommodevaran

Around 300 calories, or 1/6 of my daily intake. Usually either crispbread+milk, or porridge+butter. Sometimes, when I feel really adventurous, I'll have a pita bread. Always a piece of fruit and vegetable.

tomteboda

Usually my first meal of the day winds up between 350 - 450 calories. I only eat two decent meals, and a mid-day snack of a banana & yogurt.

mkakids

I eat breakfast around noon and its usually about 300 cals

KateTii

Usually non-existent. Some days it's just a cup of low calorie hot chocolate. Other days it's a bowl of cereal.

wonderchu

About 350: 40g of Cheerios with milk and a banana.

scorpcookie

My breakfast tends to vary from 150-250 calories. Probably for the next month or so it will be at 250 as I work through several boxes of instant breakfast that I found in the back of the cupboard.

Gisel2015

Between 200 and 350 calories, and most of the time with almost equal amounts of carbs and proteins or I will crash before noon.
The only cereal that I eat is bran on top of cottage cheese or Fage, and only for the fiber. I change menus all the time. Sometimes is a whole wheat Eggo waffle or a high fiber english muffin with cheese and/or avocado, or eggs/eggwhites either scrambled or in omelets; sometimes yogurt or cottage cheese with fruit. I don't eat bacon but I do eat few times a week a turkey sausage patty.

AmazonMayan

When i first started this last year I did best by eating a large breakfast like 500 to 600 calories. I get about 1900 daily and I've always been a volume eater.

The last couple months I noticed I was way too full to the point of being a little ill so I cut back to about 300 to 400 for breakfast most days. Sometimes even less but then i have second breakfast a few hours later. I have found some options that work for me to keep me full for that meal and I use the extra calories for something else later in the day now.

law102189

During the week it's usually Greek yogurt and fresh berries. Large black coffee too.

Weekends I'll have a 2 egg omelet with lots of veggies or scrambled eggs with avacodo on the side.

I get 1200 calories and rather save them for dinner

AnnPT77

Bigger breakfast usually serves me better, in terms of staying satiated through the day (but this varies by individual). I do have a smaller breakfast if I'm rushing out to work out (spin class or rowing), but then have my standard breakfast later for lunch.

Standard breakfast: Oatmeal with greek yogurt, mixed berries (frozen ones, thawed), walnuts, sweetened with 1Tbsp all-fruit spread, with one or two cups of coffee that each have 3/4C hot skimmed milk. 483 calories, with two coffees. (I'm at 1700 net, heading into maintenance, usually around 1900 or so actual eating, including exercise).

Light breakfast: 2Tbsp crunchy natural peanut butter on a Coco Lite Whole Wheat Pop Cake (it's a tortilla-sized cracker-like thing that's mostly air - about 20 calories), 3/4C of skim milk with vanilla extract, 1/2C or 3/4C kefir. That's 381 calories, with the larger serving of kefir.

kensreboot

This morning was 597 - all fruit (Grapefruit, banana, pineapple and a nectarine) and I did have 2 slices (dry) of Dave's Killer Rye bread, which added 240 calories. I generally shoot for about 500 between my fruit and a little, very filling, salad (that's more of a mid-morning snack though because of my work schedule).

victoria_1024

I try to keep it between 200-250. I have always been just a boring cereal eater for breakfast but that was dragging down my protein for the day. So I eat the special k protein cereal now, two servings with skim milk. I've tried various things but for me nothing beats a big bowl of cereal.

Joshacham

I ascribe to a big breakfast of about 600 calories, a small lunch and a decent sized dinner.

bologna111

Breakfast foods are my favorite! I don't eat until 11am but then I have a big breakfast sandwich with egg whites, turkey bacon and a homemade hoagie bun. With my coffee it's about 500 calories. It's my favorite meal of the day!

richardgavel

I usually eat 3 meals that are roughly equal in size (500-600 calories), including breakfast. Any shortage from goal goes to a snack or making dinner bigger.

diannethegeek

Coffee with creamer and Greek yogurt. 250-300 calories.

briannalsparks

Fiber One original (14g fiber 25g carbs) in Fage 0%fat greek yogurt (23g protein) With a ton of water & black coffee

housenoob

Breakfast is supposed to be the biggest meal of the day. Not only that, but the most important meal of the day. Think about it this way: you can starve yourself until 12 and then feel like you deserve a bunch of unhealthy food or, you can eat a balanced breakfast and eat a more healthy lunch because you are less hungry and are aware that you have eaten other things. I like to eat oatmeal, applesauce, bagels and fruit like bananas and grapes also chobani yogurt. According to health blogs they seem to say you are supposed to eat a good amount of protein, fiber and potassium in the morning to keep you full!

ZeroDelta

150 calories