How many calories for breakfast?

Sp1tfire

depends on your goals. I am weightlifting and bulking so I eat around 600 by 11am, not all at once though because i'd get too full. I spread it out with some snacks. The breakfast that leaves me feeling most full is mixing a serving of plain cereal (life, frosted flakes, cheerios) with a cup of greek yogurt.

AuthorNinja

I enjoy a cup of coffee, a couple dark chocolate squares, and a quest bar for breakfast, which keeps me full for at least 5-6 hours. I like the protein and the taste of most QB flavors. So all in all I eat between 250-350 calories in the morning!

Cbean08

I love breakfast. Mine is between 500 and 600 calories. I pretty much eat the same thing everyday out of convenience.

AnnPT77

491 if before rowing, 411 if before spin class, about 630 if no workout right after breakfast - consistent breakfast choices for each situation. This is on about 2100 or so gross calories most workout days, 1850 goal on rest days, to lose 0.5 pounds a week or a little slower. (Theoretically I'm in maintenance, but up a bit from my best weight.)

The "no workout" version was maybe 150 fewer calories while in a bigger calorie deficit. I need a solid breakfast, or my day goes poorly.

ForecasterJason

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angelsja wrote: »

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gia_incognito wrote: »

ForecasterJason wrote: »

I always eat breakfast, and it's around 500-700 calories.

Holy cow! 700 cals for breakfast?! Do you still lose weight or are you just maintaining?

Do you eat less later in the day then?

I'm actually trying to gain, but I would still be around 500-600 for maintaining. My calorie maintenance is a little over 2,000 a day, which is probably higher than yours.

Are you sure that's your maintenance I eating close to that per day and losing average 1lb a week

Prior to gaining, I was logging my maintenance at about 2300 with a desk job and about 2 hrs of cardio per week. I'm not doing much cardio right now while bulking, so my maintenance is probably closer to 2100-2200. I haven't been logging, but I think I'm doing around 2500 while gaining.

Ah your not logging so your probably eating more than you think not a problem if your wanting to gain

It's possible, but not likely to be off by a substantial amount.

Duck_Puddle

I am typically hungry later in the day so I save most of my calories for then. My “breakfast” (whenever I get around to eating it) is usually 200-300 calories. It is more like 800 if it’s before a long run (15+ miles) but that’s only one day a week and my calories are much higher in general that day.

Anna022119

Around 400 for breakfast, much more for lunch (often around 750), 500 ish for dinner. And 2 snacks. I'm maintaining and on 2000C a day.

mnbvcxzlkjhgfdsa12

I eat breakfast everyday, but put it off as long as possible because I’m not hungry until I eat breakfast but once I eat I’m am hungry again 2 hrs later.

My breakfast is always a packet of plain porridge oats which I make with water - 100 calories. I take it to work and eat around 10 am.

I eat 1200 cals a day (I’m very short) and aim for 100 cals breakfast, 300 cals lunch, 100 cals afternoon snack, 500 cals dinner, 100 cals evening snack.

Noreenmarie1234

60 from almond milk. I have never been a breakfast person. Occasionally if I’m hungry in the morning I’ll have 200ish. Usually a bar and fruit.

JaydedMiss

gia_incognito wrote: »

Just wondering how many calories people have for just breakfast. Do you have breakfast at all?

I find if I don't eat bfast then I tend to eat more in the evening. But I'm not really hungry at bfast. So I don't always eat. But I'm starving by lunch.

Any go to faves for feeling full through till lunch?

whats wrong with that? why force self to eat when not hungry in morning to avoid eating at night when you are hungry?

kshama2001

gia_incognito wrote: »

ForecasterJason wrote: »

gia_incognito wrote: »

ForecasterJason wrote: »

I always eat breakfast, and it's around 500-700 calories.

Holy cow! 700 cals for breakfast?! Do you still lose weight or are you just maintaining?

Do you eat less later in the day then?

I'm actually trying to gain, but I would still be around 500-600 for maintaining. My calorie maintenance is a little over 2,000 a day, which is probably higher than yours.

The app has me at 1200 calories a day.

Because you picked the most aggressive weekly weight loss possible. Unless you are very very short and practically bedridden, it's lower than you need to go.

https://www.aworkoutroutine.com/1200-calorie-diet/

kshama2001

gia_incognito wrote: »

Just wondering how many calories people have for just breakfast. Do you have breakfast at all?

I find if I don't eat bfast then I tend to eat more in the evening. But I'm not really hungry at bfast. So I don't always eat. But I'm starving by lunch.

Any go to faves for feeling full through till lunch?

I like having more calories later in the day so break my fast with a coffee/protein powder smoothie.

DebTavares

Usually between 200 and 300 calories.

bufger

600-700 for breakfast. I do my workouts in the morning so I go carb heavy with some protein to fuel me. Then I reduce carbs for the rest of the day, keep the protein high and do about 700 calories per meal.

GaleHawkins

For another thread I actually counted this morning it it was just over 1000 which is typical because my three meals are more or less balanced calorie wise. 500 came from the coconut oil which I only do in my first cup of coffee of the day.

ExistingFish

I eat between 300 and 450 usually. I'd say about 75% of what I'd eat for lunch or dinner. I usually do not eat a morning snack. I do usually eat an afternoon snack or a before bed snack, depending on my timing of dinner. I guess you could say I eat 4x a day, not 3.

DancingMoosie

I usually have e coffee with cream, and sometimes snack on some peanuts with it. Sometimes I'm hungry and will have a packet of oatmeal or an egg. If not, I take a protein bar with me to work to eat when I do feel hungry. I don't want to end up starving before lunch!

nooshi713

Some days I eat just a granola bar and a cup of tea or milk, or a fruit. That ends up being about 200-300 calories.

Some days I make a bigger breakfast of eggs, potatoes, turkey bacon, or rarely pancakes that can total 600 calories. On those days, I typically only eat 2 meals.

confidenceinrain

Between 200 and 300. I usually have a little Greek yogurt with fruit and muesli (the kind with nuts in), plus coffee with milk and sugar. Small portions but it's filling. On weekends we go for a lot of long walks in the hills (today about 15 miles) so usually have eggs or fish sticks or something else with more calories and protein.

amusedmonkey

5 calories -700 calories.
Sometimes I'm not hungry at all in the morning so I just have coffee, other times I'm very hungry in the morning so I have a big breakfast. I just wait until I'm hungry to eat my first meal and sometimes that doesn't happen until lunch. Today my breakfast was 421 calories.

Usually, my normal days overall end up somewhere between 1500 and 2000 calories (1450 base calories and the rest is exercise calories), so even a 700 calories breakfast is easily doable, but I prefer a larger lunch most days over a larger breakfast.

amusedmonkey

kami3006 wrote: »

I don't eat breakfast. My first meal is around 11 a.m. so it's really lunch. I am hungry all day if I eat any earlier than that. I pre log my evening snack because I like to eat before bed and then split my calorie between two larger meals. 11 a.m. and 6 p.m..

Interesting. I consider anything before noon breakfast. I had my breakfast today at 11.

ClaudiaDawn2

I usually have between 250 and 300 calories. When I eat oatmeal, that bumps my calorie intake up to 400 calories; but I find it much more filling.

avskk

I'm maintaining at a high weight right now; my breakfasts tend to clock in around 500 calories. When I'm losing my breakfasts are usually between 200-300 calories, when I eat them at all. I'm a night eater so when I'm working on losing weight I tend to save most of my calories for dinner and nighttime snacks.

Athijade

200-300. I am not a huge fan of eating breakfast but with the schedule I am currently on, I find eating it is better then not. I used to be able to get up later at my old job so I didn't have as long to wait until lunch. Now I find myself getting hungry sooner.

During the week I have 3 main meals for breakfast:
Greek yogurt and almonds
Breakfast burrito
Loaded hashbrowns (mushrooms, onion, peppers, bacon, and an egg)

RunnerGrl1982

My breakfast meals are between 150 - 350 calories depending on whether I'm running that morning or not.

TayaCurragh

My calorie goal is around 1200, for breakfast I eat less than 250.

I usually swap between shredded wheat and milk, or porridge made with half milk half water. I find keeping to whole grains in the morning keeps me full until lunchtime.

On the weekends I might treat myself to a smaller portion of sugary cereal, but this doesn't keep me full very long.

DomesticKat

450 on average. My typical breakfast is Greek yogurt, frozen fruit of some kind, and protein granola. Plus coffee.

gia_incognito

TayaCurragh wrote: »

My calorie goal is around 1200, for breakfast I eat less than 250.

I usually swap between shredded wheat and milk, or porridge made with half milk half water. I find keeping to whole grains in the morning keeps me full until lunchtime.

On the weekends I might treat myself to a smaller portion of sugary cereal, but this doesn't keep me full very long.

1200 is my cal goal too. So I should be eating a bit more for breakfast...

AnnPT77

gia_incognito wrote: »

TayaCurragh wrote: »

My calorie goal is around 1200, for breakfast I eat less than 250.

I usually swap between shredded wheat and milk, or porridge made with half milk half water. I find keeping to whole grains in the morning keeps me full until lunchtime.

On the weekends I might treat myself to a smaller portion of sugary cereal, but this doesn't keep me full very long.

1200 is my cal goal too. So I should be eating a bit more for breakfast...

Why? Food timing is completely irrelevant for weight loss, except insofar as it affects your satiation, or your compliance with a reasonable calorie deficit, and both of those factors are completely personal and individual.

Ninkasi

300 - 350 calories. It's a little less than a quarter of my allotment. My breakfasts are all the same, choose 2: oatmeal with 1 t. brown sugar, fruit (berries or mangoes), yogurt, a hard-boiled egg. Plus 16 oz. of coffee with 100 grams of milk. I'd like to ditch the milk but I don't like black coffee and none of the milk substitutes I've tried are as good as real milk. So...the milk stays.