Best breakfast for first day of new diet?

alwaysworkinghard

From experience, what breakfast satisfies and fills you and doesn’t leave you crashing for a day of a sucky diet?

livingleanlivingclean

Not eating in the am helps me the most. It stops me feeling so hungry during the day and sticking to my calorie goal is easier.

Personal preference though... You need to experiment to find out what works for you

ColtRocker

Eggs, especially if you're going to the gym!

malibu927

livingleanlivingclean wrote: »

Not eating in the am helps me the most. It stops me feeling so hungry during the day and sticking to my calorie goal is easier.

Personal preference though... You need to experiment to find out what works for you

The bolded is what's true. Some do better eating carbs in the morning, some do better eating protein, and some prefer to wait until later.

CarvedTones

Yep - eat what you like for breakfast that is likely to hold you over pretty well and decide if the calories will still allow what else will work for you during the day. It's not unusual to have a few rough days figuring it out.

nooshi713

I love eggs. They keep me full the longest especially if I eat them with potatoes or avocado. Lately I have been eating 2 scrambled eggs with a small amount of cheddar cheese and avocado. Keeps me full for hours.

WinoGelato

alwaysworkinghard wrote: »

From experience, what breakfast satisfies and fills you and doesn’t leave you crashing for a day of a sucky diet?

Why is your diet sucky? What’s your specific approach, since you said this is new? Is the diet overall going to be sustainable? Is it saitiating? Offer a balance of macro and micronutrients? Is it enjoyable?

Rather than thinking only about what you’re going to be eating for breakfast I would make sure whatever plan you are implementing will be successful in the long term and carry you into maintenance.

mcfly216

This is just me, you’ll have to play around to find what keeps you on track. This is my typical breakfast time meal (but not always my break fast meal). 4-5 egg whites, 1 serving of shredded cheese, 1 serving of uncured canadian bacon, some salsa, 2-4 slices of toast with sugar free preserves and a bottle of water. Off the top of my head it’s about 50g of protien, 40g of carbs, and 5g of fat. Depending on my day it will keep me full from 4 to 8 hours. I can’t eat right when I wake up for the day. I go 2-5 hours before I’ll actually eat after I wake up.

kommodevaran

A lot of different foods satisfies and fills me. You read that right, enough food, and a variety of foods.

Why are you on a sucky diet? What is it about it that makes it suck? And are you still on a sucky diet, if you eat food that satisfies and fills you?

TavistockToad

Protein enriched cereal for me most days

ceiswyn

Fruit and Skyr (or some other type of low-fat, high-protein yoghurt). Fairly high volume, lots of nutrients.

Lillymoo01

It is such an individual thing but I find a balance of protein, carbs and fat works for me. My most filling breakfast is porridge. I personally like oats with chia seeds, a scoop of protein powder, almond milk, greek yoghurt and fruit (berries or banana). Good luck with finding what best works for you as it can be trial and error.

confidenceinrain

I also eat skyr, sometimes with a tablespoon or two of muesli.

Deviette

I almost always have cereal. Without sugar, with milk, sometimes with yogurt, sometimes with fruit.

sardelsa

Two slices of whole grain toast (higher fibre and decent protein) with peanut butter and jam works best for me. If I don't have that it throws my whole day off.

WholeFoods4Lyfe

Honestly, it's going to be whatever you enjoy eating in an amount that fits within your daily calorie goals.

I follow a Ketogenic Diet and practice intermittent fasting, so most days I don't eat breakfast. When I do, I'm lucky enough to have a cafeteria at work, so I get a 2 egg omelette with bacon, feta, and lots of veggies. That easily tides me over until lunch if not later.

RoxieDawn

High protein cereal for breakfast. I also have a high protein/fiber yogurt with breakfast or a little after breakfast.

kksmom1789

I have great success when I eat Oatmeal in the morning. I can also be satisfied with a meal replacement bar. I am not much of a breakfast eater regularly so a bowl of oatmeal keeps me full until just about lunch time.

NovusDies

I prefer to transition into a diet so for me the first week is about food choices that are nutritionally high value with less regard to calories. This makes it easier when the deficit starts in full for me.

snemberton

My standard breakfasts are the following. The first three are around 400-500 calories. The last is 250ish.

Two pieces of 12-grain wheat toast with around 30-50 grams of avocado, a slice of cheese, 2 oz of ham and some tomato, made into a sandwich.

Scrambled eggs(2) with cheese and ham, a slice of buttered toast and some apple slices.

Two hardboiled egg whites, with some almonds, walnuts and cashews, apple slices, grapes and a babybel wheel.

Greek yogurt (different flavors of Oikos Triple Zero) with a small amount (20-25 grams) of granola.

I find I need a good combination of carbs and protein to feel full until lunch. Most of these work well. I'll sometimes do cereal and milk if I'm in a super hurry. Weekends I tend to do brunch instead of breakfast, so I'll splurge on something bigger in the 800-900 calorie range and just not have lunch.

Lizakabibbis

I am up at 4am for my work out. I usually just have coffee until around 10:30. Lately - my favorite breakfast is chicken sausage, eggs, and a sweet potato hash. It's the perfect balance for me and I don't eat again until around 3.