Best Breakfast Food?

sag494

I usually eat low calories bagels or eggs or cheerios but that always ends up putting me over on my cholesterol, sugars, ect. What are some good foods for breakfast that will keep me full. Thanks in advance.

cmriverside

Cholesterol from bagels and cheerios?

Unless you have cholesterol problems, you don't have to avoid it. That whole "High Cholesterol from foods" myth has been debunked long ago.

Same with sugars. If you are not on a medically ordered low sugar plan - as long as you keep your macros in line, enjoy your Cheerios (with some milk, for the protein).

As far as staying full; Protein and fiber with some fat works best.

Kitship

Bacon and eggs! Keeps me full for hours and hours.

63lab

it's not a secret that protein and fat will keep you from being hungry.
just work your diet mainly around that.
get carbs from fruit and veg.
works a treat for me!

RachyD21

I eat porridge (oatmeal) made with goat's milk for breakfast every morning with cinnamon and fruit. It is honestly the meal I look forward to most. If I could eat porridge for every meal I would, lol. Seriously though, it keeps you full and there's so many toppings you could add to mix it up )

jayjay12345654321

Cottage cheese with some fruit can be filling. I also have to watch my cholesterol, so avocado is always a nice choice.

sag494

well i was not told to watch anything but have been following the daily diet where it says you can only have so many grams of stuff a day. should i not worry about it and only worry about the calories cause i find i eat less calories...maybe only 1000 a day just to get in line with the other stuff

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jayjay12345654321

Hmm, if it were me, I'd focus on the calories overall, and let the separate categories balance out at the end of the week. i don't eat stereotypical breakfast foods. i'm not a pancake and waffle person, don't like heavy bacon and eggs, omelets are boring no matter how much of the pantry you throw into it. my breakfast is just like lunch and dinner. anything i'd eat in the afternoon is on the menu in the morning as well.

1longroad

I watch my fat and carbs closely, so love me an egg white omelette, with vegies, topped with a tablespoon of greek fat free yogurt. Yummy and keeps me full a long time!!

SuperSexyDork

I love mixing up my breakfasts!

This morning I had a scramble with mushrooms, scallions, half of a jalapeno burger crumbled in it, parmesan cheese and tomato. I had a piece of toast and glass of milk on the side.

Yesterday I had a soutwestern style breakfast burrito.

The things that keep me full the longest tend to be pairing a protein source (egg whites, meat, eggs, etc) with vegetables, a high fiber complex carb (double fiber wheat bread, low carb/high fiber tortilla, high fiber cereal) and a source of moderate fat (avocado, reduced fat cheese)

takumaku

Lately, my breakfast has been white rice (or oatmeal), beans, eggs with a drizzling of olive oil and a glass of almond milk. Trying to keep my fructose/fructan and lactose consumption very low.

guessrs

Oatmeal, cooked or scrambled eggs, whole wheat bread or bagel

GODfidence

I had a pint of ice cream for breakfast and now my stomach hurts . Don't repeat my ignorance.

cv434

Oatmeal with low fat milk and fresh fruit

sag494

thanks for all the tips. i think i need to start eating egg whites or egg beaters cause two of my eggs already put me over cholesterol.

Chokis

You can manually set your macros in MFP, so you don't look at the levels of cholesterol, it's irrelevant. If anything, you should be eating MORE foods with high cholesterol, it will be good for you. Why are you so scared of cholesterol?

cjlarsen77

Here is my recipe for a great tasting high fiber hot cereal with a hint of oat flavor (without oatmeal gluey texture). High in Potassium and Iron. Very low fat. No cholesterol.
Cream of wheat w/oatbran, Lite salt, cooked w/ 1 3/4 cup water (includes potassium info)
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cups water
Morton Lite salt 1/4 tsp
Bob's Red Mill - Oat Bran Hot Cereal, 2 tbsp
Cream of Wheat - Enriched Farina 2.5 Minute With Potassium Information, 4 tbsp
(this is just regular 2.5 minute cream of wheat, but I looked up the amount of potassium in wheat farina and added that info)
Directions:
1 2/3 cups water + Lite salt: BRING to Boil
Bob's Red Mill - Oat Bran Hot Cereal, 1/8 cup: ADD and stir
Cream of Wheat - Enriched Farina 2.5 Minute With Potassium Information, 4 tbsp: ADD very slowly while stirring.
Cook about 3 minutes more.

Ladle into a bowl and, if desired, sprinkle brown sugar on top.
This makes a big bowl of cereal. You may want to go with 3/4 of this recipe - but keep 1.5 cups of water.

sairamejia12

pancakes!!! i make my own pancakes every morning with peanut butter

sag494

i'm not scared I just thought I had to follow all of those and not go over those as well. It's been hard because I haven't bee eating 200-300 of my 1200 calories a day so I don't go over fiber, sugars, or protein. Fat and carbs I never go over and chl I only go over if I have two eggs. Should I just focus on the calories and ignore that stuff?

Widadita

Oatmeal! Best there is!

rileamoyer

high protein greek yogurt, a smattering of homemade granola, a banana and some coffee works best for me.

GigiShy

Pick up some good books like Eat Fat Lose Fat, Real Food Has Curves, Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food. Start searching and you'll start learning - and getting truth, great recipes, and health.

Best wishes!
Shyla

crevices

like stated previously, oatmeal with fruity toppings mm

cjlarsen77

Reply to the person who asked what's wrong with Cholesterol. It may not be a problem for you, but it a serious problem for some people.

If you are female, overweight and over forty, you are at high risk for gallstone disease. The doctors charmingly refer to it as
fat-female-overforty. Cholesterol is very bad, as basically, gallstones are made of little rocks of excess cholesterol. A high-fat meal can bring on a gallstone attack. This happens when the gallbladder is so full of gallstones, that the opening gets temporarily blocked.

A mild attack feels like someone poked you violently with their finger in the spot on your mid-upper right torso where your gall bladder is - but it just keeps on feeling that way - sometimes for hours. A moderate attack feels the same but much worse.
A severe attack feels like someone stuck a spear through you - you can feel it going through your front and out of your back. A severe attack is also often accompanied by nausea. If it gets worse than that, it can kill you.

Most doctors recommend that if you have gallstone disease you should have your gallbladder removed. What they don't mention is that
a) a significant percentage of people still suffer gallstone attack symptoms after gallbladder removal
b) having the gallbladder removed does not stop the body from producing gallstones (sometimes they are found in fun places like the pancreas ;-)
c) after your gallbladder is removed they put you on a very fat restrictive diet
d) there are expensive medications that can gradually reduce the size of gallstones
e) mint tea has been shown (medical study, canada) to reduce the size of gallstones

The best way to deal with gallstone disease is through diet and exercise. Cholesterol and fats should be very limited. I've had moderate to severe gallstone disease for about 15 years now. The more I weigh the worse it gets. A high fat meal almost always brings on an attack (usually just a mild one). I've avoided surgery through limiting my fat intake, and through drinking at least a quart of mint tea a day. Good thing I like mint tea.

Also, if you are fat enough to have gallstone disease, have them check you for Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)

michellemybelll

lots of protein will fill you up with minimal calories. ham and/or turkey with some provolone cheese and turkey bacon - some yogurt if i'm feeling saucy lol. that's pretty much my go-to breakfast every morning. oh, and coffee. always lots of coffee.

sag494

thanks guys!