Breakfast....What do you have ??

whitevanman5

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day (not 100% sure 😒) but anyway..what do you have. Don't bother or do you bulk up and make it last till dinner or even tea time. High in carbs or protein or mixed. Just want to get some ideas and see if there's something else out there that I've overlooked and never tried before. Thanks.

ladyreva78

I have 4 different breakfasts in my rotation:

1. Nothing. There's days I'm just not hungry. I don't see the point of forcing myself to eat just to eat.
2. Oats with flax seeds, yogurt, whatever fruit is in season or frozen fruit and some kind of spice (usually cinnamon or cardamon. More rarely pepper or clove). That's my usual workday breakfast.
3. 2 slices of bread with 1 slice of cheese, butter and jam (one slice is topped with the cheese, one with the butter and jam). That's usually my weekend breakfast.
4. Pancakes with fruit and whipped cream (a rare Sunday breakfast).

I'm a creature of habit where breakfasts are concerned. Not willing to put more thought into something that early in the morning

sijomial

People selling breakfast cereals say it's the most important meal of the day....
It isn't - it's just a meal.

Mostly I don't have breakfast, it's an optional meal for me unless I'm planning a very active day or going cycling.
Ahead of a long cycle ride I'll be eating a lot of carbs, granola or porridge mostly.

But I also like the flexibility of eating breakfast when I simply feel hungry or just fancy eating it. I enjoy traditional breakfast foods from various bread types (crumpets, muffins, toast, bagels with mostly savoury toppings such as Marmite or peanut butter) to cereals to a rare but hugely enjoyable F.E.B. to yoghurts to a protein shake.

Bear in mind you have huge reserves of energy onboard already so unless you are doing unusually long exercise eating schedules can be based around WANT rather than NEED. Working out how best to spend your daily allowance is both very personal and also a big factor in making weight control easier.

Rorrox

Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day. I mostly have eggs and fish in different ways. Okonomiyaki is a fave and easy!

sardelsa

I go for simple and convenient so most of the time it's two slices of toast (multigrain, whole wheat, white, whatever we have) with peanut butter and jam and a black coffee or espresso. Sometimes I have eggs with it. Sometimes I have pancakes with peanut butter, syrup and fruit instead.

As mentioned you don't have to eat first thing if you'd rather save calories for later in the day. Do what works for you.

imgwendolyn2015

When I feel the need to eat before 10am I usually eat one hard boiled egg and some greek yogurt with a little honey and blueberries. If I am not hungry until after 10 I just go ahead and eat lunch which is a salad.

gallicinvasion

During weekdays, I’ll often have a homemade trail mix that includes almonds, roasted edamame, and other mix ins like granola. The edamame gives it more protein than a trail mix you’d buy in the store.

Weekends, I love being more flexible. Leftovers with fried eggs on top, omelettes with caramelized onions and whatever cheese/protein/veggies are handy and delicious. Sometimes we’ll plan a big waffle brunch (last time we did cheddar and bacon in the batter, yum!)

papayahed

I usually have overnite oats or broccoli cheddar eggs muffins or omelet w' tortillas

moonangel12

I have always been a breakfast eater! I remember donating blood in high school and them asking about breakfast (back when most people I knew didn’t eat much, if anything) and when I started rattling off eggs, toast, bacon, OJ she laughed, put out her hand and said “okay okay, you’re good!”

Nearly every morning I have a thin slice of GF bagel or bread, fried egg, and slice of cheese. If I don’t have it for breakfast, usually I end up eating it some other time during the day . I learned early on that slicing the bagel into fourths instead of just halves saves significant calories but I still get the bagel “experience.”

bmeadows380

I like breakfast myself, though I try to delay it later. I'll have toast with about 1/4 serving of peanut butter first thing when I get up along with my coffee before I do my morning walk or elliptical session. Then usually later in the morning, I'll have either eggs and bacon, or more rarely sausage with toast, or oatmeal or overnight oats, or grits. I like Krusteaz protein pancake mix, and once in a great while I'll make waffles. I've figured out a very low calorie dip for french toast, too, that goes well with low calorie bread. And once in a very great while, I'll fix biscuits and gravy as a rare treat.

I don't do cereal anymore, though - the calories just aren't worth it to me because cereal doesn't satiate me at all. I'm not a fan of fruit or breakfast breads like donuts, but that's just my personal preferences; things like that don't hold me either, so I tend to avoid them.

MidlifeCrisisFitness

Rejueven-eat! Depending on what I did the day before it's great carbs, calorie deficient protein to fast a bit or a protein load.

1 Oatmeal w banana and a scoop of protein powder
2 2- hard boiled eggs
3 Big bowl of Greek Plain yogurt with fruit

Nbaker0909

I love breakfast and I tend to switch it up! Current favorites are kodiak pancakes with Walden sugar free syrup, oatmeal, English muffin with mashed avocado and an egg. To clarify these are 3 different breakfasts, not all in one morning haha. I always have a piece of fruit and coffee with breakfast. Some of my other go-tos are overnight oats, protein shake when I’m in a hurry, a smoothie, protein bar (again for the rare morning im in a rush), bagel toasted open face with a piece of cheese melted on top, toast with peanut butter. I find breakfast holds me over the longest when it has a combination of fat, protein, and carbs. My calories for breakfast can vary by a lot depending on what I’m in the mood for.

janejellyroll

I've tried IF and not eating breakfast, but found out that I feel much better throughout the day if I eat something after my AM workout. So that's what I do. It's typically leftovers from a previous day, as I don't really like having to prepare anything in the morning.

If I don't have leftovers, I'll have something like overnight oats or a protein shake. Sometimes I'll make a big batch of granola and have that for a couple of weeks as well.

KrissDotCom

I dont bother labeling meals..

I eat based on my needs for the day.

Today i woke up at 11.. i am not gonna shove 3 meals into me lol.. i can just eat two.

If im up at 5:30am, ill eat 3 cause my day is longer

Yesterday i ate spicy shrimp pasta at 6am.

dawnkirkwood18

I am not a big morning eater but do need something so I do cold coffee with protein powder in it as a breakfast- holds me from 6 am until 1 pm or so for lunch usually

Kristi26

Most days (Sunday morning breakfast as a family being the exception), I have the following:
1. Hot beverage (coffee, teeccino, or chai tea)
2. Two pancakes (gluten free and dairy free due to food sensitivities)
3. Protein shake (almond milk, ice, protein powder, powdered PB, spinach)

I’m terrible at getting protein into my diet daily so this helps me get to the right numbers. Plus it tastes good to me.

I then eat lunch, an afternoon snack, and dinner. So probably every two to three hours or so. It works for me. I don’t want to be hungry and don’t see a need to feel that way.

On Sundays, we eat breakfast together as a family later in the morning, close to lunch so I skip lunch and just have dinner. But I also eat double the calories at Sunday breakfast.

lemurcat2

If I work out in the morning I like to eat after that. If I work out later in the day I often skip breakfast.

When I eat breakfast, I often skip lunch.

When I do have breakfast, I like to have some veg with it, and my usual go-tos are a 2-egg and veg omelet (I will often have either cottage cheese or fruit on the side) or else a smoothie (mine tend to have more veg than fruit and I include some source of fat (half an avocado or nuts or seeds) and usually greek yogurt or tofu for protein). The smoothie is often what I want when it's hot like it's been.

For a while I was on an oats kick and would usually make those in a rice cooker when I was out running and have them when I got back.

J72FIT

Lately just a bagel, a scoop of collagen protein mixed with hot water and cashew milk. I get up at 5am, do my morning training and typically eat by 10am...

Dogmom1978

Weekdays I have half a cup of oatmeal with 2 sunny side up eggs and .5 a serving of cheddar cheese all mixed together in a bowl. It’s very filling and helps me get a good start on the day.

Weekends I have bisquick waffles with reduced calorie syrup and a little pat of butter

cwolfman13

The whole "most important meal of the day" started with Kellogs to market breakfast cereal. There is nothing particularly special about breakfast. I enjoy a big full on breakfast of eggs, potatoes, and either bacon or sausage and sometimes both...but that's typically reserved for weekends or camping and the like. During the week I don't have time for that so I often don't have breakfast and prefer larger meals for lunch and dinner and afternoon snacks. If I have something it's usually a couple boiled eggs or something as I'm walking out the door. I like oats too...but usually have those for an afternoon snack or something.

lauragreenbaum

Very little if anything. I wake up around 6am and don't feel hungry until around 10, so I usually just wait til lunch. On the days I do decide on breakfast, it's something light- cottage cheese with blueberries, or a yogurt.

Shortgirlrunning

Usually I skip breakfast and just have a cup of coffee. On a long run day I have a bagel and cream cheese.

tamarastrahan

I mix it up. I used to just have coffees with almond milk all morning, but I have a med I need to eat with in the morning now, so I have a lighter meal now. I am still losing weight though because I snack less now with it, like many.

This week I made crepes and a cherry filling of morello cherries in juice, vanilla, stevia, and thickener. Had 2 of those this morning with an almond milk iced coffee.

Tomorrow I have some Trader Joe's riced cauliflower fried "rice" I want to use up with a fried egg I think (and iced coffee, I always have one for calcium, Vit. E, and Vit. D).

I picked up a box of protein pancake mix, which I eat a half portion of with sugar free syrup and a side of either fresh sliced strawberries or sliced nectarine.

Sometimes I make a frittata for breakfast.

Yogurt topped with fruit

Smoothies

1 slice light wheat toast with 1 tablespoon nut butter and 1/2 sliced banana

avocado toast (light wheat with 1/4 avocado)

egg salad with tomato slices (I use light mayo)

RandJ6280

I had 6 egg white, and oatmeal with cinnamon.

HeidiCooksSupper

I like a good seeded bread, toasted, with guacamole on it. Two slices of Dave's Killer seeded bread with a 100-calories container of Sabra guacamole is a tasty/healthy breakfast. Guacamole singles, though not the cheapest way to buy it, is an easy way to get a serving of avocado without worrying about it turning brown.

We tend to do a cycle of breakfasts: oatmeal with peanut butter & honey, brown rice farina with smoked cheese, eggs with cheddar & cream, seeded bread toast with guacamole or peanut butter and British marmelade, and frozen egg/cheese/sausage on croissants frozen breakfast sandwiches.

teresadannar

I switched to a "breakfast parfait" this summer with a couple of fresh fruit choices I might have on hand; peaches, blueberries, bananas, apples, sweet cherries/cottage cheese/pecans/drizzled with 1 TB of honey. I also started to sprinkle with Saigon Cinnamon. So Good!

Diatonic12

Breakfast: Brisket, Uncle Ben's converted rice, homemade salsa and roasted vegetables

debrakgoogins

If I have time to cook, I like grits and eggs with a bit of cheddar cheese or a ham and vegetable scramble. Sometimes, it is a whole grain toasted English muffin topped with half an avocado and two fried eggs. In a hurry, one wedge of laughing cow cheese on an English Muffin with some deli meat does the trick.

dsc84

A banana as I'm walking out the door to the gym at 4:30 Am, then either a protein shake/smoothie or a couple of eggs when I get home. If it is a non-gym day typically nothing.

Jruzer

Typically on weekdays I'll just have a piece of fruit. Too much bother otherwise.

On weekend days Mrs Jruzer usually makes something more elaborate - pancakes, French toast, scones, muffins, etc., and we eat together as a family.

springlering62

For twenty months I have mostly had the same smoothie. Suddenly, it didn’t hold me anymore and I was getting nibbly Before lunch and in the afternoon. I have also been feeling rundown and workouts have been “flat”.

I bumped up my protein a lot and feel way better now.

I’m learning to like eggs. Never ate one in my life til ten days ago but I was scrambling one to tempt the rescue dog to eat and thought, it doesn’t smell that bad. Maybe it’s time to give up childhood prejudices.

The first time I logged one in, my protein went through the roof. I am sold.

So my beginning egg-eater’s breakfast has been an egg, 3 servings of egg beaters, lightly fried prosciutto, Swiss cheese slice, and basil from the window box. And I no longer feel like I have to hold my nose to eat an egg.

But sunny side up and boiled? No thanks.