Is breakfast the hardest meal for you too?

DaveNay

For the last forty years, I've been dedicated carbs & sweets aficionado for breakfast. From donuts to cinnamon buns to PB&J sandwiches (yeah, TONS of sugar in those). Although I've been doing pretty good in the four weeks since I've started, the egg white on whole wheat muffin and blueberry yogurt is really starting to get on my nerves. Since I've seeing good results so far, I am motivated to keep trying, but I can easily see in a couple months having a complete breakdown and eating three custard filled donuts for breakfast every day for a week!

Brandie1029

Breakfast is usually my highest calorie meal of the day. i have a bowl of oatmeal with 2 teaspoons brown sugar and just recently started adding some raisins to it. And I also have a protein drink made with unsweetened almond milk. It keeps me incredibly full for a few hours.

_persephone_

Try some bacon and eggs maybe? Lots of protein to keep you full, and not as high in calories as you might think.

I had this this morning and it only came to around 350, and that's with fried tomatoes and some melon afterwards.

Elf_Princess1210

Why not change it up a bit then? www.skinnytaste.com has some really great recipies.

If I want a sweet breakfast then I usually have a fruit smoothie, or some pancakes dipped in fruit flavored yogurt. I don't see why you couldn't have a doughnut if you wanted to as long as you had something else more nutritionally sound

CyberEd312

I mix it up but 3 pieces of toast with PBJ and a coffee (with 3 spoons of pure cane sugar) and a glass of milk has about the same calories as one of my bowls of cereal (2 cups of Kashi Go Lean crunch, 1 cup of Crave Double chocolate cereal, and 1 cup of Milk and the coffee) also do the Egg, Swiss Cheese, muffin, and jimmy dean turkey sausage with coffee and a glass of milk these are all very comparable in calorie count... Now of course I don't do donuts... lol Just mix it up and that should keep you from getting bored with what you are eating.....

Whaleluvr

I usually go out to eat...........I get a ham & cheese omelet, and toast, and coffee (light on the ham----just for a little flavor)
...............I eat half the omelet, and 1 piece of toast.....then I have the other half at home, another day.................(If I do the crossword puzzles in the newspaper, while eating, my mind is on the puzzles, and not the food

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so it's not hard to NOT eat the whole thing)

sometimes I have an english muffin, with land o lakes cinnamon butter...........yum, and NOT too terrible on calories

another suggestion is a small bowl of special K fruit and yogurt, or raisin bran, or rice krispies (with banana) cereal..............

I used to have peanut butter on things, like english muffin, but that skyrockets my calories...........so once in a blue moon, i will do that........

Those are just SOME of the things I vary for breakfast!!!!!

Kristiina67

I started making a bfast smoothie. I was sooo sick of eggs, bacon etc.

1 banana
1 pear
strawberries,blueberries/blackberreies or frozen berries
1/2 cup of plain yogurt
2 tbls ground flaxseed
splash of oj
ice cubes

It usually makes 2 servings. It is filling, and refreshing. Yogurt and flaxseed keep me full. I like that I don't start my day with high sodium, plus it hydrates your body after a night.

Now I rotate eggs and turkey bacon; cottage cheese and fruit, energy bar and this smoothie.

Whaleluvr

I mix it up but 3 pieces of toast with PBJ and a coffee (with 3 spoons of pure cane sugar) and a glass of milk has about the same calories as one of my bowls of cereal (2 cups of Kashi Go Lean crunch, 1 cup of Crave Double chocolate cereal, and 1 cup of Milk and the coffee) also do the Egg, Swiss Cheese, muffin, and jimmy dean turkey sausage with coffee and a glass of milk these are all very comparable in calorie count... Now of course I don't do donuts... lol Just mix it up and that should keep you from getting bored with what you are eating.....

I didn't write mine in reply to yours..................just so you know.............we posted at the same time.............it just sounds like I replied to yours...........sorry...............

aimibean

Try oats - there's so much you can do with them!

Ash_76

from as young as i can remember i ate ready brek for breakfast and still do most days, strange that i have never got bored of it

Lululagrand

Juicing gives me sustained energy all day! I look forward to the mornings and blending away! Carrot juice is my breakfast staple! I
like to add pink Grapefruit, pineapple, ginger...lots of lean greens...ooh la la!

Buddhasmiracle

Like many of the posters said, mix it up a bit. It's tough to wean yourself over the am sugar rush you are familiar with. Look at this way, you at the same ol same ol for a number of years.

I am a big fan of breakfast. I have lox (without the schmear and bagel) with tomato and capers. Or I have some kind of organic cold or hot cereal. I eat fruit, yogurt, soy milk. Sometimes I have a sweet potato and string cheese. Eggs and toast. I don't each as much meat, I am weaning myself off it -- it's just a personal preference. However, there is bacon w/o sodium nitrates.

BeckaT79

Hi. I am not much of a breakfast eater but since I have started this journey it has become one of my favorite meals. If you are up to trying different things....
Special K Cereal with Low fat Soy Milk
A smoothie with frozen banana's, peanut butter, and Low fat soy milk. (Smoothies are fun because you can change them up and put pretty much anything you want into them.)
My favorite so far has been a whole wheat bagel toasted, I make an omelet with one egg, one egg white, mushrooms, spinach, and feta cheese I put that on the dry bagel and add a tablespoon of salsa. It has approx. 250 calories and will fill you up for the rest of your morning.
Looking for and creating low calorie options are part of the fun :-) Good luck and if you have sweets make sure you stay in moderation. Sometimes those yummy donuts can be hard to pass up :-) Good luck.

victoria4321

Breakfast is my favorite meal. Mostly because I just like breakfast food. This morning I had egg and sausage on a biscuit and it was 400cals. Some days I'll have fruit and a hard boiled egg or sometimes yogurt and fruits. I usually skip out on any cereals and oats but I really like them later in the day.

rrrbecca11

Since I'm vegetarian, I often eat leftover vegetables from the previous night's dinner, incorporated with a grain (quinoa or barley) or sprouted grain bread. I also LOVE oatmeal and could easily get into an oatmeal rut so I use the leftovers to help keep me from falling into that particular routine.

BrownEyedJerseyGirl

I've never been a breakfast eater, at least not on a regular basis. Since starting MFP and logging my food I noticed that regardless of what I eat for breakfast on the the days I do eat breakfast I am hungrier at lunch and end up eating more calories overall for the day. I don't get it - I would think I would be less hungry. So, I'm back to not eating breakfast - just having 16ounces of water.

HauteP1nk

Gosh, I love breakfast!!! I find it so easy to eat for breakfast.

Some options are Oatmeal, Kashi Go Lean (use natural sugars), bran flakes, fresh berries, yogurt, granola, Grapefruit w/ whole wheat toast and almond butter, protein shakes, etc.

Sometimes I just grab an apple, cut up a few cubes of cheese, and have some walnuts on the side. It is an easy no fuss breakfast...

Or, take a slice of crusty bread, spread it with 3 tablespoons of low-fat ricotta, and add tomatoes. Finish with a drizzle of olive oil (about 1 teaspoon) and a little salt and pepper. It is like having pizza for breakfast...yummy!


And eggs...you can do 101 things with eggs...omelettes (loaded with all your fave veggies), frittata, hard boiled, fried, etc etc etc.... You can go wild with eggs.

kmjoctober

Breakfast is my hardest too. I don't like most breakfast foods. Sometimes I eat leftover dinner for breakfast.. Lol

I haven't had anything to eat yet this morning and my stomach's growling but nothing looks appetizing!

hanahlai

Try some bacon and eggs maybe? Lots of protein to keep you full, and not as high in calories as you might think.

I had this this morning and it only came to around 350, and that's with fried tomatoes and some melon afterwards.

This is what I have had for breakfast almost daily for a month. The good thing for me is I haven't bored of it yet! I eat four pieces of Butterball Turkey Bacon @ 25 cals a piece. Then two eggs @ 70 calories a piece. Some days I might eat an orange or toast or cinnamon raisin bagel with it. The cinnamon raisin thin bagel is good and sweet and low cal! You could even get some of the sweeter versions of Laughing Cow at 35-40 calories to go with it.

pinuplove

OMG, yes! I either didn't eat breakfast, or ate something horrible for me (mmm, cake for breakfast!) Today I woke up starving, fixed my bowl of yogurt with fruit and nuts, ate two bites, and then got bored

Huffdogg

Breakfast got a lot easier when I stopped eating it. Intermittent Fasting via Leangains was a watershed for me.

jessica0

i personally hate breakfast, i hate eggs i hate bacon and i hate oatmeal lol!!!! :sick: i just do not eat it, i go to school and get up at 5;30 we have lunch at 10:40 ...so i guess that could be considered my breakfast, which usually consist of a sub from subway

rf1170

There is one breakfast I never tire of, and when I run out of the ingredients (which is rare), I get kind of sad.

Egg Drop Soup!

Seriously, it's fast, easy, cheap, nutritious, infinitely adaptable, and delicious. I make chicken stock once a week or so with bones I've saved up from dinner and veggie scraps (in a plastic bag in the freezer, I save onion and carrot peelings, kale and parsley stems, herbs that may go bad soon, mushroom stems, soft celery, and whatever else seems good, and then I add that to my stockpot), so I don't have to buy it from the store. Depending on the season and how I'm feeling, I change it up, but these are the ingredients I always include (and they're really all you need):
1 1/2 cup chicken stock
sea salt and pepper to taste
two eggs
You bring the stock to a simmer, add your seasonings - lately I've been partial to curry powder and kale, which I add here too - beat the eggs in a measuring cup, then stir them into the simmering broth. You're done in five minutes or less, and it's phenomenal. Want some extra protein? Add some shredded chicken if you have some. Got some mushrooms? Put those bad boys in there! Need some more healthy fat? Add a tablespoon of coconut oil! Want it spicy? Try some crushed red peppers.

I swear, I will eat this soup every morning of my life as long as I have stock and eggs. And since my mother keeps chickens, that's going to be a long time. I even eat it during the summer; I just get up earlier to make it so I'm not sweating. Let me know if you try it! I'd also be happy to share other soup recipes; I'm kind of a soup fiend. Friend me if you'd like, and good luck breakfast hunting!

slim422

This is an very interesting response for me because in the past 7 weeks I have not missed breakfast once, this is a HUGE change for me given I hardly ate breakfast in the previous 40 years. I am still trying to add lifestyle changes to make this the biggest calorie meal of the day and it's coming along but takes time to fit in the routine.

My newest challenge from T. Ferris' book the 4 Hour Body is to have 30g of protein within 30 minutes of waking up. It's a bit challenging but I am up for it.....I came close today.

Jendenlar

I agree, breakfast is hard-but I've been getting better with it over the past 4 months. I hypothesize one difference between breakfast eaters and non-eaters is the fact that some people wake up starving and other wake up NOT hungry at all. I find that when I eat a very light dinner, then I wake up starving and can't wait to eat. When I eat a heavier dinner, then the next morning I don't really want breakfast for a few hours-this is especially true on the weekends.

Anyhoo-I try to mix it up because I am not a big fan of breakfast foods. I will bake a biscuit and add 2 pieces bacon and one slice reduced fat cheese. That is yummy. Sometimes I just drink a tall glass of chocolate milk (made with skim milk and reduced sugar nestle quick). Sometimes, the easiest for the sweet tooth is a granola bar like the Kashi one with the coconut and dark chocolate-YUM! Other days-an apple or banana will do with a reduced fat cheese stick. During the summer, I make a lot of fruit smoothies.

Breakfast foods I am not big on: eggs, any way what so ever. Every now and again-I'll get a wild hair up my you know what and make 2 eggs, then half way through I remember why I should have only made one. I do not like yogurt very much. Oatmeal is disgusting. I eat cereal-but only like sugary kinds and eat them as desserts instead of breakfast.

Breakfast I love: biscuits and gravy. Can't eat this too often-but it is SO good! I also LOVE cinnamon rolls. OMG the are the best-I never get them any more unless I have company and know that I will only eat 2 (instead of the whole can). The same goes for donuts and cheese danishes. Blueberry muffins are the BEST. Again-I only eat these in social settings where I can eat ONE.

Okay-hope that gives some ideas for you!

ninerbuff

For the last forty years, I've been dedicated carbs & sweets aficionado for breakfast. From donuts to cinnamon buns to PB&J sandwiches (yeah, TONS of sugar in those). Although I've been doing pretty good in the four weeks since I've started, the egg white on whole wheat muffin and blueberry yogurt is really starting to get on my nerves. Since I've seeing good results so far, I am motivated to keep trying, but I can easily see in a couple months having a complete breakdown and eating three custard filled donuts for breakfast every day for a week!

For some of us, skipping breakfast is an option. Personally I don't eat breakfast anymore except on Sunday. I load up on my calories after lunch and dinner along with some snacks.

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ninerbuff

Breakfast got a lot easier when I stopped eating it. Intermittent Fasting via Leangains was a watershed for me.

This. Saves me a lot of time in the morning.

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Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

RicSnyder

Dave,
I have 6 egg whites, five pieces of turkey bacon on whole grain bread for breakfast almost every day. It took a long time to get used to eating egg whites, as I was a big fan of yolks. Just this morning I had half a maple iced cinnamon roll...it happens, no big deal, just work it off. Keep working at it, eventually healthy breakfasts will become the habit. As you continue to feed your body good food it will start to crave good food instead of bad. That’s not to say you will never have another custard filled doughnut, but one every once and a while isn’t going to kill you.

usmcmp

My breakfasts are usually pretty high calorie. Eggs and oatmeal, Kix with milk and a PBJ sandwich, pancakes and bacon. I can't skip breakfast or my entire day will be a wreck. I just eat what I like and make sure it fits in my calorie goal because when I stuck to the same thing every day I had the box of donuts breakdown for a few days.

NewLIFEstyle4ME

It used to be, because I was never hungry at breakfast time, so I always skipped breakfast. Now I always eat a sweet juicy or sweet fruit for breakfast and then a juicy fruit for a snack about 30 minutes - an hour later and that hypes me up to exercise and gives me a "high" or boost that really pumps me up during my exercising and/or morning walks.

When I get done...I will eat a protein/fiber/carb packed snack/meal and it's working fabulously. I so GLAD I'm changing and eating more now.

funkycamper

I was never much of a breakfast eater but find I'm more successful by eating breakfast. Although some folks thrive like ninerbuff with no breakfast. You might give his advice a try if breakfast just doesn't cut it for you.

However, I really don't understand why you're not eating the egg yolks. That's the best part. There is good nourishment in the yolk and it will help keep you satiated for longer. I eat three scrambled eggs virtually every morning for breakfast and my cholesterol levels and triglycerides are excellent.

And, once in awhile, especially if we're traveling, I'll splurge with waffles, pancakes, a cinnamon roll, whatever. No big deal. I just know I can't do it every day. But a little fun and variety in our meals once in awhile is totally fine.