Best breakfast to fend off hunger?

Mcctin65

Hey fellow MFP'ers,

I'm testing various breakfasts to see what keeps me from starving the longest. What holds you intact without racking up too many calories?

If I get ravenous (as I usually do) then I'll eat almost anything... small dogs, children. (just kidding! don't freak!)

I'm also testing out intermittent fasting. Once a week is my goal at this point and only from breakfast to breakfast or dinner to dinner. I find once I get past the really hungry stage (which is really shorter than I expected) I can hold out fairly well. I'm only doing this to see if I can control my hunger. Not doing it necessarily for weight loss or for spiritual reasons.

Thanks for your input!

caterpillardreams

Hi
I try and eat a few things. an apple and banana if I have one. Then a little later some oatmeal with some more fruit. I fill up on tea or coffee and drink lots of water before and after.
Sometimes I have a couple hard boiled eggs on wheat toast with some salsa. Delicous.

txsgirlK

I typically eat an egg white omelet with some turkey meat and tomatos, small amount of cheese. Keeps me pretty full until lunchtime. Anything high in protein should stave off the hunger pains.

Good luck in your jouney! I think if I tried to fast for 24 hours I would be tempted to eat just about anything! :embarassed:

Sidesteal

I'm also testing out intermittent fasting. Once a week is my goal at this point and only from breakfast to breakfast or dinner to dinner. I find once I get past the really hungry stage (which is really shorter than I expected) I can hold out fairly well. I'm only doing this to see if I can control my hunger. Not doing it necessarily for weight loss or for spiritual reasons.

Thanks for your input!

If you're going to test IF, I would speculate that you're best off taking an all-or-nothing approach for a short trial run rather than doing a once-per-week method.

I don't know specific details about ghrelin so hopefully someone who DOES will confirm this: Since ghrelin (a hormone that is partially responsible for sending hunger signals) is adaptable to behavior, taking a consistent approach to your feed schedule should give you adaptation much faster.

In short, adopting the same feed window for a few weeks should cause your body to expect to feed at those times once ghrelin adapts to your schedule.

Doing it one day per week (I am speculating, again) is probably not going to give you this adaptation and it's going to make the fasting portion a lot more difficult than it would be if you were to give it a more consistent approach.

If you try it for a few weeks and still don't like it, discard the idea.

ttaylor68913

toast some whole wheat bread
smear some peanut butter or nutella on toast
slice banana (1 banana usually does 2 slices of toast)
put slices on peanut butter
drizzle a tiny bit of honey over banana

Enjoy

I eat this a lot in the winter and it carries me thru and past lunch most of the time

melsinct

I have to combine protein with carbs in order to stay full. I would be ravenous quickly thereafter if I just ate eggs. This morning I had multigrain toast (homemade) slathered with fresh ricotta cheese. I also love a piece of toast with peanut butter and banana.

rose_ruby

porridge with skimmed, 10g of chia seeds and a chopped banana. i do this most days to get a morning energy boost and keeps me full till lunch.

Captain_Tightpants

Hands down a whole hard boiled egg. Just one keeps me so satisfied I often forget to eat my mid-morning snack.

cherrybomb_77

I usually eat a breakfast sandwich- a whole wheat English muffin, fried egg, and a slice of cheese. I feel full until lunch.

mhotch

steel cut oatmeal

dixedreg

I typically eat an egg white omelet with some turkey meat and tomatos, small amount of cheese. Keeps me pretty full until lunchtime. Anything high in protein should stave off the hunger pains.

This for me too. Protein instead of carbs keeps the hunger away for me.

marthafox1

I have just started to incorporate a high protein breakfast as opposed to high carb/fibre breakfast.

My new breakfast consists of eggs in various forms (scrambled, poached, boiled), salmon or mackeral and a piece of wholegrain toast. I may omit the toast and have 20g of high fibre cereal instead. Another option is baked beans on wholemeal (apparently, most delicious with PB spread on the toast before putting the beans on...but haven't tried that yet!).

Yet to try the greek yoghurt/fruit/nuts/or homemade cereal options but this is only my second week at trying it out.

So far, I have found that I do not think about food again until my tummy starts to rumble at lunch time - whereas on my previous breakfast options, I would be looking for something to eat around mid morning. Calorie wise, high fibre and snack or high protein no snack - adds up to about the same calories BUT with reducing my carb intake and upping my protein at breakfast, I am at last hitting my macros - for the first time ever.

i_miss_donuts

Oatmeal made with milk, sid of eggs (1 whole + 3 whites) and coffee. Good mix of protein and carbs to keep me full until lunch.

redcut

oatmeal for me that can last me almost all day and i drink a lot of water

FrugalMomsRock75

Well, today I had a grilled chicken breast and eggs (the eggs were scrambled with hot sauce, cayenne pepper, and chopped fresh spinach). Sans toast, cereal, or any other carb-y delight. Not that I always go sans carbs. I just didn't feel the carbs today.

this14now

Easy!!!! Almost every morning I have hard boiled egg whites with tobasco and turkey sausage mmmmmmm delicious and the protien really keeps the hunger at bay!

KarenPostmus

steel cut oatmeal

I agree, this lasts for a long time and has such a nice balance of nutrition

peuglow

Foods high in fiber tend to help curb hunger. Oatmeal is a hunger killer, IMO.

Mcctin65

Thanks everyone!

Feed_the_Bears

Hello,
A simple guidline is fibre and protein. You've had a lot of good suggestions already about whole oatmeal, red river cereal, eggs, egg whites. I like to put some coconut oil in a pan, toss in some spinach, an egg and half a cup of egg whites. Put that on a piece of whilewheat bread. Avoid simple sugary carbs and white bread.I also like to put peanut butter in my oatmeal :-)

...and fasting is never a good idea for your health. It's just anorexia in disguise and will lower your metabolism and create a bad relationship with food.

Good luck

Mcctin65

I'm also testing out intermittent fasting. Once a week is my goal at this point and only from breakfast to breakfast or dinner to dinner. I find once I get past the really hungry stage (which is really shorter than I expected) I can hold out fairly well. I'm only doing this to see if I can control my hunger. Not doing it necessarily for weight loss or for spiritual reasons.

Thanks for your input!

If you're going to test IF, I would speculate that you're best off taking an all-or-nothing approach for a short trial run rather than doing a once-per-week method.

I don't know specific details about ghrelin so hopefully someone who DOES will confirm this: Since ghrelin (a hormone that is partially responsible for sending hunger signals) is adaptable to behavior, taking a consistent approach to your feed schedule should give you adaptation much faster.

In short, adopting the same feed window for a few weeks should cause your body to expect to feed at those times once ghrelin adapts to your schedule.

Doing it one day per week (I am speculating, again) is probably not going to give you this adaptation and it's going to make the fasting portion a lot more difficult than it would be if you were to give it a more consistent approach.

If you try it for a few weeks and still don't like it, discard the idea.

Can you give me more info? Do you mean do it every day for a new weeks? Only eat once a day? Sorry, but I'm brand new to this idea so bear with me. For how many hours?

Mcctin65

Hello,
A simple guidline is fibre and protein. You've had a lot of good suggestions already about whole oatmeal, red river cereal, eggs, egg whites. I like to put some coconut oil in a pan, toss in some spinach, an egg and half a cup of egg whites. Put that on a piece of whilewheat bread. Avoid simple sugary carbs and white bread.I also like to put peanut butter in my oatmeal :-)

...and fasting is never a good idea for your health. It's just anorexia in disguise and will lower your metabolism and create a bad relationship with food.

Good luck

Thanks! I certainly DO NOT want to be anorexic.

leomom72

i normally eat a pack of belvita crackers..they taste great and keep me full until almost lunchtime..good luck

jmehere

I read about this study awhile back, here's one second hand interpretation: http://www.cbass.com/Breakfast.htm (basically, they did a study and found that people who ate a 600 calorie breakfast lost more weight and kept it off). I haven't had the guts to go up to 600 calories for breakfast, though maybe I should since my weight loss has been floundering. I have to have around 400 calories in the morning or I find I have to have a snack before lunch. Which I stared eating a little more in the mornings, I was able to eliminate my morning snack category. It makes sense to me, at least a couple of very overweight people I know make a habit of skipping breakfast most of the time.
I go with what I crave. Right now, I eat a turkey sandwich with reduced fat pepper jack cheese on low calorie bread. I find that eating a peanut butter sandwich is good, too.

firefly171717

Syntha-6 protein shake
and
either:
one serving of cerial
bar
greek yogurt plain with graonola and honey
fiber one brownie
any 100 calorie or less snake is my goal :-)

I'm experimenting myself too !

Erica002

Oatmeal, a piece of fruit, and some orange juice.

rprussell2004

I've become a big fan of this "berrylicious microwave muffin" thing I read about here. Try searching the message boards for the recipe.

It's basically 1/4 cup rolled (NOT instant, NOT steelcut) oats and an egg, scrambled together in a mug with some fruit (blueberries) and stevia, and a splash of milk.

Nuke it for 60-75 seconds and it's very filling.

freyaskitty

I have to make breakfast protein-heavy, otherwise I'm starving in a hour after I finish.

I typically have some sort of egg (fried whole, white-only omlette, etc.) with a low-fat meat added (Morningstar breakfast strips are a favorite or thin sliced turkey). I add a ton of veggies, a slice of whole wheat toast (1/2 with strawberry spread) and a cuppa joe. And water of course.

The toast is the only real carb I eat for breakfast. I love hot cereals but have found that they just don't stick with me. Even heavy duty oatmeal leaves me hungry.

VoodooLuLu

Granola and yogurt!

xjackie83

It really depends on your body type. I know people that swear by oatmeal because it's high in fiber. Whereas if I eat oatmeal, I'm really hungry by lunch. I like a good balanced breakfast. Two egg beaters with cheese, two slices of whole grain bread, and coffee.

MissNations

2 eggs, scrambled, with one T grated parmesan, either 1/3 cup red pepper, mushrooms, or 1 cup spinach, and topped with two T of salsa. Add coffee plus soy milk and it comes in around 270 calories, depending on the veggie and the amount.