Breakfast help!

Hi....I have recently gotten rid of bread from my diet, and I am having trouble on breakfast. I am trying to watch my sugar intake in the morning. I know that milk is pretty much filled with it, and if you combine it with a few servings of cereal, you have already hit the home stretch in the sugar column, and it is only 7am.
I do like to have some eggs, turkey sausage or bacon, and then maybe some orange slices. I stopped eating boxes pancakes. What are some other good breakfast ideas so that I can stray away from packing on the breakfast sugars, but still have good energy for the day? Should I abandon milk? I am trying to stay under 700 calories.

700 calories for breakfast alone? I hope its not the day dude. Consider adding oatmeal to your diet, half a cup won't hurt you.
For breakfast there are times that I just drink whey or just have a nice full breakfast with oatmeal and protein from eggs or meat. Then add low fat cheese, and steak.

Unless you have problems with dairy, I wouldn't really worry about milk. It's great for you nutritionally. If you really don't want it, try out soy milk or almond milk, etc. It's a good replacement. I love using just milk and cereal with fruits for breakfast. Or oatmeal.

But I would also suggest eggs. Don't be afraid of breads. A single english muffin is what, 110 calories? I buy the low-cal breads that are 45 cals. per slice. You can check those out too.

700 cals for breakfast is a lot of room to work with

I use soy milk cause regular milk just wrecks havoc lol.

One of my favorites is blueberries and sliced strawberries sprinkled with stevia. I mix it with about 2-3 tablespoons of reduced fat sour cream and sprinkle my favorite granola or sliced almonds over the top. It tastes like a dessert, but it is filling and healthy.

Yes! Yes! Hooorah for SMOOTHIES! And not just any kind of smoothie but GREEN smoothies. Sound gross? Well listen up - these are AH-Mazing. Simple ....just add fresh, baby spinich leaves to any fruit smoothie. The leaves are sweet and very mild so you don't even know they are there - and what a nutritional bump! Fiber, iron, etc. etc, etc. As for the rest of the smoothie I mix it up....always a small banana, then blueberries, strawberries, nectarines. If I want it super cold, I add ice or use frozen fruit. For liquid I use milk, water, low sugar juice, soy mile, almand milk, rice milk. If I need more protien I add half cup of Fage nonfat yogurt - it's got like double the protien of regular yogurt. GO GREEN MY FRIENDS! At 300 calories or less, you can still have an egg white omelet with a a couple TB shreded cheese and salsa, or that half cup of oatmeal the others suggest.

Microwave some oatmeal, stir in some plain Greek yogurt for protein, top it with fresh blueberries, peaches, bananas - whatever ya got, a handful of walnuts, and a drizzle of honey. Add a sprinkle of cinnamon with the peaches and it tastes like dessert.

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So it seems like I should try to move away from the cold cereal, move to the hot cereal, and get a blender. I like the oatmeal ideas. There are so many things that can be done there. One guy I talked to mentioned making oatmeal pancakes. It is a good way to work with fruit. I am kind of bummed out because I cant eat bananas---they give me too much gas. I like these ideas!

Not sure about oatmeal pancakes but you can try it. Just be aware of what you put in your food lol. A certain level of sugar is acceptable. I personally look at low glycemic foods and try to keep it that way that is why oatmeal is great. You don't have to have oatmeal just for breakfast but it is a good substitute to brown rice if you hate brown rice.

Whole Wheat or Low Carb Tortillas (My new favorites are Santa Fe Whole Wheat, only 100 calories and 13g Carbs)
Scrambled eggs (Should be more whites than whole)
Jennie O Extra Lean turkey bacon or Fit n Active Turkey bacon (Aldis)
Kraft Cheese Fat Free Slice
2 TBSP Salsa
= Breakfast Burrito!

Also, replace the milk with almond milk. I stick with Unsweetened but Sweetened or Flavored is not that bad.

Oatmeal with 2TBSP of Peanut Butter & Cup of Berries

Also, Kashi has some great waffles as well, add with brummel & Brown yogurt butter & Hungry Jack Lite Syrup!

Hope this helps!

One of my faves is an Egg Quesadilla. Very easy to cook and tasty! I hate the taste of eggs but love these. There is a cute video on how here: http://weelicious.com/ Egg, cheese, tortilla. Then you add anything you want ontop. I like to add fat free sour cream...Delish! Also, I use the large tortilla and cut the quesadilla in half. I put the other half in the fridge and then heat it up on the toaster oven and it's just as good and crunchy.
Overnight Oatmeal is also an awesome choice. I love mine with fruit and cinnamon. With most fruit, I don't even need to add sugar/stevia.

Breakfast doesn't have to be just breakfast foods. If you enjoy something that is healthy and high protein - eat it...regardless of the time of day. I often have 3 deli slices of roast beef and a small piece of cheese for breakfast and maybe scrambled eggs for dinner. Also, a hard boiled egg for a snack. Mix it up and live a little :happy:

My go-to has been a whole wheat English muffin with laughing cow light swiss cheese. It spreads on like cream cheese, very good! You could add more protein like an egg white, but it does have a good amount. I'm a vegetarian and it works well for me!

I do something like this too! One side laughing cow, the other hummus. Egg white and a slice of tomato. One of my favorite breakfast things ever!

1 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup oatmeal
4 eggs

1) blend in a magic bullet/food processor
2) make pancakes
3) ????
4) PROFIT

it's like, 600 calories, a **** of a lot of protein, almost no carbs, and you can still scramble an egg or have a couple sausage links and still stay in your desired range. they also refrigerate well if you want to make a double batch and eat for a few days.

good luck:)

The sugar thing is my dilemma too, I don't want to stop having milk and cereal ,so I've found this to be helpful ,cut your cereal in half ,cut your milk in half ,I use 1% lowfat (110 calories 1 cup) 1/2 =55 calories ,hopefully you use a cereal with at least 3grms of fiber or more ,cut the cereal in half ,and watch the sugar content in your orange juice ,and fruits,try trop50 orange juice (reduced sugar ) if not cut your orange juice in half also ,hope that helps.smile:

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Lactose is a Disaccharide (sugar) that is found in milk. Its made from galactose and glucose. Lactase (enzyme) metabolizes lactose quickly allowing the glucose to elevate blood sugar levels resulting in an insulin spike if enough is present

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Milk sugar is so very different from processed ( table ) sugar or any derivative of it. Your body metabolizes it differently. Same as fruit sugars. MFP is the only weight loss site I have ever seen that even registers sugar. As long as you're watching your food intake in general. Read food labels. I'd say go for it. I changed my settings so sugar doesn't show. I question a few of MFP's nutritional analyses. I'm not an expert but I am university educated in the field of Fitness and Nutrition.