What to have at breakfast

I'm currently drinking my breakfast pumpkin spice latte

pumpkin pie spice
Lipton - Spiced Chai Flavored Black Tea Bag, 1 tea bag
Optimum Nutrition - 100% Natural Oats & Whey - Vanilla Bean, 40gm
Libby's - Pure Pumpkin *, 170 g
Optimum Nutrition - Gold Standard 100% Whey - Banana Creme, 17gm
Calories Protein Carbs Fiber Sodium Fat
272, 34, 33. 10. 251, 3

I don't see the latte here... No coffee?

Oats with fresh fruit & seeds + honey

Wholegrain toast with peanut butter & chopped banana

Scrambled eggs & a whole grapefruit

Poached egg on wholegrain toast with 1 tbsp organic tomato ketchup & fruit

Granola, yoghurt & berries

^my favourite go-to breakfasts!

This week I've been having quick oats (the type with no added sugar/salt) cooked in the microwave with coconut milk (I'm vegan) and then 1/2 banana sliced and mixed in when it's cooked, plus a sprinkle of cinnamon. The banana gets all caramelised and lovely in the hot porridge! It's about 250 cals, depending on the milk you use (or make it with water) and how much you make.

Multiseed toast, peanut butter and sliced banana is good too but I find it can be quite high in calories. I'd rather save some cals for mid-morning snack...

I'm currently drinking my breakfast pumpkin spice latte

pumpkin pie spice
Lipton - Spiced Chai Flavored Black Tea Bag, 1 tea bag
Optimum Nutrition - 100% Natural Oats & Whey - Vanilla Bean, 40gm
Libby's - Pure Pumpkin *, 170 g
Optimum Nutrition - Gold Standard 100% Whey - Banana Creme, 17gm
Calories Protein Carbs Fiber Sodium Fat
272, 34, 33. 10. 251, 3

I don't see the latte here... No coffee?

2 slices reduced calorie/whole grain toast with 2 T natural peanut butter
greek yogurt with hard boiled egg
omellette with one whole egg, one egg white, fresh broccoli & a bit of low fat shredded cheddar

Those are my faves!!

I have a bowl of Steel Cut Oatmeal with egg whites, blueberries and cinnamon waiting for me! Yum! You can make a big pot to last several day then it only takes 2.5 minutes to heat up in the morning.

I have either :

Porridge with organic soy milk, organic peanut butter and banana
OR
French toast with 1 whole egg, organic soy milk, 2 pieces wholemeal seeds bread, organic peanut butter and baked beans

I got for any of these, all of which keep me full til lunch:

wheetabix with skimmed milk (sometimes alone, sometimes with chopped banana, depending how hungry I am)

poached eggs on wholemeal toast

veg omelette

smoked salmon and scrambled eggs (occasional weekend treat!)

now the weather is turning colder, I'll start having porridge again. I have it with skimmed (1%) milk and sometimes a sprinkling of raisins...which go gorgeously gooey when cooked in with the oats

Well you can always go to the "boring stuff" and eat a butter sandwich with sliced cheese. With a cup of tea or coffee.

I'm a huge fan of eating hard boiled eggs first thing when I get up.

Steel Cut oats (or any kind really) are also a good option.

I like Breakfast burritos or omelets as well.

Honestly, anything with eggs is good. :happy:


My favorite, though, it to take 1 slice of bacon (turkey bacon works just as well) and cut it in half. Cook until almost done. Take a piece of wheat bread and cut out a hole. Place on top of the bacon. Crack an egg and dump it in the hole (it will leak out a little bit). Cook on one side, then turn over and finish cooking. Eat with a piece of fruit. If I had a picture, I'd share it.

yogurt smootie or
one egg on a thin bagel

depending on my mood that day

Sometimes I eat a Bagel. Or hard boiled eggs & turkey bacon or turkey sausage. Maybe Kashi brand cereals or peanut butter toast, yogurts and even Oatmeal.

Berry/Spinach Protein Smoothie - I make this every morning so I have stopped "measuring" - so these are approximate measurements
1-2 handfuls spinach
1 cup mixed frozen berries
1 scoop vanilla protein powder (my fav is IsoFlex whey brand)
8 oz skim milk
1-2 tsp ground flax seeds
+ A little honey & ice, if desired

Under 300 calories, very filling, and you can drink it while getting ready in the morning

Nutri Grain breakfast biscuits (fruit and fibre)! They may not look much but they keep me full for a number of hours.

Good luck x

I eat either 12 grain or multi grain toast with peanut butter and banana, or peanut butter and jelly and have yogurt with it, or oatmeal with a cup of yogurt. I try to have yogurt or fruit with my meals. But if I'm running late, I have a protein meal bar.