better breakfast options

What are your kids eating? If you feed them at home, have what they have (though take into consideration the health factor). If you are feeding them at home, there's not reason to not make some time

I am a fan of toast and peanut butter and cereals. The best breakfasts ever? Probably not, but they work for me.
I also used to do egg whites and thomasville english muffin sandwiches too. low cal and keeps you full.

I prepare my food the day before. That way, I just grab and run. I eat at work too.

ex: old fashion instant oat meal and fruit
ex: mixed fruit, imitation crab meat and 8 whole raw almonds
ex: raisin whole wheat flat bread square with fat free cream cheese

Do you pack a lunch? Do you have a refridge at work? Yes to either and you are set. Cereal with fruit, oatmeal with fruit, smoothies...all good options. Also, you can cook your breakfast the night before and reheat it at work. I say get creative...that is what I do. For example, I eat oatmeal or cereal during the work week. I have a water bottle with 4 oz markings going up to 20 oz. I fill it to 20 oz with fat free milk on Monday, and leave it in the fridge at work. I poor 4 oz into my cereal or oatmeal. Friday, I bring it home and clean it out. Cereal takes seconds to pack and prepare...oatmeal takes 2 minutes to prepare and cook (1.5 min heat up, 30 seconds to add milk and some water). Just an idea.

Here are a few things I enjoy:

Smoothie - 1 cup Sunrise Crystal Lite (that's OJ flavored, you can use OJ too, but this only has 5 calories a serving), 1 Cup of Frozen Strawberries, 1/2 cup of fat free plain greek yogurt, 1 scoop of vanilla protein powder - takes two second to blend in the blender and my son loves this. I do sometimes put a packet of splenda in there for some added sweetness since the greek yogurt is sour for him.

Ham Roll Ups - 4 slices of ham, 1 laughing cow cheese wedge and 2 claussen pickles. This makes 4 roll ups and it's 110 calories. This and a yogurt cup is very filling

Egg Roll Up - this takes more time but oh so yummy - 1 egg, 2 slices of center cut bacon, 1 slice of cheddar cheese, 1 low carb tortilla - Cook it all up and put it in the tortilla, very portable and high in protein.

Good luck!

We eat a ton of Jimmy Dean Delights breakfast items. They have several to choose from and are all under 300 calories, most below 250. They take under two minutes to cook in the microwave generally. They would be cheaper and healthier than McDonals. Aldi's ham and egg sandwich only has 228 calories also. $2.99 a box at my store. Aldi also has heat and serve turkey sausage (looks gross to me, but my kids love it) for 99 cents.

I vacillate between eating breakfast and not eating breakfast, but when I do eat breakfast, I like to make "sausage, egg and cheese cupcakes" on Sundays.

I take frozen breakfast sausage patties, slice them in half and place them at the bottom of each spot in the cupcake pan. I then sprinkle a little bit of sharp cheddar in each cup, and crack an egg in each one. Bake on 400 for 15-20 mins.

You can freeze them, or keep them in the fridge to just grab in the mornings. They're delicious cold or hot. You can add any kind of other stuff to them as well, including any veggies etc.

Nutritionally speaking :

Calories: 370
Carbs: 0
Fat: 27
Protein: 28
Fiber: 0
Sodium: 690

There's no reason to stop going to McDonalds if you like it, can afford it, and it's easy for you. Just make the right choices for your calories needs. (This assumes you are not avoiding sodium for any health reasons)

Egg McMuffin w/ No Cheese: 250 Calories
Classic Egg McMuffin: 300 Calories
Bacon, Egg Biscuit w/ No Cheese: 370 Calories
Sausage Burrito: 300 Calories

Much like the mini-omlets, I also cook on Sunday for a week (or two) and keep them in the refridgerator and freezer depending on when I am planning on eating it. I'm trying an aggressive calorie reduction to lose some stubborn weight with a "balanced" macronutrient goal of Carbs < 33%, Protein > 33% and about a third of fats. Don't always make it, but I believe living is about always trying to improve.

I don't know if it counts as omlets or quiche or fancy scrambled eggs, but I just cook up

10-16 oz. spinach
1 lb breakfast meat (I usually use chicken sausage)
8-10 oz mushrooms
quarter of an onion
bell peppers and/or any other veggies I might have convenient

8-10 eggs
and maybe a cup or two of milk
thyme, basil and something spicier...

I cook and layer the ingredients in the first section and layer them into muffin tins or rammikins, then mix eggs, milk and spices together and pour on top, since the liquid will surround the solid ingredients. Cook, and then refreigerate some and freeze the rest. in the morning warm them in the microwave or oven and melt cheese on top... Takes about three minutes, but it meets my aggressive goals and is a nice warm and delicious meal.

for variety and for warmer summer days I make oatmeal protein pudding cakes.

1 box sugarfree fatfree Jello pudding&pie filling
milk (per Jello pudding directions)
oatmeal (equal volume as the milk)

a couple scoops of protein powder
and/or a couple scoops of PB2, defatted peanut butter.

Fill silicon muffin tins and freeze. It's not quite as balanced or natural as the above, these are soft enough they can be popped out and eaten while still frozen or as they thaw and soften if you have more sensitive teeth.

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My breakfasts are pretty simple.

1 package of oatmeal and either an apple, orange or a pair.

1 cup total raisin bran with 1 cup 1% milk and either an apple, orange or a pair.