What's for breakfast ?

What is becel?

I make my own "egg mcmuffin." 1 egg (or you can just use the white), fried in a non-stick pan with cooking spray, 1 slice of Sargento's ultra thin provolone (or your favorite variety) cheese, 2 oz thin sliced deli ham and a Thomas' triple health English muffin. It's less than 300 calories, so you can still afford to add a small piece of fruit, or sometimes I add a handful of spinach to the sandwich for a good dose of green leafies first thing in the morning.

Another of my favorites is a mixture of 1/2 c non fat plain yogurt, 1/4 c low fat cottage cheese, 1/2 c frozen blueberries, 1/2 banana, 1 T chopped nuts, 1/4 c Uncle Sam cereal, 1/2 t cinnamon, 1 t honey. You can either mix all of these together or mix the yogurt, cottage cheese, honey and cinnamon and layer with the rest of the ingredients to make a parfait. I mix them together and add the cereal just before I eat it to maintain the crunch factor. Again, this is under 300 calories.

Both of these breakfasts stay with me all morning. I eat around 7:00 and don't get hungry until 11 or so.

I'm kind of lazy as far as breakfast goes. Usually it's a piece of toast, an egg and a glass of milk. Maybe a fruit if I'm feeling particularly peckish.

Has anyone put protein powder in porridge ? What's it like ?

Great - that's what it's like. I put GNC's Chocolate Peanut Butter powder in my oatmeal, along with a banana. Awesome.

Just be sure to put in the powder in a little at a time and stir. Otherwise, it can get quite messy.


Lately, I've been eating egg sandwiches for breakfast. Some days, a protein shake. Both are easy to take with me and eat/drink while driving to work. The oatmeal is usually reserved for weekends, when I can simply sit and enjoy it without having to worry about wearing it.

-egg white omlette (no cheese, or very little, packed with whatever veggies are on hand)

- 1/2 pita pocket stuffed with egg white + leftover meat from dinner (i.e.) chicken breast, ham, turkey, etc. diced + veggie

- I love greek yogurt and fruit, but am trying to stay away from dairy for now...

-green smoothie with protein powder

I waffle (pun intended) between two breakfasts, depending on whether or not I have time to clean up before jetting off to work.

Time to clean:
Mushrooms and red pepper and egg beaters omelette served on two slices of dry toast with some fruit (currently on a canteloupe kick).

No time to clean:
Plain oatmeal with a mashed up banana and protein powder mixed in (this morning it was Dymatize Elite Strawberries and Cream). Everything is done in the one bowl, so it's easy to load the dishwasher and run out the door.

Overnight oatmeal in a jar is super awesome!

1/2 cup of rolled oats
3/4 cup of Special K Protein
1 cup of Almond Milk - unsweetened
then add whatever fruit I have ... bananas, blueberries
and then a tablespoon of oat bran on top.
.... roughly, 400-445 cal.

2 egg white scrambled with a touch of shredded cheese
...roughly 50 cal.

1/2 grapefruit
...roughly 41 cal.