low-calorie, but filling, breakfast

--5:00 am--

2 turkey sausage patties

1/4 c Egg Beaters

1 Packet Instant oatmeal

1/2 cup blueberries

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>ONLY 281 CALORIES!!


--9:00 am--


Fiber one bar (90 calories) snack

I am good til lunch!

Not sure how many calories you're working with, but I do a PB&J every morning. Two slices wheat bread (140 calories) give me the carbs to keep me energized, 1 TBS PB (90 calories) is the protein to keep me full, and 2 TBS jam (because I have a sweet tooth!) keeps it from getting boring...I buy a different jar of fruit jam every time I run out.

You actually should eat a mid-morning snack. It has been shown that women should actually eat 6-8 small, snack-like meals a day. You should have your real 3 meals, and some healthy snacks in between.

There is no proof that one must eat like this. Snacking is not essential to health or weight loss. For some this style of eating can lead to over-indulgence and the opposite effect.

Actually people who eat healthy snacks can keep their metabolism burning and are usually those who don't just lose weight but keep it off. Key words: HEALTHY SNACKS.... and different things do work for different people.

I plan a lot ahead of time. You can make low fat/low cal breakfast burritos and keep in the freezer (lots of veggies/turkey sausage/etc). Nuke them the next day and you have a great breakfast ready to go. I also pack apple slices and a banana or other fruit for a mid morning snack. Healthy lunch and then veggie snacks for mid afternoon. This keeps me from overeating at dinner.

I eat a lot of eggs, or when I am tired of that I make peanut butter toast. Sometimes it helps to add a scoop of protein powder to my oatmeal. I have added it to my coffee before, but that's a bit strange... good luck! And friend me if you want to

I'm by no means perfect, but I've never felt more satisfied! Hope this helps!

Also, a good option for someone as busy as you is to make quiche or egg casseroles that you could just microwave individual servings of each morning.

Exactly! I was going to suggest the same type of idea.

There are PLENTY of recipes online for "breakfast burritos" or "breakfast cups (bacon/eggs/veg baked in muffin tins)" that can be made at the start of the week and then reheated in the mornings.

The meal someone posted earlier with eggs and turkey bacon, Cook the turkey bacon/canadian bacon at the beginning of the week, reheat a few pieces each morning with some scrambled eggs which you can make in the microwave, or just make them on the stove top and once they are almost cooked throw the bacon in the same pan to heat it up, scrambled eggs are pretty fast to make, you can even use egg beaters like others suggested.

My dietician recommends drinking water or any non-calorie, caffeine free drink between meals. That will keep you full.

The waffles and oatmeal never keep me full. I do a low calorie english muffin (80 cal) with fat free cream cheese (50 cal). With that I'll do either a banana and a yogurt (about another 160 calories) or a smoothie (about 200-250 calories). That can usually keep me feeling full until lunch, but I do sometimes need something to hold me over (I'm constantly moving at work, so constantly burning calories). If I need a snack, I do a banana or some grapes, so still keeps the calories low!

Egg white omelette with ruduced fat cheese and ham works for me.

fruit smoothy with yogurt and protein powder throw in some hemp hearts or chia seed. I thin it out with water as opposed to juice. so for 300 calories you will have a big glass of filling goodness.

you could always skip breakfast and eat around mid morning..or have your breakfast calories at lunch ...

I never eat breakfast and do not eat lunch till about 12:30...

of course this is not for everyone....

I've eaten 3 meals and the majority of the calories for the day by then.:bigsmile:

I would get up 20 minutes earlier. Eggs don't take long to cook at all, especially if you throw them in the microwaves (like someone else had mentioned.)

If you're not willing to get up earlier- you can make breakfast burritos and freeze them- just throw them in the microwave in the morning, make protein smoothies, eat peanut butter and apples as a mid morning snack... something! You can also make oatmeal in the crock pot the night before and have it in the AM, I make baked oatmeal (put it in the oven) and have it with eggs. I have done cold oatmeal, you can prepare it the night before and put it in jars. Do something!

You need more protein in your breakfast.