Breakfast

Protein! I like hard-boiled eggs. Or string cheese.

I eat lots of stuff: egg white omelettes packed with veggies - or sometimes egg white, some low fat cheese, some avocado on a whole wheat english muffin (my own egg mcmuffin! ), or greek yogurt with some kind of berries, or oatmeal with cranberries, chia seeds and dried coconut added.....

so I agree with the protein! also: almond butter (on toast, which i know you said makes you tired)

Scrambled egg whites with sharp cheddar, a fruit smoothie and coffee.

Normal carbs left me hungry, too. I tried all sorts of healthy cereals and milk, but they made me so hungry within an hour or two. Instead, I now have been making hot cereal every day.

I eat Bob's Red Mill Oat Bran (which is ground up oat berries--it has all the fiber and nutrition that gets lost when oatmeal is processed). You can microwave it, but I find that it makes a mess if you don't watch it. It only takes a few minutes to cook on the stove (and since I make a lunch to watch calories, it is perfect). I put one cup of water in a small pot, put it on the stove, and pour in 1/3 cup of the oat bran. Once it boils, I turn it on low for a couple more minutes. Make sure to stir it so it doesn't stick. I pull it off the stove and pour it into a bowl.

I add 1/2 cup fresh blackberries (Sam's has them cheap) and a teaspoon of honey. It sticks with me for HOURS--I guess because of the 7 grams of protein and the 7 grams of fiber. All together, it is only 201 calories.

This has become my normal lately:
Two eggs scrambled with mushrooms and red pepper
Two Morningstar Farms breakfast sausage patties
One slice of toast

I know you don't want the bread, so cut that out. WIth it, it's around 400 calories, without it's around 300, high protein, and decent fiber. Sodium on this is high because of the breakfast sausage, so be careful there.

lately I have been having:

2 or 3 eggs, scrambled with pepper jack cheese grated on them
non fat vanilla greek yogurt (i LOVE this stuff!!)
coffee
old mill whole wheat cinnamon raisin bagel toasted with butter
a cup of strawberries
I have this at about 6 am and this breakfast usually keeps me going until I have my first snack around 10

my favourite breakfast foods are:
- one egg, fried in a teensy bit of pam on a whole wheat english muffin with 1 tbsp light shredded cheese
- smoothie with 2 cups spinach, banana, 1 cup frozen fruits (normally berries or mango), a cup of almond milk, and ground flax
- oatmeal with various mix-ins (slivered almonds, brown sugar, raisins, almond milk, peanut butter)
- 1 whole egg plus 1/4 cup egg white omelet with veggies, 1 tbsp light shredded cheese, occasionally salsa
- protein pancakes: 1 banana mashed mixed with 2 whole eggs, cinnamon, vanilla, and ground flax topped with light syrup
- granola and honey or vanilla greek yogurt

hope these help!

I do smoothies since eating solid food makes me queasy in the mornings. Right now I am hooked on 1 cup Dole frozen mango chunks, 1 cup Blue Diamond Unsweetened Almond Milk, and 1 scoop Pure Protein Whey Protein Powder Vanilla flavor. Blend it up and it's thick, sweet, and under 300 calories

I can't do "breads and cereal" in the morning either, same reason (plus headaches )
I eat fruit and protein.
Eggs, meats, nuts, yogurt, protein fruit smoothies, etc.