Staying Full after Breakfast

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  • SunriseSally55
    SunriseSally55 Posts: 16 Member
    I have cut out all wheat products right now... they turn to sugar & make you feel hungry which leaves you empty feeling. I have a protein shake with 4 or 5 slices of Oscar Meyer turkey bacon with sea salt... very filling & lasts until lunch time. Plus if you are drinking half of your body weight in water you shouldn't feel hungry. Drink up it's good for you! And peanut butter is great just a tsp will do your body good especially after working out. Dr. Oz say to get the most benefit from peanut butter eat it within 30 minutes of your work out.
  • MysticMaiden22
    MysticMaiden22 Posts: 324 Member
    Sounds like a protein packed breakfast that will keep you full.

    My go-to breakfast is a Kind Plus Protein bar and a yogurt. Maybe a whole fruit as well if I'm really hungry. If I have time to actually cook a breakfast I like to make a 3-egg omelet.
  • Shannon_S_A
    Shannon_S_A Posts: 3 Member
    Are you drinking your water? I can't believe that's coming from me water was my enemy for years. I either have a two egg omelette loaded with veggies or I have a boiled egg and a bowl of shredded wheat with 1/2 C. milk.

    I'm never hungry before lunch. sometimes not even by lunch (that's the problem). sometimes I forget to eat lunch and then after dinner I have like 600 calories left for the day at the worst time of day to be eating... so I eat as many as I can and try to do something active.
  • dlionsmane
    dlionsmane Posts: 674 Member
    Everyone's journey is different, we all have different starting points and end goals. Having said that I have found that staying w/i my total calories for the day (I almost always come in at least 200 under) and not being hungry throughout is easiest when I eat many small 'meals' a day. I have oatmeal with fresh fruit in the morning and then I have at least two snacks before lunch, something like 10 mini pretzels, a part-skim string cheese, a 1/2 cup mixed fresh fruit, along those lines. Then I am good until lunch, I do the same in-between lunch and dinner. This works for me, but it is also easy because I work in an office and can bring all of my food with me everyday. I hope you find what works for you! I keep telling my friends (and myself too - no one is perfect!) who struggle with staying on track, don't beat yourself up over a slip, get up, dust yourself off and get back on the bike.... good health is a life journey, not a sprint.
  • shannashannabobana
    shannashannabobana Posts: 625 Member
    Well hear I am at 930am, about 3 hours after my breakfast. I'm not hungry, just craving something sweet... Like a bakery donut...

    Cravings will go away if you don't feel your sweet tooth for a while. A lot of people have a square or two of very dark chocolate. That might work for you. (but if you're anything like me, you need to break it into squares instead of carrying around a candy bar.I have mine in a glass container in the cabinets and just grab a small square when I'm really wanting chocolate. It won't help with a baked goods craving, though!
    I am starting to believe what I have been reading about many small meals.

    I tried that for a while and hated it. I felt like I was eating constantly. I think I do better when I eat two or three real meals a day.
  • kcrxgirl
    kcrxgirl Posts: 114 Member
    I spread out my breakfast a little. I eat my 80 cal greek yogurt around 8 and then my 120 cal reduced-sugar instant oatmeal around 10. That's only 200 cals so leaves some room for juice, milk or creamer in my coffee.
  • thepezzle
    thepezzle Posts: 40 Member
    Hmm... I usually try to eat a hearty breakfast (protein and fats maybe a little carb action if I have it) and drink some black coffee. Today I had an omelette with 2 eggs, 1 white, spinach, tomatoes, garlic and an ounce of white cheddar and I'm about to french press my coffee. I'm an artist and once I've had my coffee I tend to get very absorbed into my work so most of the time, so I don't really think about snacking even though I work from home. If I'm commuting somewhere by foot a banana and a handful of cashews does the trick for me.

    For breakfast, when I've been pressed for time/ingredients, sometimes I have a fistfull of carrot sticks, a cup of blueberries and a half cup of rice mixed with sriracha sauce. Something about the combination of vegetables and quick energy from rice seems to help during the first hours.
  • Charweezie
    Charweezie Posts: 115 Member
    well it looks like your going to hungry way before lunch. The thing is, you SHOULD eat and a mid morning snack would help. I Typically take a protein shake in the morning and have either a piece of fruit, 1 egg and or coffee before i have lunch. it really keeps me satisfied so im not starving by lunch time.
  • EmmaKarney
    EmmaKarney Posts: 690 Member
    I eat breakfast later (around 10) - which keeps me full til lunch (around 1)

    No way could I last from 7 until 1 on one bowl of oatmeal, I'd have to have a morning snack which would just be additional calories.

    I'm not even hungry when I wake up so I figured I would leave breakfast until I'm hungry.
  • AMANDAJOY1104
    AMANDAJOY1104 Posts: 36 Member
    Ok, 1230pm and I'm eating my lunch... Don't judge, I know it's a horrible lunch!! Lean Pocket and 36 Reduced Fat Cheese Nips... LOL.. I have 41 pretzel sticks for a snack later before dinner...

    Don't know what to have for dinner yet...
  • pkinblue
    pkinblue Posts: 140 Member
    There are days when my b-fast lasts until noon (1 slice Killer Dave's bread, 1 TBS almond or p- Butter) and a low fat 6 oz latte.
    There are days when I eat that and my stomach rumbles 30 min. later. On those days I eat some fruit mid morning to make it until noon--granny smith apples or watermelon are my favorite. If that doesn't work I have a cup of Chai Vanilla tea with a splash of milk and stevia which seems to fill in the gaps until a reasonable lunch hour.
  • spatdi
    spatdi Posts: 16 Member
    If you can't handle "breakfast" you should eat SOMETHING when you get up and moving, a piece of fruit a lowfat string cheese, a boiled egg or something small-to start your metabolism.
    And then a little later something more substantial.
    Those who do eat breakfast get hungry cause your furnace is on and burning fuel. Divide up your eats to get you through to lunch time.
  • EmmaKarney
    EmmaKarney Posts: 690 Member
    There's no "should" - eat your calories when you WANT them.

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