How many calories is your breakfast?

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  • itsscottwilder
    itsscottwilder Posts: 317
    I'm not really hungry in the morning, so I put 200 to 300 calories in to get the engine running.
  • JumpingDog
    JumpingDog Posts: 125 Member
    I eat between 300 and 800 calories before lunch. It just depends on how long I think it will be until I can make a proper lunch. When I know I will be out a while or exerting myself, I eat a more calorically dense lunch. As for eggs, I love them. If you don't like them you shouldn't eat them all the time.

    With a typical daily goal being 1500, my breakfast is between 20% and 53% of my total intake for the day. I usually eat a big or medium breakfast a really small lunch or snack and a medium sized dinner.
  • ProjectHotBod13
    ProjectHotBod13 Posts: 2
    Breakfast should be small but filling. I had a glass of Shakeology this morning around 8am and I was satisfied until lunch! Try a meal replacement shake like that or make your own fruit smoothie!

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  • CycleFlow
    CycleFlow Posts: 55
    Breakfast is a completely personal thing.

    I am most hungry in the AM and my hunger dimishes throughout the day.

    I have breakfast 400 cal - snack 200-300 cal - lunch 400(ish)cal all before 1 pm
    then my afternoon snack and dinner are smaller.

    But I have an active job - so I need the fuel in the morning to keep me going..

    Its different for everyone - do what is going to make you feel the best during the day. ;D
  • jlapey
    jlapey Posts: 1,850 Member
    0. I don't eat breakfast anymore. I'd rather save them for a larger dinner.
  • raingirl21
    raingirl21 Posts: 167 Member
    My calories are 1400 but my breakfast is between 400-500. I find that I don't want anything until lunch this way and won't be tempted to have sugary pastries for my break.
  • DeirdreJayne_
    DeirdreJayne_ Posts: 5
    Mine was 254 - a luna bar (my chocolate fix) and 2 cups of coffee. I would rather eat more midday so I try to keep breakfast simple and predictable :)
  • celamantia
    celamantia Posts: 6 Member
    I had been eating about 400 on an 1800 calorie diet but I have been cutting it back under 300... It was 190 this morning but that was because I ate late. I do find that if I don't eat breakfast I have a real hard time losing anything.

    Generally I will eat the carbs first, then walk 10-20 minutes to get my body going, then eat the protein if there is a separate protein.

    Chris
  • truelypinkthing
    truelypinkthing Posts: 164 Member
    I have a bowl of blueberries, raspberries and strawberries, topped with 20g of rolled oats, 1 cup of non sweetened almond milk, a dollop of 0% greek yoghurt and a squirt of agave nectar, always delicious and about the 300 calorie mark. Oh, and a cup of peppermint tea to start the digestive juices going. Im on maintenance of 1460 calories and that sees me through a busy morning teaching until lunchtime.
  • xDawnsgrace
    xDawnsgrace Posts: 436
    my breakfast used to be
    - 1 slice wheat bread (65)
    - 1-2 egg whites (17-34)
    - 1 slice turkey bacon (35)
    total: 117-134


    Now that i'm pescetarian, i plan on it being
    1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder (85)
    1/2 cup almond milk (15)
    1 banana (~130)
    total: 230
  • dorrien12
    dorrien12 Posts: 17
    I don't eat as soon as I get up, but later when I do, it's one packet of instant oatmeal. That's about 231 calories after I add a little margarine and cinnamon.
  • tmpecus78
    tmpecus78 Posts: 1,206 Member
    My breakfast (which is at 2pm) is 4.5oz of chicken, a cup of asparagus and .5oz of almonds which is about 310 Cals.
  • norahwynn
    norahwynn Posts: 862 Member
    Usually between 200-250 cals, though I'm thinking to increase it to about 300...
  • Chokis
    Chokis Posts: 131
    I eat by the little saying "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a peasant"
    Funny, in Russia we have a saying, "Eat your breakfast yourself, share your lunch with a fiend, and give your dinner to your enemy", LOL! But yeah, kind of the same meaning!

    I eat 600-900 calories for breakfast. 1600 calories total + exercise calories (could be 500-600 extra calories).
  • Mario_Az
    Mario_Az Posts: 1,331 Member
    400
  • ThomiLeary
    ThomiLeary Posts: 3
    My breakfast is usually about 273 calories (cheese omelette with 2 eggs, 1 oz of 2% cheese, a pinch of sea salt and a generous amount of fresh cracked black pepper) but once or twice a week, I have a 385 calorie breakfast (breakfast sandwich with 1 egg, 1 oz of 2% cheese, 3 slices of turkey bacon on a toasted arnold sandwich flat) but I love eggs so that works for me. When I do have oatmeal, I love cinnamon raisin oatmeal and I make some by adding 1/2 cup raisins, 0.50 tsp cinnamon and a 1tsp of light brown to 1 cup of steel cut oatmeal (1/4 cup uncooked = 1 cup cooked) and after I put 1 serving in a bowl, I top it with 2 tbsp of half and half (you can use whatever you prefer but I like the creaminess it adds to the oatmeal) and that is 258 calories per serving. I also like oatmeal with sugar free pancake syrup and nuts (pecans especially but walnuts work too).
  • electrokinetic
    electrokinetic Posts: 12
    I know many people will say it is wrong, but most of the time I don't have breakfast. I don't feel hungry at all in mornings. If I do eat something it is a bowl of cereal with skim milk or a fiber bar or yogurt. I drink lots of water in the morning because I am always thirsty after a night's sleep (lots of sinus/ allergy problems that swell up my nose during the night so I am a mouth breather when I sleep).

    You asked what breakfast was, not what we thought it should be. :drinker:

    I tried the exact same thing last year. I didnt eat a lot throughout the day but it also took me like three months to lose 5 lbs with plenty of exercise. Fruit is a good alternative since its light and easy to digest. I do however get a bit hungry around 1030 and ignore that hunger till lunch


    I usually eat either a single egg omelet with veggies or a fruit salad. That comes to about 200-350 calories for breakfast.
  • Blitz_40
    Blitz_40 Posts: 110 Member
    My bff has lost 120 pounds by changing her eating habits - portion & types of food. She keeps telling me:

    Breakfast like a King
    Lunch like a Prince
    Dinner like a Pauper

    I've not been very successful with this because morning is not my favorite time of day to eat....

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