Pimp My Breakfast :D

redhotfirebird
redhotfirebird Posts: 20
in Food and Nutrition
Opinions needed!

So, as someone who generally detests breakfast (except for my coffee).....I've decided to have a 1/3 cup of yogurt and 1/6 cup of oatmeal, which I've found to be tolerable. However, since this is just milk and cereal products (not counting the minimal amount of "fruit" in the yogurt), should I add perhaps an egg or something (keeping in mind I'm not a big fruit fan, esp in the mornings)? And I'm allergic to nuts and sesame seeds.

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  • Lizzy622
    Lizzy622 Posts: 3,705 Member
    I like adding red/green bell peppers and onion with an egg to my oatmeal. It gives me protein and veg.
  • skinnybythanksgiving
    skinnybythanksgiving Posts: 159 Member
    Don't eat breakfast food. Eat food you love. My son never ate breakfast food. He ate lunch/dinner food (with protein).
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    Since you're not hungry then, i don't see the point of forcing yourself to eat (unless you have a medical condition that requires it).

    To answer your question, yogurt + oatmeal has a good amount of protein, but if you want to increase it, an egg or egg whites will do the trick. Or, as was said, eat non-breakfast foods, like chicken, fish, etc.
  • TXBlonde81
    TXBlonde81 Posts: 78 Member
    Not sure if you are avoiding instant oatmeal or not but here are some of the things I do:


    Maple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal + blueberries/blackberries
    Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal + banana/blueberries/blackberries (just one or a combo of 2)

    Greek Yogurt:
    with 1/2 tbsp honey only
    with 1/2 tbsp honey & fruit (strawberries/blueberries/blackberries/raspberry) - Usually 2 of those

    HungryGirl Egg Mugs (just google them - there are a ton) My favorite is the All American egg mug
  • StacyReneO
    StacyReneO Posts: 317 Member
    Is it that you aren't hungry or you just detest breakfast foods? If you aren't hungry - don't eat. If you detest breakfast foods - eat something else. I rarely eat anything til around 10am - I'm just not hungry before then and at that time, it's usually a piece of fruit.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    I detest breakfast, ergo, I usually don't eat it.

    who is telling you that you have to eat it? Punch them in the throat.
  • Jewlz280
    Jewlz280 Posts: 547 Member
    I'm with the other posters. If you aren't hungry, don't eat unless you are having a HARD time eating a decent amount of calories. If you don't like the food, just find something you do!

    As for adding protein, you don't really need to unless your protein levels aren't getting met at the end of the day. I'm a fan of boiled eggs. :) Or Quiche. Quiche is a nice mix between breakfast and lunch. I like mine crustless, but crust is easy, too. TONS of recipes on allrecipes(dot).com and probably some on here! And easy to change up once you're use to doing the basics. Hmmm... now I want quiche for lunch!!!!
  • Lizzard_77
    Lizzard_77 Posts: 232 Member
    Dude, my favorite breakfast food is cabbage and ground beef sauteed in bacon fat with hot sauce and homemade sauerkraut. I keep the ground meat cooked with no season in a container in the fridge as well as the cabbage, partially cooked. then I throw it in a skillet in the am, add garlic powder, paprika, salt and pepper. If I am working out after breakfast i will fry an egg too.
    Or brussel sprouts with butternut or sweet potato and chicken apple sausage, same deal, all partially cooked or ready to simply be reheated with seasonings.

    You don't have to eat breakfast food for breakfast, there are easy ways to make it quick to prepare, and you will get better nutrition than a tiny bit of yogurt and oatmeal!

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