What to have for breakfast

I did a bit of googling and i found Yogurt, Egg Whites, Top Round Steak, Chicken Breast, Sweet Potato, Pork Tenderloin, and Asparagus have tons of both.

Omlet. Cheesy hammy peppery omletty goodness.

In reality, only about 30 minutes elapses between my alarm and when I start working out at the gym at work (then shower and dress at work). If I eat anything solid first, it doesn't have time to digest before the workout hits high gear and I REALLY regret it. :embarassed:

So I just get up, immediately pound 8oz of fruit juice with 1t of creatine, and arrive at the gym 30 minutes later without a heavy belly but with about 120 readily-absorbed calories ready to go. Immediately after the workout, I drink half of the 1L smoothie that I made the night before (whey isolate, ON Pro Complex, 2c raw kale, seasonal fruit, powdered milk, sometimes PB, a banana, bee pollen, frozen berries, etc). By the time I sit down at my desk at 7:50, I've got ~35g of protein in my belly. I drink the other half of the smoothie around 10am or 11am. I've found that if I try to work out that early on an empty stomach I just bonk badly.

I've been doing the smoothie breakfast for several months now and really like it, especially as a way to ingest a lot of raw kale which is absurdly cheap where I live ($0.17 for a bundle the size of my thigh). The fresh fruit (papaya, pineapple, a whole mango, sometimes a whole avocado) keeps it tasty and it is just a few minutes to make the night before. I store it in a 1L widemouth Nalgene bottle in the fridge and grab it on my way out the door.

On weekends, I'll have a nice breakfast of 2 eggs scrambled with tomato and onion, with refried black beans, a few fried plantains, a fresh corn tortilla, and fruit. On weekends, I'm not hitting a high intensity workout and am just walking or hiking so I can handle the heavier breakfast.

I use the egg beaters with chopped budding ham and a pinch of shredded cheese. Less than 250 calories and packed with protien! So yummy I add salt and pepper. The southwest egg beaters is my fav, but the store doesnt always have it.

Ashleearoha... Definitely trying the oats & eggs for breakfast tomorrow... Thanks!!!:happy:

You can make a frittata with veggies, meat and cheese and just have a piece in the morning.

I'm very fond of oatmeal with eggs too. I use 1 cup of milk, 1/2 cup quick oats, a bit of vanilla, one beaten egg, nuke it for 2.5 minutes, then add some maple syrup. So good.

Or you could have Greek yogurt with fruit and granola. Protein pancakes. Crepes with ham and cheese. Egg, cheese and sausage tortilla.

Lots of possibilities.

Please show me those oats that are only 56 calories for 1/3 cup...

Please show me those oats that are only 56 calories for 1/3 cup...

The serving size of these oats is ¼ cup dry grain. When cooked with the recommended water portions (usually about a cup), you end up with roughly 1 whole cup of a finished product. Because the water obviously adds no caloric value, there are roughly 170 calories in one cup of cooked steel cut oats (the same amount of calories in ¼ cup, uncooked).

So 170 / 3 = 56.66

I simmer a cup of dry with 4 cups of water for about 30 minutes, then allow to cool in the covered pan. This gives me enough for a week using 1/3c per day. And truth be told, it is suffice (filling) with the hemp hearts and yogurt.

I make hard boiled eggs and keep them in the fridge. Great for a quick breakfast or on the go snack. I also love Shakeology. And, I prep a lot of my fruits and veggies when I go shopping. I get a container and put an assortment in, I call it my 'bento box'. And, breakfast doesn't always have to be breakfast food. I had leftover roasted veggies and a hard boiled egg this am.

Cottage cheese has a lot of protein. I'm not a big breakfast eater but one serving of cottage cheese gives 16g of protein. You could also put it in some scrambled eggs yum yum!

I also like Greek yoghurt with fruit or peanut butter on toast. Or make a turkey bacon egg mcmuffin on an English muffin (cheese is optional).