What's for breakfast?

I love oatmeal with 4oz of strawberries in them as well as 2tsp of peanut butter! Also, a protein shake is good as well! If you don't like your eggs scrambled, I'd make them hard boiled and eat them or sunny side up and put them on an english muffin!

Mini omelettes - use mini muffin pans - variations are endless - I like a little onion, green pepper, turkey sausage. You can make a batch on Sunday and pop them in the microwave throughout the week for a super quick yummy breakfast.

I'm in a French toast oatmeal kick.... just instant oats, milk, vanilla extract and one egg in the microwave for 3 minutes, then add maple syrup. SO GOOD.

Otherwise I like frittatas, protein pancakes, French toast, ricotta with jello powder and milk, Greek yogurt and breakfast biscuits, or leftovers.

I've been loving breakfast wraps. I use a garlic & herb wrap, two egg whites with some dried salsa seasoning (Tastefully Simple), laughing cow wedge and a slice of low fat cheese. I love cheesiness, the calories aren't too shabby and it keeps me full for a while.

I don't really watch the show but saw an episode of The Biggest Loser that had a recipe for Veggie Frittata with Turkey Bacon. I've been making these every other week. I eat 2 frittata muffins almost every day for breakfast. I really like them and it's easy to prepare at home or in the office.

Here's the link:

http://www.biggestloser.com/nutrition/recipes/veggie-frittata-turkey-bacon

I mix the following in a bowl:

Fage 2% with honey (or with strawberry)
1 banana, chopped
1/3 cup granola

It is delicious!

My go to when I am in a hurry is a multi-grain light English muffin with one wedge of light garlic and herb Laughing Cow cheese (divided between the two side of the muffin) spread like cream cheese. I top it with a low sodium, sulfite free slice of deli ham on each side. NYDP is my favorite. It's super quick, tasty and keeps me full until mid morning when I just have a quick handful of almonds.

I just made banana pancakes yesterday and they were amazing! my staple breakfast items on work days are greek yogurt and granola or sugar free preserves/jelly, oatmeal with raisins or honey, and turkey bacon. sometimes ill have shredded wheat with milk or eggs with onions and peppers.

Bacon, Sausage, eggs, Cheese, Fruit(s) of choice, Toast and PB

Or I make a morning protein shake, depends on time and exercise

1 cup Almond Milk
1 Banana peeled
1/2 cup spinach
2-3 Tbsp Peanut Butter
1 scoop chocolate protein powder
5-6 strawberries or blackberries, or blueberries or.....you get the idea
Mix and drink

I make a gluten free pizza for breakfast - the earlier in the day I eat my calories the easier it is to stay in maintenance while eating whatever I want. I obviously don't have to run out to work early though, lol.
I like to eat non traditional stuff for breakfast... after all in other countries they eat the kinds of foods we save for dinner, like fish & rice with veg, etc.

QUOTE from International Journal of Obesity April 2013 study
"Objective:

To evaluate the role of food timing in weight-loss effectiveness in a sample of 420 individuals who followed a 20-week weight-loss treatment.


Methods:

Participants (49.5% female subjects; age (mean±s.d.): 42±11 years; BMI: 31.4±5.4 kg m−2) were grouped in early eaters and late eaters, according to the timing of the main meal (lunch in this Mediterranean population). 51% of the subjects were early eaters and 49% were late eaters (lunch time before and after 1500 hours, respectively), energy intake and expenditure, appetite hormones, CLOCK genotype, sleep duration and chronotype were studied.


Results:

Late lunch eaters lost less weight and displayed a slower weight-loss rate during the 20 weeks of treatment than early eaters (P=0.002). Surprisingly, energy intake, dietary composition, estimated energy expenditure, appetite hormones and sleep duration was similar between both groups. Nevertheless, late eaters were more evening types, had less energetic breakfasts and skipped breakfast more frequently that early eaters (all; P<0.05). CLOCK rs4580704 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) associated with the timing of the main meal (P=0.015) with a higher frequency of minor allele (C) carriers among the late eaters (P=0.041). Neither sleep duration, nor CLOCK SNPs or morning/evening chronotype was independently associated with weight loss (all; P>0.05).


Conclusions:

Eating late may influence the success of weight-loss therapy. Novel therapeutic strategies should incorporate not only the caloric intake and macronutrient distribution—as is classically done—but also the timing of food."

Liana