Breakfast question

A lot of the time I'm very rushed in the morning when getting ready and I feel like i don't make the healthiest of choices when it comes to my breakfast.

Does anyone suggest a meal replacement drink that covers all the good nutrition I need?

thanks for any feedback

That works for some. For me though eating calories is more satisfying. Try it out & see how you feel. Look for protein, fat, & fiber counts.

I'm not a morning person, so breakfast is prepped the night before just as lunch is.

Breakfast can be any food. What sounds good to me lately is a chopped salad, cottage cheese and hot drink.
The salad is already made up in quantity in my fridge, and I use the salad in everything.
It's just made in a food processor with blade: cabbage, onion, jalapeno, cilantro and fresh lemon juice.

I don't do meal replacement. What's the point.

However, every so often, I mix up a big batch of eggbeaters with some veggies - spinach, peppers, those type things - and then I griddle up some nice veggie/egg discs, and freeze them. I keep track of everything that goes in, and the number of discs I make, so I know portions and stuff. They end up being about 90cals each.

Then in the morning, I pull one out, microwave it, and put it on a whole grain tortilla. Boom, instant breakfast burrito. Love this.

I don't like the prepared drinks much and would rather throw a quick smoothie together and put it in a to go cup. I have frozen bananas in the freezer, skim milk, protein powder (unsweetened unflavored), a tablespoon or two of chia or hemp seeds. Sometimes I throw in unsweetened cocoa powder or frozen strawberries to change it up. I also have popped a sweet potato in the micro wave and top with cottage cheese or cheese and salsa or lack bean salad (basically whatever I have in the fridge). I put it in a to go container and eat at my desk or if I am not hungry for breakfast I have it as lunch.

I bring my breakfast to work and eat at my desk. Typically I have a Luna bar (lemon is my favorite flavor!), some Greek yogurt, and some fruit (right now I have been eating about 1/2 a mango chopped and mixed into my Greek yogurt). I prep it in the AM and it only takes a few minutes. Some days I also get by with just a Luna bar (very easy grab-and-go), though that's only 180 calories.

We sometimes prep a week of breakfast burritos and freeze them.

I like light muscle milk or atkins chocolate shakes for those days when I'm not feeling feeling very hungry.

One thing that I enjoy are the frozen kelloggs breakfast sandwiches. They have protein, carbs, some small amount of fat, and are all under 300 calories. I keep them in the work freezer, and microwave. Also, i have greek yogurt at work, and the aforementioned light muscle milk, plus skim milk which I add to coffee instead of creamer. You would be surprised at the protein in 1 cup of skim milk!

I feel better when I have breakfast. I have been seeing a dietician who suggests having a good breakfast in the a.m., especially if you tend to be an evening eater (like me). If you have more calories in the morning, you won't overeat in the evening.

Isagenix has some nice protein bars and also I love their chocolate shakes

I'm also not a morning person, waking up early to eat didn't work for me, it made me late to work, so I was buying McDonald's breakfast or donuts for a few months. (bleh). Lately I've been making a shake in the morning, it isn't as tasty as a good cooked meal, but it is the best and easiest way for me to do it. Normally I will do 1 cup of skim milk (can sub almond milk for less calories), some protein powder, a frozen banana and a couple tablespoons of pb2 (peanut butter powder, you could sub normal peanut butter too, it just has more fat). Sometimes I switch it up a bit and do a pineapple/mango/yogurt shake.

And some will tell you not to drink your calories and that you should eat them all, but if you are like me, and covet your sleeping in to the last possible moment in the morning, it is a great way to stay on track, what works for you might not work for them! Good luck!

I go with the meal replacement drink in the AM, I feel it gets my body started with almost 20 grams of fiber, and 38 grams of protein. I take Ultra fiber DX mixed with Isopure protein. Both are chocolate and they taste great, High fiber helps keep blood sugar stable which aids in weight loss along with a bunch of other benefits. THe drink works well with my busy schedule. 9:00 am is my first snack usually celery or cucumbers. Feel free to look at my diary its open.

If I am going for a quick breakfast, I will bag up a cup of Kashi Go Lean Crunch to go and drink a glass of almond milk before running out the door...

I make quiches/frittata. Just have to cut a piece and microwave it in the morning. One lasts 4 days (unless hubby has some too, obviously).

Or you can make smoothies. Oatmeal takes 1.5 minute in the microwave too.

i'm not a morning person but the breakfast i eat every day pretty much takes little time and could easily be prepped the night before
it's just fruit (weigh out into a container) Granola weigh and add to container in am, portioned already yogurt into container, mix and eat on the way if you don't have 5 minutes to eat at home.
If I skip I'm more likely to go get something that doens't meet my goals over the am

I like to grab a banana.

We sometimes prep a week of breakfast burritos and freeze them.

thats good one...i hear breakfast burritos freeze pretty well

they do. We usually do something like eggs, beans, cheese, or eggs, butternut squash, cheese (and green chile, of course).

How do you get your eggs to not turn grey? I have tried making my own and freezing them but the eggs always get a greyish tint and look unappetizing. My DH and DS won't eat them like that.