Bkfast help

I eat a medium banana and a bagel thin with whipped cream cheese

Lately, I have been doing oatmeal with 1tsp honey, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, and 1 egg white. It only takes a few minutes and you can cook it in the microwave while you're doing other things like drying your hair, then when the oatmeal is cooked, add the honey, cinnamon, and egg white and stir stir stir until the egg is cooked.

You could also just have something small like a piece of toast with a slice of tomato or half of a bagel with some peanut butter, maybe with a banana on the side. I don't think you HAVE to eat a large breakfast, just get something so your body isn't starving.

This morning I had a whole wheat English muffin with 2 tbsp of natural peanut butter. It doesn't sound like much but it kept me full for quite a while! The peanut butter offers a ton of protein. If you want to add something else, maybe a glass of low-fat milk just to bring it full circle.

The other breakfast I usually eat is a packet of Kashi Go-Lean oatmeal and a Dannon Light and Fit Carb & Sugar Control yogurt. I'm pre-diabetic so I figured this is better than regular yogurt - I haven't tried Greek yogurt yet.

Cereal is fine as long as you're making a smart choice. I love Kashi Go Lean Crunch because with milk, I'm getting a decent amount of protein & fiber. Add in a hard boiled egg (do it ahead of time and then it's quick to just grab it out of the fridge & say, eat it on your ride to work) and you have a perfectly balanced meal!

Also... a fried egg takes what, 5 minutes? This morning I had a Thomas 100% whole wheat english muffin with a fried egg and a slice of swiss cheese. I wrapped it in foil and ate it on my drive to my friend's house.

Oatmeal with raisins or other fruit in it. Or 1 egg omlete with a splash milk, bit of ham, cheese and a ton of veggies. You can prep the veggies and cut ham, and mix w/ egg and milk the night before and keep in fridge overnight. then you just pop it on the stove in the morning. It will be done in a jiff.

Anything you can prep the night before will make breakfast a lot easier. I'm a zombie in the morning. Definitely hardboiled egg. For oatmeal, if you save your glass jars from jam and salsa type foods, you can put the oatmeal in the jar to go. I like that better than a Tupperware box since the jar lids screw on snug. I also get various types of cheese (swiss & gouda are my fav at the moment) and pre-cut them into 1oz blocks. That way I don't have to guess how much I had to eat. I also pre-weigh my almonds so they are serving controlled and easy to take on the go. My friend makes her fruit smoothies in batches and freeze them; then she transfers one unit of them to the fridge the night before and it's ready to have in the morning. No loud blender noises in the morning, and no blender to clean everyday.

One thing I learned since I started dieting is that I function better if I munch throughout the day. So if you can't stomach a lot of calories at breakfast or you only have 15 minutes to eat, you can eat a little "at breakfast time" and then munch a bit more after you get to work (hopefully that's feasible for your job).

I eat some fage greek yogurt with kashi almond flax go lean crunch mixed in with a touch of honey. It's really good! Sometimes I will eat a hardboiled egg too along with that or some fruit.