What do you usually eat for breakfast?

Typically during the week I have coffee with either:
1. a toasted English muffin with some peanut/cashew/almond butter and bluberries on top
2. I make a pot of steel cut oatmeal and quinoa (makes 4 generous servings) that I sweeten with a little honey and mix in blueberries or some other fruit (peaches with a bit of cinnamon tastes like peach cobbler!).

On the weekend when I'm home and have more time I usually have coffee, 2 poached eggs with cholula, a toasted English muffin with butter, and sometimes bacon.

I eat pretty much the same things for breakfast, when I eat it. I make steel-cut oats and keep them in the fridge to re-heat in the microwave. I'll have them with a tsp. of butter, and coconut palm sugar and cinnamon, along with 1 or 2 hard-boiled eggs. Or - 80 calorie vanilla Greek yogurt with frozen blueberries & bananas in it and a hard-boiled egg. Or 2 eggs over easy on top of English muffin halves that I butter lightly and broil.

Sometimes I skip breakfast and have a bigger breakfast for lunch. That would be an Eggel Bagel sandwich - 1 large scrambled egg on a buttered, broiled bagel with 2 slices of Canadian bacon and 2 slices of ultra-thin sliced swiss cheese. Or - I make white gravy and make my Eggs & English muffins with a slice of Canadian bacon on each with white gravy poured over the top (kind of like Eggs Benedict).

As far as bagels go - yes they have a lot of calories, but they also have a lot of iron (which I tend to lack) and my Eggel Bagel sandwich keeps me full for at least 4-5 hours. Fits in my calorie goal for the day, so no problem for me.

Oh - and turkey bacon! I cook it under the broiler and it tastes great. More calories than Canadian Bacon, but sometimes it's worth it.

This morning I had my "Tofu Breakfast scramble" because I didn't want to eat eggs again today.

Put 2 tsp olive oil in frying pan and a 1/4 tsp of turmeric, enough to turn the oil yellow.

Then fry 4 0z. of firm tofu crumbled in chunks like scrambled eggs,

add peppers and onions salt, pepper, oregano and let the tofu brown up a bit.

Add 1/2 tomato diced and fresh herbs like basil if you have any and let cook a minute or so

Then sprinkle 1/2 oz. of shredded cheese (your fav) on top

If anyone tries this make sure you season it well, it's really delicious. So many people say "I don't like tofu" but they've probably never had it cooked very well.
I serve this with one slice of premium whole wheat or multi grain bread with 1 heaping tsp of Polaner's all fruit spread. Total calories are 345.

I have pics of this on my blog, but I'm not allowed to tell you the url, per section 14a of the room mate agreement, psulemon the moderator informed me of this when he deleted most of my posts.

Fruit with zero fat yogurt, plain fruit or porridge and fruit for me (always strawberries, blueberries kiwi or apple), i am really not a breakfast person so these are about the only things I can force down before work. At the weekend I do love soft boiled egg and toast

Weekdays: oatmeal, hot cocoa. That's it.
Weekends: eggs, yogurt slice of toast.

A Promax shake if I've worked out that morning with either regular or almond milk depending what there is in the house.

And food-wise, whatever I fancy that morning. Usually an egg, sometimes with veggies in a mini-omelette. Sometimes just egg on toast. Or just toast with jam and butter.

Or whatever leftovers are in the fridge from the night before! The other day I had lasagne for breakfast, mmmmmmm

OMG thanks for this idea! Immediate portion control and very little clean up!

Today I had a slice of sprouted grain lentil bread (not because I'm gluten free but because I wanted a hearty bread that is a good source of protein, free of high fructose corn syrup and cellulose fiber aka sawdust)

I put peanut butter and honey on it. Then I had two jumbo eggs (from now on I'll probably stick to large or medium rather than jumbo) cooked in olive oil, with ground flax seed and a slice of swiss cheese.

High calorie, yes. Dense, yes.....but it helps keep my food cravings down, and puts me well on the way to good protein intake for the day.

stay away from bagels, it's not a good morning choice because the carbs will quikcly burn off leaving you with low energy and hungry again (fyi a bagel is the equivalent of 5 pieces of bread). at breakfast it is really important to make sure you eat protein to get you moving and keep you full until lunch. instead try...

smoothie : 1 cup frozen strawberries, 1 cup other fruit of your choice (blueberries, mango, pineapple, banana), 1 cup of greek yogurt, 1/4-1/2 cup of milk or almond/coconut/flaxseed milk. blend and enjoy

yogurt parfait: one cup greek yogurt (make sure you get no sugar added), fresh chopped fruit, sliced almonds, and a dash of honey

eggs and toast: 2 fried of scrambled eggs and a piece of whole wheat, whole grain toast. look for a bread with low sugar content, a decent amount of fiber and ingredients you can pronounce

peanut butter and toast: two pieces of whole wheat toast with peanut butter. when you buy peanut butter again make sure you get sugar free and there are no other added ingredients. all peanut butter should be is peanuts. if there are other ingredients, it's probably not a great brand. you can top the pb with banana slices to make it more exciting.

omelette: lightly saute some veggies in olive or coconut oil - i like kale, red peppers, and tomatoes. pour two eggs over and cook through.

two hard boiled eggs and a string cheese is great for busy mornings, just grab at go. oatmeal packets are another easy solution if you have to eat at work or don't have much time. i like to add some blueberries and almonds to my oatmeal to keep me fuller for longer.

remember - PROTEIN!! Aim for at least 15 grams of protein at breakfast, if not more.

Usually muscle milk, eggs, greek yogurt, turkey sausage, fruit, any combination of those. I usually work out early (5:30-6 AM) so I'm pretty hungry before work. I aim for </=500 calories and at least 30 g protein.