Breakfast boredom

I eat Quaker's oatmeal cups. Ranging from 160-200 calories and they keep me full until lunch.
I also have Kathleen's all natural quick oats oatmeal cups. Don't know if they are regional or national. They're a tad more topping out at 220 calories per cup.

50 seconds in the microwave and I have a good warm breakfast.

I like making chia seed pudding for breakfast. It's similar to overnight oats I suppose just with chia seeds instead of oats. There are a lot of combinations you can choose from. I have been eating a pumpkin pie flavoured one lately. Pumpkin puree, almond milk, vanilla, pumpkin pie spices, almond butter ... blend that up ... and add the seeds and stir. I make enough to last about 4 days in the fridge and you could add protein powder to it as well if you'd like.

eldamiano wrote: »

JaneECS wrote: »

eldamiano wrote: »

"Because we do 200 cals for breakfast, 200 for lunch, 400 for dinner and 4 100 cal snacks - in theory I would be having a snack around 10.30, but I am normally in a meeting or lecture, and it wouldn't be appropriate to break out a snack."

Why do you 'have' to do this? And 1,200 calories a day?....

I do this because it works - 1.5 lost every week, almost without fail. And I didn't ask for criticism, I asked for support.

What part of my post was criticism? I was merely asking a question.

The part where you weren't fawning all over OP?

My breakfast has been a medium sized banana for the past 5 months and it keeps me full till around 11:00 am, then I have a handful of almonds. You can also have half a grapefruit with the banana.

My grape nuts breakfast falls at 252. And a half cup of my 1 cup is for my coffee. I have it as 1/4 grape nuts, 1 cup skim milk, 1/2 banana. I nuke the grape nuts with some milk for 1 minute in the microwave, then stir in the banana pieces. Warm, filling, sweetly delicious. Covers all my bases in whole grain carbs, protein, and potassium.

You could probably make some sort of chicken salad in advance to then wrap in a burrito wrap, and run.

When I have more time, like today, I do a half fried egg sandwich (1 egg) with a half grapefruit. More in calories I guess but I work them off.

I found what works for me is not to be such a stickler for timing of my calories. A good breakfast works for me in the long run throughout the day. I need less calories for snacks and lunch, and generally have 400-500 left for dinner and another snack. If I workout I get beer too and sometimes dessert. My weight loss has not shown much yet because I'm using weight training in my workouts. Exchanging fat for muscle. Walking wouldn't cut it for me as I want to reshape as well as lose fat. I obtained an hourglass figure versus a pear in 8 weeks, just in time to look good in clothes on vacation, lol.

I thinks it's strange that so many people have written about being bored with food at 1200 calories. I'm doing 1200 calories right now too. I'm always so hungry in the morning. Anything hot is good. Cold cereal just doesn't cut it. Oatmeal, egg muffin sandwich, eggs and toast.. throw bacon into the mix and life is GOOD. Personally, snacks don't work for me for the reason of getting too hungry in between. I did have 30 calories worth of green beans today because breakfast didn't hit the spot like it normally does. If you can't have your 10:30 snack why not add a bit more to your breakfast? My egg sandwich is 3 egg whites, 1/2 ounce cheddar cheese, 40 calories worth of ham (or bacon), and a muffin that's 100-120 calories.. so about 244-264 calories in that. I made a really good imitation crab omelet the other day that was 321 calories, 8am. Stayed full, enough, until lunch at 12:15. 1 cup spinach, 1 oz neuchatel cheese, 1 whole egg, 2 egg whites, 1/2 ounce cheddar cheese, and just about 1/4 cup of chopped imitation crab (53 calories worth). It was really good. I've been able to stick to 1200 calories but I typically don't have snacks.

michellesz wrote: »

Do what works for you. It's not like eating 1200 is under eating & as long as you are getting a variety of healthy foods, you are fine. Once you have lost a comfortable amount of weight & feel good about eating back some of your exercise calories, you can experiment with the total number of calories. I started at 1200 & now eat between 1500-2000. I would suggest a packet of oatmeal with some flax seed & a 1/2 scoop of vanilla protein powder. You can vary your flavor of oatmeal so you don't get bored & will get about 233 calories & it will fill you up, be a good carb & have good protein. Also it takes seconds to make Also hard boil some eggs in advance & you can have them with a piece of toast. Google south beach diet quiches. They are awesome & can be made several ways to your liking & frozen or refrigerated & just pop them in the microwave for seconds. Yummy~ Good luck to you.

True. Unless you're starving and bored with the food options like OP. Then it might be a good idea to change things up. Maybe look at eating more. Maybe rethink the distribution of calories. Or stick with it. Whatever she wants to do - it doesn't matter to me.

Personally, if I were only eating 200 cals for breakfast, I'd be ready to chew my own arm off in an hour. In those circumstances, I skip breakfast and eat more later in the day when I have the time. I'm actually a lot less hungry skipping than eating a small amount. Something to consider.