HELP!! is 750 calories for breakfast too much??????

juliamsqd
juliamsqd Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I just recently joined the myfitnesspal community and today I've logged in breakfast for the very first time. This is what my typical weekend breakfast usually consists of:
-1/2 cup of oats cooked in water with tsp ground cinnamon and honey
- serving of greek yoghurt with whole mango slices and a handful of frozen blueberries
- green tea

and it equals to about 700+ calories just for breakfast. Is this okay?? Seems like a lot since my recommended daily calorie intake for my journey is only 1350 calories....
I can never have one without the other or else I'm not satisfied and will usually crave or indulge in something in between breakky and lunch time. Does anyone know of a filling breakfast thats lower in calories and will not give me cravings and hunger in between breakfast and lunch time?

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  • annette_15
    annette_15 Posts: 1,657 Member
    Keep the oats and add 2-3 eggs instead of the yogurt? Your oats cant be more than 200 calories... how it the yogurt/mango 500?
  • pdxwine
    pdxwine Posts: 389 Member
    How much honey, yogurt, blueberries and mango were in your servings?
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    Did you log cooked or dry oats?
  • irenehb
    irenehb Posts: 236 Member
    Have slightly less oats reduce the honey (personally I would ditch the honey altogether) and maybe have more blueberries and no mango
  • ForeverSunshine09
    ForeverSunshine09 Posts: 966 Member
    I have no idea how that equals 700 cals but, My breakfast on a typical basis is one egg, 2pcs of toast, 14grams of butter,and either 2 sausage patties and a hashbrown. Or a variation of those items. Mine equals about 510 cals depending on the variation. Whether 700 is too much for breakfast can only be answered by you. Personally for me it is too much but, I like to eat a good amount of cals for Dinner.
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    edited December 2015
    750 is actually about right if your calorie goal (actual, not "net"; ignore "net") is 1500.

    See the last half of this post for the studies.
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-06-10-some-studies-about-weight-loss-667818
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,375 Member
    As long as it fits into your overall calorie goal, and does not result in you eating over that goal because of not having calories available later in the day there is nothing wrong with a 750 calorie breakfast. When you eat your calories (meal timing, meal size, meal frequency) has no bearing on weight loss is calories are kept the same. So if a 750 calorie breakfast works to help you stick with your calorie goals, eat it.

    Having said that, I am with others, how does what you listed come to 750 calories?
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    Are you sure you calculated that correctly? My most common breakfast is an apple microwaved with cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon juice, a tiny bit of butter, and Spenda, topped with 1/3 cup of granola. And two slices of bacon. It comes in at about 350 calories. You can portion your 1350 calories any way you like, but if I ate half of them for breakfast, I would be starving later in the day.
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    edited December 2015
    And I don't see how what you've listed could be 750 cal.
    Are you measuring &/or weighing everything?
    Did you measure the oats dry, and use the dairy entry for "uncooked"?

    I had this for breakfast a couple days ago & it's only 343 cal.
    Notice the nuts & cream? Those are calorie-intense.

    Usda - Apple (Fruit), 100 grams
    Eillien's - Walnut Pieces, 1/8 cup
    Shur Fine - 100% Natural Quick Oats, 0.5 cup (40g dry)
    Cream, fluid, heavy whipping, 0.5 fl oz

    Looking at what you listed...
    The oats are only 150.
    A 6-oz serving of Greek yogurt adds 118.
    6 oz of mango adds 120.
    3 oz blueberries adds 57.

    Total is 445.
    So that's about 1/3 the 1350 cal you say is your goal.
    A tablespoon of honey only adds 64 cal.

    Adding a large egg would be 78 cal, two are 156 for a total of 611.
    Protein helps stave off hunger.
    Maybe keep the hard-boiled eggs for a mid-morning snack?

    Or how about for a snack, having an apple (52 cal for 3 oz) + 2 T peanut butter (190 cal), for a total of 687?
  • ZeroDelta
    ZeroDelta Posts: 242 Member
    I usually have 150-160 calories for breakfast.
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,574 Member
    I don't think your calorie count for that is correct, op. That said. My breakfast the other day was over 800 cals. I made it count for lunch too. Lol
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    I don't see how that can equal 700 calories? I don't know how much is in a cup, but when I have porridge I do about 50-60g of oats (depending how hungry I am), a bit of skim milk and water, some frozen blueberries and a teaspoon of sugar, and that's about 350 calories. Greek yogurt doesn't have 400 calories., unless you eat the entire tub!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    My bacon and egg toasted sandwich with ketchup, butter and a big mug of coffee is under 500

    My regular egg white scrambled with cheese, mushroom, spinach and ham on white toast with coffee is 280

    Porridge and honey and banana would be around 200

    You must have miscalculated
  • yesimpson
    yesimpson Posts: 1,372 Member
    edited December 2015
    I too don't think the maths is right.

    On Fridays at work I normally have a cooked breakfast (some combination of egg, bacon, black pudding, sausage, beans, mushrooms, hash browns) totalling between 700-850 calories, which works wonderfully for me because it fills me up from 9am - 4pm when I go home, so I actually eat less total calories across the day because I stay comfortably full for ages. So once dinner is taken care of I usually have 300 calories left for beer ;)

    It doesn't matter when you eat your calories during the day or how you break them up, as long you're sticking to the calorie goal and you don't feel sick, super hungry, shaky,etc.
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  • rosebette
    rosebette Posts: 1,663 Member
    I concur with the others. I often have a similar breakfast and was in the 400 range.
  • toe1226
    toe1226 Posts: 249 Member
    Hoooold on, it is possible the math is wrong...BUT! 1/2 cup of Bob's Steel cut oats DRY would be 280 calories. 1 cup (1 serving) of full fat honey greek yogurt is 300 calories...add a little mango and blueberry, bam, you've got 700 calories.

    I'm with you- I like to frontload my calories, not having a hearty breakfast makes me feel blah. I try to keep my breakfasts below 500 regardless though.

    I do 1/3 cup steel cut oats (around 180 cals) with HALF a banana, cinnamon and a tablespoon of raisins, or I do eggs. I find making my oats a little bit soupier (more water) makes it feel like a bigger bowl to eat and hydrates better.

    Try doing just a few blueberries IN the oatmeal, or cutting up a bit of mango into it so the flavor goes throughout.

    Sharing your precise measurements with us is always helpful, what brands you're using etc.

    It's not impossible that your breakfast is 700. And if you're max is 1350, cutting this down a wee bit could be helpful for you!
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    Yep - 500 max per meal.
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