what to eat for breakfast?
eaiouxs
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5'4 and 120 pounds here!
and I'm not sure what I should eat for breakfast?
currently I have two slices of toasted ezekiel bread spread with natural peanut butter and a cup of unsweetened almond milk.
I used to have steel cut oats with banana, toasted almonds, and peanut butter.
got too lazy to make that every morning (oof.)
now I'm not sure if I should switch back to that or try something new?
I've struggled a bit with eating a while back, and am mostly trying to maintain a good relationship with food while also trying to live a healthier lifestyle.
any suggestions? thanks so much in advance!
and I'm not sure what I should eat for breakfast?
currently I have two slices of toasted ezekiel bread spread with natural peanut butter and a cup of unsweetened almond milk.
I used to have steel cut oats with banana, toasted almonds, and peanut butter.
got too lazy to make that every morning (oof.)
now I'm not sure if I should switch back to that or try something new?
I've struggled a bit with eating a while back, and am mostly trying to maintain a good relationship with food while also trying to live a healthier lifestyle.
any suggestions? thanks so much in advance!
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bacon and eggs, maybe toast on the side3
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Eat what fits best into your goals. Some people prefer a higher carb breakfast, some prefer higher protein, and others do best not eating in the morning at all.3
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I always think it's important to start with foods you like that fit into your goals when meal planning.
some of my go-to breakfasts:
Just coffee
Greek yogurt
Mini egg frittatas (I make a batch on the weekends and pop them in the microwave in the morning)
Overnight oats
Steel cut oats with fruit & protein powder
Bagel thin with whipped cream cheese and lox
Mashed avocado on toast
Blueberry pancakes (I eat mine with Greek yogurt instead of syrup)
Scrambled eggs & veggies
Leftovers from yesterday
Eggs on toast
Fried egg on a sandwich slim with cheese
Protein shake with fruit, yogurt, & protein powder
Fried egg on a multigrain waffle
Fried egg and hummus on a toasted sandwich thin
You can see there is a wide variety of options and even more out there, so play around and see what you like.10 -
5'4 and 120 pounds here!
and I'm not sure what I should eat for breakfast?
currently I have two slices of toasted ezekiel bread spread with natural peanut butter and a cup of unsweetened almond milk.
I used to have steel cut oats with banana, toasted almonds, and peanut butter.
got too lazy to make that every morning (oof.)
now I'm not sure if I should switch back to that or try something new?
I've struggled a bit with eating a while back, and am mostly trying to maintain a good relationship with food while also trying to live a healthier lifestyle.
any suggestions? thanks so much in advance!- Seasonal or frozen vegetables with egg scramble/omelet or bacon and egg toast cups
- Breakfast quinoa with yoghurt
- Turkey mcmuffin
- Breakfast hash/fritatta
- Sweet potato toast
- Breakfast parfait
- Breakfast wrap
- Nut butter and banana oatmeal with granola or spiced almond oatmeal with berries and granola
- Wheatgerm with oats either with (granola raw or stove-top) with your favourite toppings
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Depends on how much time I have
- During the week when I have very little time in the morning I'll have a breakfast shake as a rush out the door and a coffee when I get to work. If I'm REALLY pressed for time I'll skip the shake and just order some toast with PB with my coffee.
- If I have some time to spare I'll usually make some microwave quick oats (I LOVE oats) with cinnamon or whatnot
- On the weekend I'll sometimes make some eggs on toast if I don't sleep in or if I don't get out of bed till later I'll skip breakfast and just have lunch.
One thing I'm thinking about adding to replace the breakfast shake on my time crunch mornings are some overnight oats (did I mention I LOVE oats) recipes.0 -
Eat what you like, in amounts that make you energized for the day and makes hitting your total for the day as easy as possible.5'4 and 120 pounds here!
and I'm not sure what I should eat for breakfast?
Those are perfectly fine breakfasts.currently I have two slices of toasted ezekiel bread spread with natural peanut butter and a cup of unsweetened almond milk.
I used to have steel cut oats with banana, toasted almonds, and peanut butter.
MFP is judgement free zone. More on that later.got too lazy to make that every morning (oof.)
Is what you do now, working for you? What else would you want to try?now I'm not sure if I should switch back to that or try something new?
There is no either-or here. A healthy lifestyle includes a good relationship with food. All eating decisions are, and have to be, up to you.I've struggled a bit with eating a while back, and am mostly trying to maintain a good relationship with food while also trying to live a healthier lifestyle.1 -
Overnight oats with different fruits are great - mix up and put in fridge in the evening and instant breakfast in the morning!0
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Today I had bread, spread with yogurt cheese, a couple of slices of luncheon, a tomato, and a cup of half fat milk. I had this because I felt like having this. Yesterday I had eggs, the day before I only had coffee for breakfast, and the day before that I had a falafel wrap. There was about a 10 days phase last month where I had this yogurt cheese sandwich every single day for breakfast.
Don't over-complicate things. Eat whatever you want for breakfast however often you want and switch to something else whenever you feel like something else. There are no real rules for this. Your relationship with food will improve a lot if you don't overthink it.3 -
I do not understand how people regularly cook or make complicated breakfasts. I don't have the time in the morning for that. The internet keeps telling me I should up my breakfast game, but I'm good at ignoring it
Personally I have a bowl of sugar free muesli and milk every morning. Sometimes I chuck in some flavoured yogurt if I'm bored. Occasionally I'll have some toast with jam, in the winter I often have porridge. Nothing that take any time at all to prepare. If it takes more than 3 minutes to make, then I don't do it.4 -
eat what you like.
it really doesnt matter, as long as it fits in your goals.5 -
callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »eat what you like.
it really doesnt matter, as long as it fits in your goals.
QFT.
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I make a breakfast sandwich with sausage egg and cheese on an English muffin. I also do bagels, avocado toast with poached egg, fruit, oatmeal, or honestly sometimes leftovers. If it fits your calories it doesn’t matter in all honesty. I’ve been eating what I want for months and have consistently lost at net 1200-1500 calories. I love it.1
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I do not understand how people regularly cook or make complicated breakfasts. I don't have the time in the morning for that. The internet keeps telling me I should up my breakfast game, but I'm good at ignoring it
Personally I have a bowl of sugar free muesli and milk every morning. Sometimes I chuck in some flavoured yogurt if I'm bored. Occasionally I'll have some toast with jam, in the winter I often have porridge. Nothing that take any time at all to prepare. If it takes more than 3 minutes to make, then I don't do it.
Most things I make would look “complicated” to someone who doesn’t cook... that being said a breakfast sandwich is super easy so most days it takes me 2-5 min to make my food in the morning. It all comes down to how lazy someone is. Now how much time they have.
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I love a variety of things. Mostly during the week i will have a measured portion of cereal, porridge, overnight oats or homemade energy bar which contains nuts, seeds, dried fruit and yogurt. On the weekend i can be more adventerous and do bacon eggs and sausage, or eggs on toast, pancakes or waffles. it really depends on what i feel like and how much time i have. almost anything can be breakfast food it just needs to fill you up until lunch and energise you for the day.0
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It's really about what you like to eat and what fits in to your calorie goals. I actually skip breakfast a lot of the time because I'm just not hungry in the morning. I always at least have my coffee though. When I do eat breakfast, I prefer to eat higher fat and lower carb, I just think that it helps "me" feel fuller longer. So, usually my breakfast is something like scrambled eggs and bacon, or maybe a veggie omelette with some goat cheese. Usually no more than 300 calories or so, because again, I'm not really that hungry in the morning.0
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takemetosingapore19 wrote: »I do not understand how people regularly cook or make complicated breakfasts. I don't have the time in the morning for that. The internet keeps telling me I should up my breakfast game, but I'm good at ignoring it
Personally I have a bowl of sugar free muesli and milk every morning. Sometimes I chuck in some flavoured yogurt if I'm bored. Occasionally I'll have some toast with jam, in the winter I often have porridge. Nothing that take any time at all to prepare. If it takes more than 3 minutes to make, then I don't do it.
Most things I make would look “complicated” to someone who doesn’t cook... that being said a breakfast sandwich is super easy so most days it takes me 2-5 min to make my food in the morning. It all comes down to how lazy someone is. Now how much time they have.
I'm not sure that's fair, if you have sausages & eggs in a muffin, unless everything was already cooked, I'm not sure how that can be less than 5 minutes to make. Grilling sausages take at least 10 minutes (often more), fried or poached eggs take at least 3. Add prep time (boiling water, heating the pan/grill up, actually assembling the sandwich) it would be at least 12-15 minutes. This is time in the morning I'd rather spend in bed.
I'm a very competent cook thank you and if you would like to call me lazy I'd rather you did it in a direct manner, as opposed to a sideways one.6 -
im busy,. today I ate an egg mcmuffin1
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I am going to be a smart *kitten* to start lol......Food.....
Why does it have to be a traditional breakfast food? Eat whatever you want that fits within you calorie/macro goals. Currently my breakfasts are a 6 oz ground turkey patty (homemade) with a cup of quinoa. This fits in my calories and macros (bulking).
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I like to avoid bread at all cost though I have a lot of weight to lose. Eggs, especially egg white but damn egg white omlettes are hard to make. Porridge (unsweeted) is another winner or fruit and greek yoghurt.1
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Weekdays I usually have a Greek Yogurt and a handful of nuts (spaced out to keep myself from getting to hungry)
Weekends I usually skip breakfast because I sleep in later and usually use the mornings to run errands and get stuff done (Saturdays for example I do the grocery shopping and then prep food for the week)
I am going to make little egg muffins this weekend so I can alternate with the yogurt so I don't get as bored. Bored = falling off the wagon for me! I also love oat meal with fruit but that is harder with my work hours and I HATE overnight oats.1 -
I am going to be a smart *kitten* to start lol......Food.....
Why does it have to be a traditional breakfast food? Eat whatever you want that fits within you calorie/macro goals. Currently my breakfasts are a 6 oz ground turkey patty (homemade) with a cup of quinoa. This fits in my calories and macros (bulking).
Sometimes I grab a leftover ground beef patty from the night before- if we had hamburgers, for example. I know the mass of it (since I weigh it on the scale), protein and fat content all accounted for.. dang, sometimes I just eat it cold as I walk out the door.
There are literally about half a dozen posts saying the same advice, eat whatever you want to eat, provided you log it and/or it fits with your nutrition goals.. doesn't matter what the food is.
If you're not particulary hungry in the morning, like myself, today .. then just don't eat until you are. Breakfast for me was coffee and an altoid mint..lol.1 -
jasondjulian wrote: »I am going to be a smart *kitten* to start lol......Food.....
Why does it have to be a traditional breakfast food? Eat whatever you want that fits within you calorie/macro goals. Currently my breakfasts are a 6 oz ground turkey patty (homemade) with a cup of quinoa. This fits in my calories and macros (bulking).
Sometimes I grab a leftover ground beef patty from the night before- if we had hamburgers, for example. I know the mass of it (since I weigh it on the scale), protein and fat content all accounted for.. dang, sometimes I just eat it cold as I walk out the door.
There are literally about half a dozen posts saying the same advice, eat whatever you want to eat, provided you log it and/or it fits with your nutrition goals.. doesn't matter what the food is.
If you're not particulary hungry in the morning, like myself, today .. then just don't eat until you are. Breakfast for me was coffee and an altoid mint..lol.
Exactly this. I hate the notion that we should all be eating 3 meals per day plus snacks. That my work for some people, but doesn't necessarily work for everyone. When I was younger and thin, I ate when I was hungry, and most days that meant skipping breakfast, a small lunch, and then dinner was my volume meal. Now that I'm working on losing weight, I'm actually finding that the unintentional way that I ate as a teenager and young adult is probably what helped to keep me thin all of of those years. Now I listen to my body and eat when I'm hungry and stop eating when I am full. It's amazing how few calories I consume eating this way without even really trying that hard.
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Sometimes I just do coffee. Lately it’s been protein powder, frozen fruit and spinach in the blender. Yummmm
On weekends I have my step kiddos I make and eat eggs pancakes bacon whatever we want!!
You can eat whatever you want! Isn’t that great news. Hehe1 -
as others said, eat whatever you want (and it doesn't have to be traditional "breakfast" foods). today I had stouffer's frozen mac and cheese frozen meal for breakfast (delicious!) it fills me up, has a decent amount of protein and I love it!1
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I love KIND bars for a quick on the go option. They are 180-200 cals, low sugar, some protein, and taste great!0
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I usually eat breakfast right after my workout so I am STARVING. I have about as many calories at breakfast as I do at lunch. I make a variety of pancake type breakfasts out of almond flour or coconut flour and eggs mornings, or I have an egg and cheese/veggie type combo. This is on the keto diet--before I was on that, I usually had steel cut oats with nuts and fruit at around the same calorie count. Overnight oats were my go-to and super-quick, too!0
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I'm not sure that's fair, if you have sausages & eggs in a muffin, unless everything was already cooked, I'm not sure how that can be less than 5 minutes to make. Grilling sausages take at least 10 minutes (often more), fried or poached eggs take at least 3. Add prep time (boiling water, heating the pan/grill up, actually assembling the sandwich) it would be at least 12-15 minutes. This is time in the morning I'd rather spend in bed.
I'm a very competent cook thank you and if you would like to call me lazy I'd rather you did it in a direct manner, as opposed to a sideways one.
Hey Lazy, get up and cook!!
I am very efficient in the kitchen which comes from being a cook during my college years. 12-15 minutes is pretty fair to put out a plate but you forgot clean-up which either has to be faced right away or cuts into your time before starting the next meal later on.
If that is time a person enjoys being up and active more power to them. It is not going to be for everyone. Enjoy your sleep!0 -
I'm not sure that's fair, if you have sausages & eggs in a muffin, unless everything was already cooked, I'm not sure how that can be less than 5 minutes to make. Grilling sausages take at least 10 minutes (often more), fried or poached eggs take at least 3. Add prep time (boiling water, heating the pan/grill up, actually assembling the sandwich) it would be at least 12-15 minutes. This is time in the morning I'd rather spend in bed.
I'm a very competent cook thank you and if you would like to call me lazy I'd rather you did it in a direct manner, as opposed to a sideways one.
Hey Lazy, get up and cook!!
I am very efficient in the kitchen which comes from being a cook during my college years. 12-15 minutes is pretty fair to put out a plate but you forgot clean-up which either has to be faced right away or cuts into your time before starting the next meal later on.
If that is time a person enjoys being up and active more power to them. It is not going to be for everyone. Enjoy your sleep!
But I don't wunna
I forget about washing up, as I cook, my partner does the washing up. I suppose if you're on your own, then this is more of a factor as well.1 -
My go-to breakfast the last week or so has been 2Tbsp of peanut butter on a single un-toasted mini bagel from Thompsons.. 410 calories for the whole thing, about 10g of protein and it's quick and easy.. keeps me full for long enough. If I need a snack in between that and lunch, which is usually at 1pm, I'll have these caramel flavored rice cakes my local store has (house brand), I get about 9 crisps for 60 calories (so they say).. or about 40g of raisins.0
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