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I need to eat breakfast, but I have to give myself a little time to wake up. I find if I have a BIG breakfast, I don't have to eat much the rest of the day. Normally, though, I just have a bowl of cereal and a glass of OJ or milk, even if I'm riding.
Don't have any idea of the calorie count, but almost every day I have a bowl of (generic) spoon-size shredded wheat, with whole milk (organic) and fruit of some sort. Plus coffee. If I'm going for a long run, I'll generally have half a PBJ sandwich before the run, then the cereal afterwards. I'm in such a rut...
Also, I am just crazy about this German/Baltic bread. I first had it when I was staying on a farm in Sweden in March, but I am able to get it at the local grocery store (we have a number of Baltic immigrants living in St. Louis).
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This stuff with a slice of ham and cheese as an open faced sandwich is a really good part of breakfast. Mmm.
I am a big breakfast kind of girl, actually a 2x breakfast type :o , and I must have some protein in there! I will usually have something like sprouted grain bread or oatmeal pancakes + nut butter before I leave the house, then eggs/tofu scramble w/ veggies a few hours later. Lunch is usually salad and something like cottage cheese, snack on greek yogurt + berries/nuts, dinner is usually more veggies and some sort of fish. I like to keep fats on the higher side because I find that I stay full longer that way. Lots of olive and coconut oil, full fat dairy, and I eat avocado and nuts pretty much every day.
I have experimented more with 'nutrient timing' since I started a weight training program to get the most out of it, and it has really made a difference in how I feel. Carbs mostly in the morning, as well as and preworkout or ride, of course any ride that is about 1.5 hours + I take an energy bar with that is heavy on carbs (I've been loving Clif C bars lately, just fruit + nuts!), and a protein shake after any workout/ride.
Beans on toast!
Peanut butter toast and coffee with almond milk. Every. Single. Day.
When my niece was a toddler, she liked "bean toast" for breakfast. But that's what she called toast made with raisin bread.Quote:
Originally Posted by malkin
Cottage cheese, fresh fruit, a tablespoon of natural (no sugar/salt) PB and black coffee.
Fat free cottage cheese, 3 egg whites, (or 2 egg whites + 1 real egg), skim milk and sometimes a piece of toast or 1/2 bagel). Pretty much most mornings - anything with less protein and I am starving within a few hours.
I need to get back to having a Myoplex drink for breakfast 3-4 days a week - that has pretty much the same calories and protein with other goodies. It is a meal replacement protein shake and uses whey protein. I can't have it too close to working out for some odd reason, but it works for breakfast.
If I am riding early then I cut back on the dairy and replace the rest with a banana/peanut butter sandwich on sprouted wheat bread. Or Myoplex made with water but I prefer to actually chew my breakfast on a riding morning.
My current favorite breakfast is an egg over medium, nuked broccoli, multi-grain toast, and cappuccino. Sometimes I have apple butter or peanut butter on the toast, but more times than not it's plain.
My morning cappa:
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I have to eat breakfast. Typically I only grab a couple slices of toast with nutella and a cupof coffee, but thenI'm starving again by 10am. When I have time to make 2 eggs on an english muffin or bagel and a cup of coffee I'm full until noon, easily and then don't eat nearly as much for lunch.
Not sure of the calorie differences, but the protien does it for me.
I'm not a big breakfast eater. Usually just coffee with cream and stevia/splenda. If I'm riding in the morning I might have a gel or a larabar just before I get going. I get nauseous if I ride with too much solid food on my stomach.
I alternate between steel cut oatmeal made up in advance with raisins, brown sugar and cinnamon and then nuked with some skim or almond milk and a cup of espresso and a whole wheat english muffin, spread with jam and non fat cottage cheese and a piece of fresh fruit.
The oatmeal is good for 2 1/2-3 hours or 40-60 miles whichever comes first. The english muffin combo is good until lunch time usually.
marni
I alternate between steel cut oatmeal made up in advance with raisins, brown sugar and cinnamon and then nuked with some skim or almond milk and a cup of espresso and a whole wheat english muffin, spread with jam and non fat cottage cheese and a piece of fresh fruit.
The oatmeal is good for 2 1/2-3 hours or 40-60 miles whichever comes first. The english muffin combo is good until lunch time usually.
marni
I did Weight Watchers a few years back and then Maintenance for over a year after. I got into some pretty unhealthy habits (hoarding points til the end of the day). Switched to CORE which helped and slowly started eating breakfasts.
Stopped the diet (by that point I had some binge/restrict issues going on). I had been following "real eating" food blogs. Katheatsrealfood, etc. Learned to love oatmeal (with bananas, milk, egg white, and always a spoonful of nut butter melted on top).
I also like greek yogurt + berries + granola
The other go-to breakfast for me is a whole wheat pita (100cal) + egg white + a little cheese and precooked bacon stuffed inside.
At work they have plain oatmeal cooked with water. I'll sometimes grab a bowl of that and squeeze a packed of nut butter all over it and sprinkle with some cinnamon/sugar. Or I'll bring in some greek yogurt thing or even my egg sandwich which I heat up and toast the pita and assemble.
I also drink french press coffe plus 2 TB of Half and Half...