Breakfast

[Veronica]

I have to eat a good breakfast before work. I can't snack until 10:30 when the kiddos have recess. I could, but I think it's inappropriate for me to eat when I don't allow them to. My usual breakfast has left me starving at about 9 lately.

Anyway... SadieKate mentioned maple syrup and peanut butter on waffles this weekend. My first thought, sounds kind of sticky. But I gave it a try. It's an interesting combination. I like it. Definitely needs juice with it though.

Hopefully it will have more sticking power.

V.

[aka_kim]

I've always put peanut butter on waffles, and on pancakes too. Don't know about the "sticking" power, but if you eat at the ungodly hour you get up, nothing's going to keep you until 10:30 anyway .

[SadieKate]

Glad you liked it! I only eat maple syrup in 3 ways -- on waffles, in my mashed sweet potatos and maple sugar candy. Odd, but I don't like the flavor of maple otherwise. Give us a report on the sticking power. I don't usually have waffles except for "special" mornings when sticking power isn't important, like Xmas Day.

[caligurl]

i've eaten kashi waffles before.. and they don't "stay" with me.. (that's with either sugar free maple syrup or strawberries and low fat whipped cream) i'm hungry within an hour... the fat of the peanut butter may actually help to keep you from feeling hungry sooner.... one thing that does keep me feeling fuller longer: oatmeal! i read it contains something (wish i could remember what) that did just that... kept you from felling hungry! i've taken to bringing it to work for lunch even and i do go much longer without thinking i need a snack!

[bounceswoosh]

Anyway... SadieKate mentioned maple syrup and peanut butter on waffles this weekend. My first thought, sounds kind of sticky. But I gave it a try. It's an interesting combination. I like it. Definitely needs juice with it though.

Hopefully it will have more sticking power.

V.

I eat my pancakes and waffles with maple syrup and peanut butter, too! My dad does it and I eventually caught on. But I wouldn't dare eat that as a regular meal.

I usually have a bowl of Mueslix, a bowl of instant oatmeal, or a bowl of vanilla yoghurt with grapenuts for breakfast, but to be honest, I'm usually hungry pretty soon thereafter. Waffles only happen on the weekends when DH makes 'em!

[Veronica]

Frozen Belgian waffles aren't bad. I'd rather make my own, but who has time on the week days. The waffle itself has 200 calories. We won't talk about how much peanut butter I put on. But I hey I burned over a 1000 calories on my ride yesterday.

I don't usually eat breakfast until about 7. I drink coffee from the time I get up - unless I'm working out, until then. I hope coffee never gets linked to any really bad diseases. And if it has been, don't tell me.

V.

[Libre_Ame]

sadie,

Betcha you'd love my maple-date-cream bars.

[Barb]

I have found that when brakfast is not sticking with me long enough that I am short on protein. A hard boiled egg or some cottage cheese added to my normal breakfast (oatmeal) really goes alot farther. The carbs don't stay with me.

[CorsairMac]

Veronica: I had the same problem with any carb breakfast. Now I eat scrambled egg-whites, 1/3 cup kidney beans and a grapefruit for breakfast and I can go until noon or later before I'm hungry. I was told by my Dr I don't process the glutons in carbs right which is why I felt "hungry" even to the point of my stomache growling about 1 1/2 - 2 hrs after I ate. Same problem with just fruit as a snack. She told me to eat a protein, a vegetable, and a fruit with every meal. Since I've done that, I don't have the snacky hungries anymore and I lost 50 lbs. I also have lots of energy and feel Great. I did have to start including some carbs into my meals but the legumes, 2 6" tortillas or 1 cup of cooked pasta seem to do the trick. I did try oatmeal recently and I was fine the first few days I ate it for breakfast, but then the hungries came back. I even tried adding legumes to my oatmeal and limiting the serving size from 1/2 cup to 1/3 cup but it was just too much gluton. I might be able to eat oatmeal once in a while, but not every day. Anyway, hope it helps!

[SadieKate]

sadie,
Betcha you'd love my maple-date-cream bars.

You have a recipe? I'd make them under the guise of a treat for my hubby, but I have to tell you that I think maple cream donuts are disgusting. But, then I like brussel sprouts . I will try anything once . . . well, not bugs. I do try to keep an open mouth, err, mind, where food is the topic, as can be attested to by my hips.

SK