How much do you eat for breakfast?

[Owlie]

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.

[skhill]

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...

[Reesha]

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.

[mirliluck]

I am a big breakfast kind of girl, actually a 2x breakfast type , 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.

[malkin]

Beans on toast!

[rubywagon]

Peanut butter toast and coffee with almond milk. Every. Single. Day.

[ny biker]

Beans on toast!

When my niece was a toddler, she liked "bean toast" for breakfast. But that's what she called toast made with raisin bread.

[spindizzy]

Cottage cheese, fresh fruit, a tablespoon of natural (no sugar/salt) PB and black coffee.

[Catrin]

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.

[sgtiger]

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:

[jenniferh]

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.

[Dannielle]

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.

[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

[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

[warneral]

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...