what do you eat for breakfast and lunch?

[LBTC]

breakfast becomes habit, but changes periodically. Years ago I'd make fabulous banana bread loaded with so many yummy things, and just eat 2 slices once I'd ridden my bike to work and settled in. That ended when I crashed on the way to work, broke my shoulder and was told not to eat until I had surgery.....12 hours later I find out I won't have surgery until the next day.....

I don't leave the house without eating breakfast now. That was a LONG wait for food!

Currently, what with the crazy diet restrictions, I have a small serving of rice krispies (actually store brand), which, the way I read it anyway, was healthier than special k, with a sliced banana and a handful of one or two types of berries and goats milk. blueberries are my favourite. plus a cup of tea - I'm trying to have a different tea each morning to reduce the repetitiveness - there are theories that eating the same thing over and over is not so good for you.....I've got to start small, though, so just working on changing up the tea....

And then there are all the pills: 7 prescription tablets in the morning (3 different meds), omega 3, glucosamine, ginseng, ester C, evening primrose oil

morning snack- between 9:30 and 11:00 am....depending on how I feel - a boiled egg and a banana, or rice cakes with fruit goat cheese, a small serving of leftovers....

lunch is leftovers from last night, or that I froze a long time ago. usually a "mix up" with chicken, fish or occasionally beef - sometimes more of a stir fry, sometimes in a white sauce of cheese sauce made with goats milk and rice flour, always with a generous portion of a variety of colours of veggies, often with a rice pasta or potatoes. I'm looking forward to being able to tolerate raw veggies again so I can snack on them during the day, and so I can have salads again!!

I do keep lots of snacks at my desk, too - unsweetened applesauce, dark chocolate sweetened with beet sugar, lara bars, etc - I try to make sure a few bars last all week.

On weekends I make waffles with rice flour, sweetened with maple sugar, covered in fruit. yummy

I usually am not well prepared for lunch on the weekends...just scrap something together. not the best way to eat!

So, I stopped eating fast food many years ago. It all hurt. Even subway sandwiches. I've always loved my home grilled burgers better anyway - even with store-bought cheap pattys...

Now that I have a Crohn's diagnosis, and a laundry list of food sensitivities that makes so much sense!

We eat out seldom - almost never for lunch, but there is a specialty cafe a couple of blocks away that caters to gluten free, vegan, food allergies, etc, so I'm looking forward to my next lunch date trying that out! Favourite dinner is Thai, and the better of the local restaurants is really good. Apparently I'm sensitive to coconut, but I'm probably going to bend that rule the next time I have a chance to eat thai! mmmmmmm

Darn, now I'm getting hungry!

wonder what's in the kitchen....


Hugs & butterflies,
~T~

[han-grrl]

Ok so my breakie is:
a bowl of fresh fruit
and either Fiber one (1/4 cup, yes measured) plus milk
or a piece of whole grain toast plus a tsp peanut butter
and either a strip of chicken bacon or a poached egg (espcially if i have a full morning)

If i am on the run, i will pack veggies, plain yogurt, nuts, some form of protein, either a tuna "snack" tin, or some cubed tofu with sauce, or...and a piece of toast or whole grain crackers (serving size 20 g of carbs)

lunch is typically salad with whatever i feel like eating - shrimp with salsa, plain yogurt and brown rice (1/4 cup) is a favorite of mine.

Dinner a favorite is chicken curry lots of veggies and millet (1/4 cup)

If i am doing a long ride, i will pack bananas and granola bars.

Smile
Han

[pooks]

My favorite healthy breakfast. You can measure if you want, but I generally don't.

In a bowl --

Some lowfat cottage cheese.
Frozen blueberries.
Chopped nuts (or chunky peanut butter, better than you'd think)

That's is. Protein, fruit, healthy fat. And if I want to make it extra delish, I put a lot of chopped mint on top.

I also use this as a snack sometimes, or a light supper -- smaller quantities for snack, larger for supper.

I'm not sure why, but it really hits the spot and is easy to have on hand.

[Bklynmom]

Breakfast:
Oatmeal with a handful of nuts, a handful of bluberries and a packet of splenda (sorry)
Or
Uncle Sam Cereal with some nuts and fruit - usually blueberries

Snack:
Lowfat liquid yogurt and piece of fruit

Lunch:
BLT with Turkey bacon OR
Egg Salad on wheat bread

Snack:
Fruit or a yogurt
little carrots while cooking family dinner

Dinner:
Big portion of Protien, usually chicken, and a large vegetable portion, like a whole container of rosted Brussel sprouts, or Kale sauted with Garlic.
Recently I have been having my lunch carbs at dinner if I have a bigger ride the next day, like rice or pasta

Sometimes if I get desperate I have one of those Weight Watchers deserts.

Lost about 8 lbs in the last 3 months this way. I do find that when I increase my mileage, I get hungrier for a week or two and then it levels out.

[run it, ride it]

Well, I'm a student... so I don't do 'meals' so much as 'forage.'

Breakfast is a must, and usually my biggest meal--but it's spaced over about 2-4 hours while I study as my classes are late in the day. I like to do some rice cereal with no-fat soymilk, or oatmeal with fruit on top, along with a cup of yogourt and something like 3 egg whites plus one whole egg mixed with mozza cheese and veggies.

Later on I'll hit up some rice cakes with peanut butter, an apple, an orange, a pear, some grapes maybe... sometimes this all occurs within my 'breakfast' hours.

Then I go to class, or sometimes the aforementioned paragraph happens after class... then I run, or bike.

After excercise I stock up on protein--1 scoop of protein powder mixed with water and some salmon ala George Foreman grill. Sometimes I'll cook up a small potato to go with it. I guess you could call this dinner--it tends to occur between the hours of 3pm-midnight.

My other 'dinner' favourite is making a pizza on a rice pizza crust with pesto and mozza and more mushrooms and broccoli than you can shake a stick at.

Random snacks include a platefull of rice crackers with mozza and peppers melted on top.

I recently affirmed that I have a wheat allergy. This was a huge adjustment as I lived primarily off of bread beforehand. For the first few weeks of the switch I tried to substitute rice bread, but man does that stuff ever have way more calories, smaller slices, and cost too much. I'm trying to wean myself off it.

Another problem I have is that I am hungry ALL THE TIME now that food doesn't hurt to eat--when I was eating wheat, I'd spend most of the day in too much pain to want to eat anything. Sometimes in the morning I'll eat a bit of wheat just to curb my appetite. I don't need the extra food/pounds, and lord knows I can't afford it!

Meat also doesn't much agree with me, but I'm learning to like fish just to get some more protein in me and curb my appetite further. I've also started with tofu in my eggs.

[dex]

Breakfast (during the week): Foofie salad! Where foofie salad is oatmeal (steel cut if I thought to start them the night before), lowfat ricotta (or cottage cheese if I'm out of ricotta), a handful of frozen blueberries, with a sprinkle of cinnamon and a pinch of Splenda (sugar gives me hot flashes, so I try to stay away from it unless I'm having the very occasional dessert treat or a serious craving for Sprite, because I know I'm going to pay the price later when I'm trying to strip off my clothes...not good when one is about to go to the office).

Breakfast on the weekends usually consists of eggs, veggies, and cheese in the form of an omelette or frittata.

Lunch is, um, pretty much always restaurant purchased during the week, because I can't seem to get myself to pack up food to take to work.

[nicole309]

My breakfast is nearly the same every day. One sliced banana topped with granola and Kefir. I'll add organic raspberries when the CO-OP has them. After that I make a latte from the best coffee beans I can find. Lately, I have been getting them from Princess Valient in Port Angeles. There has been some great stuff in Victoria, Salt Spring Island, and the vicinity. I am a big fan of Discovery Coffee, Fantastico, and Bean Around the world when I am in Victoria. Also, love Bubby Rose's for breakfast when I am there.
Lunch varies from a sit down restaurant, lunch date with business partners or girlfriends to a power bar on the fly. That just depends on the day.

[shawnada]

this is my first post. I am new to this but I would like to respond to Jenn and what she is eating. You said that your dad had you eating a certain plan and you were losing weight. I read what you were eating and smiled and giggled because it is what I eat everyday and in the same order. I am a competitive bodybuilder who earned her pro card in 2003. That is exactly what we eat when we are in diet mode for a show. I am giving duathlons a try this year because I love cardio(and weight training) I am a natural bodybuilder so I'm not one of those girls that looks like a guy. I would like to know the background your father has in nutrition.

[Bikingmomof3]

Breakfast is fairly routine: Homemade whole wheat pancake with 1 Tbsp 100% pure maple syrup, 2 Morningstar Farms "sausage" links, yogurt, and coffee.

Since I eat 5-6 meals a day, this holds me over through exercises until my first snack.