How much do you eat for breakfast?

[OakLeaf]

I'm more about the fat and protein content and less about the calories. The one thing I have to do is have fat and protein for breakfast. Nuts or nut butters, usually; sometimes eggs. Just enough carbs to get me started. If I don't get fat and protein at breakfast, I get a blood sugar spike and crash within two hours.

That includes yogurt. Even though some of the lactose is converted by the bacteria, plain yogurt is still very high in sugars. http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcom...st_nut_edit.pl Whole milk yogurt (from grass-fed cows) would be better than lower-fat, but still, I would avoid dairy products at breakfast just because of the sugar content.


ETA: I suppose it's more about glycemic index than it is total sugars. I really don't pay much attention to all this number-o-jumbo - IMO it's always better to listen to my body - but it's definitely true that dairy spikes my blood sugar much worse than, say, berries which are so high in soluble fiber even though they're also higher in total sugars.



ETA: IMO the most important thing you can do is feed your body sustaining foods when it's most depleted. That means breakfast and immediately after a workout. If you do that, then it won't be screaming for calories later on.