How much do you eat for breakfast?

[OakLeaf]

I find that if I have a greasy breakfast with eggs, sausages/bacon, and hashbrowns I would feel full ... all day.

Nobody said greasy, but I think feeling full all day is kind of the point.

I had to train myself to eat breakfast, but I feel so much better now that I'm not so starved at dinnertime that I cram myself so full that I'm still not hungry 12 hours later.



too many clauses in that sentence, but you know what I mean.

[JennK13]

Im also one who has to eat breakfast, and there has got to be some kind of protien. Usually i have an egg or two, and either a half a bagel or a waffle (winter would be oatmeal instead of the waffle), or i put the egg on top of the bagel half with a slice of cheese and some ham if I'm riding early in the day. If I'm doing a long or hard ride, like 3 plus hours in the saddle, I'll fuel up with more carbs.
If I forget to eat breakfast, and I really do forget occassionally, I also dont get "hungry" all day. I think it's because I'm so ravished, nothing sounds good and my stomach hurts because it's empty, so it makes me want to eat even less. I dont "skip" breakfasts, but i take medication right when i wake up and it has to be on an empty stomach - i usually jog right after, or commute into work via bike (only 7 miles so it's not a hard ride) and i eat after that. If I'm late or get sidetracked I just forget to eat. I keep microwave omlets and cereal at work so I make sure i get around to it eventually
Usually it's 300-400 calories. I have an incredibly high activity level, so i dont typically count calories - i keep good food around (fruits, lots of protiens, and complex carbs on a limited bases), eat when I'm hungry and stop when I'm full.

[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.

[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...

[Susan]

I mix

1 Banana
3 tablespoons of mixed seeds (flaxseed, pumpkinseed, sunflowerseeds, sesame)
3 tablespoons of oat bran
1 cup of berries (raspberry, blueberry, strawberry...)
1 cup of soy milk
(+water)

for a breakfast-smoothie almost every day. I got my Chia-seeds today maybe I'll add them in. Sometimes when it's very cold I cook some oatmeal and add blueberries and soy milk