Breakfast advice

[ny biker]

I need to eat breakfast every day, but especially before a long ride. I like 4 waffles with margarine and syrup, plus a cup of tea. It is easy enough to digest.

I usually eat at least a couple of hours before I start riding. It's been a while since I got on the bike closer to breakfast time, but I seem to recall feeling too full when I used to do that, in which case I would have a smaller meal (3 waffles instead of 4, which is my normal non-cycling breakfast).

When the weather is not too hot, I sometimes don't start riding until lunch time. In this case, I'll have the 4 waffles for breakfast and then eat something really easy to digest right before I start my ride. Sometimes I'll have a Stonyfield smoothy (basically liquid yogurt), but lately I've been eating a pop-tart or two (frosted, of course).

[spindizzy]

Welcome to TE!

I would be one cranky individual without food in the morning. Breakfast is also my favourite meal.

One of my goals this year is to get some of my workouts done before work, which necessitates a very early start (up at 4:45 ugh!) I get the coffeemaker on the timer the night before. Before shorter workouts, I have been using a small cup of unsweetened applesauce and I've been mixing in a bit of organic protein powder. That, along with coffee and water will get me throught the short ones. Then it's breakfast; an egg, 2 egg whites and a pile of fresh fruit, & some fat with the eggs. That breakfast usually does me well a couple of hours before a long ride as well.

I think you definitely you need to eat. You'll need to do a bit of experimenting to find out what works for you.

[crazycanuck]

Why are we all replying to an obvious spam post???

[colby]

Why are we all replying to an obvious spam post???

Clearly we like to chat and have opinions on this matter.

[jessmarimba]

I'm always game to talk about fooooooood

[crazycanuck]

K..I like foooooooooood mmmm..fooooood as well and have an opinion too..BUT I just think replying to spam spam spam spam green eggs and ham is egging on the spam spamm spammers..

Off to see Sam i am..

[warneral]

I could talk about breakfast (and coffee) for miles

[OakLeaf]

Why are we all replying to an obvious spam post???

Because we were so taken aback by her command of the English language and the relevance of her post, of course!

[Catrin]

Because we were so taken aback by her command of the English language and the relevance of her post, of course!

I would choose another word than spam...possibly one that starts with a tro...but breakfast is an enticing topic

[Owlie]

Know what makes a good breakfast?

Spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam and spam!

[OakLeaf]

But I don't LIKE spam!