breakfast

Hello everyone, I need help with breakfast. I really struggle in this area. I want to eat my calories instead of drinking them whenever possible. When I drink a protein coffee or shake for breakfast I find that I want to grab something to eat an hour later. I know eggs are a good choice but they do not always agree with my stomach. What do you all eat for breakfast? It seems most mainstream breakfast are full of carbs so they are out.

It helped me to stop thinking about a meal being certain foods. Most people think of breakfast as toast, cereal, pancakes, oatmeal, or other carbs. Think about it as just another meal. Eat just some meat. I had sausages for my morning meal today.

I usually have hard boiled eggs and either turkey sausage or bacon. I also like lean ham steaks. Just eat dense protein like any other time.

Mmmmm. I'm having ham steak tomorrow. I'm going to ignore the turkey sausage though. Yuck.

I eat regular foods for breakfast... like chicken, leftover steak, chicken crack, meaty baked ricotta... whatever we had for dinner the night before.

People at work are always checking out what I'm heating up at 9am! LOL It's amazing how many people will say "that's not breakfast food"! I make anything breakfast food, and I like it

I eat Greek yogurt for breakfast every morning, although dense protein like meat would definitely stay with you longer.

My go to favorite breakfast is 3 ounces Black Forest ham, 1 egg and 1 ounce light motzarella ( from Trader Joe's) I usually eat my breakfast around 6:30 am. It keeps me satisfied.

I agree with Grim above, and try not to classify foods as appropriate for certain meals. I typically eat leftovers for breakfast. Sometimes, 3-4 oz chicken meat or leftover steak. On weekends when I'm in a planning mood, I'll brown a package of ground turkey. I'll throw that together with an egg and a bit of cheese and make a scramble. Today i added a tsp of pesto and cheese and ate that. Other days I'll just have bacon . . . you can never go wrong with bacon.

I do not do well with leftovers- they end up being vomited up! I make a smoothie every morning.

1/2 banana

1/2 scoop of protein powder

1/4 cup Greek yogurt

spinach

1 teaspoon peanut butter

ice

Holds me down for a bit.

My go-to is a chia seed pudding I make the night before so it's all ready for me, just sitting pretty in the refrigerator!

Ingredients: 1/2 a can RTD protein shake, 2TBSP Plain Whey Isolate (grass fed) protein powder, 2TBSP dehydrated peanut butter, 1 TBSP chia seeds. I'm currently using banana flavored Pure Protein drink, but any flavor will do! in a small bowl, mix the protein powder, peanut butter powder and chia seeds, then stir in 1/2 a can/carton (single serving) of a protein drink. mix well and leave it in the refrigerator overnight.

I really bulked at using Chia seeds, they seemed way too high in calories and too low in protein to be worth the addition, but they seem to add a lot of "stick to the ribs" staying power to the meal. I eat this several mornings each week, especially on "swim days" as it really packs in a great portion of protein, and seems to keep me going better than almost anything else I've tried.

Feel free to drop a few fresh berries on top, or sprinkle on a little shelled hemp seed, but I eat it just as listed above. I like it best with chocolate RTD, but the banana works well (I call it my "elvis" drink since I'm adding peanut butter to banana!).

It's almost 300 calories, and about 50 g of protein - so it's really packing in a lot of punch in a small volume. I don't mind having most of my calories in the morning, especially when I'm heading off for the gym. I also find I don't have any belly issues working out after this breakfast. Eating protein first thing when you wake up is supposed to be very helpful for your body, eating it before exercise too - thus it's a mainstay of my swim mornings!