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Post by newyorkbitch on Jan 20, 2014 8:44:15 GMT -5
Because I think breakfast is extremely important, I thought I'd start a thread about it. We can post what we have for breakfast, our goals for breakfast, obstacles to having good breakfasts, etc.
I have a 3 year old so our breakfasts, unless I want to eat different things, have to be okay for everybody.
This morning I made a face-up omelette, or as my son calls it "cheesy eggs." I whisked 3 eggs, 1 tblsp pancake mix, and a little milk. Poured that into a skillet on a low flame, and covered it. When it was set, I grated cheese on top - covered again until the cheese melted and the bottom was golden.
Then I used cookie cutters to cut out shapes (this morning was cellos and guitars).
My husband and I shared a croissant, we had coffee, my kid had a glass of milk.
Everybody was happy and well fed.
I also make oatmeal pretty frequently - I add fruit to it. I'll eat a hardboiled egg as a supplement.
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Post by kennyk on Jan 20, 2014 15:16:03 GMT -5
I start most mornings with a 30 gr shake. After an hour or so today I had from Denny's... 2 from the shell scrambled 4 pcs bacon 1 large bkfst sausage 2 cream cheese packs .75 oz each About a cup of grits lots of butter and a tbs brown sugar 2 coffees about 6oz half and half between them
Your son must love the cutouts, great idea that I will do for my nephew! Question though, why the pancake mix? I know a lot of chains do it. In fact that is why I specify cracked eggs at Denny's. Kenny
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2014 15:32:18 GMT -5
My daily breakfast is:
2 eggs (each microwaved in a bowl by itself for 25 seconds..perfect non greasy, sunny side up egg that is delicious) 8 strips of pre cooked bacon that I microwave 16 oz travel mug of coffee for work.
Some days an hour so later I will get another 4 pieces of bacon from cafeteria at work, other days I have an EAS 15 chocolate pb protein bar. I will get a second cup of coffee or tea as well.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2014 16:41:50 GMT -5
I'm a protein shake drinker. I do a cup of cold coffee, ice, 1/2 cup heavy cream and two scoops of protein. EVERY. SINGLE. MORNING (within 30 minutes of waking actually).
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Post by Girlrocker on Jan 20, 2014 17:59:29 GMT -5
I have staples and I switch off; and a protein shake is always either Breakfast Part 1 before I work out or after.
Eggs various ways, usually accompanied by 4-5 pc bacon or 3 pc sausage, 1 slice Udi's Gluten Free or Eziekel toast
2 poached or over medium eggs with steak, sweet potato
Crustless quiche - usually ham/cheese, sometimes spinach/cheese I just have to watch the amount of spinach; made with heavy cream and lotsa butter and carmelized onion
I'll make egg scrambles with similar ingredients above
Egg salad
Hardboiiled eggs and sweet potato
Oatmeal - I prefer my savory, lots of butter, some salt and I'll either cook an egg into it (tastes great, just super thick, not eggy) or will eat hardboiled egg
Slice of Udis or Ezekiel toast with cream cheese, cottage cheese and low sugar aprioct preserve
Sometimes want regular cereal, eat it with almond milk; usually some kind of higher protiein/fiber type (Kashi Go Lean) or Barbara's Puffins. I just can't keep cereal in the house much, pathetic, but it's one of those things I will eat until its gone, not just for breakfast....
Every once in awhile I want a muffin/sweet, so I'll eat the creamcheese pancakes (I make them every flavor you can imagine - chocolate, vanilla, lemon, banana, pumpkinetc) or I'll make the Dr. Oz skinny muffin recipe, triple it and make it soup mugs so I have this cute little cake.
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Post by fullhousemom on Jan 20, 2014 18:07:19 GMT -5
I start with my coffee every morning, because I have never been able to tolerate food when I first wake up.
My "breakfast" is around 10, and I simply have a protein bar with 30 grams of protein, and my first dose of vitamins.
On the weekends, I'll have scrambled eggs with cheese and bacon or sausage. Last weekend, I skipped the eggs and had 5 pieces of bacon and three sausage links.
Really, though, I have to force myself to eat breakfast, because in the morning.....it's like my throat and stomach have this "do not disturb" sign. I have a hard time getting past that. My biggest meal is by far, dinner.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2014 18:25:21 GMT -5
I start with my coffee every morning, because I have never been able to tolerate food when I first wake up. My "breakfast" is around 10, and I simply have a protein bar with 30 grams of protein, and my first dose of vitamins. On the weekends, I'll have scrambled eggs with cheese and bacon or sausage. Last weekend, I skipped the eggs and had 5 pieces of bacon and three sausage links. Really, though, I have to force myself to eat breakfast, because in the morning.....it's like my throat and stomach have this "do not disturb" sign. I have a hard time getting past that. My biggest meal is by far, dinner.It is so funny how we all vary. My stomach aches and I feel like hell if I don't eat immediately in the morning, and dinner by far has been my toughest meal of the day (unless it is seafood then I can pound it). In general, my stomach at the end of the day just feels weird and especially if I haven't eaten anything for a while. In fact I just had two pieces of bacon for that reason, even though we will have dinner in 45 minutes (crappy Casey's pizza where I will eat the topping and a tiny amount of the crispy crust at the edge)....as you can tell I am not real excited about dinner tonight...but we can't go out for lobster, crab or scallops every night..
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Post by muffinsmom on Jan 20, 2014 20:21:53 GMT -5
I start most mornings with a Premier Protein drink, chocolate with a couple spoons of PB2 in it for flavor. Then a ton of coffee. Then my REAL breakfast, which these days is this baked eggs recipe I posted a while back:
Start by making tomato confit - halve enough tomatoes to fit into a 9 x 12 baking dish (I use Romas, and it's usually about a dozen), face up. Touch each one with a little minced garlic, sprinkle thyme twigs over, then cover the dish with a layer of bacon. I use Costco's Maple Leaf bacon, which is a little thicker. Overlapped, it takes about a half a package. Bake this at 400 for about an hour, which renders off the bacon fat into the tomatoes. Remove bacon and reserve for another use, remove and discard thyme twigs, allow to cool, store tomatoes - with the bacon fat! Confit after all means cooked in fat - in the fridge.
Baked eggs with tomato confit and spinach (1 serving)
Tomato Confit - scoop out about half a cup, with some fat and juices Fresh baby spinach - about a stuffed cup Garlic - about a half teaspoon of minced garlic, I buy a big ole jug of it from Costco 2 eggs, room temperature Feta cheese Frank's hot sauce, or hot sauce of your choice
Preheat oven to 350. Take a bit of the bacon fat from the tomato confit and grease a small ramekin, about a 16 oz size. Saute the tomatoes, breaking them up a bit, add spinach and garlic and cook till the spinach is wilted, a couple minutes. (No need to add fat for the saute, the tomatoes will have plenty.) Place into the ramekin and break the two eggs over the top. Lightly salt the eggs. (This won't need much salt because the bacon fat from the tomato confit will be salty, and the cheese is too.) Add feta cheese to taste and sprinkle hot sauce over, to taste. (I like a lot of both.) Bake for about 22 minutes, for a fairly well cooked white and yolk. Bake longer or shorter depending how you like your eggs. The eggs will continue to cook for a while before the dish cools enough to eat.
This is SO yummy, and keeps me satisfied for several hours.
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Post by newyorkbitch on Jan 20, 2014 21:30:50 GMT -5
The spoon of pancake mix makes the eggs poof up and hold together - much easier to use a cookie cutter.
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Post by kirmy on Jan 21, 2014 1:56:31 GMT -5
I eat at least 3-4 eggs each morning in either an omlette packed full of cheese, meat and veg with fresh herbs. I am also partial to a big greasy fry up with polish back bacon, eggs, mushroom, baby spinach wilted and tomato chutney. I try to make breakfast add up to at least 30g in protein or more. What I don't eat I'll have for morning tea.
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Post by jpcello on Jan 21, 2014 6:38:03 GMT -5
Every morning:
English muffin (4 grams of protein) One slice of American cheese (6 grams of protein) Two eggs over medium (14 grams of protein - I use extra large eggs) 4-5 slices of bacon (12 grams of protein)
36 grams of protein
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Post by michellemj on Jan 21, 2014 9:20:56 GMT -5
My breakfast depends on the season. In the winter, I'm an eggs/bacon kind of gal. Usually 2 eggs over with bacon from the cafeteria or one of the local delis. Spring/summer, I'll throw protein powder in iced coffee and that will hold me for a while and then I'll grab yogurt or cottage cheese.
Occasionally, I want carbs, so I'll do a bacon/egg/cheese wrap and pick most of the wrap off. Or spring for a flat bagel (flagel?) with tons of cream cheese. Even though I'm not a DSer, my guts DO NOT like carbs so I need to choose these treats carefully.
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Post by newyorkbitch on Jan 21, 2014 11:50:17 GMT -5
Cold leftover pizza.
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Post by caprice on Jan 21, 2014 12:04:02 GMT -5
I live in a part of the country that has a White Castle on many corners (actually, I think Corporate is here in Columbus). Anyway, they serve a breakfast sandwich that I really love: toasted bread, a hard cooked egg, plastic cheese, and bacon. I remove one of the pieces of bread, squeeze a packet of mayo on it, and it's pretty satisfying. I also found out within the last couple of months that I can eat a whole Egg McMuffin with no noticeable ill effects. (no weight gain, no gas, nothin') So, that's a pretty regular thing for me, too. So, that's my weekday breakfast - one of those two. Plus coffee, of course.
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Post by indianamom on Jan 21, 2014 12:35:59 GMT -5
Jpcello: A healthy McMuffin- but with bacon! I like it!
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Post by deedee484 on Jan 21, 2014 13:07:04 GMT -5
I'm only 4 weeks out! But my morning breakfast is an iced coffee protein drink made with coffee, vanilla protein powder, milk and cream! It's the only protein shake I can tolerate....and I'm loving it plus it's about 30 gms of protein!!
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Post by Happy DSr on Jan 21, 2014 13:50:33 GMT -5
breakfast depends on amount of time I have (ie work day or weekend)
usually three or four eggs fried sunny side up in bacon fat. I may throw in a half piece of bread to fry crispy as well, then use it to soak up the yolk. I may also throw in some cheddar chunk to melt/fry/crisp.
On a weekend, I may make the eggs into some kind of omelette/fritatta with heavy cream and added bacon, ham, veggies, cheese....whatever strikes me and what is in the fridge
I will also often just microwave reheat something from the fridge - usually leftover roast, pork chops. Leftover steak is often eaten cold.
If desperately short of time, I will grab a few chunks of cheese and cold deli meat to eat as I get ready to leave, or take with me.
other than a possible yolk soaker, very rarely will carbs become part of my breakfast - I generally have those later in the day. I also aim for 30 grams of protein
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Post by tina9999 on Jan 21, 2014 15:49:09 GMT -5
I had 2/3 of a Bojangles cajun chicken filet - no biscuit.
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Post by tina9999 on Jan 22, 2014 9:57:01 GMT -5
had about 3 ounces of leftover hamburger steak before I hit the shower & then a BLT with no mayo extra bacon (only 1 slice of the bread) at work.
that hamburger steak gave me indigestion - probably cause it was cold. arrrgh.
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Post by newyorkbitch on Jan 25, 2014 8:10:53 GMT -5
Ham & cheese crepes. Coffee. Fresh squeezed OJ.
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Post by bagaof4 on Jan 25, 2014 9:05:16 GMT -5
I am such a creature of habit (read BORING!) I always start my day with 1 1/2 scoops of Syntrax Nectar Fuzzy Navel or Strawberry Kiwi protein shake with 2 Tbsp heavy cream. Cook 4 slices of thick Applewood bacon to eat in the car on the way to work. 40 gr fat 51 gr protein I am starving by 9:30 at work. May need to figure out how to up my breakfast on weekdays.
Weekends I often make scrambled eggs with lots of butter and bell peppers or my own homemade Egg McMuffin with lots of bacon egg and cheese and drizzled in butter.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 10:34:07 GMT -5
I am such a creature of habit (read BORING!) I always start my day with 1 1/2 scoops of Syntrax Nectar Fuzzy Navel or Strawberry Kiwi protein shake with 2 Tbsp heavy cream. Cook 4 slices of thick Applewood bacon to eat in the car on the way to work. 40 gr fat 51 gr protein I am starving by 9:30 at work. May need to figure out how to up my breakfast on weekdays.Weekends I often make scrambled eggs with lots of butter and bell peppers or my own homemade Egg McMuffin with lots of bacon egg and cheese and drizzled in butter. IMO, that is why I have never been a "meal replacement" drink fan. It isn't "food" to me, it is a drink that happens to have some protein so it doesn't fill me up at all. Great source of protein for those of you who like them, but doesn't satiate hunger at all for me. That is why I have eggs and bacon every morning first thing (2 big eggs and 8 strips of bacon) for 34 oz protein, along with a 16 oz travel mug of coffee (4 splenda and some half and half). Then usually an hour or two later I either grab another 4-6 pices of bacon from our cafeteria (thick bacon so at least 15 grams of protein) or an EAS Lean 15 PB & Chocolate bar (15 gram)....and another coffee typically. I did have a breakfast muffin with egg, cheese and sausage a day or two in past several weeks (don't eat any of muffin there than bit I get when eating cheese).
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Post by newyorkbitch on Jan 25, 2014 10:35:13 GMT -5
I agree - I think you should eat food for breakfast. If you want to add the shake, fine - but you need to eat food. It's no wonder you're starving by 9:30.
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Post by katieahuf on Jan 25, 2014 10:41:29 GMT -5
I'm a little over a month out and woke up craving a ham and cheese and onion omelet with a side of crispy bacon and maybe I'll thieve a bite of my mom's hashbrowns or a nibble or her jelly toast, whichever looks more appealing.
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Post by newyorkbitch on Jan 25, 2014 10:48:24 GMT -5
Watch the carbs. It would be better to have ham, cheese, eggs, bacon instead of potatoes or toast.
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Post by katieahuf on Jan 25, 2014 11:52:19 GMT -5
As a general rule, yup. But I do better if I nibble something when I want it instead of saying no to every carb all the time. Then i'm just miserable.
A bite isn't going to hurt me. Honestly.
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Post by bagaof4 on Jan 25, 2014 12:31:04 GMT -5
Scott, whether I have my 'usual' protein drink and bacon for breakfast or a full on ham and cheese omelet with bacon on the side, I am ALWAYS starving by 9:30. In fact, it seems the more I eat early on, the hungrier I am throughout the day! Besides, I just don't feel like cooking so early in the AM (except the microwaved bacon). Were are all so different.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2014 12:41:16 GMT -5
Scott, whether I have my 'usual' protein drink and bacon for breakfast or a full on ham and cheese omelet with bacon on the side, I am ALWAYS starving by 9:30. In fact, it seems the more I eat early on, the hungrier I am throughout the day! Besides, I just don't feel like cooking so early in the AM (except the microwaved bacon). Were are all so different. I hear you Pam, and I am ready to eat again after an hour or two as well after my initial breakfast. The microwave egg in a bowl thing and microwave bacon are really easy for me for breakfast, because like you I don't have time or feel like cooking much before work in the morning.
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Post by maggiesara on Jan 25, 2014 14:23:41 GMT -5
I like bacon and eggs, and I do occasionally do that for breakfast (often with some kind of veg -- broccoli rabe or brussels sprouts or tomatoes or mushrooms). But more often I just eat something tasty out of the fridge. Today I had a handful of hazelnuts with some coffee and then, for the past several hours, I've been picking at a container of tofu with roasted peppers and mushrooms. There's some yogurt in my future, and dinner is going to be marinated skirt steak (thanks, Fresh Direct!) with stir-fried veg.
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Post by deedee484 on Jan 25, 2014 18:37:40 GMT -5
Maggiesara...do the veggies bother you at all?? I've heard so much bad about the after-effects of eating them that I've been kid of leary of them! But I'm starting to get tired of primarily just meat!
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