What do you eat for breakfast?

[Bateluer]

you guys are all doing in wrong.. the breakfast of champions is (2) Egg mcMuffins with extra sausage. 2 hash browns and a large coke

That's the good stuff right there.

Seriously though, if any one has ideas for quick, inexpensive breakfasts that aren't liquid, I'm all ears.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

I have to laugh at the "designer" breakfasts all the body-building/extreme fitness dudes have the time for. Must be nice to able to dawdle in the morning.

Me:

4am wake
take a shower/shave/shit/get dressed/eat/feed and water dogs
5am leave for work
6am morning meeting

I guess I'm jealous.

Cooking eggs takes 5 minutes, nearly the same amount of time as oatmeal. It takes no time at all.

 

[Deeko]

I have to laugh at the "designer" breakfasts all the body-building/extreme fitness dudes have the time for. Must be nice to able to dawdle in the morning.

Me:

4am wake
take a shower/shave/shit/get dressed/eat/feed and water dogs
5am leave for work
6am morning meeting

I guess I'm jealous.

Yea I can't fathom people who get up earlier than necessary and spend time eating, watching the news, etc. I get up at 6:15. Get dressed, feed/walk the dog, gather my things, out the door by 6:50. If I do eat breakfast, its at my desk at work.

 

[Bateluer]

Yea I can't fathom people who get up earlier than necessary and spend time eating, watching the news, etc. I get up at 6:15. Get dressed, feed/walk the dog, gather my things, out the door by 6:50. If I do eat breakfast, its at my desk at work.

Some have a commute to work, with traffic, it can easily take 45 minutes. Every minute I wait before leaving, it gets worse.

Frying a cheese omlette-like meal isn't too difficult, but takes much more time than a simple bowl of cereal.

 

[TallBill]

Cooking eggs takes 5 minutes, nearly the same amount of time as oatmeal. It takes no time at all.

I really have a tough time putting food down when I wake up so breakfast drags on. I can sip my shake during my 40 minute commute to school. It's not just the act of making breakfast, but also the time to consume it.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Some have a commute to work, with traffic, it can easily take 45 minutes. Every minute I wait before leaving, it gets worse.

Frying a cheese omlette-like meal isn't too difficult, but takes much more time than a simple bowl of cereal.

Get up 5 minutes earlier. Tada.

 

[Deeko]

Some have a commute to work, with traffic, it can easily take 45 minutes. Every minute I wait before leaving, it gets worse.

Frying a cheese omlette-like meal isn't too difficult, but takes much more time than a simple bowl of cereal.

Hence I leave when I do. Before 7am, my commute is 25 minutes. It gradually gets worse - at the peak of rush hour, the same commute is an hour and a half.

I wasn't referring to you - I was referring to people that wake up earlier than they need to to hang out at home.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

I really have a tough time putting food down when I wake up so breakfast drags on. I can sip my shake during my 40 minute commute to school. It's not just the act of making breakfast, but also the time to consume it.

Yeah, I know how that is. I have been making some pretty damn good breakfast shakes as of late that fill me up, give me my calories and my fiber, and get me going.

 

[Deeko]

Get up 5 minutes earlier. Tada.

case in point, haha

 

[TallBill]

Yeah, I know how that is. I have been making some pretty damn good breakfast shakes as of late that fill me up, give me my calories and my fiber, and get me going.

Yeah I didn't really realize how much fiber was in my shakes, but 22g of fiber before noon is pretty decent. No wonder I've been having less digestive system troubles since I switched.

 

[brikis98]

Mine tastes better

I like how you state that as a matter of fact, rather than pure opinion. Personally, I think honey nut cheerios are one of the crappier tasting cereals and your skim milk isn't exactly adding much to the equation. Have you ever actually tried what I'm suggesting? Find a good cottage cheese ("Friendship" brand whipped variety is fantastic), a tasty all natural peanut butter (a good idea anyway to avoid the lovely trans fats in skippy's/jiffy's/etc) and some grapes. Mix them together (takes about 1 minute total) and you get a very hearty and delicious meal.

and it really doesn't have that much sugar in it.

Given the servings I mentioned before, your bowl of honey nut cheerios + milk has 41g of sugar.

Humans weren't meant to 'eat' liquid food.

This makes me pretty certain you haven't had cottage cheese in a VERY long time (if ever?) and you've certainly never mixed it in the way I've suggested. It is NOT in any way a liquid meal or a shake you drink down. In fact, the mixture of whipped cottage cheese + crunchy peanut butter is probably MORE solid than the oatmeal you eat.

brikis, this isn't the Matrix. Some of us care about taste - your breakfast & explanation sounds like the mush they eat on their ship

Hehehehe.

"It's a single celled protein combined with synthetic aminos, vitamins and minerals. Everything the body needs."
"It doesn't have everything the body needs."

Nah, seriously, I think the combo is delicious and I can't get enough of it. There are also plenty of variations: different types of nut butter (cashew, almond, pecan, crunchy, smooth, roasted), different types of cottage cheese (whipped, low fat, full fat, california style) and different types of fruit you can use (grapes, blueberries, raspberries, etc). If you need more sweetness, you can also add a bit of honey to the mix and it becomes dessert-like. Obviously taste is a personal matter, but don't knock it until you try it.

 

[EvilYoda]

I really need to change my breakfast routine - I usually eat some Greek yogurt with some fruit or honey, plus a protein shake made with milk. I want to go back to a protein shake with fruit and some eggs/meat.

I'm about the worst person in the world at waking up on time though, it sucks.

 

[Bateluer]

I like how you state that as a matter of fact, rather than pure opinion. Personally, I think honey nut cheerios are one of the crappier tasting cereals and your skim milk isn't exactly adding much to the equation. Have you ever actually tried what I'm suggesting? Find a good cottage cheese ("Friendship" brand whipped variety is fantastic), a tasty all natural peanut butter (a good idea anyway to avoid the lovely trans fats in skippy's/jiffy's/etc) and some grapes. Mix them together (takes about 1 minute total) and you get a very hearty and delicious meal.


Given the servings I mentioned before, your bowl of honey nut cheerios + milk has 41g of sugar.


This makes me pretty certain you haven't had cottage cheese in a VERY long time (if ever?) and you've certainly never mixed it in the way I've suggested. It is NOT in any way a liquid meal or a shake you drink down. In fact, the mixture of whipped cottage cheese + crunchy peanut butter is probably MORE solid than the oatmeal you eat.


Hehehehe.

"It's a single celled protein combined with synthetic aminos, vitamins and minerals. Everything the body needs."
"It doesn't have everything the body needs."

Nah, seriously, I think the combo is delicious and I can't get enough of it. There are also plenty of variations: different types of nut butter (cashew, almond, pecan, crunchy, smooth, roasted), different types of cottage cheese (whipped, low fat, full fat, california style) and different types of fruit you can use (grapes, blueberries, raspberries, etc). If you need more sweetness, you can also add a bit of honey to the mix and it becomes dessert-like. Obviously taste is a personal matter, but don't knock it until you try it.

1) I have had cottage cheese before, I like it just fine in small quantities. I wasn't referring to you necessarily when I said humans weren't meant to have a liquid diet, rather those who make themselves a protein shake in the morning.

2) I like solid food in the morning, if I had the time, it'd be a pancake breakfast with some sausage and/or fruit. But I don't think the kind of batter that comes in a squeeze bottle is any healthier.

3) Not sure where you got your numbers from, but looking at the ingredients label based on the amount of cereal I use, my total sugar is under 12g. There's no sugar in 0% milk, and I can't stand the heavier milk.

4) While I love natural peanut butter, and almond butter, for that matter, I use them mainly on PBJs. Mixing anything with cottage cheese sickens me even thinking about it and I'm getting hungry for lunch right now . . . which I usually skip.

5) To SociallyChallenged, I'm already up at 0400, I'm not getting up any earlier.

 

[HN]

monday - friday (prepared in the office kitchen):

-a little less than 1/2 cup of oatmeal (sometimes instant, sometimes old fashioned)
-a little more than 1/2 cup of 2% milk to prepare the oatmeal
-throw in banana

as an extra, i'll rotate in whatever's on sale -- 1/2 cup walnuts, strawberries, blueberries, etc. this week happens to be raspberries.

anything i can change up?

(leave me alone on the weekends, i'm already screwed with late night tacos, and waking up much much later )

 

[Jack Ryan]

I workout from 5-6:05 so my "breakfast" is ...

-Milk + Whey 4:40AM
Workout
-Milk + Whey 6:15AM
-6 Egg Whites + Arnold Sandwich Thin 6:45AM

Next meal is @ 9AM

 

[InflatableBuddha]

Weekdays
Bowl of cereal (Kashi and granola mix) or oatmeal with skim milk and dried prunes/raisins.
Slice of multigrain toast with natural PB.
250ml orange juice
Banana mid-morning

Weekends
3 scrambled eggs, toast and PB, banana
When I'm feeling fancy - 2 eggs fried in olive oil on multigrain bagel with cheese, tomato slices and spinach

As for the cottage cheese debate - I love to eat it with sliced fruit as a snack. I just don't have it for breakfast, for some reason.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

1) I have had cottage cheese before, I like it just fine in small quantities. I wasn't referring to you necessarily when I said humans weren't meant to have a liquid diet, rather those who make themselves a protein shake in the morning.

2) I like solid food in the morning, if I had the time, it'd be a pancake breakfast with some sausage and/or fruit. But I don't think the kind of batter that comes in a squeeze bottle is any healthier.

3) Not sure where you got your numbers from, but looking at the ingredients label based on the amount of cereal I use, my total sugar is under 12g. There's no sugar in 0% milk, and I can't stand the heavier milk.

4) While I love natural peanut butter, and almond butter, for that matter, I use them mainly on PBJs. Mixing anything with cottage cheese sickens me even thinking about it and I'm getting hungry for lunch right now . . . which I usually skip.

5) To SociallyChallenged, I'm already up at 0400, I'm not getting up any earlier.

Technically, all the carbs in your milk ARE sugar (lactose). And do you measure everything? Because I doubt you're eating less than half a cup of cereal each morning.

Learn to cook your eggs quicker or multitask. Your breakfast is pretty processed and you mocking the people with some of the healthiest meals is stupid as hell.

 

[brikis98]

3) Not sure where you got your numbers from, but looking at the ingredients label based on the amount of cereal I use, my total sugar is under 12g. There's no sugar in 0% milk, and I can't stand the heavier milk.

Sorry, should have stated that: I got my numbers from thedailyplate.com. It lists 9g of sugar per 3/4 cup serving of honey nut cheerios and 12g of sugar per cup of milk. Personally, I find one "serving" of cereal to be way too little to count as a real meal, so as I said before, I assumed 2.5 servings of cereal and 1.5 servings of milk, which adds up to 41g of sugar. Obviously, this number will vary depending on how much you actually eat.

 

[Megatomic]

Sorry, should have stated that: I got my numbers from thedailyplate.com. It lists 9g of sugar per 3/4 cup serving of honey nut cheerios and 12g of sugar per cup of milk. Personally, I find one "serving" of cereal to be way too little to count as a real meal, so as I said before, I assumed 2.5 servings of cereal and 1.5 servings of milk, which adds up to 41g of sugar. Obviously, this number will vary depending on how much you actually eat.

Try Grape Nuts cereal, all you need is 1.5 servings. Wow that stuff is heavy...

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Try Grape Nuts cereal, all you need is 1.5 servings. Wow that stuff is heavy...

Lol, grape nuts are suicide. I feel like I'm eating pebbles for breakfast. They're pretty good with a cup up banana put in 'em though. I just can't ever finish a box.

 

[Bateluer]

Technically, all the carbs in your milk ARE sugar (lactose). And do you measure everything? Because I doubt you're eating less than half a cup of cereal each morning.

Learn to cook your eggs quicker or multitask. Your breakfast is pretty processed and you mocking the people with some of the healthiest meals is stupid as hell.

There's nothing wrong with lactose, so I'm not counting it. Sugar isn't necessarily bad for you, just the refined stuff.

Eggs only cook so fast, nothing can be done about that. I suppose I could hard boil eggs the night before and leave them in the fridge over neat, but thats not exactly appetizing.

I'm not mocking anyone for their breakfast choices, aside from the people on liquid diets.

Try Grape Nuts cereal, all you need is 1.5 servings. Wow that stuff is heavy...

Tried it before, tastes good for the few seconds before it turns to a soggy mush and gets dumped in the compactor. Waste.

 

[Megatomic]

How long do you let 'em sit in milk before you eat them? Even after eating on them for 5 minutes they're still quite crunchy. Maybe it's the Silk I use...

 

[Kaido]

I don't have much of an appetite in the morning, so I do a good-carb & minor-protein hit. 4 things:

1. Steel-cut oatmeal
2. Whole-wheat toast
3. Whole-wheat pancakes
4. Whole-wheat waffles

I just rotate through those, usually with oatmeal every other day. I use Agave nectar in place of syrup/butter/whatever on all 4 of them (no sugar crash). And I usually do like half a cup of fresh fruit. It's enough to fill me up & stablize my stomach, and give me some energy, and then I have a nice sandwich a few hours later with meat, lettuce, tomatoes, etc.

 

[Bateluer]

How long do you let 'em sit in milk before you eat them? Even after eating on them for 5 minutes they're still quite crunchy. Maybe it's the Silk I use...

I start eating cereal seconds after I pour the milk, but I'm usually buying store brand, nothing fancy.

 

[SWScorch]

a bowl of cereal with milk. Sometimes a poptart if I don't even have enough time for cereal. Sometimes a sausage egg and cheese sandwich if I have a lot of time and a craving for something greasy. I try to eat mostly healthy, but not at the expense of taste or happiness. I take food seriously and would probably kill myself if forced to eat half the concoctions in here every day for a month.