#WLCW3 What are you having for breakfast?

[TheEditor]

Share you healthy breakfast tips with others in the Weight Loss Club

[bispers]

My current breakfast is 2 x Oatibix (189 cals), 100 ml skimmed milk (36), 1/3 teaspoon of Truvia (natural sweetner) and Actimel drinking yoghurt (28), coming in at 253 cals, so leaves me a little room for a snack if needed mid morning - Kallio chocolate rice cake (55 cals) or similar.

Oatibix was recommended by a fellow poster and has made quite a difference to how long I feel fuller for - previously it was Weetabix.

Look forward to hearing about other breakfasts.

[Itsallanadventure]

I either have porridge made with skimmed milk, with pear, blueberries and walnuts, or Total fat free greek yoghurt with apricots, honey and a couple of tablespoons of muesli... Yum!

[TheEditor in reply to Itsallanadventure]

Nice! What's the calorie count?

[albionjen]

My usual breakfasts include:

Porridge made with semi-skim milk, with dried fruit and honey/brown sugar/maple syrup

Toast with a variety of toppings, including peanut butter, avocado, jam - not all at once obviously

Toast with an egg (scrambled/boiled/poached)

Yoghurt with fruit

Home made banana bread / courgette bread / breakfast muffin (I try to make a healthy recipe with lots of fruit and not too much added sugar or fat)

Today I had a decadent breakfast of scrambled eggs, wheaten bread and smoked salmon (left over from the weekend).

All the above always come with at least one mug of tea!

[TheEditor in reply to albionjen]

Do know the calories of each breakfast?

[albionjen in reply to TheEditor]

I know all the calories as I track using my fitness pal app

Rough calories are:

Porridge 250kcal (graze breakfast punnet so don't know portion size in g)

Breakfast muffin 275kcal

Fruit plus yoghurt 200 kcal (depends a lot on choice of fruit and yoghurt!)

Courgette loaf 250-350kcal (depends on how thick you slice it!)

Toast plus topping is between 200-400kcal depending on type of bread and topping you choose.

E.g. The breakfast of scrambled eggs, wheaten bread and smoked salmon was around 400kcal but usually I'd only have 1 egg and no salmon, which is more like 300kcal

My advice to anyone is learn what a sensible portion is and you can have plenty of choice for breakfast. E.g. Check how thick you slice your bread, measure out a single serving of butter to know what it should look like

[Marguerite2013 in reply to albionjen]

Sounds delicious Albionjen...

I have porridge oats with hot water & blueberries & apple + 2 x coffees with Oatly;

Sometimes egg with dark ryvita;

Occasionally left-overs, like tinned chick-peas with spinach (Nigella's recipe, where she places a tin of chick-peas into a pan with garlic olive oil and cumin, lets it warm for 2 or 3 minutes, adds sherry [but I add fresh orange juice] & then place a bag of spinach leaves on top for 1 minute and put stove off - so it half-cooks and wilts)...Very delicious - going to have some now!!

Decadent for me would be - 3 seeded thin ryvita with lurpak or feta plus cucumber and an apple!

M x

[bunblebeaz]

> Toast and jam

> Cereal (faddy eater me so atm its corn flakes, has been weetabix)

> Glass cranberry juice

[pinkiepolkadot]

bran flakes with semi skimmed or skimmed and a coffee

[Marguerite2013]

I alternate between 3 tbspns of organic oats, pouring boiling water on the oats, and then add 1/2 a banana and blueberries to this..= 280kcal;

OR

Punnet strawberries sweetened with juice of small orange + one-quarter Total non-fat yoghurt = 240kcal;

OR

Sliced apple and one scrambled egg & 1 slice toast with 1/2 tsp Sunflower Seed oil = 260

OR

a smoothie of 2 apples, 3/4 cup of skimmed milk and some frozen berries -(circa 240Kcal)....This is good if rushing to work/classes/appt..

I start with bottled water and finish with a cup of Green Moroccan tea, which is delicious! Or Earl Grey with a slice of lemon.

[NaomiHarper in reply to Marguerite2013]

Thanks for some good ideas!

[ali-may]

My favourites are; 1. oats soaked in milk desrtspoon of mixed seeds and chopped banana

2. 3 dessert spns good unsweetened muesli soaked in milk and a dessert spn greek yogurt.

(soaking oats in milk for 30mins or so makes them really soft and creamy)

3. Toasted t-cake with sliced banana

4. poached egg on wholemeal toast followed by a banana

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Hi Steve,

For some inexplicable reason, I seem recently to keep having one Weetabix and one Oatibix with skimmed milk and a cup of tea - at least on weekdays. That seems to do me through to mid-morning when I usually have a couple of those oat biscuits that Nairns do. I've don't do the mic-morning scone at work any more.

I've also dropped out the toast I used to have in the morning and have found that I now don't miss it at all.

[Natty2013]

I am trying porridge with 200ml Skimmed milk such as Oat So Simple (30g) and I have a 150ml glass of OJ. The calories in this breakfast is 270. I like the porridge and the low GI sees me through to lunch without a want to snack.

Saturday is my treat breakfast which is a piece of granary bread, 2 scrambled eggs and smoked salmon (50g) with OJ and this comes to 400cal.

I use My Fitness Pal app to help with the counting.

[matey]

3 egg omlette fried in coconut oil... yummmy keeps me satiated until lunch. in the pastive tried cereals but find that a) they dont keep me full b) they often give me indigestion or heartburn c) they are tasteless pap.

[NaomiHarper]

Bran flakes with 150ml of semi skimmed milk

[NaomiHarper]

I do not make a habit of this breakfast as i am aware it does raise blood sugar levels, however when i do have them i make an effort to avoid sugar for the rest of the day

[TheEditor in reply to NaomiHarper]

Any meal can raise blood sugar levels. It depends on what you eat, not the time of day. Evidence suggests that people who have breakfast are more successful at keeping their weight under control.

Check out our 5 healthy breakfasts

nhs.uk/Livewell/loseweight/...

[Penel in reply to NaomiHarper]

If you have a protein and/or high fibre breakfast your blood sugar will be released slowly and not be a problem. The food you eat is converted to glucose (blood sugar) and is needed by your body as fuel, something like table sugar will cause a spike in insulin/glucose levels and it certainly is a good idea to avoid it.

[gingernut49]

Nothing. If I eat breakfast it makes me far more hungry and liable to snack. I've lost three stone since I stopped eating breakfasts.

[Dogcherryred]

I have two poached eggs and a slice of ham, yum!! It's about 200cals