JumboRider

Well, I am lucky and love oats.

Vespa

My Diet Doc says you must eat something before exercise or it will bite you about 5-8 hours later. No eating and exercise triggers the starving mechanism and causes binge carbo-loading later in the day.

My Breakfast of choice is 4 Tbsps Hemphearts, half a cup palin non-fat yogurt, 1 cup of frozen mixed berries and a banana....mixed into smoothy. Hemphearts are loaded with Protien, Omega 3's, and slowish carbs and alas, no THC.

Halthane

On mornings when I ride before work (on the bike about 5) I usually have a carton of non-fat yogurt (I like yoplait it's live and 100 cal even makes for convenient math) before I hit the road. Water and/or accelerade on ride depending on length/temperature and a cliff bar if its a really long one. Breakfast is about half an hour later, and is usually Kashi cereal of some kind with milk, fresh fruit, and 2 eggs worth of egg beaters that I nuke. Right at 500 calories or so, with a lot of protein and fiber, loads the system really well for long burn. I don't normally get to eat lunch (funny thing since I work in a restaurant) so lunch is granola/energy bar of some kind at 10 and then again at 1.

Terrierman

Shredded wheat, a banana sliced in it, skim milk and a teaspoon of sugar is a delicious and healthy breakfast. I HATE OATMEAL, but I do like Cheerios, they are good with a nanner too!

lil brown bat

My usual ride is also an AM ride -- commute to work -- and I don't find that what your diet doc says is true if I have had adequate and proper nutrition the previous day and also after exercise.

BeckyW

+1 to whole grain toast with peanut butter. I also like whole grain toast with an egg on top (use a non-stick pan and spray, rather than lots of oil/butter).

hr2510

I've learned to "think outside the norm". A couple times a week I'll put some type of beans or peas in the crock pot about this time when I get home from work. They are done in the AM and I'll eat a bowl for breakfast and another for lunch or dinner. I've tried the instant oatmeal and didn't like it. The Wife got some steal cut oatmeal from a healthfood store today. I may try that in the morning with some sliced peaches and see how that goes.

Burningman

Oatmeal for me too.....I sweeten it with different jams

I figure two mugs of coffee and the jam gets me out the door,the oatmeal lasts me down the road

drewpyperc

Eat something small anyway. Carrot sticks, slice of bread w/pb, turkey sandwich, whatever. If you keep the "fire" stoked, you'll be less likely to be famished later. You also won't be tempted to munch on junk before dinner.

By the way, egg and cheese can be done a healthy way, too. Use egg whites or egg beaters and poach them instead of frying, and use low fat all natural cheese on high fiber whole grain bread. Add a little pepper. mmm mmmm good.

Chief5286

Personally, I find that if I try to eat throughout the day, in small snacks, 2 things happen:
1) I'm much hungrier than I would be if I ate only breakfast/nothing at all
2) The snacks (e.g., a banana, trail mix bar, etc.) don't fill me up at all.

I'm trying to get past this, and have been fairly successful with it for the last two months. Still not totally used to it though.


I seriously think the key to weightloss is Korn Flakes and low fat milk. Oatmeal might work as well. 2 servings of korn flakes and 1 cup of 1/2% milk is pretty filling for a decent while.

bdinger

For breakfast today I had a bowl of bran flakes with splenda at 0700. I also made a fruit smoothie (frozen strawberries, frozen peaches, some super-light strawberry yogurt, skim milk, splenda) to put in the water bottle and take with me to work. Just had it at 10am and it was fan-tastic. I love smoothies, my better half got me addicted to them, but only like the ones I or she make. Others that I get from stores are just too dang sweet. If I wanted a slushie, I'd get a slushie.

For lunch I'll have a Nature's Valley granola bar and a bag of "Light" popcorn. I usually do that, or slim-fast and a bag of popcorn. Generally lunch is pretty light, and if I get hungry I have half a granola bar later in the day.

Dinners just depend, last night I had a ham & turkey sandwich with a bowl of salad. I found some balsamic vinegarette dressing at the store that is just great, and only 25 calories/serving! Definitely found a new staple for my diet. I got hungry again at 10pm so I had another bowl of salad, and a flour tortilla. I find the latter adds bulk, while the former satisfies the crunching urge.

I like bran-flakes a lot, though. They have a lot of bulk, and are good-tasting. I'm going to give oatmeal a shot, as I used to LOVE it.

JWR

I'm big on Kashi "Go Lean" products... The oatmeal is awesome and the cold cereal is spectacular! Plus they have a great balance of carbs and protein so they can be an entire meal in themselves!

-Josh

Air

There are some good suggestions in here too. For those who like oatmeal (and actually some that don't) and want a little something different check out the oat pancake:

Addition of peanut butter is also rocking in there too.

Seamus

Wow. If that's your typical daily diet AND you're riding, you won't be 'chubby' for long. Good job!

Jim

SaCaCh

Well I have been working on this for awhile. I usually eat oatmeal with Kefir and blueberries, with maybe some eggs. I used to eat before my morning commute (I am a bus driver so I ride in early, drive, and ride home 17 mi round trip get home at 9:30) but that ended up making me more hungry throughout the day. I found that if I didn't eat then when I got to work had a few rice cakes and then did not eat until I got home I was much more stable throughout the day. Today I had a new concoction which was

6 frozen Strawberries
1/2 cup of frozen blueberries
2 Tb of protein powder
3 Egg whites (raw...yes I said raw)
1/2 cup Kefir
1 Tb of whet germ
2 Tb of milled flax seeds
1/2 cup of scottish oats soaked overnight in 1 cup of almond milk (or rice milk)

blended it all together and got a sherbert type of thing that tasted pretty good. (Approved by one wife and two children). Kept me full well into lunch time, but since I them commute again back and forth for the afternoon shift I ate a salad before I went.

flip18436572

My breakfast is at around 8:00 - 8:30 in the morning after a one hour work out starting around 5:00 a.m. I will have about 3 ounces of OJ and a vitamin around 6:15. My current weight loss breakfast is one scrambled egg with some hash browns and breakfast sausage cooked together with a little bit of home made salsa and then a little shredded cheddar cheese. It is not a super low fat/low calorie, but it works great for me, and I am not hungry until around noon when I eat a small lunch (tuna fish sandwich on one piece of toast and a package of funyuns). Dinner is completely different each night, and depends upon our schedule.

I attempted some of the things people have listed, and will stick with what I have and what I like. It works great for me and my blood workup is the best it has been in the last 5 years.

BeckyW

I'm with you - I definitely feel better if I don't do the super-low fat thing (though I do watch the calories - a bit of fat actually makes it easier for me to eat less), and oatmeal, while tasty... well, I eat half a bowlful, feel stuffed and sick, then am famished an hour later. I don't worry about eggs - my bloodwork is great too, so I enjoy them! Am I gonna be the only one at RAGBRAI not eating oatmeal??

Those apple-pumpkin pancakes look GOOD, though. I'm gonna try that.

bransom

+1 on Kashi Go Lean.

Really easy as it's a cold cereal and VERY filling.

+1 on oatmeal, too.

For oatmeal, try getting real oatmeal (not quick oats, or <yuck> instant) and cooking in the microwave. Oats plus water plus 2 - 3 minutes in the microwave, then stir and let it sit for a few minutes. Works really well. Also try adding a few chopped nuts or dried cherries for additional flavor.

BigDave

If you are looking for something quick I suggest one of these

• Protein powder and milk - I've been very happy with ON Gold Standard 100% Whey. It mixes easy, has very few carbs, tastes great and packs ~35 gr of protein with the milk.
• A slice of sprouted whole grain bread with peanut butter and no sugar added preserves.
• A 1/2 cup of Nature's Path Flax Plus Pumpkin granola and 1/2 cup of Trader Joes (or similar) high-fiber cereal. With milk, it rounds out to 300-350 cals. Satisfying and holds you for a good while.

Now, if you have a couple of minutes, as many others have said - oatmeal. My favorite is McCann's Steel Cut Instant. Nuke for 2 minutes, add a butt load of cinnamon (great for regulating blood sugar), a splash of milk and some Splenda to sweeten.

In addition to any of these, one of the most important things to do is to drink your damn water. Pound 16 oz as soon as you get back and at least another 16 with your food. I feel, think and act so very much better if I'm properly hydrated.

clearwaterms

*update*

after reading everybody's suggestions I decided to forgo the mickey d's from now on, as well as the egg and cheese (might still ahve that every once in a while) and instead stick to a koshi bar before my moring ride, and an apple on my way into the office (usually start around 10) and then a light lunch.

so far it seems to be working.

Redhouse

I'm on this 1500 calorie a day diet, so what I have for breakfest on most day is a Special K Cereal Bar which comes in some very good flavors and are only 90 calories. Add a cup of 2% milk and some a cup of Melon and I'm full for only 242 calories. If I don't do the bar, I'll have some whole grain light wheat toast which is only 45 calories a slice, with some butter and jelly on it and still under 250 for breakfest.

clearwaterms

i am not watching calories. I am trying somewhat to follow the weightwatchers guidelines. But im not actively watching my points. WHat i do is quickly and roughly calculate what i have eaten for the day and then kind of try to stick to around 28 points a day, most days I go over but on those days that I do, i never count my activity points, so for those days where I did go over by a few, I figure I have the bicycle riding so im good.

evil_otto

I tried the toast with organic peanut butter and raw honey (ran out of bananas though) suggestion this morning and felt like a million bucks during my ride .

dveary

Egg whites on whole wheat bread.

Cosmoline

Some fruit and oatmeal are the best bet. It's a good topic. I find if I don't eat breakfast I end up starving by six and eat far too much. The real problem is TIME. I just never seem to have enough, esp. when I'm trying to get set up for the commute. I'm actually thinking about bringing a portable hot water maker to work with oatmeal packets and just making the stuff right here, since there's always periods of downtime.