I like a granola bar or energy bar in the morning before I ride. Something that will stop my stomach growling but will also not make me feel sick. Just a little fuel. Then I normally have like a bagel or something when I get to work.

This thread reminds me that I've been meaning to try basically everything in this Mark Bittman article about whole grain breakfasts.

I usually have high fiber whole wheat bread toasted with peanut butter. Two slices of that and a glass of juice or some water and I'm good to go. Occasionally I'll have oatmeal instead or cook up an egg and eat it on toast, but the PB toast is my go-to breakfast.

Oatmeal usually or an occasional peanut butter on wheat toast. Washed down with a nice French Roast. Cardiologist gets a little stressed when I tell her I've had a big fat sausage biscuit swimming in butter!

I'm curious:

Do all you folks in here who eat and swear by oatmeal ride into work hard or pretty leisurely? I generally like to push myself, get my heart rate up, arrive at work out of breath and feeling like I couldn't ride much further (which screws me over sometimes when I think I'm going to work but then realize I'm actually going much further).

Also, how much oatmeal are you eating? I find I get sick of it after a cup or so (cooked), regardless of what I mix in or how I cook it.

My pace is 15-17mph in and 13-16 home as there's a 500 ft difference in elevation. Would consider my pace as moderate.

My oatmeal portion is about .5 cup. Also, I have a protein powder mixed in my 'gruel' as well. NEVER eat raisins in the AM unless I'm going to be working by myself WAY away from others...:innocent: Varying the cereal helps w/t boredom factor. Anything EXCEPT Raisin Bran. It took a while to get used to a large breakfast, but found I eat less in general as a result.

Food consumption/metabolism is a very individual thing. Just happened to luck into a diet that works for me. Conversion to soymilk took a leap of faith as it's rather expensive when compared to 2% or whole milk, but the numbers don't lie. My combined cholesteral was 254. Now it's 174. And it keeps for 3 months instead of 10 days.

Breakfast like a king, lunch like a merchant and dinner like a pauper. :thumb:

For me it's oatmeal with rasins and brown sugur or scrambeled eggs with some good bread. And a strong espresso coffee.

I'm all for the steel cut variety of oatmeal. But I eat after I my ride in. The ride in only takes about 25 minutes. I find myself eating cold cereal in the middle of the night. I should follow that suggestion about pre-cooking the SCO's and get away from the trash from Battle Creek.