Whats for Breakfast?

Hey guys i was just wondering what you guys eat for breakfast to start your day off or beneficial for hair?

Clif Bar
2 cups of 8 oclock coffee
2-3 local organic farm eggs
Protein shake with maca, acv, oj, berries/fruits/banana

I just have a little bit of brocolli or cauliflower, and an apple for breakfast. I try to keep it light in the morning so I have a lot of energy for the 12 mile bike ride to class.

Espio, you prefer a low intact at morning? Don't you get tired during the day by doing like this?

hemp protein and maca shake with soy milk and or keifer and two organic eggs - all blended, with a couple drops of ioding ae and a handful of oats. The oats makes you chew your shake down, so you start your digestive process in your mouth.

Misirlu, it's the opposite. If I eat too much fatty foods in the morning it makes me tired. Slow burning carbs like brocolli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower give me lasting energy. If I eat some sardines for breakfast I just feel slugglish on my 12 mile bike ride to class, and then when I get to class (construction class building a home) I'm really lazy when I try to work.

But as far as goes for hair... who knows, I haven't been very successful in fighting my hair loss. So I might be going the wrong direction

Espio,
I don't eat breakfast either. Maybe an apple. My empty stomach supps. Coffee.

If I work out, lunch gets pushed back to 2pm--the last thing you want to do is eat before bikram. That said, I make sure I have enough electrolytes. I cannot get enough potassium, it seems. So fruit am is helpful, particularly coconut water.

I suppose I could train myself to fast at night, but I'm not interested.

Sinners - I thought Sugar, Cafeine, and enriched flour was all pretty bad for naturalists.....

Eat breakfast like a King and Dinner like a beggar ~ is not there a saying like that?

I will give up any meal for my breakfast.....eggs and bread/butter and these days Kefir/lentil/Maca drink

oatmeal + protein shake(with 0 fat milk) and fruits.

Lately--

- 4 eggs fried in Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil

- 2 to 3 Whole Grain pancakes made with a teaspoon of the above Coc. Oil, and Hemp Milk

squeezed orange/lemon juice, chopped parsley, radish, ACV and some nuts/almonds

Usually Granola with dried cranberries/raisins, almonds, walnuts and using vanilla rice milk.

Sometimes I opt for a shake which usually contains: Banana, rice milk, rice protein, spirulina, chlorella, cinnamon and raw honey (or grade B maple syrup).

Usually have a nice glass of green tea or Yerba Mate to go along with it... that is if I am feelin a little morning blues.

forgot to mention i use almond milk as a creamer for my coffee, gives it a great taste

Thanks for the input guys im definitely gonna try a couple you guys eat for breakfast.

lund wrote:Eat breakfast like a King and Dinner like a beggar ~ is not there a saying like that?

I will give up any meal for my breakfast.....eggs and bread/butter and these days Kefir/lentil/Maca drink

That's the old saying, but I really do wonder what the best eating strategy is. The way I see it, there are three options that seem to all have merit.

1) As the saying recommends, a large breakfast, medium-large lunch, and small dinner... argument being that you burn calories in daytime hours, so that's when you need them.

2) A strategy similar to the warrior diet, where you eat a very small breakfast, lunch and large dinner... argument being that your body has more energy when it's not digesting food all day, as well as your body being able to more efficiently detoxify when "fasting."

3) As the majority of diet plans urge, to eat 5-6 even meals throughout the day, each containing a similar portion of protein, fat, and carbs... argument being that frequent eating of smaller, evenly portioned meals revs your metabolism throughout the day, and your body is best able to utilize the nutrients this way.

Any thoughts from everyone?

I'm really super hungry when I wake up early. I can eat extreme amounts. However, if I wake up later or skip the early breakfast, I tend to eat much less breakfast later on, like 2-3 hours later. Not sure why and not sure what's the best strategy.

Okay this doesn't have much to do with breakfast, but I just ate a whole 12 inch pizza today by myself for dinner along with a little soda. No "sugar crash" afterwards at all, I wasn't tired even a couple hours after eating it. I actually felt pretty good and got through my night class fine. Can you guys do that or do you feel crappy after eating that much pizza at one time? I'm wondering if that means I'm insulin resistant, or maybe my body just runs on carbs well (ie. i'm a carb type).

Espio - If there's enough cheese on the pizza, it will help slow down the carbohydrate conversion into glucose.

Most soda (within the United States) is sweetened with high fructose corn syrup, which does not cause an insulin spike since it is primarily metabolized by the liver. HFCS only has about 10% potential conversion into glucose, so impact on blood sugar is very minimal.

If I eat that kind of meal---and I do eat like this once in a while, I won't be caught dead without my supplements but I can do this without any serious repercussions.

It's possible you're a carb type, but it's not conclusive due to the above reasons.

Ah okay, I was just curious if that was a good thing or a bad thing that I don't really get "sugar crashes" that i hear people talk about a lot. I didn't know if it was because my insulin sensitivity is good and therefore handling the incoming sugar well, or if maybe it was because my insulin sensitivity was bad and therefore was receiving a huge insulin load but the insulin resistance was causing me to not feel the crash. Thanks

Man you either straight or gay - there is no middle ground ~ LOL

If I have to discipline myself, I have to train myself to hate that element. Once I decide soda is bad, the only way I will avoid is to establish soda as an "enemy" that must be avoided at all costs. For me it cannot be ~ no big deal if I take it once in a while. If I do, I slip fast...

Not sure which model is right (wishy washy or the military style)...

CausticSymmetry wrote:...If I eat that kind of meal---and I do eat like this once in a while, I won't be caught dead without my supplements but I can do this without any serious repercussions.

Hey guys are boiled eggs or eggs in general bad for you if you eat them everyday? Lately ive been eating two boiled eggs along with a slice of avacado? i heard that the yolk is bad for you.

youngbalder - Eggs are okay. Check out the of the past posts (the Google search works better than than "Inside" selection).

One thing's for sure, I don't think I'll ever eat Corn Flakes or Frosties for breakfast ever again having seen how much sugar is in them

I currently am eating a fruit/nut meusli with "No added sugar" and "low GI".
http://www.kelkin.ie/prod_originalmuesli.html

I still take a fruit juice though, so thats enough sugar anyway.

Hey guys good thread!

A few dollops of greek stlye plain yogurt non fat, add a dollop of kefir yogurt
Handfull of almonds
Handfull of Flax seed
Handfull of wallnuts
Sunflower seeds, oats mixed seed
Bananna
Apple

I'm done til dinner!

I enjoy this breakfast and ive certianly improved my digestive process! however im concerned that:
A) I'm getting too much omega 6
B) Yogurt is providing too much calcium