Thread: Breakfast Club Challenge....

yes... all of you breakfast avoiders... join sshimmer and i for a 31 day challenge to EAT BREAKFAST for a change...
doesnt matter what you eat... but within ONE HOUR of waking.. eat SOMETHING (low carb i hope)
be adventurous... be creative... BREAK AN EGG.. (thanks andrea) EAT SOMETHING ALREADY!!!

SOME of us just never got in the breakfast habit.. we realize that we SHOULD .. we know it is healthier.. we know it REVs the metabolism... but we just dont DO it..
nows the time... tomorrows the day!
wake up and smell the coffee... and EAT something with it !

o.k., o.k. Does this mean that my usual Dunkin Donuts coffee doesn't count as breakfast?

*lol* Tina...ummm....I'm thinking maybe we should modify the rules to SOLID food???

I will be posting FAITHFULLY to this challenge EVERY morning for the next 31 days. Any and All Breakfast ideas/recipes are welcome! Most especially any yummy smoothie type recipes anyone may have, as I got a brand spanking new blender for Christmas

tina.. was all set to say it HADDA be solid... when suddenly my pard'ner talks up her SMOOTHIES.. well .. unless they are SOLID smoothies (hey.. dont laugh.. i have seen those in the back of refridgeraters) i guess TECHNICALLY it doesnt have to be SOLID... buuuuuuuuuuut .. coffee aint CUTTIN it missy... back to the drawing board for you!

Alright - count me in. I'm horrible with constructing real breakfasts. Or I have breakfast at 11:00, which doesn't really count, does it?

If there are any oatmeal lovers in this challenge, lots of people like this:

http://www.lowcarbeating.com/recipe_showeach.php?id=825

Since it's winter in most parts, I thought it might be helpful. I have it a couple of times per week.

HTH.

thanks mag.. if i EVER remember to get
16 oz. Soy protein isolate* (whatever it is..)and
16 oz. Coarse unprocessed wheat bran
at the healthfood store when i make the 100 mile trek .. i will make that.. i have been THINKING about it for a year now... (almost) .. but i never remember that name when i get there.. soy protein ISOLATE...(ah HA! MAYBE if i just think you will ISOLATE me if i dont buy it.. i will REMEMBER which PROTEIN i need to buy..
my in homey town store doesnt have anything resembling it..
and i need ACV badly.. i am drinking the sludge off the bottom of my gallon i bought in june!

tina.. an HOUR after waking is the rule.. if you want to lie in bed till TEN.. have at it.*L*
i usually dont EAT till two or three in the afternoon.. coffee and now green tea are all i have besides the dreaded nuts..... and usually i dont have THEM till after noon..

Breakfast? You mean food, real food, in the morning?
I'm with Tina. I'm usually ready for breakfast about 11 a.m. Some days I force myself to eat something but usually (like today) I just skip it. Or I eat a piece of cheese at 10:30 a.m. and call it breakfast.

One hour after waking, huh?
OK...I'm in. But I'm going to need lots of hints on how to make a quick, on-the-go breakfast. The kind that's simple, easy and doesn't require a lot of night before preparation. I may have to pull out the Atkins shakes to do this. (You know, it was the Atkins shakes...a quick burst of morning protein...that eventually led me to this low carb eating.)

BTW...Atkins shakes ARE solid food. Well, at least the cans are solid.

hmmmm well... okay.. shakes eh? well.. im not big on shakes.. i have said it before .. and i will say it again... i DONT LIKE ICE CREAM ..or shakes..or .or.or..
anywho (if you come up with a snow cone breakfast drink i am THERE..*L*)

okay.. good deal melissa.. but ONE HOUR! no waiting till 11 with tina... you heard the drill! *L*

i am of the 2 0r 3 pm BREAKFAST persuation.. but.. i am going to DO this for 31 days...

i actualy befor reading these threads have been thinking i need to prep ahead for breakfest... and start eating more... i made a few of my egg sandwich things.. (useing my sandwich maker i dumped in 8 eggs scrambled and i have 4 on the go breakfests... tossed a few peppers in one.. some mushrooms in another a little of both in one other one... and some diced ham and swiss cheese in another... laid them on a rack to cool then put them in plastic baggs.. in morning ill pop one in the microwave for 20 sec turn over and 5-10 seconds till totaly warm.. and its done.. i was gona take some bacon and pop in my toaster oven but im fearing splatering so i might just skilit them.. so i can toss one in last few min of heating to warm it up too..

Count me in.. havent had a solid breakfest that wasnt sneaking one of those HIGH carb cookies to eat w/ my coffee...

gota whip up another batch of that biscotti.. (maggies) so i stay away from those darn cookies.. tommrow they are getting put out for the kids till they are sick of them then they go in the garbage.. so i stay aawy..

I usually have an Atkins shake...at 6am--I don't get to eat til 11:15 on normal days so the breakfast thing is a challenge for me since I am not a person to eat in the morning...I often try to down some cottage cheese or a rollup of ham and cheese with my shake...I feel better at 10 if I do that...otherwise I am often dizzy after being active all morning...but if not I drink extra water and eat promptly at 11:15...and am starving by then too! I also eat checken salad or egg salad for breakfast with some regularity when I drag myslef kicking iand screaming to the kitchen and mix it up...I make about 20 oz of chicken into chicken salad at a time--lasts a week if DH doesn't decide he needs it too...He loves chicken salad...hard boiled eggs make a great grab and go breakfast too..DD will even grab one of those occasionally but she prefers yogurt. Count me in...my goal--to eat something not just drink a shake every day starting on the 2nd of January...I also aim to go cheat free for 100 days from that day...so really starting over then!

I was considering a smoothie "solid" since i like my smoothies chunky....maybe I should call them chunkies instead??? *LOL*

I used to have a great recipe for egg and sausage muffins, they were delicious and easy to make ahead a keep in the fridge for a couple days. I cant remember if I found the recipe on this site or the Atkins site??? I'll go hunting for it and see what I find

gilley... sounds good.. i have one of those sandwich makers SOMEWHERE..*L* i just may hunt it up this weekend..
lori.. good deal... the more the merrier..

shimmy.. yeah.. it BETTER be chunkies... *L*... ooooh... muffins eh? sounds good... and make ahead is even BETTER.. i can have daugher #1 or honeymoon make em..*L*


i am SO happy to see that i am NOT the only breakfast skipper... but saddened to think that there ARE so many of us that skip THEEE one meal that literally BREAKS the FAST of going for SOOOOOOOOOO many hours without anything to eat.... and then.. to think that MANY of us toss a fiery gallon of CAFFEINE on TOP of that empty stomach...
lets try once and for all to break that habit..

time for a NEW good habit...