{"id":13122,"date":"2011-04-06T12:18:50","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T19:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=13122"},"modified":"2011-04-06T12:18:50","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T19:18:50","slug":"failing-at-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=13122","title":{"rendered":"Failing at Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Breakfast was a struggle for me at any weight. I always ate breakfast because skipping it wasn’t really any option. When I was 250 pounds I ate a lot of cereals for breakfast. But since a serving of cereal is about 1\/2 a cup I’m guessing that I was eating 3 servings of cereal at a time. Plus it was cereal like Fruity Pebbles (yum), Frosted Flakes and Frosted Mini Wheats. Noticing a theme?<\/p>\n

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\nThen I thought I was being healthy by buying those humongous muffins from Costco. You know the ones–they are huge and about 700 calories<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd of course there’s temptations at work like donuts, croissants, muffins.<\/p>\n

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\nYet I was never satisfied with breakfast. I would be hungry an hour later. It took me awhile to realize that what I needed for breakfast was protein and fiber in order to fill me up. A good choice is eggs. Michael and I eat eggs 4-5 days a week. Usually they are scrambled, sometimes I eat 2 fried eggs and a piece of toast. Adding to that a piece of bacon or turkey sausage and I’m full all morning.<\/p>\n

The other day I made 2 scrambled eggs with black beans and cheese. I didn’t need to eat my usually banana for a my morning snack because I was so full. If you want to spice up your eggs in the morning, trying making an egg-white omelet with mushrooms, onions, peppers and maybe some ground turkey meat.<\/p>\n