{"id":33374,"date":"2012-09-21T08:15:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T15:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=33374"},"modified":"2012-09-14T11:52:54","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T18:52:54","slug":"in-search-of-something-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=33374","title":{"rendered":"In Search of Something New"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[blackbirdpie id=&#8221;236256998633639937&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Truth. I am burned out on breakfast! I&#8217;ve been happily eating eggs for breakfast for years now. Sometimes I have 2 scrambled eggs with 1 turkey sausage link and black beans with salsa. Sometimes it&#8217;s 2 scrambled eggs with salsa and half an avocado sliced on top. Sometimes it&#8217;s 1-2 fried eggs with an English muffin. Sometimes it&#8217;s oatmeal. \u00a0Seriously&#8211;I need some variety.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve tried cereal and it doesn&#8217;t work for me. I am hungry within the hour. I definitely need a breakfast that has some protein in it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experiment #1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Someone on twitter suggested I try some toast with cream cheese and tomatoes. That sounded really good to me. I toasted a slice of Dave&#8217;s Killer Seeded Bread, added cream cheese to it and then sliced a few fresh (but tiny) Roma tomatoes from my garden. I also had half a serving of plain Greek yogurt with pineapple chunks on the side.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_8495.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-33407\" title=\"IMG_8495\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_8495-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_8495-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_8495.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So how was breakfast? It was delicious! I loved it. It needs some tweaking but I liked the combination. I ate it at 6:30 a.m. and then biked to work. It kept me full for 3 hours. That&#8217;s pretty decent but not quite good enough.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experiment #2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I tried a variation of the first attempt. I toasted one slice of Dave&#8217;s Killer Bread and put cream cheese on half and 1\/4 of an avocado on the other half, topped it with tomatoes and had some cherries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_8590.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-33484\" title=\"IMG_8590\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_8590-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_8590-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_8590.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one worked great as well. I would definitely do this one again. I was satisfied for a few years at work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experiment #3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Can you tell that I am obsessed with avocados lately? Seriously, I&#8217;m putting them on everything I can. I might need an intervention. This time I had 2 fried eggs and toasted an English muffin. I spread half of an avocado on on the muffin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_9508.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-33684\" title=\"IMG_9508\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_9508-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_9508-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_9508.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Loved this one. This is a keeper, even though it is eggs!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experiment #4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was a breakfast on the weekend. Michael made us a 3 egg omelette to share. He put some cheese, two slices of bacon in it and topped it with slices of avocado and pico di gallo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_9540.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-33794\" title=\"IMG_9540\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_9540-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_9540-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_9540.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m usually not an omelette fan because they make me feel too full. But splitting one is usually okay for my stomach. This won&#8217;t be something I&#8217;ll have regularly because it was a little higher in calories than I&#8217;d like for breakfast and it&#8217;s not a quick breakfast to make. Probably just a once in awhile weekend thing for this one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experiment # 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finally, I tried waffles and one fried egg. I haven&#8217;t had frozen waffles in AGES. Like years&#8230;? But I saw them in the freezer section and thought, why not? Two waffles were 180 calories, so that wasn&#8217;t that bad.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_9546.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-33826\" title=\"IMG_9546\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_9546-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_9546-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_9546.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I tried having the waffles alone and that didn&#8217;t satisfy me at all. I mean, it tasted great! But I was hungry pretty quickly afterward. The next time I added one egg and that worked great. It kept me full for about 2.5 hours. I liked this one so much that I did it almost every day one week. It&#8217;s not ideal. I&#8217;m trying to get away from processed foods as much as I can, and I certainly don&#8217;t want a ton of junk carbs for breakfast, but once in awhile this is an okay quick breakfast for me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Satisfaction?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So did my experiments help? Not really. I found that I ate more carby things for breakfast and I didn&#8217;t like it. I&#8217;d rather not have a bunch of bread if I can avoid it. It did break of the monotony of scrambled eggs or oatmeal every day. I&#8217;m still on a search for a good, healthy, balanced breakfast.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>QUESTION: Any ideas?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[blackbirdpie id=&#8221;236256998633639937&#8243;] Truth. I am burned out on breakfast! I&#8217;ve been happily eating eggs for breakfast for years now. Sometimes I have 2 scrambled eggs with 1 turkey sausage link and black beans with salsa. Sometimes it&#8217;s 2 scrambled eggs with salsa and half an avocado sliced on top. 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