Whats for breakfast? (Page 2)

All that training in a fasted state business helped knock about 15lbs off me. 

Curious Bryan, how about a peak into your daily fueling, especially during a big build period like you just went through with IMSG.  I couldn't imagine some of those training mornings you put in and then just rolling into yogurt and a banana after.

usually: 

bowl of Kashi go lean at 4am

7am apple

9:30am hard boiled egg

that usually holds me till lunch.  I almost never workout in the mornings during the week.  If I do I just eat a bowl of kashi 2 hours before workout. 

A mess of bacon, toast with grape jelly, and a glass of chocolate milk.    Modern day ambrosia, 't'is......

I've been moving more and more this way as well.  But, since I'm up at 4am just to get to work it's hard to get a workout in before.  So I have a small snack at 1pm and don't eat again till after workouts.  Ends up being 9pm before I eat a small dinner and go to bed.  Being a former fat man the biggest challenge to me is curbing "mental" hunger.  I spread meals out during the day to do that.  I go into workouts hungry, but a quick warm up makes me forget that real quick.

I go to the Breakfast Cafe most days down the street and get the same thing every time.....

2 Eggs, 2 Bacon, Cup of Fruit with Berries, Whole Wheat Toast with jam and a glass of their freshly squeezed OJ....

Sometimes if I'm hungry or if Ashley comes, we'll split a couple pancakes or french toast.

If I eat at home, usually a bowl of Joe's O's with Blueberries, banana, strawberries with 2% milk and a glass of OJ....

I eat after morning workout....unless on weekends and I'm going for a long ride.

I also do the majority of my training in a fasted state. The bulk of my calories come at the end of the day (dinner). During the weekdays, I will have small snacks if I am bonking, but generally take in very few calories then.

I am taking in an appropriate # of calories and nutrients, they just happen to be at one end of the day instead of the other.

I know folks have issues with it, but truthfully...I am leaner now than I have been in YEARS, and feel better at races and am racing better (with less training, actually) than I have in years as well.

Thanks for posting this...
Do you consistently maintain your weight with a diet like this or do you find yourself losing?
Do you know ballpark how many calories/carbs/protein you intake daily?  

There is no way I can workout in the morning on an empty stomach! I feel weak and sometimes get naseous. I have either a pb&j sandwich (potato bread or Italian white bread) or two NutriGrain waffles with butter or a bowl of cold cereal  (raisin bran or oatmeal squares). And, like most others, a big mug of coffee.

Some of you seem to need less fuel to keep going. For me, training only 45-60 min a day, I have to have a substantial dinner (chicken or steak with pasta or potato and a veggie) and dessert afterwards or I won't be able to sleep due to being too hungry. Dessert is usually a small piece of pie with a scoop of ice cream or a piece of cake or Reese PB cups and Nestle Crunch. Yum! 

Maybe I have a tapeworm...

I felt the same way and wrote something very similar on the first thread I saw advocating training in a fasted state.  Like anything else, it took getting used to, but I did.

Thanks for replying - this stuff is fascinating to me.
We've been hammered since youth that "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" so it's interesting to see an athlete throw that out the window with success. 

Interesting! What is the purpose of training that way though? Does it positively affect speed/performance? I would think it would train the body to subsist on less food, which would decrease basal metabolism. Couldn't imagine purposely training my body to burn less calories!

I'd puke if I ate breakfast before I worked out. I usually eat a banana on my way to the pool and breakfast afterwards.

Word. You get used to it. It's a schedule adjustment. And, honestly, on days that for some reason I DO eat breakfast, I am far hungrier/woodgier at like 10 AM than on days I do not.

I actually didn't realize there were articles about this...I don't talk much about it, b/c I always get the dirty looks from people (the YOU NEED TO EAT A BIG BREAKFAST OR YOU WILL DIE OR GET FAT sort of looks). Huh. Interesting to see other folks do it, too.

you can't teach your body to burn less calories, it's a measure of energy.  You can train your body to process fuels differently.  You'll always burn the same calories 

you can't teach your body to burn less calories, it's a measure of energy.  You can train your body to process fuels differently.  You'll always burn the same calories