Breakfast and Breakfast Cereal

I used to eat cereal every morning, but for the past 1-2 years, I choose something with a little more protein like egg on an english muffin or peanut butter on an english muffin.  I get too hungry by midmorning if I eat just a high carb breakfast.

But for the years and year I did eat cereal, I always liked cereals with lots of "stuff" and nuts in it.  Like the Great Grains cereals .....  Banana nut crunch or the one with pecans.   Low fat granola cereal was good too.   For milk, skim milk all the way! 

Cheerios or Kix.  Because it's a super healty, workout-busting breakfast?  Nope.  Because it's what's on hand for the kiddos.   Oh, and skim milk.

Actually, breakfast is usually a yogurt grabbed on the way out the door (eaten once at the office), followed by other another snack (or two) later in the morning.

I usually have oatmeal mixed with blueberries or peaches and 3-4 egg whites, or a bowl of Kashi GoLean with skim milk and a piece of fruit, or peanut butter on two toasted slices of whole grain bread and a banana.

Once in a while, most likely when I wake up from my daytime sleep, I'll have a hard boiled egg with 1 oz of low fat cheddar cheese, a sliced plum tomato and a slice (or two) of toasted whole grain bread.

I mix my cereals. I will combine them into a large Tupperware jug - typically its Uncle Sam (great fiber content), Honey Bunches of Oats, Bran Flakes, Yogurt Cheerios etc... wih 1% milk. Used to top it with a banana but now trying to limit calories.

Some days I splurge and have a Honey Oat Bagel with Nutty Honey Cream Cheese or Strawberry jam.

And Sundays... woa! We do the full big breakfast out at our local diner. I never eat it all but sample a bit of scrambled eggs, hash browns, sausage and the best pancakes east of the Mississippi!