Ok, post about your usual breakfast!

[Random_Australian]

I had heard things about how Americans eat, so I would like to know some stuff in the one meal that ought to be more statistically invariant.


Here are the questions:

1) What do you usually have for breakfast?

2) What is it made out of? (if it was a cereal)

3) How much salt is in it? (or the amount of sodium)

Here an example - my breakfast:

1)

Cereal
Milk
A sprinkle of brown sugar.

2)Cereal's ingredients: Whole wheat (97%), raw sugar, salt, barley malt extract, minerals (zinc,gluconate, iron), vitamins (Niacin, thiamin, riboflavin, folate)

3) 200 mg.

[Guava Jelly]

1. okie dokie

3-4 cups of coffee
3 - 4 eggs
a banana

[Random_Australian]

3. A banana is a sensible thing to have for breakfast. Sounds yummy,

having a banana for breakfast.

I'm pretending I didn't see the other things. ;)

:)

Oh, and thanks! :hug::hi:

[Richard Steele]

2. Finely-ground roasted coffee beans, water.

[Random_Australian]

4. Really? Nothing solid? Just coffee?

[Richard Steele]

7. Just coffee the first 6-8 hours of the day, usually.

Then a big meal right before bed.

Completely back-assward and unhealty, no frickin doubt.

[Random_Australian]

10. ??? I don't see how that is possible!

Don't you feel really hungry?

[Richard Steele]

81. Nope.

Caffeine is an appetite suppressant, y'know.
Starting the day with a full pot of really strong coffee
keeps my appetite pretty suppressed.

[Evoman]

5. My breakfast consists of whatever I have in the house.

Usually cheerios and a cup of coffee, sometimes granola bars, sometimes oatmeal, sometimes eggs if I'm not lazy.

What I also do sometimes is combine raw oatmeal with yogurt and add cut up canatoloupe or melon or berries. Breakfast of champions that.

Today, I got up late and had to run to school...so I had nothing but an sweetened ice tea (the proper Canadian way...not the actual Iced Tea Americans drink..blah)and a cup of coffe, followed by an early lunch of pizza. Heallllthhhy.

[Random_Australian]

12. Well, that's not so bad.

I mean, cheerios aren't that bad, well they are but in all honesty the answers I am getting on this thread are starting to weird me out a little.

[Broken_Hero]

6. It use to be

Coffee, and a smoke....now I don't do either...I only have breakfast rarely nowadays...

[Random_Australian]

14. Please tell me you at least have lunch or something....

not just one meal a day.

[Broken_Hero]

22. usually a light lunch

a sandwich, and a soda...my biggest meal was dinner...I have skipped breakfast more times, than I can shake a stick at, to be honest. Most of my jobs have been super early in the morning, or late at night...which required a lot of coffee, and cigs...:)

[Random_Australian]

23. That's good then.

But, another question:

Is not having breakfast viewed as normal over there?

[Broken_Hero]

26. In my experience, I would say yes...

my wife hardly ever eats breakfast...my parents rarely did...most of my friends, never do...albiet a few do have a banana, or muffin, but 95% of the people I have known, don't eat breakfast.

[Random_Australian]

28. Holy cow! I'm amazed.

:wow:

Breakfast, the fundamental start to the day... just wow.

I now wonder what effect this has on American society, and where it came from.

[Broken_Hero]

30. My first guess

would be work....getting up earlier, to go to work, and most people bypass their breakfast, to get more sleep, or they just take coffee/cig, in its place...I use to have jobs that started at 5am, and breakfast was the last thing on my mind...squeezing another 5 minutes of sleep, was my main priority...I think, that might play a part in it.

[Random_Australian]

32. Have alot of people had to get up earlier in America?

In other words, are general work conditions decreasing?

[Broken_Hero]

93. I don't think work conditions

are decreasing, but I do believe, a lot more people are working longer hours, or taking up a second job to make ends met...my wife for example....she wakes up at 5am usually, gets to work at 6:30 am...she doesnt' get off until 5:30 pm, her drive usually takes 45 minutes...so, she is on the road/working over 12 hours a day...I do believe, working like this throws, a decision onto that person...either sleep in more, or wake up to have a sensible breakfast/wake up time...my wife chooses, to have the extra amount of sleep...

[lukasahero]

79. May I politely disagree?

Dunkin Donuts drive thrus are way too crowded for the majority of people to not be eating breakfast. They may not eat it at home at the kitchen table, but I think most people are eating "breakfast" (if one considers breakfast the first meal in the morning). I also see a large number of people in my office cafeteria chowing on bagels and donuts. (I'm not saying we eat healthy breakfasts... :) )

[Broken_Hero]

91. Yes, I can see that

but I hardly ever do see that to be honest...I know of people who do it, hence my 95% percent...but most of my buds are smokers, so they wake up, cig/coffee...does that make a breakfast? If so, then most of the people I know, do have breakfast...

I usually see my friends, my wife, my inlaws wake up...coffee, head for the door...I do admit that they do eat later on in the morning sometimes, but does that make a breakfast? If you wake up at 5am, have a cig/coffee...and then at 10am, have a bagel, is that considered breakfast? I really dont' see it as breakfast....I guess my view of it was narrow in that regard, if people see that as being a breakfast, 5hours after you arrive to work.

It might depend on where "one" is working...most of my jobs have been in high demand of physical labor...and hardly any of us ate breakfast, we would show up with coffee/cig, and get to work, but we all did have big lunches ...maybe with less physically demanding jobs, people eat more...also, with a good number of my jobs, food wasn't around, not even machines...you mention a cafeteria at your work, how many other work area's have that?

I have had a lot of food services jobs, and I would eat at work, but again, its the same thing I posted above...if I wake up at 4:30am, to get to work at 5am...but dont' eat until 10am...is that breakfast? This is an interesting topic actually, I bet there is a lot more to it....

[lukasahero]

95. Yeah, I guess that's where the discrepancy comes in

I wake up at 5 am, go to the gym, drive an hour to work and eat what I consider breakfast around 8 am. Hmmm. Basically, I consider breakfast the first meal before noon I guess. :shrug:

As far as how many other work areas have cafeterias, it's pretty common in companies now. (There are 6000 employees on my "campus" so we have two cafeterias.)

Oh and for the record, no, coffee and cigarettes do not a breakfast make. LOL. :P

[Broken_Hero]

96. damn, and the whole time

I thought cigs/coffee were healthy for me...:rofl: I kid, I kid...:) 6000 employee's on your campus....damn, must be a big company you work for, or you work at a university of some sort...my wife's work campus is rather large too, around 15,000 I believe...:)

For me breakfast, is probably anything eaten within the first hour of waking...and if its small, like a bagel, or an apple...I don't consider that a meal either, thats more snacking than anything...the first thing I imagine when I hear "breakfast" is eggs, bacon, sausage, french toast, waffles, and a big glass of oj/milk....:)

[lukasahero]

97. Yikes

it's been 30+ years since I've eaten breakfast by your definition! Damn, now I'm really hungry. LOL

And yeah, the company I work for is insidious - they're everywhere, they're everywhere! :)

[NMMNG]

8. I sleep days so I don't have "breakfast" per se

I get up in the afternoon/evening so what I eat for my first meal is widely varied. It might be "breakfast" food or it might be lunch/dinner food. There's never any predictability (foodwise) with my lifestyle.

[Random_Australian]

9. So, if you were to have a "breakfast" food, what would it be?

[NMMNG]

17. Probably a bowl of All-Bran Extra Fiber cereal

With a tablespoon or two of wheat-germ and some variety or other of "milk" (oat, rice, almond, hazelnut or soy).

I have no idea at the moment of the nutritional breakdown of the milks or wheat germ but for one cup of the All-Bran:



Food Energy/Total Calories (kcals) 109
Protein (gm) 6
Carbohydrate (gm) 44
Total Fiber (gm) 28
Total Fat (gm) 2
Saturated Fat (gm) 0.3
Monounsaturated Fat (gm) 0 **
Polyunsaturated Fat (gm) 1 **
Linoleic (omega 6) (gm) 1.2
Alpha Linolenic (omega 3) (gm) 0.1
Cholesterol (mg) 0
Vitamin A (mcg RAE) 350
Vitamin C (mg) 14.2
Vitamin E (mg a-TE) 1.2
Thiamin (mg) 0.9
Riboflavin (mg) 1
Niacin (mg) 11.4
Folate (mcg, DFE) 239.4
Vitamin B6 (mg) 4.6
Vitamin B12 (mcg) 13.7
Calcium (mg) 236.6
Phosphorus (mg) 513
Magnesium (mg) 193.8
Iron (mg) 10.3
Zinc (mg) 3.4
Selenium (mcg) 5.4
Potassium (mg) 598
Sodium (mg) 270


I might also throw in a banana or other piece of fruit.

[Random_Australian]

19. Hey, that might be the first 'normal'

breakfast food on this thread.

Well done! :applause: :)

[unsavedtrash]

11. just coffee.

The thought of eating first thing in the morning makes me ill. I generally have a snack late afternoon and then one big meal in the evening.

[Random_Australian]

13. One meal a day?

One?

Isn't that..........

...
...



...

unhealthy?

[Random_Australian]

15. Kick a licious!

[fizzgig]

16. breakfast=coffee

until about 2 or so, then i eat whatever i brought to work

a sandwich, a frozen dinner, a hot pocket, pasta, cottage cheese

whatever

i don't eat much

[Random_Australian]

18. This is starting to become a theme, y'know. Coffee until late.

I'm beginning to wonder.

Ah well, the other things sound healthy. :)

Out of interest, do you still have 3 meals a day?

[fizzgig]

20. nope

usually only two "meals" a day and i use the term "meals" loosely

i snack a lot but rarely eat a real meal, just how my life is structured

[Random_Australian]

21. Another question:

Is it normal for americans to have breakfast? Does not look like it thus far!

[fizzgig]

25. i had breakfast until i had to wake up early

we americans are lazy

honestly, i get sick if i eat too early so i can't answer for other americans

i just can't eat in the morning

[Random_Australian]

27. Hmmm, ok. Makes sense.

Some people get that.

I'm beginning to wonder though - many responders have not had breakfast....

[Tyrone Slothrop]

84. I don't think it's because we're lazy

I think we're overworked and overstressed.

I just recently started forcing myself to eat a little breakfast every morning and it's been great for my stress levels, metabolism, etc.

I never used to do it because I had a 40-minute commute to work, 10 hours there and another 40-minutes home. I never had the time -- so I started making the time.

[MissHoneychurch]

24. Instead of words ....

One of these


with this instead of butter


and then the best part: this

[Random_Australian]

29. Croissant with margarine and..... honey?

Sounds tasty. :9

[MissHoneychurch]

31. Syrup

not honey.

It is tasty. I really like it. And it isn't really a French croissant but a croissant made with yeast I believe.

[Random_Australian]

33. So, what are croissants made of? Does it say on the packet?

[MissHoneychurch]

34. I buy it at the bakery

Let's see. According to recipes in the Internet: Flour, sugar, yeast, milk, butter.

[ScreamingMeemie]

35. 3 cups of coffee, a glass of water and a protein shake.

Nothing much to talk about there. :hi:

[billyskank]

36. MrsGEEEEEE!

WOW three cups of coffee!

Are you sure you're not a computer programmer? :hgu:

:loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

37. billy!!!!!

:hug: :loveya:

No, but I spend a lot of time, bleary eyed, working at the computer. :D

[billyskank]

38. Yuk!

That sounds nowhere near as much fun as perusing the job pages over coffee wearing fluffy bathrobes. :loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

39. It surely doesn't, does it?

Or a festival of old movies,watched from the couch in pajamas with popcorn. :hug:

[Random_Australian]

41. Of course there are things to talk about!

1) What is a protein shake?

2)How are you?

[ScreamingMeemie]

45. I am good ...thanks! How are you?

A protein shake is a nasty tasting, chalky fake flavored concoction designed to give you all your daily requirements without eating something. I have tummy "issues" so I have to drink them. :hi:

[Random_Australian]

46. What is made out of?

Hope your tummy gets better if possible and desirable!

I'm pretty good. My legs are more tired than should be possible, and I will be to bed soon though.

[marzipanni]

40. I usually get up, make a pit stop, and head for the kitchen

1) A mug of 1/2 coffee and 1/2 milk 1 (x2)
A mini bagel or whole grain toast with a little butter, or cereal with 1% milk

2) Cereal ingredients: Whole hard red winter wheat, long grain brown rice, oats, triticale, barley, rye, buckwheat, sesame seeds, evaporated cane juice crystals, soy protein concentrate, brown rice syrup, chicory root fiber, almonds, whole oats, whole flaxseed, expeller pressed canola oil, honey, salt, natural flavor, mixed tocopherols (natural vitamin E) for freshness. I sometimes buy granola type cereal like this to mix with puffed wheat or another not-so-flavorful cereal. This is a bit too sweet by itself.

3)140 mg
On Sundays I often make pancakes.
OR, occasionally I'll crave a banana with two chinese gooseberries. :P

[Random_Australian]

42. Wowalicious!

What kind of weird cereal is that? (Mine is ultra-cheap uni student cereal)

Mmmmm, pancakes.

And as for your last item.... :wow: uhhhhhh, sounds tasty. ;)

:7

[MissMillie]

43. my typical breakfast

scrambled eggs with either a)home fries or b)english muffin w/ peanut butter.

coffee or diet coke

[Random_Australian]

47. :)

Sounds good!

Tasty, at least. :)

[seemunkee]

44. Tea

3-4 cups with a teaspoon of sugar in each. On weekends I'll get up later and make a pint of chai and occasionally have toast and peanutbutter

[Random_Australian]

48. Hmmmm... no solid breakfast then?

Do you manage to have three meals a day?

[seemunkee]

50. I haven't eaten breakfast for 40 years

Way back when I was in school I would have a glass of milk instead of tea. Can barely look at food first thing in the AM. If I want to take a lunch to work I need to fix it the night before.
I usually have lunch, dinner and a late snack so I do get three meals.

[Random_Australian]

52. Wow.

I've been really suprised by this thread - so many people don't have breakfast!

Wow.

[TOhioLiberal]

49. Well I don't have a 'normal' breakfast...

...cereal, milk and all that. My breakfast this morning was a peanut butter sandwich, and a banana.

[Random_Australian]

53. Thanks for posting.

And no, cereal and milk does not appear to be 'normal' judging from this thread thus far. Coffee and nothing else appears far more normal.

Sounds tasty. :9

[TOhioLiberal]

57. Oh yeah...

...tasty and filling. Did I mention it was whole wheat bread? :9

[Random_Australian]

59. Whole wheat bread?

Is that the same as wholemeal?

[TOhioLiberal]

66. I think so...

...whole wheat uses all of the grain.

[terrya]

51. Bagel, cream cheese, coffee

[Random_Australian]

54. Tasty, straightforward.

Thanks for your input. :)

[terrya]

56. You're welcome.

I stop at Dunkin Donuts on the way to work. I get the same thing everytime. That way, I'm not encumbered with a huge amount of choices. :-)

[Random_Australian]

61. Aha, makes sense.

I never, ever would have guessed that so many people would not have breakfast though. That was weird to hear.

Enjoy your day, almost time for me to go to bed!

[cwydro]

55. varies

sometimes I have a bowl of Raisin Bran and later a banana at work. Today's breakfast. Sometimes yogurt (again with banana chaser). Usually two days a week I make an egg with cheese on an English muffin or have a poached egg. Sometimes french toast or pancakes or waffles. I eat breakfast EVERY day. I would sputter to a stop in no time without it. I also like to have melon, or strawberries on top of cream cheese on a English muffin. I love breakfast.

[Random_Australian]

58. Ahoy! A fellow person who loves breakfast!

I may just have cereal, but that does not stop me from enjoying it plenty!

:9

Your food sounds great. :)

[cwydro]

65. Yes and thanks to you

now I find my Raisin Bran is not enough, so I will turn to my work banana and hope that does the trick.:hi:

I have ALWAYS eaten breakfast, perhaps because my mom fed us a hot breakfast everyday growing up...

[cwydro]

60. oh and i forgot

always a big bottle of water and a glass of juice. Coffee when waking only, then tea (and water) at work.

[Random_Australian]

62. I must confess to having a half litre of milk on my cereal.

But here in Aust, you need 2 litres a day of liquid, so I avoid most things but water, because at those volumes everything else is 1) expensive and 2) unhealthy.

[trof]

63. Homade yogurt-fruit smoothie.

[Random_Australian]

64. Awesome.

Two themes now:

1) Coffee

2) Homemade niceness.

Sounds awesome. :)

[cwydro]

67. well my results may skew your poll

because both my parents are English, came over in the 50's, so maybe I don't count as a true American...most people I know don't eat breakfast.

[mikeytherat]

68. Oatmeal w/skim milk + honey. Also some raw fruits and veggies.

mikey_the_rat

[RumpusCat]

69. My ideal breakfast (picture of deliciousness below)

:evilgrin:

Ohh yeah--that's an actual picture of my breakfast, btw, from some time ago. Bacon, eggs, kippers (or sardines), beer, and coffee. Mmm--no better way to start off a weekend day! Amount of sodium: UNKNOWN. But keep in mind that I only eat this a few times a month; it's mine and my girlfriend's 'lazy morning' breakfast. Usually I eat a yogurt or oatmeal and a banana.

Now I'm hungry for bacon.

[LaraMN]

70. Half a cup of coffee and a piece of nicotine gum.

I really need to quit the gum. I've chewing it for months.
:eyes:

I'm not much of a breakfast person. Sometimes I have a piece of string cheese.
Lunch, however, I look forward to!
:bounce:

[MrCoffee]

90. sounds like my standard half-gallon of coffee and a Camel Light...

[bullwinkle428]

71. Milk & whey protein powder, PBJ sandwich, banana, green tea...

The milk is skim and lactose-free (lactose intolerance problem). 125 mg of sodium in the milk, some in the peanut butter, I'm sure, and probably in the bread as well, but I'm not sure about the amount there, wither.

[NewWaveChick1981]

72. Mine is usually

Low-sodium organic tomato juice (a juice glass full---about 6 to 8 oz.). Has about 400 mg sodium in it. Two organic eggs, scrambled, with reduced-fat cheddar cheese crumbled in it. Because this is a high-protein breakfast, I don't usually eat anything else until lunchtime. I used to eat cereal for breakfast for years, but I always found myself snacking before lunch.

[Dangerously Amused]

73. Like most here...

I have no interest in food until after I have been awake for an hour or two. Or three, depending. But then I get really hungry.

Lately breakfast has been very un-breakfasty food:


One or two slices of Ezekiel Sprouted 7-Grain Bread, lightly toasted:

Ingredients: (all certified organic grains) sprouted wheat, filtered water, malted barley, sprouted rye, sprouted barley, sprouted oats, sprouted millet, sprouted corn, sprouted brown rice, fresh yeast, sea salt. (no preservatives, must be kept refrigerated or frozen)

Per slice:

Calories: 80
Calories from fat: 5 (unsaturated)
Sodium: 80 mg
Fiber: 3g
Protein: 4g


Topped with Super Garlic Hummus:

Ingredients: (made fresh at the deli and all organic) garbanzo beans, tahini, lemon juice, parsley, tamari, cumin, paprika, salt & pepper.

It doesn't have the nutritional breakdown.


Chased with water or sometimes Bolthouse Farms Tomato Juice (awesome stuff and much more healthy than the brands that sit on the shelves. But rather expensive, so it's not every day):

http://www.bolthouse.com


And sometimes an energy drink or coffee, depending on how well I slept the night before.


I do (usually) have several (3-4) smaller healthy meals/snacks throughout the day, though.

[MiniMandaRuth]

74. Toast with grape jam and butter.

That's it. Maybe some milk.

[BarenakedLady]

75. Coffee

that's it. I can't eat in the morning (no appetite)

[supernova]

76. Two eggs sunny-side up

and tofu sausage. A slice of nitrite-free bacon if it's the weekend.

[Mutley]

77. Coffee

Usually either with cream and sugar, or I'll get the bottled Starbucks Frappacino thing once in awhile.

Very rarely I'll eat breakfast, and that's usually when I'm going out with people. I get an omelet with various and sundry things inside. Or just scrambled eggs 'n' bacon with potatoes. I don't put much salt on any of that, but who knows how much was put there by the cook.

When I make it myself I put some spices in it, but not too much salt.

[lukasahero]

78. Rice cakes and peanut butter, green tea

Ingredients: Organic whole grain brown rice, sea salt. Peanuts, sea salt.

Sodium: Total 95 mg

I eat more small meals throughout the day rather than one large one for any particular meal. Hence, my "breakfast" is fairly small (at around 8 am). I usually have a yogurt or a piece of fruit around 10 am...

[kay1864]

80. For several years, it was

from McDonald's:
Egg McMuffin
Hash browns
Hotcakes
Diet Coke
1770 mg sodium. Yikes!

Now it's a little healthier:
2 scrambled eggs (Eggland's Best), on multi-grain bread, pepper, no salt
Diet Coke
676 mg sodium.

I know lots of people that skip breakfast, but I can't imagine not having breakfast.

[Random_Australian]

100. 1770 mg! OMG! You do know you only need 350 mg a day, right?

[youthere]

82. I eat muesli almost every morning..

with a cup of green tea. It has oats barley, wheat and a shitload of dried fruit. Its supposed to give you energy. I imagine it's pretty low in sodium. I'd tell you exactly how much, but I'm too dmn lazy to get off my ass and go look at the package.

[reyd reid reed]

83. I'm bad...

95% of the time, my breakfast consists of coffee.

Then another cup. Followed by a third...fourth...fifth.

Some days I'll eat a banana, though. Or a piece of cinnamon toast.

Today, though...today I ate a bowl of Cream of Wheat.

Yum.

:9

[Tyrone Slothrop]

85. I typically eat a Gala apple or two -- or a blueberry muffin

All washed down with lashings of an iced tea (no sugar).

On weekends, I'll typically make a more "standard" breakfast. Eggs and pancakes or biscuits and gravy along with some fruit.

[flvegan]

86. My breakfast is usually 3 Boca-style burgers

no buns, just ketchup. Washed down with a full bottle of water and an ephedra tablet.

[Random_Australian]

102. What's a Boca-style burger?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

106. It's a soy veggie burger.

[Random_Australian]

112. Thanks Haruka!

[LSK]

87. it varies

Sometimes its a bowl of oatmeal.

Sometimes its a soy yogurt (like today).

Sometimes its a bowl of Kashi cereal.

Sometimes its a frozen Egg Sandwich biscuit.

Sometimes its McDonalds.

Sometimes on weekends I make scambled eggs.

[Chan790]

88. I'm not normal

as I usually just eat leftovers because of my job (I'm a barista at Starbucks and open the store at 4am.), get something out of the display case, or have dinner-type food.


I'll answer for what I eat when I eat real breakfast, on a day off or whatnot:

1.) I usually have 11-grain toast with butter and raspberry jam, soysage, home fries, and tofu scramble.

2.) Toast: Organic whole wheat flour, water, brown flax seeds, gluten flour, oat flakes, soy grits, yellow flax seeds, millet seeds, yeast, vinegar (apple cider), sea salt, organic whole rye flour, barley, brown rice, millet flour, semolina, bacterial culture. Loaf is topped with whole spelt.

Soysage: Soy, spices, natural flavorings(vegan), soya oil.

Jam(homemade): Raspberries, pectin, grape juice.

Butter: Heavy cream.

Home fries: potatoes, salt, spices, black pepper

Tofu scramble: Tofu, salt, black pepper, turmeric, red pepper, whatever raw veggies I have on hand, other spices.

3.) More than I want to think about. Toast: 160mg. Soysage: 330mg. Home fries: 1/8 tsp. Tofu: 1/8tsp. (The last two are give-or-take) Total: around 1776mg. (29.6% of DRV)

[u4ic]

89. Eggs

I rarely eat lunch - or if I do, it's usually just fruit - so I make sure I have a good breakfast.

Before breakfast, I take this every day: http://www.genuinehealth.com/english/pbn/index.php?id=39§ion=165 in a bit of freshly squeezed orange juice and water.

Breakfast usually consists of eggs (2 eggs, sometimes whites only, sometimes 1 yolk) - either a sort of frittata with onions, mushrooms and veggies (either broccoli or spinach) and cheese, or lately, a wrap consisting of scrambled eggs, red & green peppers, onions, and either a bit of cheese, or some turkey sausage, topped with salsa, on a brown rice tortilla.

If I'm in a big rush, I'll most likely have some Nature's Path Hemp Granola cereal, and some plain yoghurt with fresh or frozen fruit added. :hi:

[Left Is Write]

92. My usual breakfast is shredded wheat, 1% milk, and coffee.

[kwassa]

94. Grape Nuts ..... it has neither grapes, nor nuts.

with fresh fruit on top, today raspberries and strawberries.

Glass of orange-tangerine juice.

Cup o' coffee. Today, Trader Joes Arabica dark roast.

[tjwmason]

98. The coffee is the only important bit...but this is the norm.

1) What do you usually have for breakfast?

A bowl of muesli with milk (organic whole milk),
Black coffee very strong.

2) What is it made out of? (if it was a cereal)

All sorts of stuff, I get the "no added sugar" version...there's these little wheat(?) flakes, oats, raisins, bits of nut...I'm not entirely sure, but I've checked and there's nothing dodgy in there.

3) How much salt is in it? (or the amount of sodium)

I couldn't tell you without walking off to find the information - but it's about the lowest of the cereals...some of them are utterly unbelievable - seriously :scared: (family history of, probably sodium caused, heart thingies...it's the only bit of "healthy eating" I pay attention to).

[Random_Australian]

104. I hear ya about the cereals, some of them are real high.

NOTHING compared to McDonalds though.

The good news is that for hypertension you need long term exposure..... however, for your heart thing I have no idea what effect it would have.

I wonder if it is something wrong with that ATPase thing causing an inbalance in ion concentrations, or poor Na/K selectivity... hmmmmm.... not that I would know anything about it, I am no biologist!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

99. The Brazilian breakfast is exceedingly spartan

Bread, butter, coffee with milk (NOT cream). Although the bread & butter often goes with ham and/or cheese.

[Fox Mulder]

101. Nothing.

I don't eat breakfast.

If I do, then it's some sort of Pop-Tarts from the vending machine.

[Generic Brad]

110. Me too. I don't do breakfast

I roll out of bed and I'm at work within 30 minutes.

[RevolutionaryActs]

103. Coffee with a spash of milk and a little sugar.

[querelle]

105. Black Coffee

My best friend calls that a "whore's breakfast". But seriously, I can't stand to look at food before lunch time.

Q

[Smudge]

107. Nothing.

During the middle of second period I'll have some Pringles. In my defense my lunch is at 10:40, so I'm really not waiting that long to eat.

[Random_Australian]

113. Not even cofffee?

A tough one we have here!

:)

:rofl:

[Smudge]

119. Absolutely Nothing.

Except some toothpaste that unintentionally get swallowed. :-)

[YankeyMCC]

108. Homemade granola and fatfree plain yoghurt

Good stuff :)

I make the granola each week. Rolled oats, walnuts, almond slices, some brown sugar and REAL maple syrup, coconut, raisins

And just a glass of water with it, a little later on I have coffee (my first cup of the day) and some piece of fruit.

[Random_Australian]

114. That sounds excellent, I must admit!

[izzybeans]

109. How much salt is in Vodka?

[Random_Australian]

111. Are you serious?

[Eagle_Eye]

115. Black Coffee and a Cigarette. I used to have Black Coffee, a

cigarette and a couple of shots of straight whiskey. I figured out the whiskey was killing me, so I knocked off drinking all together.

[Kutjara]

116. Diet Coke.

Usually, that's it. Maybe a slice of cold pizza from the night before if the edges aren't too curled-up.

[Random_Australian]

117. Wow! What time do you have lunch then?

[Kutjara]

118. I don't usually have lunch.

I tend to just have one meal, at dinner time.

If I eat breakfast, my appetite goes into overdrive and I'm constantly grazing all day. If I don't, I won't get hungry until about 6 or 7pm.

[azmouse]

120. I love breakfast!

I usually have tea and cereal but will eat a bagel occasionally. Sometimes I throw in a piece of fruit.
I'm a morning person and can't do without something for breakfast.

[Akoto]

121. Waffles, usually.

I have a touchy stomach, so I try to not eat anything exciting/heavy until I'm home for the day. :)

[nickinSTL]

122. Cereal and milk...

Here's my cereal:


Ingredients: Organic Long Grain Rice, Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, Organic Whole Wheat, Organic Freeze-dried Strawberries, Sea Salt, Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Freeze-dried Raspberries.

Sodium: 400 mg (2 servings)


And my milk:


Ingredients: filtered water, brown rice (partially milled), gum arabic, expeller pressed high oleic safflower oil, tricalcium phosphate, corowise™ plant sterol esters, sea salt, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D2, vitamin B12

Sodium: 80mg

[VelmaD]

123. My breakfast is very very light

I usually have a couple of slices of toast made with low-calorie bread with a little low-cal margarine on top. And a slice of sharp cheddar cheese. Sometimes I have turkey sausage instead of the cheese.