Friday, August 8, 2008

Breakfast for those like Jr.

I forgot that what I eat for breakfast is not what Jr. eats because I like cereal and he does not. So what I do for him is a serving that equals about 110 calories plus, protein/dairy serving, fruit and a piece of wheat bread(I guess you could ask my hips but men get extra).

2 Egg Omelet with 1/2 serving of cheese and 1/2 serving of ham
6 oz of OJ or V8 Splash(I like it cause it is cheap)
1 slice wheat toast

1/2 cup Grits (I use a little butter when I cook them or 1/2 slice of cheese and less milk)
6 oz Milk
6 oz Juice
NO toast on Grit day because he likes a little more than 1 serving of Grits

2 Eggs
6 oz Milk
6 oz Juice
1 slice wheat toast
6 oz Juice

P.S.
I have bought cups(from the dollar store) that are small to use with breakfast so I don't have to measure in the mornings.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Breakfast & Water

Breakfast:
Cereal with 4 oz milk (I use 2% because I don't like fat free!)
Dairy or Protein
Fruit

Okay for breakfast I like cereal. I found the Great Value Enriched Bran Flakes were very similar to what I was eating. The serving size is 3/4 cup but I use the 1 cup and just don't fill it full. I am putting 4 oz of 2% milk in the cereal and drinking 6 oz of milk and 6 oz of OJ with breakfast. Most of the time I add some of the milk from my cup to my bowl cause I like the extra milk in the cereal.

This is what I used to find the bran flakes:
Calories around 110 per serving
Less than 1 gram fat
Total Carbs 25g with 5g being from Dietary Fiber and 5g from sugars
Protein 3g

You can add as much coffee as you want as long as you use a sugar substitute!

Water:
You are suppose to drink 8, 8oz glasses of water. This is the hardest thing for me. It is really only 4, 16 oz bottles so I try to fool myself into thinking only 4 bottles. One thing I have done is eliminate calories from drinking. I drink diet/splenda everything so I don't have the empty/extra calories from drinking. I almost always miss the mark on the water daily.