What’s your breakfast?

Per the title. What do you eat first thing in the day? For the IF crowd, what’s your first meal?

I see all kinds of shit on the trading floor. The guy with a Diet Coke on the regular, the fat chick who is obviously fat because she can’t stop eating whole omelettes for breakfast, the lean guy who survives on protein shakes, and more.

I personally have either nothing, scrambled eggs, fruits, or a bacon egg and cheese if I was out drinking the night before. But the one thing I always nab: Starbucks’ veranda blend in a medium cup with some honey. Unbeatable.

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six strawberries? SIX? Just picture this fucking asshole in the morning plucking berries and plopping them into his acai shake.

heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

Dude you eat like a child and people should know this about you and make fun of you. I hope they do.

heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

Since I do IF/Keto, my first whole meal of the day is lunch - and for that, I do a nice salad (spinach, arugula, some veggies, pickles for crunch, either walnuts or pecans, cheese, and avocado). For breakfast, it's just coffee. On my 5AM lifting days, I have some nuts around 10AM and my Salad around 12:30/1PM. I'll expand my window to about 8PM to account for the snack though.

 

Considering you do IF / Keto isn't that a pretty light first meal? I mean unless you have a bowl full of nuts and cheese you're really only getting like 400-500 calories worth from the nuts / cheese / avocado (assuming you're buying / making a normal salad, would be more if you load up on the nuts / avocado I suppose). What do you do in the afternoon? Pound back a 1200 calorie dinner?

 

As light as it is, I tend to go more protein heavy for dinner and like to leave a little room if I'm feeling peckish during the day or after dinner. Plus, I also have things like jerky and nuts to snack on if needed while at work, or a slew of things I can throw together if I'm home that keep in my macros.

 

Fat fuck here: started IF recently after a thread about it here, dong something similar to what Frieds mentioned

Quant (ˈkwänt) n: An expert, someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
 

Usually espresso.

I’m not that hungry in the mornings. I cycled 41mi this morning before 7am / still not that hungry - was kind of light. I did eat during the ride though.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
"FinancelsWacc" How long does it take you to cycle 41 miles? Based on a quick google search people that commute to work bike around 15 MPH. You go 20ish MPH and bike 2 hours in the morn?

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No, I don't commute. Was just dicking around. I was supposed to go to striking last night, then ate for 4 hours and started playing a $15 poker game on the $5K nightly on Carbon. Schedule got bumped. Then, decided to go cycling after that, but didn't end up leaving until like 1am, so was behind and rode 25miles, then got kind of tired, so took a nap in the grass for an hour and rode 16mi back to my place.

I was initially just going to do maybe 20mi of bridge / elevation repeats, but then just started riding....

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

IF here (most of the time). Usually no breakfast, salad or something similarly light for lunch, and then big, protein rich dinner after gym. Sucked for the first couple of weeks but now I'm never really hungry and have a lot more energy.

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Your body adjusts to it pretty quick. Never really hungry in the mornings anymore as long as I eat dinner. If I skip out on dinner, I'm starving right when I wake up.

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"Kassad" Per the title. What do you eat first thing in the day? For the IF crowd, what’s your first meal?

I see all kinds of shit on the trading floor. The guy with a Diet Coke on the regular, the fat chick who is obviously fat because she can’t stop eating whole omelettes for breakfast, the lean guy who survives on protein shakes, and more.

I personally have either nothing, scrambled eggs, fruits, or a bacon egg and cheese if I was out drinking the night before. But the one thing I always nab: Starbucks’ veranda blend in a medium cup with some honey. Unbeatable.

I think one of the most underrated breakfast items in the US is the NYC Bacon Egg and Cheese on a roll. Its soooooo goood. Usually Boar's head products and at corner delis or Rays. They wrap it in tin foil so the cheese melts when you open it --- perfectly sliced in half.

I want one right now, damnnnn

I'm getting hungry ///

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

I sometimes just eat these on a Saturday after a night of drinking. Just 2-3 bacon egg and cheese sandwiches during the day, coffee, tea, fruit juice, plenty of water. Recovery in the morning, gym in the day, light eating in the afternoon. More drinking at night most likely followed by a Sunday of home cooking.

You know what? I'm doing this this weekend.

in it 2 win it
 

I eat one meal somewhere between 3 and 6PM usually. Vegetables and protein

heister: Look at all these wannabe richies hating on an expensive salad. https://arthuxtable.com/
 

Usually a coldbrew in the morning with overnight oats (if I remembered to make them) consisting of oats, chia seeds, greek yogurt, a little bit of peanut butter, and various fruit. If I was an idiot an forgot to make it overnight, throw everything in the nutribullet and drink it as a smoothie. I thought it was going to be a little soyboy for my taste, but it's pretty good and real solid on macro and micro nutrients.

 

nuts, bolts, nails, any other industrial materials i can get my hands on. while the other analysts in class eat eggs for breakfast, i make a trip to home depot. what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

 

This is the ultimate Breakfast of Champions.

In 1976, James Hunt broke the sound barrier through Eau Rouge only to retire before the event finished... following the race he had sex with three Belgian nurses at the clubhouse near La Source.
 

I can't help but think of the scene from Robin Hood: Men in Tights where Robin of Loxley, portrayed by Cary Elwes, brings in a giant, freshly killed boar and drops it on the Prince John's table. Prince John, played by Richard Lewis, responds in the only way he can.... "Traif".

All the pig product in here reminds me of that scene for some reason.

 

12 oz. Redbull & a sausage, egg, and cheese McGriddle

"You Want details? Fine. I drive a Ferrari, 355 Cabriolet, What's up? I have a ridiculous house in the South Fork. I have every toy you could possibly imagine. And best of all kids, I am liquid."
 

6 pieces of turkey bacon 5 eggs 1/2 cup of oatmeal 1/2 cup of fruit 3 cups of coffee

Take a huge deuce by 10 am.

"The higher up the mountain, the more treacherous the path" -Frank Underwood
 

I don't know if anyone watches Dexter, but I've always thought he has an awesome breakfast (eggs, steak/ham, blood-oranges, coffee, and etc.)

 

That makes me feel ill. No way could I eat that, I'm picky. I don't eat Eggs, Bacon or Sausages. And not to mention it's just too fatty. Can't beat one slice of Vegemite Toast and a cup of Black Tea for Breakfast, It's just the best :)

 

i have a good and simple recipe i usually eat after i go swimming but it's good for breakfast too.

half a can of baked beans + two diced tomatoes - in the frying pan till bubbling, add two eggs. fry to your own taste.

even it out with a banana or and apple to feel good about yourself (you already added the tomatoes.

"... then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."
 

605am 4 egg whites or oatmeal 12 Raw almonds 1 fruit

830am 6 oz protein (chicken breast/salmon) 2 almonds 1 fruit

Whats the point of making money of if i'm not fit to enjoy it?

Please don't make me talk to you like an asshole...
 

na, i love vegemite. maybe it's because my dad grew up in melbourne :)

"... then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."
 
dagrona, i love vegemite. maybe it's because my dad grew up in melbourne :)

Well clearly your Dad raised you correctly. You certainly do have Aussie traits then. Lol :)

 

Literally can´t function without breakfast, I get cranky as hell. In the morning directly after waking up it´s usually a swig or two from my energy drink of choice, maybe some booze in there cause yolo. At work, I´ll get a bun, some butter and ham, or maybe honey. Also some muesli with fruits (blueberries are the shit) and yoghurt. Also a coffee with milk and copious amounts of water. That´s how real ballers start their day - energized, hydrated, ready to fuck.

On Sundays, boozy brunch is a must, can´t skip those mimosas.

...and the Truth shall set you free
 

I keep it the same every day, a bowl of oatmeal with berries along with 2 eggs and 2 egg whites and 2 strips of turkey bacon

 
Kassad

Per the title. What do you eat first thing in the day? For the IF crowd, what's your first meal?

I see all kinds of shit on the trading floor. The guy with a Diet Coke on the regular, the fat chick who is obviously fat because she can't stop eating whole omelettes for breakfast, the lean guy who survives on protein shakes, and more.

I personally have either nothing, scrambled eggs, fruits, or a bacon egg and cheese if I was out drinking the night before. But the one thing I always nab: Starbucks' veranda blend in a medium cup with some honey. Unbeatable.

Ew dude honey in coffee? Doesn’t mix well or taste good. Maple syrup is superior.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Overnight Oats are my go-to breakfast.

Usually put in 52g of oats, 240ml of chocolate almond milk, 1 banana, 70g of blueberries, 2 servings of PB fit peanut butter, 1 scoop of protein, 30g of chia seeds, and top it off with some Ceylon cinnamon (PSA: Ceylon healthiest and helps insulin sensitivity).

This meal comes out to ~785 calories, 20 fat, 82 carbs, 56 protein, and 25 fiber. Very easy to adjust ingredient amounts depending on if it’s a rest or workout day.

Can’t picture a more healthy start to the day and it’s easy to pack it up and take to the office.

 
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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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