Question about Phase 1 Breakfasts

[Salad]

I have just started Phase 1 and I am struggling with breakfast a bit. I work away from home every other week so will be ok until next week. But then I will be staying in a hotel that doesnt provide breakfast. I cant really afford the time or money to go out for egg and bacon or an omelette every day and I would normally have Branflakes and skimmed milk for breakfast in the office.

Does anyone have an tips for Phase 1 breakfasts on the go?

Also I am struggling a bit with the concept that Egg and bacon is going to be better for me than branflakes and skimmed milk! lol.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Sal

[RedRox]

Well unless it is turkey or canadian bacon (i.e. breakfast ham), the egg and bacon wouldn't be an option anyway, although a veggie omelette would!

So you work remotely, but have a regular office you go into for the week so you can have breakfast at the office? (as opposed to a client site or different locations each day)

The requirements for a P1 breakfast are a few ounces of protein, a half cup of veggies (or a small V8/veg juice) and a teaspoon of good fats. It doesn't have to be eggs at all.

If you were going to do branflakes and milk, then I'm assuming you have a fridge to store the milk perhaps at the office?

Cottage cheese is a high quality protein and you can add some veggies like tomatoes to it perhaps, or maybe some salsa and a small V8 on the side? (I have no idea what that would taste like, just thinking of how to combine some veggies you don't have to be able to chop with the cottage cheese!)

Sandwich meat and LF deli cheese can be rolled up with lettuce leaves maybe?

Or review the list of proteins and veggies and see if there is anything you can buy and store there for the week like I am assuming you would for the branflakes and cereal. Remember that we don't always have to have what we think of as breakfast foods for breakfast!

Alternatively, move into an early P2 with the branflakes and milk and maybe some string cheese for a protein and watch for hunger signals earlier in the morning. Guidelines for cereals are 5 gms of fiber or more per serving and 8 gms or less of sugar per serving and whole grains. (Bran is really just one part of the grain, but it's a generally healthier part than what is in refined flours that typically strips out most of the bran and germ). It's basically the fiber component without the germ (protein) and endosperm (starch) components in the whole grain.

[Salad]

hey thanks redrox,

ok so my book says '2 rashers of lean bacon + one egg' as one of the phase 1 breakies. so i got reduced fat 'healthy living' bacon (i checked for added nasties but it just has the fat cut off and more added water than normal bacon), maybe i have this wrong as my book is a few years old and also i am in the UK, and i know there is a difference between what we call bacon and what that refers to in the US. oh well the husband will have to eat it at the weekend!

anyway i had a vege omelette this morning and that kept me going for much longer, so will prob stick to that when at home from now on.

next week i think i will try the cottage cheese option, there is a fridge and a very small kitchen so i will be able to chop up veges etc. i might try branflakes and milk, this always used to be my breakfast of choice and it would keep me going til lunchtime. they are wholegrain and have just under 5 gm s of fibre and no sugar so hopefully will be ok with that but will prob do that as a last resort (i already have a box down there)
????: South Beach Diet Forums http://www.southbeachdietbulletinboard.com/south-beach-diet-forums-phase-1/5613-question-about-phase-1-breakfasts.html

thanks!