I know this sounds like a stupid question but what do you guys eat for a solid breakfast before a long day of training? I’m a person that’s never really eaten breakfast all my life outside of the occasional muffin or coffee. That’s not cutting it these days so something needs to change. I’m guessing eggs & toast isn’t the best option. I seriously dislike cereal. Whats left? Bagel and fruit? Help me out here as I want to be better fueled for tomorrows training session. Thoughts?
Carbs are life
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two eggs, cooked in a cofee cup in the microwave.
on one piece of toast with a few slices of marble cheese (about 12 grams)
- 1-2 servings of Quacker quick oats with a lile brown sugar.
2 cups of coffee.
All cold cereal is out? How about hot? Or non American stuff - http://www.outsideonline.com/1870751/eight-breakfasts-champions
- Steel cut oats with raisins & milk
- French toast with maple syrup
- Toast w/peanut butter & honey
- Bagel w/cream cheese
- Pancakes with blueberries & maple syrup
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Quick oats with blueberries.
Whole wheat english muffin with peanut butter (and banana, if you’re feeling fancy).
Greek yogurt with berries or dark chocolate chips.
1/2 cup oatmeal, 1 cup water, microwave for 2:00.
1/2 tsp cinnamon and 2tbsp honey in oatmeal after oatmeal is cooked.
4 toast buttered.
ready to hammer!!
Grape nuts. 1 cup, 400 calories. 2% milk, half a cup, ~80 calories?
Keeps me full and can knock out 50-60 miles without even thinking of bonking.
edit: after careful consideration and actually looking at grape nuts, the glycemic index is actually higher than table sugar…Meh, I’ll keep on eating em.
Thank you for all the replies! I’m rolling with toast/peanut butter/honey, boiled egg and juice. We’ll see how it goes.
2 toast with some sweet topping, the other 2 with cheese and veggie sausage. Bell pepper and fresh fruit on the side plus a cup of coffee and juice. Fuels ya up a bit.
Depends on time available before actual training but in addition to the above - english muffins with peanut butter and nutella.
And coffee. Lots, and lots of coffee. Aeropress for a quick, excellent, cup of the good stuff.
My go-to is oatmeal with almond butter mixed in and a cup of coffee.
Oats, berries, almonds, and maple syrup is my go to.
My go-to is oatmeal with almond butter mixed in and a cup of coffee.
X2 on the oatmeal and almond butter!
Brad
I know this sounds like a stupid question but what do you guys eat for a solid breakfast before a long day of training? I’m a person that’s never really eaten breakfast all my life outside of the occasional muffin or coffee. That’s not cutting it these days so something needs to change. I’m guessing eggs & toast isn’t the best option. I seriously dislike cereal. Whats left? Bagel and fruit? Help me out here as I want to be better fueled for tomorrows training session. Thoughts?
Before a session? If it is less than 6-800 calories (YMMV) I just drink 50-100cl of water, not rarely with 400mg caffeine in the form of pills. If its 800+ calories planned, in reality this means >4000 meters of harder swimming, I also have a banana and a date or something along that.
Its AFTER the workout that you want to eat a good breakfast. Today I had oatmeal with soy milk, pumpkin seeds, cashews and cinnamon+maca powder, sweetened with some syrup.
1/2 cup of steel cut oats mixed with blueberries, banana & hard boiled egg. Usually try to eat 90 minutes to 2 hours before heading out the door. For longer workouts I will throw in a small red potato.
One of my go-to snacks is just a brown rice cake sandwich smothered in organic peanut butter sprinkled with sunflower seeds. In the morning after a cup of coffee it’s about the most unobjectionable food I’ve found.