What do you guys eat for brekky and packed lunch?
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Most days my breakfast is a 50/50 mix of the Aldi lookalike Shreddies and Rice Crispies, full fat milk and topped off with a decent portion of dried fruit -- a couple of apricots, three or four dates, a couple of desert spoons of raisins and as many prunes as I think I'll need that day. 
The fruit comes from a place called Julian Graves, I don't know how big a chain it is but it's just dried fruit, usually sold in half kilo or 1 kilo bags. If she and I have the time we'll do what we call a mountain man breakfast (a hugely unhealthy but very enjoyable fry-up, the name shamelessly nicked from the gang here on the forum) or occasionally we'll nip out to the local motorcycle dealer and get something similar there.
I don't usually do much for lunch, mostly work through it. Maybe I'll grab a cheese sandwich. But I make up for it in the evening with things like pizza, macaroni cheese, or old stalwarts like sausages, beans and mash.
I'm another one of the racing snakes. A guy who used to work for me said it's nervous energy.
The fruit comes from a place called Julian Graves, I don't know how big a chain it is but it's just dried fruit, usually sold in half kilo or 1 kilo bags. If she and I have the time we'll do what we call a mountain man breakfast (a hugely unhealthy but very enjoyable fry-up, the name shamelessly nicked from the gang here on the forum) or occasionally we'll nip out to the local motorcycle dealer and get something similar there.I don't usually do much for lunch, mostly work through it. Maybe I'll grab a cheese sandwich. But I make up for it in the evening with things like pizza, macaroni cheese, or old stalwarts like sausages, beans and mash.
I'm another one of the racing snakes. A guy who used to work for me said it's nervous energy.
Recent regime at home was...
(lots more carbs when "out")
Breakfast porridge+ skimmed milk
Lunch soup (no bread)
Evening meat + salad or steamed veg (no carbs)
Snacks / deserts fresh fruit
No booze mon- fri just lo cal drinks. Some wine at the weekend.
Half hour cycle every morning
Above worked for me really well, weight dropped off
(lots more carbs when "out")
Breakfast porridge+ skimmed milk
Lunch soup (no bread)
Evening meat + salad or steamed veg (no carbs)
Snacks / deserts fresh fruit
No booze mon- fri just lo cal drinks. Some wine at the weekend.
Half hour cycle every morning
Above worked for me really well, weight dropped off
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SimonM
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Bacon Grill..nom nom nom
Nothing better to clear the head after a boozy night under the trees...as long as there's plenty of coffee too
Simon
Nothing better to clear the head after a boozy night under the trees...as long as there's plenty of coffee too
Simon
forestwalker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Breakfast (winter): porridge (one can make it in the micro, a bit over 3 min on full blast, right in the bowl)
Breakfast (summer): muesli with yoghurt (around here one can get a somewhat thinner, 3% fat, yoghurt that is perfect for this application, I use a non-fruity muesli (the fruity ones can be 30+% sugar!).
Both of these are fairly quick and easy to make, in winter I need to run thr woodstove anyway in the morning, else the microwave make short work of porridge, and some milk-product + muesli are even quicker to fix.
For lunch I bring some leftovers and reheat in the micro (there is *always* one in every Swedish break room I've ever seen), or sensible sandwiches.
For bread I tend to bake myself, the last loaf was in the style of the Finnish "jälkiuunilimppu", an extremely slow rise full grain rye sourdough bread, but as long as it is full grain life is good.
Breakfast (summer): muesli with yoghurt (around here one can get a somewhat thinner, 3% fat, yoghurt that is perfect for this application, I use a non-fruity muesli (the fruity ones can be 30+% sugar!).
Both of these are fairly quick and easy to make, in winter I need to run thr woodstove anyway in the morning, else the microwave make short work of porridge, and some milk-product + muesli are even quicker to fix.
For lunch I bring some leftovers and reheat in the micro (there is *always* one in every Swedish break room I've ever seen), or sensible sandwiches.
For bread I tend to bake myself, the last loaf was in the style of the Finnish "jälkiuunilimppu", an extremely slow rise full grain rye sourdough bread, but as long as it is full grain life is good.
Usually have toast, but certainly porridge is more filling, and can be jazzed up with apple or other fruit, jam, sauces etc. Adding natural yogurt and honey is good too. I've never tried the soak overnight in juice approach; I'd be worried that it'd end up tasting 'raw', unless the acid in the juice 'cooks' the oats. The other quick breakfast thing is cottage cheese and egg muffin - we found that while low-carbing a couple of years ago. Much better hot than cold though. Make in advance then split and toast for a few minutes.
Lunch is usually a cheese salad sandwich, or some kind of thick soup. I do like the sound of sandbender's oat cakes though!
Lunch is usually a cheese salad sandwich, or some kind of thick soup. I do like the sound of sandbender's oat cakes though!
in the week;
home-brand cornflakes/shreddies/rice crispies/weetabix with semi-skimmed milk and maybe a couple of slices of toast and jam for breakfast
cheese and ham/mushroom omelette and a piece of fruit for lunch
home-made chilli, shepards pie, toad in the hole, bangers and mash, lasagne etc. for tea
maybe some more cereal for supper
at the weekend;
cereal for breakfast
bacon sarnies for second breakfast
kaffee und kuchen in the afternoon
take away pizza, curry, burgers, kebabs etc. for supper
all washed down with masses of black coffee and frequent bottles of beer/lager/cider/wine
5'11" 10st3lb, not entirely sure how i do it
stuart
home-brand cornflakes/shreddies/rice crispies/weetabix with semi-skimmed milk and maybe a couple of slices of toast and jam for breakfast
cheese and ham/mushroom omelette and a piece of fruit for lunch
home-made chilli, shepards pie, toad in the hole, bangers and mash, lasagne etc. for tea
maybe some more cereal for supper
at the weekend;
cereal for breakfast
bacon sarnies for second breakfast
kaffee und kuchen in the afternoon
take away pizza, curry, burgers, kebabs etc. for supper
all washed down with masses of black coffee and frequent bottles of beer/lager/cider/wine
5'11" 10st3lb, not entirely sure how i do it
stuart
trying to shed a little bit of weight so one apple for brekki, one at about 1030 one at 12, one a 1430 and one when i get home,
normally lots of bread and cereal for brekki, and sandwiches for lunch/ wraps
normally lots of bread and cereal for brekki, and sandwiches for lunch/ wraps
You can go 'off' people you know!
Alan
5ft 8 and too embarrased to say how much but far too much!
i really like the idea of cereals but i cannot stomach them in the morning. So i always have a hot breakfast which is mostly toast with humous or peppered mackerel pate or similar (sardines or other canned fish) failing that a chucky egg bacon or sausage. I wont list my lunch as i am a constant grazer with a high metabolism smashing through 3-6000 cals a day (even the doctor raised an eyebrow) but im just a hungry sod. At weekends if a have a cooked breaky i tend not to eat a lunch.
oh and i am not that fat....yet
oh and i am not that fat....yet
For work days i do 'overnight oats' with diced narna for brekki. And knock up a bunch of salad beginning of the week so i can box up a big handful each evening with some chicken or tuna or egg etc. And baby plum tomatoes
Breakfast: I prepare a Ziplock pouch (double-zip food grade) with 125g granola (basically a quarter of a 500g box) with 30/35g of Nido milk powder. I add the appropriate amount of cold water the night before so it can soak overnight and by the morning I have a cold porridge-like mush full of goodness.
Lunch: More cold soaking. Again prepared in advance I put a pouch of Instant Couscous (Ainsley Harriott Roasted Vegetable CousCous for example) with chopped up bits of Kabanos sausage in another Ziplock pouch. I use that kind of sausage because it keeps for a long time at room temperature without needing to be refrigerated, though I'm sure there are other sausages that meet this criteria. I add the water when I have my breakfast so by lunch time the couscous is nice, soft and juicy.
I only have a warm meal in the evening, my priorities being to keep everything as light as possible because I carry everything on my back, so less warm meals means less fuel to carry (in my case Methylated spirit)
Lunch: More cold soaking. Again prepared in advance I put a pouch of Instant Couscous (Ainsley Harriott Roasted Vegetable CousCous for example) with chopped up bits of Kabanos sausage in another Ziplock pouch. I use that kind of sausage because it keeps for a long time at room temperature without needing to be refrigerated, though I'm sure there are other sausages that meet this criteria. I add the water when I have my breakfast so by lunch time the couscous is nice, soft and juicy.
I only have a warm meal in the evening, my priorities being to keep everything as light as possible because I carry everything on my back, so less warm meals means less fuel to carry (in my case Methylated spirit)
I'm trying to enforce a policy for at least breakfast and lunch of low to no packaging. Tea can be a little more complicated but for the first two meals the less plastic I have to ditch the better and i don't even consider myself a green loving hippy type.
Brekkie can be three boiled eggs and an orange or apple.
Lunch piece of precooked chicken breast , more fruit , handful of nuts.
Works for me.
Getting protein into the system within an hour of waking can make a really big difference to satiation levels for the rest of the day.
If you start on Carbs for brekkie, my experience has been I then tend to want to chase them for the rest of the day.
Brekkie can be three boiled eggs and an orange or apple.
Lunch piece of precooked chicken breast , more fruit , handful of nuts.
Works for me.
Getting protein into the system within an hour of waking can make a really big difference to satiation levels for the rest of the day.
If you start on Carbs for brekkie, my experience has been I then tend to want to chase them for the rest of the day.
If we're talking about trekking or camping, I've said on another thread, I don't do big breakfasts. If it's physical (canoeing or back backing) I get a quick carb input with some kind of fruit bread or breakfast bar and a cold drink; I'll then stop for a break a little later on in my journey. Lunch will often be cured meats (ham, salami etc,) and sliced cheese in a wrap (wraps are much easier to carry and look after than bread). I'll carry dried fruit and chocolate/energy bars for snacks.
In my youth I used to do Pot Noodles; not any more, life's too short
In my youth I used to do Pot Noodles; not any more, life's too short
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