To think that most breakfast cereals are really insubstantial?

[CapricornCalling]

imo - the best breakfast cereals are Weetabix , bran flakes and the muesli based - ones - I've always liked Alpen. But things like corn flakes, rice krispies, coco pops , frosties - I mean really?

I used to love Kellogg's variety packs but tbh I just think now they don't contain even 1 good cereal!!

[Bearfrills]

I'm not a morning person and there is no way on god's green earth that I am going to go arsing about with eggs and the like at breakfast time. Until they are old enough to cook the eggs for themselves, my DC will be getting Shit In A Box for breakfast. There are a selection available. They get free choice of Weetabix, Cheerios, Coco Pops, Shreddies and the occasional guest star cereal. Last week it was Sugar Puffs because I refuse to call them bloody Honey Puffs. They were Sugar Puffs in the 80s and they're Sugar fucking Puffs now.

They're not allowed to touch the Krave though. The Krave is mine because it's the only cereal I can currently eat that doesn't make me vomit for several hours after.

[Bearfrills]

Meant to add, the cereal seems to keep us all going until lunch. There have been no midmorning snacks.

Also many cereals are fortified with vitamins and iron and lots of them are wholegrain so hardly empty calories.

[neonrainbow]

Theres nothing wrong with carbs. I'm fed up with hearing about how low carb is the only way to eat to be healthy.

[missyB1]

See I'm not a morning person either and for some unknown reason I often feel sick in the morning. No way could I eat anything sweet / sugary when I'm feeling like that. I'm having real issues with breakfast at the moment.

[LaurieMarlow]

I've ditched cereal completely and have eggs for breakfast. Much more satisfying and delicious.

[bloomburger]

You have to eat more protein than carbs to fill you up and if you train it can make you just get bigger and bigger.

A wholemeal bagel with peanut butter on or porridge are far better breakfast choices than eggs or some other form of protein which will have you snacking by mid morning.

The protein animals at the gym stink too, their pores and their sweat just reeks. Bleugh.

[UmbongoUnchained]

I find most western breakfast foods to be totally bizzare!

[DropZoneOne]

I was raised on cereals for breakfast - cornflakes, shreddies, weetabix etc, the sugary stuff was special occasions only. Now I can buy my own stuff, I mix up the sugary shit with the slightly less sugary shit. It's not great, but it's some vitamins, protein (milk) and it keeps me going until lunchtime. I don't like hot food in the morning, and a breakfast bar is essentially sugary shit that doesn't even keep me going until mid morning. For a few months, I skipped breakfast, and just found myself eating office biscuits by 10am instead.

The only slightly better thing is overnight oats - but then my go-to recipe includes maple syrup, banana and plain chocolate chips, so I suspect I'm undoing the goodness!

DD wavers between cereal and toast, but she will drink 250ml milk happily in the mornings and eat either a portion of fruit or a glass of fresh OJ with it too. I'd rather that, then her go off to school without something in her belly.

[IHaveBrilloHair]

It's food, loads of people eat it and manage just fine.

[HappyAxolotl]

Most breakfast cereal is a trigger food for me. I have no off switch at all. I could eat the whole box in one go and still feel hungry. Half an hour later I'm definitely hungrier than when I started and just want more and more carbs.

Risotto and Haribos have exactly the same effect on me so I won't have them in the house.

Though it seems these foods don't have the same effect on most people.

[neonrainbow]

A lot of cereals aren't "shit in a box", it pisses me off that some people are determined to label food as good and bad. Or shit. No wonder kids are growing up fat. Anything in moderation is fine. What is moderation depends on the food. Even cereal ffs. None of this cutting out food groups bollocks.

[Discopanda]

Am I the only person who can't eat milk on their cereal? Cold, soggy mess, bleurgh! Avocado toast with an egg is the way forward, or a protein shake if I don't have time. Most cereals do have far too much sugar and not enough protein, the only ones that my DDs will eat definitely do.

[Lilacpink40]

Peanut butter and jam on toast for me please. DCs have readybrek, and choice of 2 other cereals, or cheese and crackers.

[MaddyHatter]

i live off crunchy nut cornflakes and coffee in the morning.

considering i've spent years not eating breakfast and some days not eating for over 14hrs, i'm not going to worry too much... getting my body used to eating breakfast again is more important.

[RunningLulu]

I need something dense when I'm commuting so divide brekkie in two

At 5am: 30g bran flakes and 250 ml semi skimmed, with 10 almonds and 5 walnuts.

At 9:30: 2 poached eggs/scrambled eggs, mushrooms, grilled tomato.

[SuburbanRhonda]

What's your favourite breakfast then, umbongo?

I wonder if it's the same as DS's (tarka dal and rice)

[BartholinsSister]

You can't beat a good old fashioned bowl of Lucky Charms.

[UmbongoUnchained]

We don't really have specific breakfast food. I don't know why it makes a difference if I eat a steak at 9am or 9pm. It's still a steak.
A typical breakfast would be rice with egg, salmon and vegetables as it's quick and easy. But I eat whatever I want. Sometime soup, noodles, chicken, pork.

[Seryph]

See, since I discovered that goat's milk doesn't effect me like cow's milk I'm all about the coco pops and coco shreddies, mostly because I haven't been able to have cereal really since I was about ten!

However, living in Glasgow has taught me that the absolute best breakfast is a full Scottish breakfast (minus the beans please)!

[Seryph]

Though since I'm away for a few weeks from tomorrow I plan on having eggs and smoked salmon for breakfast to share with the cat!

[SabineUndine]

Not a fan of cereal in general. People rave about porridge having a good GI rating but I'm hungry half an hour after eating it. Give me toast!

[Stevefromstevenage]

Cereals for breakfast are a well oiled marketing scam. They are mostly pure rubbish and barely nutritious. I gave them up a few years back and rarely eat then anymore. I would be starving by 11 in work they just did not cut the muster.

[WhooooAmI24601]

One of the DCs loves eggs and soldiers in the morning. The other hates eggs and will only eat porridge. Neither is fitter or healthier than the other, but the egg one is a fucker because weekday mornings I have to be in school for 8am which means I'm up and dicking about with saucepans before it's even light.

I know it's a good thing having a DC who enjoys 'good' food but I really regret letting him taste boiled/poached eggs ever. I buy crap cereal sometimes to entice them from making me cook every morning.

[MyBreadIsEggy]

In my mind, cereal is not a breakfast food anyway....more suitable as a sugar-laden evening snack I could never eat a bowl of cereal first thing in the morning, but can easily tackle a bucket-load of Curiously Cinnammon of an evening

[madein1995]

I have cornflakes for breakfast, or toast, most mornings. I wouldn't say no to a bigger meal but that timr in morning I don't want to cook. Half the time its a banana and cuppa first thing then scrambled egg on toast, Omlette etc for an early lunch. I do find that cereal doesn't fill me too well, but no matter what I eat I'm hungry by half 12 anyway. In the winter I like porridge. I hate cookingi n the morning so any future kids would have porridge, toast, cereal. On holidays/weekends might be eggs, or a cooked breakfast on occasion. While cereals don't fill me up, they're hardly Shit in a box (they're an excellent supper) all this obsessing over good and bad isn't good. People have been eating cornflakes for breakfast for years, its only now we're getting fat. it's not cornflakes fault