Hot oatmeal is my favorite. May add anything you want: fresh or dried fruit, yougurt, honey, a toast, a cup of hot tea.

Oatmeal, with raisins. Or maybe banana on it. Sticks with me a while, often till late afternoon.

If I am going to workout, I like to munch a just past green banana about an hour before, with room temp water.

I tried the fish oil deal several years back. Gave me horrible fishy burps. Wasn't worth it in my opinion, LOL.

BUT having said that, this AM I woke wanting the breakfast buffet at the Golden Corral, LOL. Thank goodness they aren't serving it on a Friday AM! So I will settle for drooling over the lovely photo you supplied, THANK YOU, I can almost smell it!

FISH OIL HEALTH OR HYPE:

http://www.tbd.com/content/article/basic_article.article:::health_fishoils#comment-2839

I remembered that Dr. Robin Miller wrote that if fish oil pills make you burp, try another brand. I did have one that did what you described, the new ones from Costco seem better for me.

I'm not a cyberchondriac, but I get these wonderful emails that ask..are you feeling this? Wish this was better? How about this? They usually say you need fish oil. The only time I eat fish is when we go out to dinner. I never cook it at home.

I'll either have cottage cheese with flax seeds sprinkled on top (I know, doesn't sound that appetizing..) or 2 scrambled egg whites over wheat toast.

My passion is bagels. In my dreams they're big n' fat n' crispily toasted with a generous layer of margarine that's soaked into the bagel holes (my dream bagel has a few), and THEN topped with an even 1/4" layer of real cream cheese. That's topped with a sprinkle of parmesan.

REALITY: I need protein, but love carbs in the morning. Trader Joe's (California-based) sells a sprouted-wheat sesame bagel that has 14 grams of protein and 310 calories. I bring one to work every day to toast, and then scrape an eensie bit of margarine (prefer to butter - go figure!) and then a little parmesan.

It floats my boat, for about 350 calories and holds my tummy till lunch.

can you hold all that much food ,heh heh

My favorite is orange juice, a bowl of cereal with fruit and skim milk, and a cup of coffee. If I'm in a hurry, I will grab a SlimFast protein shake before I go. I have to have something in my stomach but try to keep it light. I usually work out about an hour after breakfast. As many of the experts tell you, drink water during the day and grazing during the day helps - just small snacks that are fairly low-cal but will satisfy your psychological need to chew. My favorite there is Quaker's Chewy Granola Bars as I have a sweet tooth as well.