What are you doing in the gym? Your goal is muscle, are you just weight training?

I was wondering, what is the best breakfast for a person who is always on the go and doesn’t usually have time to make breafkfast but is trying to lose weight?

Breakfast for me is usually between 8-9, lunch around 12-1, and dinner around 6-7, with a snack of 1-oz protein with a fruit or veggie in between. (for most people here, lunch is at 12, and dinner at 5-6), but my work-days/hours are erratic and sometimes lunch is eaten earlier or later and dinner may be an hour or two later.

I’ve noticed that if I take a “diet” frozen meal for lunch, then I’m very hungry a couple hours later. But if I eat a burger or a serving-appropiate sized meal, then I don’t think about food again for at least 4 or 5 hours.

I appreciate your more sensible approach suggestions. It’s not practical at all to switch the morning/evening meals, but it should be no problem to expand my morning protein to include meat other than bacon or sausage. I’ve avoided bacon and sausage, and even ham because of the fat/calorie/sodium content and have been looking to eggs, mozzarella cheese sticks or protein shakes to fill my protein needs.

What makes complete sense to me is to eat a well-rounded healthy morning meal consisting of 2-3 oz of protein, a serving of fruit, a half cup or more of fresh veggies, and a slice of bread (or cup of cereal). Not with the goal of getting full… but with the goal of filling to satisfaction. For lunch, I can plan a little lighter meal because I won’t be starving because I had a good breakfast and planned a light, healthy snack, and then for dinner I can plan an even lighter meal because I won’t have deprived myself all day.

You also mentioned the likelihood of being tempted with a bigger evening meal than intended, which could definitely be an issue if not eating earlier meals and snacks to satisfaction. I’ll watch out for that! :) Personally, I find it very frustrating and uncomfortable to eat dinner to the point of feeling over-full. I think that adding just a bit more to my breakfast will help keep me full and satisfied longer throughout the day.
Thank You for your time and input and for giving me things to think about! :)

Maybe a more sensible approach is to have more than one course for breakfast. A bowl of your favorite, local low GI cereal, then some eggs on a single slice wholemeal/wholegrain toast, then a variety of fruits. That will easily add up to 600 calories.

As for the mid morning snack, if you have break fast at 8am and lunch at 2pm, then there are 6 hours between those meals. The size of your snacks really depends on when you eat.

But finally, it is generally considered better to have many smaller meals throughout the day, and not a single large meal. The KQP method may be better than the conventional method of a large meal in the evening, but it is not necessarily the best way to eat to lose weight.

On the one hand you say a bowl of one of these and a fruit will fill me up for hours… yet you mention having a mid-morning snack of a protein shake or cottage cheese pot to tide me over til lunch… which implies to me that a bowl of this stuff and some fruit will not fill me up for 4 hours.
I can tell you that a bowl of cereal and some strawberries will not deter hunger for 4 hours.
A homemade protein shake is about 300 calories. So you’re suggesting a 300 calorie snack? This sounds like you’re suggesting having 2 breakfasts, instead of one breakfast and a snack before lunch. I believe 100 calories would be considered a healthy snack-worthy ideal.

I was looking for healthy, filling suggestions for meals in regards to the KQP guidelines, and as breakfast is the suggested largest meal I was looking for suggestions which would incorporate a complete filling, healthy meal.

I believe I read earlier that a Kings breakfast would contain about 600 calories of healthy foods. I was wondering what you would suggest for a healthy “King” breakfast meal which would be filling without over-doing the calories or fat.
If one has a good, healthy meal then one doesn’t crave snacks or calorie-laden, sugar-infused drinks an hour or two later.

I believe a variety of foods for each meal is important, such as having a reasonable amount of protein (2-3 servings), veggies, and a fruit, and 1-2 slices of 7-grain bread (meaning 2 slices if I’m having a sandwich), but I do not have breakfast every day and certainly not as just described on a regular basis.
Sometimes I’ll have a homemade smoothie with protein powder and flaxseed, which is satisfying for a couple of hours and is quick and easy to make and drink on my way to work.

In considering the King, Queen, Pauper philosophy I realized that when I go out for Sunday breakfast (brunch) that I am satisfied for several hours and am able to reduce the amount of food for the next meal or have snacks as I’m just not hungry enough for a large meal again for the rest of the day. So it seems to me that the KQP philosophy would work excellent for me.
I am concerned that even though I do make healthier choices that I may be over-doing it in portion sizes. This is the reason I was looking for actual healthy meal ideas for portion sizes and recipes for a Kings breakfast.