breakfast

Have you tried your decaf coffee with Lactaid milk (lactose free) or soy milk?  Lots of people are lactose intolerant but tolerate the lactose free milk very well.  It's what I use on my cereal.  Looks like you are looking for a quick breakfast since you mention toast and honey.  I find Rice Krispies cereal helpful.  Not only do I tolerate it well, cereal is vitamin fortified and I am able to absorb some of the nutrients easier than a multivitamin.  My favorite, however, is a cheese omelet.  English muffins are also good.   I personally don't drink coffee as I became "coffeed out" in college and could never go back to it. 

I'm not a coffee drinker, and I don't typically like hot beverages unless it is really cold outside.

Have you tried using non-dairy creamers or soy-based creams instead of milk?

Personally, I always go to the scrambled eggs and cheese as a favorite.

Recently & frequently, I eat 2 slices of toast, a serving of yogurt, and 16oz of water each morning for breakfast.

yassu! i'd rather be a little warm in Athens than a little cold in Montreal! lucky you! my boyfriend is greek and i completely know about the type of breakfasts you have (soooo crohn's unfriendly!)

first- bread and honey ferments in the intestine and creates alot of gas (so best only to have honey with tea).

second- i drink coffee when i know im having a good day because it doesnt irritate me; however, in your case you need to find a tea that suits you, there are hundreds out there (my favorite tisane is floral).

my advice for you is to do the eliminating process so that you know which specific foods are bothering you. for me, cheese is completely out of the question BUT non-salted feta and greek yoghurts are amazing.

my Crohn's friendly breakfast is: fruits, tuna sandwich (or egg) and yoghurt. its so filling and good.

good luck!!!

Also, warm milk or milk-substitute with some sort of sweetener - maple syrup, agave, whatever - can be nice.

Kicks cereal and almond milk when I feel crappy and coffee and p nut butter crackers when I feel ok .

For coffee I would be loast without it. I use to use xtra milk and sugar but I weened myself off both esp when you are limited to clear liquids you know if you want your java you need to do without. for many years I was not lactose intolerant now I am. I find it weird that if I use soy milk (when I was a baby I was allergic to milk and was on soy all the time) I feel as though my esophagus is breaking out in hives I use to use that for a while I do use non dairy creamer (which odly enough has soy in it but it doesnt bother me then again I only use about 0.5 tsp in the 1st cup of the day (I warm up the cup 1 or 2 more times thru the day by adding more java but not more creamer).

I typically do not eat breakfast my belly symptoms are typically crampy upon waking then painful the later in the night it gets. The things I will eat are english muffins toasted with a small amount of margarine (I sadly am allergic to peanut butter as well as other tree nuts now a days too and have oral allergy syndrome so my foods are extra limited) I also at times will have a scrambled egg (leave the milk out and use pam or other spray canola oil for the pan). Fried eggs sometimes sit okay with me other times based on how I cook an egg with give me lots of gas. One of my favorites is cream of wheat (made with just water) Another fav are plain bagels with butter sprinkle a little cinnamon and sugar on it at times to change up the flavor (would get cin rais ones but allergic to grapes and rasins never went well with my belly anyway)

I have the egg pan they sell at lots of grocery stores and kitchen stores that when you make the egg (fried or scrambled) it is just slightly larger than an english muffin or just about bagel size I will cook that up and place the egg on the muffin or bagel with s thin slice of heam (they sell these small single serving packs at safeway for $0.99 and in it are about 10 really thin slices so instead od 1 serving for me its about 10. then I will get extra sharp cheddar and slice a really thin piece (cheddar is 1 of the low lactose cheeses and most days it is one I can tolerate just fine with no reactions.)

Hope this helps a little

You are all so kind, thanks so much for your replies! 

Can you eat things like cornflakes or porridge when you have narrowing in the TI?  I would love some cornflakes for breakfast, I ate them everyday before being diagnosed, but now I'm afraid.

I see many of you eat eggs for breakfast, here in Greece we are not used to it, I'm not saying it's not good or healthy, but sometimes it just has to do with the way you grow up! For example we eat scrambled eggs for lunch or sometimes dinner.  But then again, in Greece the most common breakfast is a cup of coffee and a cigarrette unfortunately.....

Thanks again, love you all!

Christina

Home made probiotic yogurt and frozen (low carb) mixed fruit with cinnomin and vanilla extract for sweetness. Yummm

Eggs and meat on the weekend for sustained energy but again low carb

Weak starbuck's extra bold coffee