I've never been a huge breakfast eater. I'd much rather wait until 10:30 or so when I can legally eat a burger or more traditional lunch food, but by then I'm usually fighting off a headache and getting grumpy. Since being a jerk is uncool these days, I've found a few ways to trick myself into remembering to eat breakfast.
1. The Power of a New Condiment: A new sweet condiment is a good thing. I might not feel like the pains of making bagel or fresh plate of eggs, but with a nice fig jam or a fancy sauce, the lure becomes much stronger.
2. Buy What You Like to Eat: Although this seems rather basic, those who are breakfast skippers have a hard time justifying the cost of actually eating what they like (or maybe it's just me). I end up buying oatmeal and eggs when what I really want is a breakfast burrito with pickled carrots on the side. Buy what you like, eat what you like and quick trying to cut corners.
3. Turn On the Radio: Mornings are busy. Everyone knows that, but for some reason, when the radio is turned on or your favorite Genius mix is played, no one wants to go to work. It's easier to cook and be a little more relaxed when things are done to good tunes.
4. Eat When You're Hungry: Just because you're up and getting ready for work it doesn't mean you're hungry. Are you hungry at 9:30 once you've already been at the office for a few hours? Tailor your breakfast to a quick snack at your desk. Maybe it's not a full plate of pancakes and hash browns, but eating when you actually have the desire to do so will grow the rest of your habits (like finding things you want to eat).
5. K.I.S.S.: What does that stand for? KISS stands for keep it simple stupid. Sometimes in my own brain I think breakfast has to be bigger than it is. It has to be more gourmet or more like the things I see on the internet. It can be as simple as peanut butter and celery or a piece of toast. Don't over-complicate things and you'll soon be out of excuses why you shouldn't be eating the most important meal of the day.
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6. Get a small flock of chickens. Having a truly fresh and extremely local egg supply (4 fat hens in my back yard) has made breakfast time lovely. Never have eggs tasted so good, and I start my day with a smile.
These are great tips. I especially agree with #2, and would add to just go ahead and throw the rules for traditional breakfast foods right out the window. I am often hungry when I wake up, or soon thereafter, but I'm just usually not up for preparing something first thing in the morning. And I don't care for cereal. So I usually heat up some leftovers from the night before. Pasta, beans and rice, pizza - I love that stuff for breakfast. The only peril is that sometimes I go ahead and eat leftover dessert for breakfast too...
7. Start with coffee. More often than not, the urge to eat something comes after my first few sips of joe. I also am less crabby and more motivated to get up and whip up something simple.
I've never understood how people can skip breakfast! I wake up hungry and look forward to breakfast so much.
I used to be a non breakfast eater. I work full time and go to school full time so with my busy schedule eating right is a whole challenge within itself, let alone making/eating breakfast. I started with drinking a small glass of water when I woke up (to get things moving, so to speak) then I began trying really hard to eat something, anything (a yogurt, an orange) so I wounldn't crash so hard after my first two cups of coffee at work with the rest of the workday and 5 hours of classes ahead of me. Once I started nibbling here and there, my body started to naturally tell me I was hungry early in the morning which has been a blessing for my metabolism and my energy levels throughout the day. :)
Same as Vanessaeve, I used to be a non-breakfast eater, but now that I'm working full time (as opposed to college) and I'm constantly active (elementary teacher) I find that I NEED breakfast to keep from crashing by say, 9 AM. I usually stick with simple things--peanut butter on toast, hot or cold cereal, or yogurt--and it gives me energy without weighing me down like a breakfast of pancakes or eggs.
I think the bfast looks delicious. Professionally shot? Prolly not. But looks exactly like what I eat. Yummers!
Wrinkly napkins, aieeee!! What has the world come to?!?! *clutches pearls*
Because we all know that photography is only for portraying the most idealistic version of our lives...right? /facepalm
If I don't eat breakfast in the morning I get sick. Literally so nauseous I start coughing uncontrollably. Don't ask me why, I just do.
Thankfully a glass of water first thing in the morning helps, and that I'm usually not so-hungry-I'm-nauseous unless I don't eat anything until 10 or 11 in the morning after getting up at 6:30 or 7. I used to love cold cereal, but I would be starving by 10 am. I switched to overnight whole grain porridge, but then I forgot to make it and kept forgetting and then our microwave broke, so no more of that. Now I have a toasted english muffin with either peanut butter and honey or with nutella and a glass of milk. I can go for a while without being hungry. For instance today I was at work and didn't realize I was hungry until I glanced at the clock and noticed it was 1 pm and my stomach was feeling a bit empty. Even then I wasn't ravenous.
Protein in the morning works, that's for sure, but I like sweet things in the AM, so pb or nutella it is.
Why force yourself to eat breakfast food? Often, I eat leftovers for breakfast- soup and a sandwich is one of my favorite breakfasts ever. Ironically, I often have breakfast food (eggs, waffles) for dinner.
My mom hates breakfast food and has always been a fan of eating different things for breakfast. She'd pop a frozen pack of creamed spinach in the microwave and sprea dit over toast or heat up leftovers. I don't think I've ever seen my mom eat a "normal" breakfast unless it was a lazy Sunday brunch. I learned to eat watching her and learned early on that it doesn't matter what you eat for breakfast so long as you're happy and it's relatively healthy. That being said, I still love my "normal" breakfast foods, but I just prefer them at dinner time. For some reason bacon and eggs tastes a million times better to me after work than it does before.
Traditional American breakfasts are often so focused on carbs and sugar - cereal, pastries, bagels, toast - it's no wonder some people gravitate towards being non-breakfast people. That stuff will make you feel rotten and then crash a couple hours later. I have found that leftover dinner for breakfast is by far my favorite type of meal first thing in the day. More veggies, and generally more well-balanced in the food groups. If I don't have quite enough leftovers for a full meal, I add in an egg and it is instantly "breakfast." You just have to get over the mental hurdle of what breakfast should be. And snide comments from friends, of course.
I don't eat until I get to work. I'm just not hungry until about 8:30. My weekend, however, is reserved for Belgian waffles. :)
Leftover dessert! What's that? Not in my house.
I just can't eat in the morning until about 10:30 or 11:00. The only thing I can take with my coffee or juice is cookies. Cookies are always good!
But really, I don't have an appetite in the AM and I'm always amazed as I watch my husband consume his morning bowl of oatmeal.
Breakfast is the least favourite meal of mine. Usually, it's just a coffee and a muffin (blueberry bran). I simply do not have the time (I refuse to wake up an hour earlier just to eat) and, frankly, the appetite. I don't listen to the claims that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Really? Well, when I do eat breakfast I feel like crap the rest of the day. A coffee and a muffin (or even a whole wheat bagle with peanut butter or cream cheese ) is all I need. Everyone is different.
I usually don't have an appetite in the morning, but I get crabby if I don't eat something. I've recently started making smoothies for breakfast - I can get in a few servings of fruits and veggies, and I don't feel like I'm forcing myself to eat.
Regarding #1: Sriracha on my egg whites every morning really perks the rest of my day up. Add a bit of soyrhizo to that, and I am having a good day no matter what!
Breakfast is my favorite meal!!! # 4 helps me! I used to literally force myself to eat at home and I hated it. Now I pack a breakfast and a lunch everyday. Right now my favorite is Fage with chopped fruit and almonds!! So filling and yummy!!!
I've never been hungry until maybe 10 am... but I'm dieting and one fact I finally grasped is that a high protein breakfast is the best part of the day for caloric intake to keep you going. But I will NOT cook in the morning.
I have Kashi or Fiber One types of cereal with unsweetened almond milk, or whole grain toast with almond butter or peanut butter. I used to try to do 100 calorie granola type bars, but all my favorites got discontinued, so now there aren't many I like, and all of them have too much sugar for my current eating plan.
(A low cal high protein lunch and low cal all veggie "dinner" with a mid-afternoon glycemic index snack of raw almonds or string cheese wraps up my day...)