Breakfast

[FourBear]

I know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but I really don't have much of an appetite in the mornings. What would you recommend I eat? I try to eat a piece of fruit, some yogurt, or a small bowl of cereal usually.

[Danielle]

I like granola bars because I can eat them during the car ride, that way I don't have to eat 'first thing' in the morning. Cereal nevers fills me up properly--I'm usually hungry again within an hour or so. Have you tried a breakfast shake? There's quite a few on the market nowadays. I used to drink a SlimFast shake in the morning; that was pretty good and went down easy.

[palefrost]

I have the same problem. I'm not really hungry till mid morning which almost classifies as lunch. I know i should be jump starting my body by eating something in the morning but most days i wait till i feel the hunger pings.

I heard that grapefruit and fruits are great in the morning to start the body burning the calories.

[Plumley]

Doesn't it make sense to wait to eat until you're hungry? I'd have a snack of yoghurt or a piece of fruit if I didn't want to start my day on an empty stomach, then eat more later when my body wanted more.

[OneofaKind]

I know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but I really don't have much of an appetite in the mornings. What would you recommend I eat? I try to eat a piece of fruit, some yogurt, or a small bowl of cereal usually.

I'm not an expert, but I'd say that what you are eating is fine.

[katharina]

I know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but I really don't have much of an appetite in the mornings. What would you recommend I eat? I try to eat a piece of fruit, some yogurt, or a small bowl of cereal usually.

Those sound like good ideas to me. I don't always grab something that's
normally thought of as "breakfast food" necessarily... (i.e. if there's a slice of
pizza leftover from dinner). :dance: If I don't eat, there's a blood
sugar problem in a few hours, but it's certainly not always an egg or
oatmeal or anything considered traditional.

[rubybeetle]

I'm trying to incorporate breakfast. Currently I take a vitamin with a big glass of chocolate milk! :jump:

[katharina]

Have you tried a breakfast shake? There's quite a few on the market nowadays. I used to drink a SlimFast shake in the morning; that was pretty good and went down easy.

I've done this in the past, but then I realized that they have like 180 or 200 calories. If I have a piece of toast with orange juice, or even an egg and OJ, it's actually less calories. The shakes have a lot of nutrients, though, so it's not a bad idea at all.