Breakfast IS Important

"I don't have time."

"I'm not hungry."

"I don't like breakfast."

"I'm trying to eat less." 

Stop making excuses for why you don't eat breakfast. It really is the most important meal of the day. It sets your tone, gets you moving. How do you feel a few hours after waking up when you skip breakfast? Crappy, right? Now consider how different you feel when you remember. . . Nice, huh? So why are you still making excuses?!

Let's see if I can talk you out of your excuses.  I talked me out of mine. . . 

"I don't have time."   Okay, maybe you don't  have time to cook breakfast in the morning.  Make breakfast part of your prep.  You can make healthy muffin sandwich with egg whites, Canadian Bacon (or whatever meat you like) and an English muffin that can be microwaved and eaten in the car.  I used to do a breakfast wrap that could be eaten on the way to work. Both of these things can be prepped the night before. My personal favorite is the protein smoothie.  I prep all the ingredients the night before.  While I'm loading my lunch box and pouring coffee into the go cup, I hit the button on the blender.  Voila!  Multi-tasking and breakfast.  I'm not going to even attempt to convince you to get up 30 minutes earlier because that would make me a world-class hypocrite (I like my sleep). 

"I'm not hungry."  I'm not hungry about 90% of the time that I eat, but I know my body needs food.  Remember you eat to fuel, to keep your body energized and ready to face your day's challenges.  Breakfast is the first meal of the day.  If you skip it because you aren't hungry that will come back to haunt you around lunch.  Chances are good you'll overeat at your next meal.  And we don't want that, do we?  

"I don't like breakfast."  (I've actually heard this one)  All right, eat something that isn't a breakfast food.  Have lean chicken, yogurt, fruit.  Just because we call it breakfast doesn't mean we have to eat traditional breakfast foods.  

"I'm trying to eat less."  Well, that's great but you will end up eating more the next time you eat.  Skipping breakfast will ruin you for later in the day. 


As someone who used to use at least one of those excuses (okay, 3 of them), I can tell you it's easy to overcome.  I really don't like eating as soon as I get up.  That's why I started prepping food that can be eaten in the car. Protein smoothies are awesome because you can change them up whenever you want.  It's a quick, easy way to get a jump on the day.  I know a lot of people are anti-smoothie because of blood sugar spikes an what not.  Again I remind you that I'm no expert, but I am an expert in what works for me;  and smoothies suit me. 

Want more information about why breakfast really is the most important meal of the day?  Click here or here or even here.  No more excuses!  Eat to live; don't just live to eat.  

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