Eating Breakfast
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For some people eating breakfast comes as naturally as breathing.
Why wouldn’t you wake up starving and eat something, that’s normal right?
Not for everyone.
I fall into the camp that really struggles to eat first thing in the morning.
As a teenager I didn’t eat breakfast OR lunch (little wonder my metabolism is stuffed really).
As an adult I do try to eat breakfast and will generally eat it on a daily basis.
Only it’s more like “morning tea” cos I take a long time to “wake up”.
And I eat “snack-like” for breakfast.
So, the first step of the Radiant Recovery process as outlined in Potatoes not Prozac is to eat breakfast.
Not just ANY breakfast but a high protein, decent sized breakfast.
Within 1 hour of waking up.
Of course, the plan is that you take babysteps toward the goal of eating a high protein breakfast within an hour of waking up.
I began with a tiny bit of yoghurt or a few nuts.
Some days I could eat more than others.
Some days I manage to make it within the hour and others not.
But this morning I woke up HUNGRY.
Which is apparently a sign that this is working.
If only I can keep it up.
So, which camp do you fall into? Breakfast or no breakfast?
And does anyone have some creative suggestions for a high protein breakfast?
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I love breakfast, it is my favourite meal of each day. Since I did 12wbt my breakfasts are a bot more varied. Some favourites are (and not all are high protein)
Scrambled eggs with ricotta, sauteed mushrooms & asparagus
cous cous with grated apple, yoghurt & cinnamon
special k with a banana
oats, yoghurt, banana & blueberries
Fried egg on half a muffin
Now I am looking forward to waking up in the morning!!
I love a strawberry smoothie. 12 small strawbs (buy them cheap and freeze them), soy milk or fruit juice and almond meal or silken tofu. (Don’t double up on soy - so fruit juice and tofu or soy milk and almonds). Add a splash of flaxseed oil and blend.
You can use any fruit.
I’m like you (or at least how you *were*). Always felt queasy on waking and tended to have a coffee and wait later for ‘morning tea’ time. Still, I’m trying to have some fruit and toast or cereal, even if I don’t feel like it. And, if I’m honest, the breakfast of my dreams is when I have a fresh mug of coffee and a slice of leftover cheesecake/mud cake/fruit tart/pavlova/shortcake…..
I used to always be a breakfast eater. I would start my day with a bowl of cereal and a piece of fruit without fail, every single day. As I’ve got older (and fatter) I’ve fallen off the breakfast bandwagon and seem to just have 2 or 3 cups of coffee for breakfast.
Natasha really struggles with breakfast, when it’s holidays she usually eats about 10am. She has finally hit on something that she can eat at 730 and that is one egg on one piece of toast…..I’m just happy she is eating something. The other thing that will happen is if there is a leftover of some description (bean and mince mix or somesuch) then she will have it in a toastie. Heidi will sometimes have toast, piece of cheese, slices of tomato topped with an egg
OOh, I am a breakfast eater! I have home made muesli and yoghurt for breakfast most days. We normally do pancakes once over the weekend; and I often have raisin toast on Friday mornings. No particular reason why I only have raisin toast on Fridays!
Plus coffee of course!
(I can happily eat breakfast three meals a day!)
I was like you, not a brekkie person, until I hit the gym last year. Once I got used to eating brekkie now I cant not have it. I am an oats with brown sugar person though
Breakfast is something I struggle with too. My favourite thing here at the moment is Rice Pudding, with Pears. (I am slowly cutting down the amount of sugar I add too). If you added some nuts to it it could be higher in protien. Ours ends up kinda like the bought LeRice things with fruit. Mmmm, Yumm.