The I Hate Breakfast Club

fitformidlife

I know I can't be the only member of the "I Hate Breakfast" club. I was indoctrinated with that "it's the most important meal of the day" all my life by the media, but no one ever ate it in my household. Literally, my mom fed me nothing before sending me off to school each day, so I grew up in the habit of not eating until lunch. Now, as I've tried to build healthy eating habits over the past year or so, I've tried to get in the habit of eating some sort of breakfast, but it's just not my thing.

Anyone else out there in the same boat? Do you try to get yourself in the breakfast habit, or have you just accepted that it's pointless? When I started healthier about a year and a half ago, I was drinking half an envelope of Carnation Instant Breakfast with almond milk, and sometimes a banana or other fruit, or a homemade fruit or green smoothie in the morning. I slacked off on that, but I'm starting my food tracking today now that I've signed up at MFP, so I'm restarting some sort of breakfast, too, even if it's just liquid.

I do tend to be ravenous by lunch time, so hopefully going back to something in the morning will help. I doubt I'll ever be the sort of person who can eat a massive full breakfast, though, even though I love breakfast foods. My stomach just says "no way." I just consume them at lunch time when I'm in the mood for pancakes, eggs, bacon, or whatever.

bcattoes

I rarely eat anything before lunch time, usually around 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. I do drink some caloric drinks before that though. I always start the day with a cup of soy milk because this helps me meet my calcium goal. And I frequently have a V8 around 11 a.m.

But I don't hate breakfast, I simply am rarely hungry in the morning. On the occasions when I wake up hungry, I eat breakfast. I'm a big fan of eating when hungry, but not until hungry.

bumblebreezy91

Ugh, breakfast. I wake up thirsty, not hungry, so I very rarely eat anything before 9am and I wake up at 5-6am. I've tried smoothies. In the summer, sure. It's -18 without wind chill in my part of Wisconsin right now, so I don't want a freaking smoothie, okay? I just eat my gummy vitamins before leaving my apartment and pack food items in my backpack to take to work with me so I can eat some cheerios when my body is ready for solid food.

ETA: It's 10:17am and I'm eating breakfast now.

Escape_Artist

Breakfast = Breaking the fast

Eat when you are hungry

BusyRaeNOTBusty

You don't have to eat first thing in the morning if you don't want to. It is NOT "the most important meal of the day".

MaryJane_8810002

I had snickers and reeses peanut butter cups for breakfast... These are facts.

jetlag

If you don't want breakfast, the don't eat it. Seriously, you don't have to eat when you're not hungry.

kjoy_

i don't eat breakfast at breakfast but i do love me some breakfast foods at dinner!

Cranquistador

INteresting

MiloBloom83

How can you hate "Breakfast Club"? Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald? It's a classic!

Kenazwa

Breakfast = Breaking the fast

Eat when you are hungry

Exactly. Your first meal of the day is breaking the fast, or breakfast, no matter what time of day you eat it or what type of food you eat.

FaylinaMeir

Breakfast = Breaking the fast

Eat when you are hungry

exactly. I also have this thing against it "being the most important meal of the day" yeah it probably is but if you think WAY back to hunting gathering times, we had to WORK for our food so it didn't come out of a cereal box within 20 mins of waking up. I personally eat around 9ish am every morning no matter if I wake up at 5am or 9am. that's when I feel hungry. I DO feel like you should drink around a quart of water or a liter after getting up. Water is more important than food early in the morning plus it kinda gets your system moving

and the stress of always getting breakfast if you don't want to eat can hurt weight loss too. Just saying

EvgeniZyntx

How can you hate The Breakfast Club

cwolfman13

I personally love breakfast...but there is nothing inherently "healthy" or "unhealthy" about having it or skipping it. If you don't like breakfast, don't eat breakfast and get your calories later in the day.

Laurayinz

How can you hate "Breakfast Club"? Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald? It's a classic!

rml_16

I'm rarely hungry in the morning and I usually feel a little sick, so I rarely eat breakfast.

I love breakfast foods, though.

rml_16

How can you hate The Breakfast Club

Also this.

jkwolly

Breakfast = Breaking the fast

Eat when you are hungry

This!

Do what works for you, not from what everyone else says! Find when you're hungry, and eat then.

I am up usually around 5:00-6:00am, and usually don't eat breakfast till 7:00-8:00am.

How can you hate The Breakfast Club

HAHA so true.

Libi_KK

How can you hate "Breakfast Club"? Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald? It's a classic!

Best movie EVER!!!

Deadlay

I have coffee first thing and "breakfast" around 11 am...or as I like to call it, meal 1.

CTCMom2009

I eat breakfast, but it usually isn't until around 10-10:30am. First thing, I have a glass of water and my coffee. My breakfast usually consists of 1-2 hard boiled eggs and a Greek yogurt. Then I eat at normal times during the rest of the day.

If you don't want to eat first thing, don't... do what works for you!