hurried mornings leading to bad food choices

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  • msacurrie
    msacurrie Posts: 144 Member
    I am blessed with a job where I can eat at my desk and snack all day so even though I don't get up in time (or have the stomach to) eat in the morning before work, I pretty much combine lunch and breakfast by snacking slowly through the day. But I get in healthy choices by planning ahead when going to the grocery store and buying things that are easy to take. I have a lunch box to keep things cold and we have a microwave if/when I need it. In the morning I just grab things out the refrigerator and cabinet and I'm ready to go :)
  • TwinkieOfMyEye
    TwinkieOfMyEye Posts: 77
    Need to get in a morning routine now that I am back to work. The mornings are a mad dash out the door and I like my sleep so I have just enought time to get ready and 3 kids out the door. I leave the house with a cup of coffee and by the time I am done with my morning bus routes I am starving which would not be a problem if I was going straight home but I am often off to do errands which leads to bad choices of a quick meal for a starving belly. I try to put off eating as long as possible on days like that because it seems once I start I keep going. Any suggestions!


    This is perfect (and sooo healthy) for you and your kids and it tastes DELICIOUS (like apple pie without the crust)!!! I omitted the butter and used Truvia for the sweetner. Give it a try, you won't want to eat anything else in the morning!

    http://www.theyummylife.com/Slow_Cooker_Apple_Cinnamon_Oatmeal
  • TwinkieOfMyEye
    TwinkieOfMyEye Posts: 77
    This is perfect (and sooo healthy) for you and your kids and it tastes DELICIOUS (like apple pie without the crust)!!! I omitted the butter and used Truvia for the sweetner. Give it a try, you won't want to eat anything else in the morning!

    http://www.theyummylife.com/Slow_Cooker_Apple_Cinnamon_Oatmeal
  • cldaugherty
    cldaugherty Posts: 28 Member
    If the kids are rushed too, have them help you with the preparing the night before. Have them have a visual schedule so they are more independent in the mornings so you have some freed up time to take care of yourself. I agree with what everyone else has said about food choices and making the choices to get up earlier. Your metabolism also slows down when you don't eat a good breakfast or too late in the day which delays the loss of weight.
  • castadiva
    castadiva Posts: 2,016 Member
    I struggle to get going in the mornings too, so my sympathies. The best solutions I've found are to pre-cook healthy options at the weekend or while making supper during the week, so that it's literally a case of grabbing one of these items from the fridge, and also, keeping healthy breakfast items at work (in the car, in your case, maybe?) - fruit, cereal, yoghurt (grab an individual pot on the way out the door), hard-boiled eggs etc.

    Or, if you're in a mad rush, throw a piece of toast into the toaster as you turn on your coffee. Add a couple of slices of cheese, or some peanut butter - it'll keep you going long enough in a pinch.

    You needn't necessarily get up any earlier, but you do need to plan a little.
  • Koldnomore
    Koldnomore Posts: 1,613 Member
    The night before I portion out my breakfast and lunch for both me and my boyfriend and put everything in the fridge or on the counter for the morning.I put water and coffee in the coffee maker so all I have to do is flip the switch and place my cup next to it. I get out my clothes for the next day and put them in the bathroom so that I can dress when I am out of the shower. I set all my things for work (badge, blackberry, car keys, glasses etc) on the kitchen table and put my bag on the chair next to them so all I have to do in the morning is wake, shower, dress, hit the coffee maker, throw lunch in bag, add work things and braid my boyfriends hair, grab coffee, then head out the door. Takes about 45 minutes depending on when he gets up. If it's just me I can be up and out the door including shower in about 20 minutes.
  • alsunrise
    alsunrise Posts: 386 Member
    trade the coffee for a smoothy?
  • stardancer7
    stardancer7 Posts: 276 Member
    Hardboiled eggs, bananas, small cans of V8 are my emergency am go-tos, but frankly, I just started getting up earlier so the best and freshest part of the day is for me. I also pre-bag grapes, carrot sticks, sugar snap peas, walnuts and almonds, using my digital scale while I watch TV so they're in the fridge ready to go. Our electricity has different rates for time of use, so I love getting up now to do a load of laundry or two while cooking myself a breakfast stir fry of fresh veggies... Planning ahead is the way to go--you can't make bad choices if you've prepared to make good ones.
  • NyimaR
    NyimaR Posts: 108 Member
    I figure that sleep is an important part of my weight loss! I put a collection of snacks in my bag in the evening (this week a banana, a satsuma and a low-cal cupcake). At the weekends I make lunch for the week and keep it pre-portioned in the fridge so I can grab it in the morning (pasta salad, quinoa with veg...). Even if I forget to grab lunch, I know I have something healthy to see me through.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    Need to get in a morning routine now that I am back to work. The mornings are a mad dash out the door and I like my sleep so I have just enought time to get ready and 3 kids out the door. I leave the house with a cup of coffee and by the time I am done with my morning bus routes I am starving which would not be a problem if I was going straight home but I am often off to do errands which leads to bad choices of a quick meal for a starving belly. I try to put off eating as long as possible on days like that because it seems once I start I keep going. Any suggestions!

    I make my own breakfast bars on the weekends, so I always have a grab-n-go. I hate mornings, even though I have over an hour of time between when I wake my daughter for school and when I leave for work.
  • shortandfaithful
    shortandfaithful Posts: 83
    Awesome suggestions :-)

    I have a wonderful sitter who feeds my kids breakfast before school, she understands that they are not hungry the minute they get up. Precooking seems like a great solution. I guess it is time to put all those pintrest "muffin pan recipies" to the test.
  • mikes99mail
    mikes99mail Posts: 318 Member
    When I'm up early (5.30ish, 3 days a week) then a large handful of almonds, an espresso and a big glass of juice does it for me, I'm fine till about 11 and can hang on till 12 before I run to the shop for lunch.
  • mishmash73
    mishmash73 Posts: 166 Member
    Ok, I'm with you as I will NOT wake up earlier simply to prepare & I was also making bad choices. I also am too lazy the night before to usually make all my food for the next day. This time, I'm trying something different. I've bought the chobani yogurt - which i was avoiding b/c it has more sugar than when I manually mix my plain Fage Yogurt, frozen berries, flax seed meal & some cream to wet it a bit... but if i'm not making my breakfast & eating crap, I may as well do the chobani. I also bought some frozen lean cuisines that costco has that i'm goign to try that look a bit larger than the small ones I used to eat from jewel. Maybe a few more convenience foods are better?? and i would recommend a good protein bar that you'll always have with you.
  • Debbe2
    Debbe2 Posts: 2,071 Member
    Have a plan! Plan what you will eat in advance and stick to it. I can tell you that I would pack food to eat while I waited for the bus, on the bus or once I got to work. I would make certain that it was food I enjoyed and felt satisfied after eating.
  • p0kers0ph
    p0kers0ph Posts: 250 Member
    I either prepare my food the night before, or if I'm tired or whatever then I at least plan out in my mind what I'm going to have so it's easy to get in the morn.
    Pre-planning is the only way really.
  • PixieGoddess
    PixieGoddess Posts: 1,833 Member
    Every now and then, I take some time during a weekend to make a huge pile of breakfast burritos. My favorite so far has been eggs, potatoes, cheese, bacon, and avocado.

    Instructions:
    -Prep/cook whatever you want in the burritos in large quantities (Tip: under-cook your eggs just a little, as the microwave will cook them a little more)
    -Assemble the breakfast burritos
    -Wrap them in either tin foil or plastic wrap (I prefer foil) and put them in the freezer
    -Take one out in the morning, nuke it for a minute or 2, and you've got a delicious portable breakfast!
  • bet3120
    bet3120 Posts: 125
    Wake up earlier.


    At some point you've got to prioritize fitness/health over whatever else it is that causes you to "not have time".


    I'm not trying to be a douchewallet when I say this.

    i admit!!! that is a good advice, try to put the clock 15 mins before you wake up, and you will see the difference.

    make friut smothies with protein that will fill up and energize your morning or egg broiled

    you need to focus in your health.
  • Amazon_Who
    Amazon_Who Posts: 1,092 Member
    http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/06/skinny-overnight-oats-in-jar.html

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