having trouble with breakfast

Have things that are easy to eat on the run. Banana, peanut butter on toast, etc.

diannethegeek wrote: »

Okay, first and foremost I want to say that it's okay to skip breakfast. Breakfast has been hyped as the most important meal of the day but it really isn't. It's okay to skip breakfast if you feel okay doing it.

But, it sounds like skipping breakfast is making you hungrier and more likely to overeat later in the day, so breakfast is probably a good idea for you. It could be something easy, like a snack bar (I go for something high in protein), hard boiled eggs (easy to make ahead of time), Greek yogurt w/ fruit, nuts, cereal, or granola once you do get to stop.

Or you can look for things that you make ahead and freeze/chill the night before. Overnight oats, breakfast burritos, breakfast sandwiches, crockpot oatmeal, whatever you like.

All of this ^^^

Are you able to eat breakfast at your desk right when you get to work? I know a lot of people who eat as they are checking their email and getting started for the day. They bring things like fruit cups, oatmeal packets, or even breakfast sandwiches that they make in advance and grab from the freezer on the way out the door.

I usually bring oatmeal packets to the office and make one to eat with my morning coffee at my desk. If you need more protein, you could add an individually-sized greek yogurt to that for an easy grab-n-go breakfast.

I'm on maternity leave right now, but when I go back to work in March I'll be leaving the house before 7:30 and I have 3 kids who'll be 10 months, 3 and 5. My husband does shift work so on his earlies week he leaves at 5, so it's me on my own! I'm a teacher so don't have the option of eating at my desk.

I plan on getting up earlier than my kids so I can eat breakfast and have a coffee before the madness starts. This is what I did when I was pregnant and getting my then 2 and 4 year old ready. They'd eat their breakfast at nursery/school breakfast club.

Sounds like you need some planning in order to get in that breakfast and no it doesn't have to be at 6am when you get up.

You can make egg muffin cups, using cupcake pans just spray the tins with cooking spray then dump in a bunch of chopped veggies, meats, cheese and either egg whites or whole eggs. Bake them during dinner so you have them in the morning and here's the real bonus, make an entire tin of them and then you don't have to worry about it the rest of the week just grab a couple and go.

I make up meatloaf this way now too, individual portions and convenient for packing lunches.

I use mason jars for fruit and yogurt, put frozen fruit in the jar, add plain greek yogurt and toss granola on the top. The jars can sit in the fridge for days so I usually make up a couple of jars before going to bed then I have snacks or breakfast for 2 different days.

If you don't cook and want prepackaged, look into lean pocket breakfast items, frozen multigrain waffles (excellent with PB and jelly) or grab some of the healthier breakfast sandwich options.

If you take the stress of the morning out of the equation and only have to grab and go you'll find it's much easier than you thought.

you can always set clothes and other things needed out the night before.also you can make oatmeal with fruit the night before and store in a mason jar/container and heat it up and eat on the way. there are recipes online(called overnight oats/no cook refrigerator oatmeal.That way you can eat it on the way and no need to mess with it much

I eat boring simple breakfasts that require no thinking. like toast.

dejareedubose wrote: »

so I have a dilemma ppl...I wake up at 6:00 every morning to get me and my girls ready for the day....yes I said girls a 1 yr old and a 4 yr old and anyone with children knows that mornings can get a little hectic with drama queens lol but that's not my concern...I have trouble finding time to eat breakfast I mean from the time I wake up to the time I leave the house it gives me about an hr and a half which doesn't give me time to eat and then by lunch I am starving. I have started bringing my own lunch(frozen dinners) to cut out fast food but I know that breakfast is important...any advice

Do you feed your children in the morning? Feed faster to prepare foods or foods you can make In advance. Eat or drink while you are doing other things and take food with you.
Fruit, raw vegetables, granola bars, 1/4 c of trail mix, a muffin, a piece or cheese, some peanut butter on a slice of bread are all fast and portable. It takes a few seconds to grab and eat any of these things and is better than going hungry all morning.
Sip a smoothie while you are all getting ready or on your commute.

Put your children to bed in the clothes they are going to wear the next day. Have bags packed the night before. Figure out your outfit the night before. Get up 20 minutes earlier.

Can you put together a breakfast the night before? Or even make a big container of something like yogurt with berries and protein powder over the weekend, and then portion it out into small containers you can take with you to eat on your way to work or at the beginning of your workday once you get there?

When I have a really early morning, I make my breakfast and lunch the night before, and all I have to do is snatch it out of the fridge and go.

Oh, if you have a crock pot and like steel cut oats, you can put them on at night and have them in the morning. Very tasty.

Just eat first thing. Takes only 2 or 3 minutes to eat something simple over the sink.

The rest of the morning has inertia of its own and will all fall into place. Breakfast won't, so if you just wait for it to happen all on its own, it won't.

FiberOne 90 calorie cinnamon crumb cake bars are my go to in a hurry breakfast. I love them. They're healthy and taste amazing.

I give myself 15 minutes to wake up and get out of the house. I eat my quest bar (breakfast) on the subway platform before I get on the train. Don't think too hard about it.