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eating breakfast for moms

ayannabayer
ayannabayer Posts: 153 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I read an article that said you should eat breakfast within 30 minutes the time you first wake up. But I'm a mom. And my 6 month old requires me to wake up at odd times. Should I eat breakfast at 5am or wait until I actually get up and start my day?

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  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    edited March 2015
    There is absolutely no reason that you need to wait to eat breakfast. Eat when you can.

    ETA - whoops - totally misread. I thought you were waiting to eat. Either way, answer is still the same, eat when you can/want to.
  • berlynnwall
    berlynnwall Posts: 669 Member
    You don't need to eat breakfast at any certain time, you can just eat when it's convenient for you.
  • SexyKatherine73
    SexyKatherine73 Posts: 221 Member
    you can eat when you feel like it, or have time ... there is no rule you must eat at X time.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    No need to eat breakfast that quickly or even at all. Eat when you feel like it. You have enough going on with a baby. No need to add any more pressure :)
  • ayannabayer
    ayannabayer Posts: 153 Member
    Thank you all!!!! <3
  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    Listen to your body. If it's 5am and you want breakfast....well, go for it! Personally, I need to eat between 40 - 60 minutes after I wake up to feel my best, and I can't stomach anything before 5:30.

    ~Lyssa
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    Id go with whatever your official wake up time is. I do a smoothie so I can eat while the baby is and its within the 30 min time frame. Its the most convenient fir me.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Three days a week I get up at 4:45am and am working out by 5am, and breakfast doesn't usually happen until 8:00 or later. Hasn't seemed to hinder me in any way.
  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    ayannabayer wrote: »
    I read an article that said you should eat breakfast within 30 minutes the time you first wake up. But I'm a mom. And my 6 month old requires me to wake up at odd times. Should I eat breakfast at 5am or wait until I actually get up and start my day?

    There is no correlation between the time food is consumed and weight loss.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    ayannabayer wrote: »
    I read an article that said you should eat breakfast within 30 minutes the time you first wake up. But I'm a mom. And my 6 month old requires me to wake up at odd times. Should I eat breakfast at 5am or wait until I actually get up and start my day?

    If you are hungry at 5 AM then eat. If you are not hungry, then wait until later.
    I get up at 6 AM to take my dog out, heat water, pack dh's lunch, feed the fish and drink a glass of water. I go back to bed until 8 AM and then eat breakfast when I get up that time.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Timing is irrelevant, so eat when you're hungry.
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