How do you eat breakfast?

I have the opposite problem - i wake up ravenous! I want to eat eat eat eat in the morning - unless i get up really early. for clinicals i have to get up at 4:30 am...and i just cannot eat until at least 6...if i do it comes right back up! Just eat when you can and try to be healthy!

Good luck!:drinker:

I am a junk eater! I love sweets! especially chocolate... I have been trying zone diet, it is not really a diet, it just teaches you how to eat, enough and healthy. I actually feel like I eat more with this "diet", but what it does, it just watches your intake, that you have enouh carbs, fat and protein. I eat a big breakfst, , lunch ,a snack , dinner and another snack right before 8pm. try it or visit the website, it will help you not crave sweets as much.
i actually went to wendys last thursday and i just could not eat a cheeseburger, it was just so gross! and I love them.... but I guess this diet is helping my body know what is healthy and good for the body


PS: it's not good skipping breakfast.

Start small. I found once I starting eating SOMETHING in the morning (even just a yogurt or a peice of fruit) I starting waking up wanting something that early. It's a good idea because it balances out your calorie intake. Try just a slice of toast or a yogurt with a few berries. It'll get you into it and then you can up it to a more balanced meal.

Please remember the old Adage;

"Eat breakfast like a King" :noway:
"Lunch like a Prince" and :grumble:
"Dinner like a Pauper". :laugh:

I know that this adage is/was for people who work physically hard/labour as the body needs fuel to work, and an article I read recently said that you must have something to eat in the morning to wake your metabolism up:bigsmile: I am not able to NOT have breakfast or I feel nauseous. Hope this helps :happy: Just read this in another article. Hope it helps

Smarter move: Front-load your calories. Overeating at night keeps you from being hungry in the morning, setting off a vicious cycle in which you're never interested in breakfast but always starving by dinner. The key is to rebalance your day so you don't set yourself up for an evening binge. To get your appetite back in the morning, cut your evening meal in half. Then eat a breakfast of about 450 calories, such as a scrambled egg with low-fat cheese on a whole wheat English muffin with an 8-ounce glass of juice—an amount that should keep you satisfied until lunch. Once your appetite adjusts, don't go more than five hours without another meal of roughly the same size.


Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

I can't eat solid food like bananas or cereal first thing in the morning, it cramps my stomach. So I decided to try slim fast shakes instead. Except if I work out right after I get way nauseous, so I found that Half a serving of Carnations Instant Breakfast keeps me going for about two hours until I need to eat again. Plus its chocolate! so I get my sweets right off the bat, and if I have another craving later, swiss miss 25 cal packets of hot chocolate.

Another thing too, if you're eating a large dinner and snack right before bed, of course you aren't going to be hungry in the morning.

Try a couple days to limit what you eat at night, so you will be hungry by the time breakfast rolls around. And opposite if you're REALLY hungry in the morning, try eating a little more at night.

It's hard, but to maximize your metabolism you should be eating at all times of the day. Awesome that you caught that!!

I can get an upset stomach from eating too early, too, and my habit for years was to skip breakfast and not eat until the afternoon. But I have discovered a remedy. I now make a smoothie for myself in the morning. A banana, some SOURCE yogurt, water and skim milk powder. While I am drinking that, I may nibble on a half-cup of Fibre 1 (no milk), or have some oatmeal. This gives me the energy without being too heavy and causing stomach upset.

I am still unfortunately, a coffee drinker. That is the first thing I have when I get up. But, I am weaning myself off it now. I drank one less cup this a.m. so down to just 3 cups(measured by the way). Edie and I(nwfamilygal)do our walk before either of us eat breakfast. But, we take a cheesestick with us because we get hungry about halfway through our 4.2 miles. Edie I know drinks atleast an 8 oz glass of water before we leave also. I have started doing that too. For me, when I get home, I am ready to have my usual oatmeal, raisins, brown sugar and walnuts. Sometimes, before I go for the walk, I will have a piece of whole grain toast with peanut butter. This keeps me going throughout the walk as well. My other types of breakfasts are bacon, Better Than Eggs(or whole eggs w/yolks about once a week). Also a piece of toast with that. I use "Can't Believe it's Not Butter" spray on my toast.

I believe easy does it on gettin into all good habits. Breakfast is a good habit in my opinion. It sets the pace for all the rest of my meals for the day which is usually atleast 5 meals including healthy, filling, protein/carb snacks/vegies/fruit etc. If "solids" gag you, then break into the habit by starting with smoothies. Maybe a truly protein filled drink in a blender. Once you get your stomach used to food before noon you will be able to have more substantial breakfast that will fuel your mornings. For me, if I have eaten right one day, the next morning I will feel great, not starved and not "not" wanting to eat. I will feel good and be ready to start over. I am learning to drink water in the a.m. too, like first thing even before coffee!! Just baby steps. How about a couple of boiled eggs with a piece of toast? I have that sometimes too. Cereal, whole grain like cheerios, is good. I drink Soy Milk, Vanilla and it tastes so good. I need to have a snack though, not too long after because for me, that isn't filling enough.

denise in OR

amen Jess, break.........fast! We "fast" all night and we need nutrition/fuel!!! SHOW ME THE BREAKFAST:laugh:

I have to eat breakfast!! I can tell you that for many years I didn't eat breakfast (and those were my overweight years!! :huh:) Now I eat a big breakfast, and mini meals throughout the days. I try not to snack after 8PM either.

My best friend is trying to lose about 50#. My first piece of advice for her- eat breakfast. She HATES breakfast. She's been just eating something small like a yogurt & a half of a grapefruit, or something to get her going in the morning! It's taken her about 3 weeks but now she said she's starting to get hungry in the mornings. (and she's down 15 pounds! :bigsmile: )

So... make breakfast a priority for losing weight!

Jess