Bring a snack with you for later! Skipping breakfast is okay. The idea that breakfast is the most important meal of the day is only accurate if you have the ability to do so. Listen to your body, its telling you what it needs.
With my morning workouts, I often eat before I begin because I have a tendency to get lightheaded otherwise. In those cases, I eat yogurt and peanut butter, sometimes with either (or both) Cheerios or bananas. I know it sounds weird, but it’s light and really good! Hope that helps!
I like to have a breakfast planned and ready to go, whether that means easily assembled at home or easily taken with me and eaten. My body doesn’t feel good eating when it’s not ready so I like to wait until it tells me it needs food then eat what I have prepared. I’ve also found that if I eat earlier in the evening for dinner l, my stomach is more likely to accept food closer to the time I wake up.
When I’m not hungry, I often blend half a banana and a glass of milk with a pinch of cinnamon. You can add some honey or two spoonfuls of oats for extra sweetness or energy. I’ve also recently discovered chia puddings. You just have to mix the milk with three spoonfuls of chia seed and leave it in the fridge overnight (or prepare it in the morning to have breakfast later). I add Nesquik or some cocoa fix to the milk and sometimes hazelnut flavour. Very tasty and delicate on my delicate stomach.
Porridge is really quick and easy to make, and a good start to the morning. Easy on the stomach and slow burning energy with fibre. I usually have mine with some maple syrup (makes it sweet!) I often find cold fruit like grapes and blueberries are easy and refreshing to eat in the morning (not sure on how good the sugar is for you in the morning, though the aim is to eat something rather than nothing). I’ve always been a great avoider of breakfast, used to just have a coffee and go half a day on that…terrible for energy in the long run. Also hated feeling "full" or bloated from big breakfasts. Stomaching anything before the afternoon was (and is) a challenge. Granola with vanilla soya yoghurt has been a staple of mine. Some days when I really don’t feel like eating, I have a packet of breakfast biscuit (nairns are excellent). A smoothie or protein shake has been my saviour in the past, as drinking a liquid is definitely easier to stomach. I think if you find what you like for every mood and make it enticing for your brain, it’ll be a whole lot easier. Also, when I used to work super early mornings, I’d make an easy breakfast for me to have during my journey to work, as I wasn’t really awake before I was halfway to work. Hope some of this helps!
A lot of water, a handful of almonds perhaps. BelVita crackers can sustain you for a couple hours till you feel like eating.
You must try to be kind to your body.. Early starts, even if you’re used to them, are often a pain when you want a couple extra hours asleep. Avoid greasy and heavy foods like a big fry up or lots of fried food. Opt for fruit, a yoghurt, wholemeal toast or maybe poreigde/oats/musili with fresh fruit to give you long lasting energy and a nice taste to start the day. Good luck ☺️☺️
I’d save make a nice smoothie the night before. Make sure it contains all the nutrients that will nourish your body early in the morning and have that as opposed to a filling breakfast. And then if you get hungry during the day have a fruit/yoghurt or nuts to keep fuelling your body.
Prep a smoothie the night before and get a portable smoothie cup. Use almond/coconut milk or fruit juice as a base, which avoids overloading on dairy milk. Toss in a banana and some frozen fruit and you’re done. You can add kale or spinach for extra nutrition and it doesn’t spoil the flavour!
Try a single fruit like an orange or banana that you can pick at slowly. Alternatively, smoothies or single-serve yogurts might be a good option if it’s hard to stomach something solid. Google is your best friend — look around and find your options! You got this.
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