Breakfast Challenge Update

You all remember my breakfast challenge.

I know that my eating habits aren't exactly a hot topic, but I did want to update you on how my attempt to eat "the most important meal of the day" went.

My breakfast of choice was either toast with peanut butter or my favorite cereal, Raisin Bran.

The first couple of mornings were hard because I wasn't used to eating anything, and then I was starving by lunch.  Then I got used to it and found myself eating less at lunch... I guess they weren't lying about it jump-starting your metabolism!  

I'm proud to say that I completed the challenge and had breakfast every day for a week!

Implementing this new three-meals-a-day plan into my every day life is a challenge.  What I do know is that on the mornings when I skip breakfast, I do end up feeling hungry, and I think it negatively affects my morning.

My friend Heather (who's a fantastic baker, by the way) just might have been right.

But don't worry-- despite all of this breakfast business, I still make regular morning Starbucks visits.



Baby steps, right? : )

Breakfast Challenge

While I am a morning person, I am not a breakfast person.

I know, I know, they say "breakfast is the most important meal of the day," and they're probably right.

And don't get me wrong, I do love traditional breakfast foods. Sometimes on Saturday mornings I like to make biscuits and bacon or pancakes with my parents, and late-night breakfast food with friends can be the best!

But, during the week, I can honestly say that I never eat breakfast anymore. I would rather savor a few more minutes of snoozing than wake up earlier just to prepare and eat something.  I'm never hungry right when I wake up.  And, on the mornings when I've brought breakfast with me to the office with good intentions of eating it, I always get caught up in my work and forget!

What I do have every morning is coffee, whether I bring it from home or stop at Starbucks.  So many mornings, my "breakfast" is a mocha frappucino (no whip) or a large cup of iced coffee.  Not healthy, and I should really cut back on the Starbucks trips to help my wallet, but it does the trick until lunchtime!

I am used to my breakfast-free lifestyle, but my friend Heather gave me a challenge that I've decided to accept. She dared me to eat breakfast every morning for a week. If it doesn't change my life, she'll let me continue with my two-meals-a-day lifestyle.  The only restriction is that it has to be somewhat healthy-- i.e. oatmeal, cereal, fruit, toast, eggs, etc.  No Pop Tarts or donuts.

I think I can totally do this.  

Day One starts tomorrow.

I'll be sure to report back on how it goes, but wish me luck... I may have to wake up early to work up an appetite!

Any other breakfast skippers out there?  Any of you that swear your entire day is thrown off if you don't eat it?