Hey everybody

I have run into a slight snag & not sure how to handle it.

I am keeping my calorie count between 1200-1400 most days. Once in a while, I will hit 1500-1600 but it's rare, & usually a special occasion for which I've planned.

My problem is that I have gotten to the point to where I am NOT hungry for breakfast. I do usually EAT breakfast... but it's because I have FORCED myself to do so. I know the importance of eating a good brekkie. And I enjoy a good healthy brekkie, too. But lately, I just find myself not hungry in the mornings. And forcing myself to eat makes me feel... bloated/yucky/like I want to throw up.

The past few days, I've been having my morning coffee, & then a Slim-Fast shake when I get to work. That's better than NOT having brekkie at all. But I awaken at 6am & don't get to work until about 8:30.

My NORMAL breakfast menu:

* Kashi Go-Lean Crunch cereal w/skim milk (also like to mix a 1/2 cup of Honey-Nut Cheerios or Life Cinnamon with that.... I have found that mixing cereals is a yummy way to get a good brekkie!!) OR

*Two scrambled eggs & 2 slices of turkey bacon OR

*Whole Wheat Bagel with fruit OR

*Smoothie with 1/2 banana, 5 strawberries, 1/2 cup fat free vanilla yogurt, 1/2 cup skim milk & ice OR

*Whole grain waffles with fruit

But here lately, I just can't seem to stomach food in the morning at all. The rest of the food-day is OK. No problem with snacks, hunger, meals, etc.

SUGGESTIONS/COMMENTS WELCOME!

Well, I would try not eating brekkie for a while and see how it affects you. I don't think it is a good idea to force yourself to eat if it is making you feel sick and you may find your appetite for breakfast comes back after a while any way.

I don't think eating brekkie first thing is a requirement. I get up at 6am and run with no food in my stomach and then come home and shower before I eat. It doesn't cause me any problems...

I honestly don't think breakfast *has* to be the very first thing you do in the morning ... if you feel better when you eat at work, then I'd keep with that for a while. I know that I can't eat immediately after I wake up or I feel kinda icky myself. I usually eat breakfast at my desk in the mornings - usually yogurt and fruit, sometimes hot cereal with milk, things like that.

I think skipping a morning meal entirely is not healthy for you - it means that by the time you eat lunch 6 or so hours after you wake up, your blood sugar is way low and you're probably starving. But eating breakfast later in the morning isn't a hugely bad thing. IMO, of course!

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I can't do food in the morning either, I drink a big glass of carnation instant breakfast in the morning with fat free milk. It doesn't make me feel icky and it's just like a nice big glass of chocolate milk in the morning but it really keeps me full for a few hours.

I'm not hungry first thing, but I always eat breakfast--just not first thing! I eat about two hours or so after I get up. So, maybe you need to plan the regular breakfast foods for a little later.

Maybe you could think of it with a different name, too. "Brekkie" makes me want to throw up right now...

Jay

I often suffer from the same "malady." It happens several days in a row for me from time to time. I've found that if I just can't seem to stomach eating breakfast, I'll just pack a little something extra in case I get hungry at work. All it really means is having a later breakfast or two morning snacks. Hard boiled eggs are easy to take along, so I often have a dozen in the fridge just waiting for the occasion to pack off to work. Fruit and/or yogurt is easy, too. If you have an office where you can stash stuff, you can have a box of cereal at work and then just remember to bring milk.

if you have to force it done then dont eat it! making yourself sick will do no good! weight a hour or so and see if you feel hungry later

I've just always understood that breakfast is "the most important meal of the day" & that your body NEEDS to "break the fast" of 8+ hours the night before. So (A) you don't over-eat or eat junk before or for lunch, and (2) you don't rob your body of what it needs to perform/function properly.

But thus far, what I'm getting is that it's OK to have a Slim-Fast when I get to work.



I often don't eat brekkie at all on Saturdays... usually brunch.

And Sunday is "date breakfast" with my husband. I eat whatever I want wherever we go - usually an omelet or waffles, & then I plan the rest of my calorie day around that.

just my personal experience, I usually have coffee first thing (6am), then have breakfast around 8-9 am, then lunch around 3:00pm. Don't know how healthy this is, but it's when my body seems to get hungry.

Listen to your body!

I don't eat for an hour and a half after I get up...never have. I can't stomach anything but coffee that quickly. Is it ideal? No. But I don't think its a major detriment.

Amanda, an hour and a half is nothing! I get up at 4:30 and leave for work at 7:45 and often only have coffee and water during that time. At about 9 AM is when I start getting hungry (regardless of whether or not I ate before I left the house). Anywhere between 9 and 10 AM is snack time here at work.

I always eat breakfast - jsut not upon waking - or anytime soon after.

My wake up times are sporadic as of late. Sometimes it's 5 am, sometimes, 6 or 6:30. I never eat before 9:00. Sometimes later. And then it's always something very light, followed by something a bit more substantial an hour and a half later. I have a big mug of tea though fairly early. No problems.

Yeah, we all need to find what works for ourselves. I say if you're sickened by food at an early hour - ummm, well then don't have food at an early hour. If your slim-fast is working for you - more power to ya.

I can eat breakfast before I get out of bed. Sometimes I dream of breakfast....I wake up ravenous. But even though I'm really hungry sometimes I don't get to eat right away because I have to take care of my mother before I can eat. This isn't really helping you but I can't imagine not being hungry for breakfast...everyone's different.

If I don't eat anything at all, not even a Slim-Fast, then by 9:30 or 10am I am "hungry-hungry-hippo." So it's definitely better for me to have a SF. I'd like to just grab a banana or apple & be done with it, but in so doing, I usually get ravenous by snack time, which is usually 10 or 10:30 & that leads me to eating something unhealthy or not worthy (vending machine anyone?).

Today I wasn't even hungry for lunch! - so I had a Slim Fast for lunch, too. I wonder why I'm not so hungry right now?? It just feels WEIRD. I'm usually quite hungry, and ready to eat. Strange!

I say enjoy it while you can!!!! It's sooo rare that I have one of those days. But gosh, how I love them.

And yes:

STAY AWAY FROM THE VENDING MACHINE!!

Ya hear?