Did I eat a monster?!

tuscloud311

Hola senoritas! (see what i did there?)

I have a question regarding human anatomy/dietary...ness. Or something. Yeah so anyway, i recently decided to change my diet. I am not big or overweight or anything, but i just eat junk food/fast food that i dont think my arteries are liking me too much.

So anyway, i dont eat breakfast, i only eat lunch and dinner. For lunch i generally have a sandwich + vegetables (steamed). For dinner, i go to subway and get a turkey and ham sub with nothing else but vegetables on it.

The reason im posting is because ever since i decided to change my eating habits, my stomach has been SCREAMING. its not really "hurting", but it is constantly...rumbling. And the funny thing is, i am not hungry...or at least i dont think i am. It is VERY audible and can be embarassing in silent situations with other people around.

And im not too sure it is gas..because well...i can assure you that nothing is...being released.

So what could it be?

brandotheninjamaster

Your body is probably just adjusting to your new diet. I had the same thing happen to me a couple of years ago. Mine went away in a month your will probably do the same. But then again I am prone to stomach problems.

amateurhour

Also, you're eating less calories (presumably) so as you burn them, your body has to find them somewhere, and it's eating your fat reserves (that was an untechnical explanation, so if it's wrong let me know)

wunderbar

you really should eat breakfast. it's actually the most important meal of the day. Think of it. you usually eat lunch + dinner about 12 and 6, so 2 meals 6 hours apart, then you dont' eat again for about 18 hours.

That is really not good for your body. Even a small breakfast(fruit, muffin, cereal) can help a great deal. You don't have to fill up, just eat enough to keep from starving your body.

That should help with the stomach thing too.

Improvolone

Don't stop eating breakfast. Just eat a healthy breakfast.

wallabeeX

Agreed with the above. Cutting out breakfast is a stupid move.

If you need to cut out lunch, but the time-table above shows your issue. 18 hours is a lot - don't you drag like crazy until lunch? I get wayyyyy too tired without breakfast.

Shogun

You're going to have to eat breakfast within 20 minutes of waking up because that is going to kickstart your metabolism.

Drez

The hard truth is: yes, you ate a monster.




The real truth is: as others said, your body is adjusting to your new diet. It's withdrawral, of a sort. And you should eat breakfast.

Rook

I don't eat breakfast and there's nothing wrong with not eating it. I never have time in the morning. Anyways, I recently did something similar, stopped eating chocolate and fizzy drinks (again. I'm fit and healthy, just have a sweet tooth) and had exactly the same problem. I'd be starving and craving food all day, it went away after a month or so.

tuscloud311

i heard breakfast is the most important meal, but it also has the most unappealing food items of the day. I walk into the cafeteria and look around during breakfast, and NOTHING perks me up to say "hey! i should eat that!"

I really dont know what to eat =( maybe just cereal? Is that really sufficient?

chuck steak

anything is better than nothing. yogurt, fruit, cereal (whole grain, no sugary crap), toast (once again, whole grain, white bread is crap) are all good options.

Dark Moon

Rook wrote: »

I don't eat breakfast and there's nothing wrong with not eating it. I never have time in the morning. Anyways, I recently did something similar, stopped eating chocolate and fizzy drinks (again. I'm fit and healthy, just have a sweet tooth) and had exactly the same problem. I'd be starving and craving food all day, it went away after a month or so.

No, it is extremely dumb not to eat breakfast. You may feel you do not have time to - that is a personal decision which happens to also be extremely dumb. You just fasted for however long you slept for, and now you're going to try to do stuff without any food in your belly. Your metabolism is going to be molasses slow and your body will start worrying about the lack of food and really pack on the fat during your presumably huge lunch (to make up for the absence of food in the morning). You are still slim - that is excellent, and you probably either have a naturally fast metabolism (most likely age related) or work out regularly. Your not-eating-breakfast habits will come back to haunt you if you happen to age or stop working out.

Breakfast should be your largest meal of the day. It is the most important meal of the day. You should eat this meal.

Edit: I should elaborate on the largest meal bit. Breakfast is the time when you should be eating really well. A few eggs, prepared in a healthy fashion, are an excellent addition to any diet. Accompanied by some whole wheat toast and some fruit for vitamins, you have a perfect breakfast.

Thanatos

Rook wrote: »

I don't eat breakfast and there's nothing wrong with not eating it. I never have time in the morning. Anyways, I recently did something similar, stopped eating chocolate and fizzy drinks (again. I'm fit and healthy, just have a sweet tooth) and had exactly the same problem. I'd be starving and craving food all day, it went away after a month or so.

There's "nothing wrong" with it in the sense that you don't have to eat breakfast to be healthy. Of course, some people can eat an entire cheesecake every day, and still be healthy. Does that mean it's a good idea to eat an entire cheesecake every day? Hell no.

Starting off your day with something like a bowl of whole-grain cereal and maybe a couple of eggs will not only help you keep your weight down, but it will make it so you have more energy throughout the day. In terms of cost:benefit, it's one of the easiest, best things you can do for your health.

Kivutar

There's going to a be huge jump from fast food to eating steamed vegetables.
All sounds pretty normal given the situation.
Once your stomach is used to digesting vegetable matter again, that reaction shouldn't really be an issue any more.

As to the breakfast thing, I find that's pretty dependant upon metabolism & habits.
I cannot digest food immediately after I wake up, period.
I go without breakfast 90% of the time with no issues - when I do eat in the mornings, it's after I've been up at least an hour. If you're used to regularly eating breakfast, I'm not sure I would try to make two huge dietary jumps at once, but up to you.

tuscloud311

thats actually exactly what i am afraid of. I usually end up upsetting my stomach (i guess much like it is now due to dietary change) when i eat breakfast in the morning. I mean, put THAT on top of the lunch/dinner change....im afraid i will just puke up everything.

So, good idea or bad idea to do breakfast the same time i am doing this change? Maybe wait a month to let my body/stomach adjust to the new lunch/dinner program?

lordswing

amateurhour wrote: »

Also, you're eating less calories (presumably) so as you burn them, your body has to find them somewhere, and it's eating your fat reserves (that was an untechnical explanation, so if it's wrong let me know)

No, that's definitely wrong. You are basically telling your body that, "Oh God, (insert your name here) is not giving us food, we must store up any food that we get straight to fats so we don't starve." I HIGHLY recommend people that have no idea what they're talking about to check out the magnificent Fitness Thread. You will see that the general rule is to eat a lot spread out over the day, so your body knows that it's not in any danger of starvation, thus it won't store food straight to fats.

I call bullshit on all this talk of not having time to eat breakfast, unless there's a really valid reason. NOT having time in the morning is NOT an excuse, you're telling me you can't wake up 5 minutes early and get some eggs ready? Buy some snack bars while you're walking to class? A truly healthy breakfast would consist of some form of whole grain in there.

Again, go check out the Fitness Thread, there's a lot of knowledge that's been accumulated there. You owe it to yourself and your body to check out the first page. Oh, you thought drinking fruit juice was a better alternative than soda? Think again. You like your whole milk (I do, damn it, WHY ME?!), go for the 2% next time.

*edit*I apologize for sounding like an asshole, but anyone can make subtle changes to their diet and lifestyle and experience good results.

Trowizilla

My stomach gets really upset if I eat right after I wake up, too; it feels like whatever I eat is just sitting there like a rock, and then terrible, terrible things happen. What I do is, I have some orange juice or a little fruit right after my shower, and then pack a snack to eat about an hour later. I'm also rather unfond of most breakfast foods, so I tend to just have normal foods: wheat pasta with sauce, roast beef roll-up, etc. Seems to work okay.

noobert

I would always feel like vomiting if i ate solids with in the first few hours of waking up.

My solution was to drink this thing called "Up n Go", or just some other health shake thing in the morning.

amateurhour

lordswing wrote: »

amateurhour wrote: »

Also, you're eating less calories (presumably) so as you burn them, your body has to find them somewhere, and it's eating your fat reserves (that was an untechnical explanation, so if it's wrong let me know)

No, that's definitely wrong. You are basically telling your body that, "Oh God, (insert your name here) is not giving us food, we must store up any food that we get straight to fats so we don't starve." I HIGHLY recommend people that have no idea what they're talking about to check out the magnificent Fitness Thread. You will see that the general rule is to eat a lot spread out over the day, so your body knows that it's not in any danger of starvation, thus it won't store food straight to fats.

I call bullshit on all this talk of not having time to eat breakfast, unless there's a really valid reason. NOT having time in the morning is NOT an excuse, you're telling me you can't wake up 5 minutes early and get some eggs ready? Buy some snack bars while you're walking to class? A truly healthy breakfast would consist of some form of whole grain in there.

Again, go check out the Fitness Thread, there's a lot of knowledge that's been accumulated there. You owe it to yourself and your body to check out the first page. Oh, you thought drinking fruit juice was a better alternative than soda? Think again. You like your whole milk (I do, damn it, WHY ME?!), go for the 2% next time.

*edit*I apologize for sounding like an asshole, but anyone can make subtle changes to their diet and lifestyle and experience good results.

you didn't sound like an A'hole, and I asked to be corrected if I was wrong, which I was, but I misunderstood the OP. When I changed my diet I also started an intense workout routine in which I was running a lot, working out, and eating several small meals as opposed to one or two big ones, so when I got those sounds and grumbles I figured I was just burning excess fat.

Shogun

I used to get sick in the morning trying to eat breakfast as well. I'm partially glad to know it seems to be a common thing. My recommendation is that you start forcing yourself to eat something for breakfast. If you're trying to lose weight and you're not eating breakfast you simply are not doing it right. You can write that off as whatever but I've lost 115 lbs and every day for a month I forced myself to eat a very small breakfast. A small amount of solids and 1 cup of 2% milk and 1 cup of grapefruit juice. After that month it became no problem and my stomach adjusted to it. Now I crave breakfast in the morning. I have to eat or I get cranky as hell. My basic breakfast consists of plain cheerios, sometimes with a banana sliced up in there, + the milk and grapefruit juice. Breakfast will kick-start your metabolism and is necessary to help you succeed in weight loss if that is in fact what you want.

Horus

OK not stealing OP question but I eat whole grains and in the morning this makes me do #2 is that a good sign?
Also is whole grain oats with dry fruit and nuts ideal breakfast?

Lewisham

Like Trowzilla said, you should take something with you. I used to get sick too as I stopped eating breakfast for years, then when I started again it hurt like hell. I started eating about two hours after I wake up at my desk, then eventually I was able to bring it down to before I go to work.

You have to eat breakfast. It starts your metabolism going, and as lordobiwan said, if you aren't getting enough calories, you hit famine mode and then your body is going to start storing as much fat as possible. Not eating it is undoing all the gains you are making with your lunch and dinner, although I worry that is probably too few calories and you're going to be in famine mode even with breakfast.

You have to eat breakfast.

Do I need to tell you again?

You have to eat breakfast.

GuitarVillain

It's gas.
Rumbling is likely caused by air in your intestines, building up to gas somewhere inside you.

But don't worry, you can release this gas in great, amusing ways.

Nima

Kudos on the steamed vegetables, that's the best way to eat them to maximise vitamins &etc (well, apart from raw, obviously, but that's not so appealing).

If you are worried about your arteries, oats are said to improve cholesterol, I believe.
I understand not feeling like eating breakfast, but it is important for the reasons aformentioned, and you have already shown you have the willpower to change your eating habits.
I've read that a glass of warm water (boiled water left to cool for a few mins) with a squeeze of lemon helps to kickstart your metabolism in the morning, and is cleansing for your system.

Could you have something really light at breakfast, like slices of melon/ seasonal fruits that appeal to you, perhaps with raw oats and seeds sprinkled on top for more sustainable carb energy? You could have it with yogurt if you felt like it.

The Cat

The lemon water thing works pretty well. The sick feeling can be staved off by doing the breakfast-eating last before leaving the house, instead of five minutes after hurling the alarm across the room. Or leave it till you get to work/school, just eat something in the morning. I can't imagine how anyone that doesn't avoids crashing at 10:30ish otherwise; I actually get the shakes sometimes if I haven't eaten the shakes aren't fun!

Pheezer

Dark Moon wrote: »

Rook wrote: »

I don't eat breakfast and there's nothing wrong with not eating it. I never have time in the morning. Anyways, I recently did something similar, stopped eating chocolate and fizzy drinks (again. I'm fit and healthy, just have a sweet tooth) and had exactly the same problem. I'd be starving and craving food all day, it went away after a month or so.

No, it is extremely dumb not to eat breakfast. You may feel you do not have time to - that is a personal decision which happens to also be extremely dumb. You just fasted for however long you slept for, and now you're going to try to do stuff without any food in your belly. Your metabolism is going to be molasses slow and your body will start worrying about the lack of food and really pack on the fat during your presumably huge lunch (to make up for the absence of food in the morning). You are still slim - that is excellent, and you probably either have a naturally fast metabolism (most likely age related) or work out regularly. Your not-eating-breakfast habits will come back to haunt you if you happen to age or stop working out.

Breakfast should be your largest meal of the day. It is the most important meal of the day. You should eat this meal.

Edit: I should elaborate on the largest meal bit. Breakfast is the time when you should be eating really well. A few eggs, prepared in a healthy fashion, are an excellent addition to any diet. Accompanied by some whole wheat toast and some fruit for vitamins, you have a perfect breakfast.

This is absolutely correct and Rook is absolutely incorrect. There is everything wrong with not eating breakfast. Eat oatmeal, maybe with a couple of eggs. If you "don't have time" well guess what

It takes 10 minutes the night prior to hard boil a couple of eggs, let them cool a bit, de-shell them, and put them in the fridge for eating the next morning. Making toast takes about 3 minutes. Have some whole grain toast (check your bread that it's high in fibre - white bread and even most brown lookin' breads are worthless to you healthwise) and while the toast is cooking, eat the eggs. You will have taken no more than 5 minutes in total out of your morning and guess what that's probably how long it takes your shower to warm up anyhow so you're not really taking any extra time to do it.

Shinto

If you've switched to this diet recently it's probably the case that your mind is turning to food frequently and signaling your stomach that food is coming. The gurgling is the influx of acids and whatnot that your body uses to digest when it thinks food is on the way. Try eating a cracker.

http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/16/210.cfm

If your stomach is trying to get your attention and you're tired of the turmoil, try these tips.

Sip some warm 7-Up. Warm 7-Up or ginger ale may be just what the doctor ordered for a gurgling stomach—if the gurgles are caused by gas or air, says Thomas A. Gossel, R.Ph., Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and toxicology and associate dean of the College of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University in Ada. Putting soda bubbles in your belly may help encourage gas trapped in your stomach to come up as a belch, says Dr. Gossel.

Sneak a snack. You probably don't have time for a meal, but sneaking a snack should silence your stomach. "If you're in a hurry, you could eat a cracker or a piece of bread. That could stop the noises from happening," says Dr. Gossel.

Don't gulp. Ever tried to take a deep breath to stop your stomach from gurgling? You may have made the situation worse, says Dr. Gossel. "You're just taking in more air—part of the problem in the first place. So if you do take a deep breath or yawn, try not to swallow the air."

Rook

Dark Moon wrote: »

Rook wrote: »

I don't eat breakfast and there's nothing wrong with not eating it. I never have time in the morning. Anyways, I recently did something similar, stopped eating chocolate and fizzy drinks (again. I'm fit and healthy, just have a sweet tooth) and had exactly the same problem. I'd be starving and craving food all day, it went away after a month or so.

No, it is extremely dumb not to eat breakfast. You may feel you do not have time to - that is a personal decision which happens to also be extremely dumb. You just fasted for however long you slept for, and now you're going to try to do stuff without any food in your belly. Your metabolism is going to be molasses slow and your body will start worrying about the lack of food and really pack on the fat during your presumably huge lunch (to make up for the absence of food in the morning). You are still slim - that is excellent, and you probably either have a naturally fast metabolism (most likely age related) or work out regularly. Your not-eating-breakfast habits will come back to haunt you if you happen to age or stop working out.

Breakfast should be your largest meal of the day. It is the most important meal of the day. You should eat this meal.

Edit: I should elaborate on the largest meal bit. Breakfast is the time when you should be eating really well. A few eggs, prepared in a healthy fashion, are an excellent addition to any diet. Accompanied by some whole wheat toast and some fruit for vitamins, you have a perfect breakfast.

Your body adapts to its circumstances. It's the same as anything from people that fast regularly or live off different diets. Or deal with irregular sleeping patterns etc.

It's important to find something that works for you and that you can work with.

Pheezer

Rook wrote: »

Dark Moon wrote: »

Rook wrote: »

I don't eat breakfast and there's nothing wrong with not eating it. I never have time in the morning. Anyways, I recently did something similar, stopped eating chocolate and fizzy drinks (again. I'm fit and healthy, just have a sweet tooth) and had exactly the same problem. I'd be starving and craving food all day, it went away after a month or so.

No, it is extremely dumb not to eat breakfast. You may feel you do not have time to - that is a personal decision which happens to also be extremely dumb. You just fasted for however long you slept for, and now you're going to try to do stuff without any food in your belly. Your metabolism is going to be molasses slow and your body will start worrying about the lack of food and really pack on the fat during your presumably huge lunch (to make up for the absence of food in the morning). You are still slim - that is excellent, and you probably either have a naturally fast metabolism (most likely age related) or work out regularly. Your not-eating-breakfast habits will come back to haunt you if you happen to age or stop working out.

Breakfast should be your largest meal of the day. It is the most important meal of the day. You should eat this meal.

Edit: I should elaborate on the largest meal bit. Breakfast is the time when you should be eating really well. A few eggs, prepared in a healthy fashion, are an excellent addition to any diet. Accompanied by some whole wheat toast and some fruit for vitamins, you have a perfect breakfast.

Your body adapts to its circumstances. It's the same as anything from people that fast regularly or live off different diets. Or deal with irregular sleeping patterns etc.

It's important to find something that works for you and that you can work with.

...and your body adapts to not having breakfast by slowing metabolism.

Matt!

tuscloud311 wrote: »

i heard breakfast is the most important meal, but it also has the most unappealing food items of the day. I walk into the cafeteria and look around during breakfast, and NOTHING perks me up to say "hey! i should eat that!"

I really dont know what to eat =( maybe just cereal? Is that really sufficient?

Bacon

Dark Moon

Matt! wrote: »

tuscloud311 wrote: »

i heard breakfast is the most important meal, but it also has the most unappealing food items of the day. I walk into the cafeteria and look around during breakfast, and NOTHING perks me up to say "hey! i should eat that!"

I really dont know what to eat =( maybe just cereal? Is that really sufficient?

Bacon

I wouldn't eat bacon too often. Really, really high in fat and sodium without a great deal of positive nutritious properties. Even back bacon is pretty fatty. Keep it as a treat you give yourself once in a while. For meat at breakfast, I get sausages from the local meat market that are so low in fat you have to add oil if you want to fry them. Though a bit high in sodium, they make a pretty tasty treat that's slightly better for me than straight side bacon.

Learn to love eggs. Over-easy (done in just a pinch of butter) is my absolute favourite style of egg preparation, but for the more health conscious hard-boiled can be done well in advance and are the healthiest way to eat your eggs.

Rook

DrDizaster wrote: »

Rook wrote: »

Dark Moon wrote: »

Rook wrote: »

I don't eat breakfast and there's nothing wrong with not eating it. I never have time in the morning. Anyways, I recently did something similar, stopped eating chocolate and fizzy drinks (again. I'm fit and healthy, just have a sweet tooth) and had exactly the same problem. I'd be starving and craving food all day, it went away after a month or so.

No, it is extremely dumb not to eat breakfast. You may feel you do not have time to - that is a personal decision which happens to also be extremely dumb. You just fasted for however long you slept for, and now you're going to try to do stuff without any food in your belly. Your metabolism is going to be molasses slow and your body will start worrying about the lack of food and really pack on the fat during your presumably huge lunch (to make up for the absence of food in the morning). You are still slim - that is excellent, and you probably either have a naturally fast metabolism (most likely age related) or work out regularly. Your not-eating-breakfast habits will come back to haunt you if you happen to age or stop working out.

Breakfast should be your largest meal of the day. It is the most important meal of the day. You should eat this meal.

Edit: I should elaborate on the largest meal bit. Breakfast is the time when you should be eating really well. A few eggs, prepared in a healthy fashion, are an excellent addition to any diet. Accompanied by some whole wheat toast and some fruit for vitamins, you have a perfect breakfast.

Your body adapts to its circumstances. It's the same as anything from people that fast regularly or live off different diets. Or deal with irregular sleeping patterns etc.

It's important to find something that works for you and that you can work with.

...and your body adapts to not having breakfast by slowing metabolism.

or by becoming more sensitive to glucagon and insulin.

Metal Gear Solid 2 Demo

DrDizaster wrote: »

Rook wrote: »

Dark Moon wrote: »

Rook wrote: »

I don't eat breakfast and there's nothing wrong with not eating it. I never have time in the morning. Anyways, I recently did something similar, stopped eating chocolate and fizzy drinks (again. I'm fit and healthy, just have a sweet tooth) and had exactly the same problem. I'd be starving and craving food all day, it went away after a month or so.

No, it is extremely dumb not to eat breakfast. You may feel you do not have time to - that is a personal decision which happens to also be extremely dumb. You just fasted for however long you slept for, and now you're going to try to do stuff without any food in your belly. Your metabolism is going to be molasses slow and your body will start worrying about the lack of food and really pack on the fat during your presumably huge lunch (to make up for the absence of food in the morning). You are still slim - that is excellent, and you probably either have a naturally fast metabolism (most likely age related) or work out regularly. Your not-eating-breakfast habits will come back to haunt you if you happen to age or stop working out.

Breakfast should be your largest meal of the day. It is the most important meal of the day. You should eat this meal.

Edit: I should elaborate on the largest meal bit. Breakfast is the time when you should be eating really well. A few eggs, prepared in a healthy fashion, are an excellent addition to any diet. Accompanied by some whole wheat toast and some fruit for vitamins, you have a perfect breakfast.

Your body adapts to its circumstances. It's the same as anything from people that fast regularly or live off different diets. Or deal with irregular sleeping patterns etc.

It's important to find something that works for you and that you can work with.

...and your body adapts to not having breakfast by slowing metabolism.

I haven't eaten breakfast (besides the odd morning) in close to a year now
I'm 6'2", 150lbs, skinny as a post

Pheezer

I'm not saying you can't be thin and skip breakfast. I'm saying that if you're trying to eat healthy, part of healthy eating is a nutritious breakfast and you're wrong if you insist that it isn't. Especially if you're maybe a little (or a lot) overweight and you want to lose some.

And that's the end of it. No more debate on this.

lordswing

Damn it, being thin does not mean being healthy, those are two completely different things.

Thanatos

Dark Moon wrote: »

Matt! wrote: »

tuscloud311 wrote: »

i heard breakfast is the most important meal, but it also has the most unappealing food items of the day. I walk into the cafeteria and look around during breakfast, and NOTHING perks me up to say "hey! i should eat that!"

I really dont know what to eat =( maybe just cereal? Is that really sufficient?

Bacon

I wouldn't eat bacon too often. Really, really high in fat and sodium without a great deal of positive nutritious properties. Even back bacon is pretty fatty. Keep it as a treat you give yourself once in a while. For meat at breakfast, I get sausages from the local meat market that are so low in fat you have to add oil if you want to fry them. Though a bit high in sodium, they make a pretty tasty treat that's slightly better for me than straight side bacon.

Learn to love eggs. Over-easy (done in just a pinch of butter) is my absolute favourite style of egg preparation, but for the more health conscious hard-boiled can be done well in advance and are the healthiest way to eat your eggs.

I go with hard-boiled, because you can boil them up a week in advance, and all you have to do in the morning is shell them and eat them.

Pheezer

Thinatos wrote: »

Dark Moon wrote: »

Matt! wrote: »

tuscloud311 wrote: »

i heard breakfast is the most important meal, but it also has the most unappealing food items of the day. I walk into the cafeteria and look around during breakfast, and NOTHING perks me up to say "hey! i should eat that!"

I really dont know what to eat =( maybe just cereal? Is that really sufficient?

Bacon

I wouldn't eat bacon too often. Really, really high in fat and sodium without a great deal of positive nutritious properties. Even back bacon is pretty fatty. Keep it as a treat you give yourself once in a while. For meat at breakfast, I get sausages from the local meat market that are so low in fat you have to add oil if you want to fry them. Though a bit high in sodium, they make a pretty tasty treat that's slightly better for me than straight side bacon.

Learn to love eggs. Over-easy (done in just a pinch of butter) is my absolute favourite style of egg preparation, but for the more health conscious hard-boiled can be done well in advance and are the healthiest way to eat your eggs.

I go with hard-boiled, because you can boil them up a week in advance, and all you have to do in the morning is shell them and eat them.

You can even shell them in advance if it's only a day (maybe two?) and they're going to sit in the fridge. Best to keep them in tupperware or a tightly seran wrapped bowl so that they don't take on any flavors or give any off, though.

And scrambled is perfectly fine, if you're using non-stick and you aren't adding any oils of any type. But that's not what people typically do when they make scrambled eggs.

Thanatos

DrDizaster wrote: »

Thinatos wrote: »

Dark Moon wrote: »

Matt! wrote: »

tuscloud311 wrote: »

i heard breakfast is the most important meal, but it also has the most unappealing food items of the day. I walk into the cafeteria and look around during breakfast, and NOTHING perks me up to say "hey! i should eat that!"

I really dont know what to eat =( maybe just cereal? Is that really sufficient?

Bacon

I wouldn't eat bacon too often. Really, really high in fat and sodium without a great deal of positive nutritious properties. Even back bacon is pretty fatty. Keep it as a treat you give yourself once in a while. For meat at breakfast, I get sausages from the local meat market that are so low in fat you have to add oil if you want to fry them. Though a bit high in sodium, they make a pretty tasty treat that's slightly better for me than straight side bacon.

Learn to love eggs. Over-easy (done in just a pinch of butter) is my absolute favourite style of egg preparation, but for the more health conscious hard-boiled can be done well in advance and are the healthiest way to eat your eggs.

I go with hard-boiled, because you can boil them up a week in advance, and all you have to do in the morning is shell them and eat them.

You can even shell them in advance if it's only a day (maybe two?) and they're going to sit in the fridge. Best to keep them in tupperware or a tightly seran wrapped bowl so that they don't take on any flavors or give any off, though.

And scrambled is perfectly fine, if you're using non-stick and you aren't adding any oils of any type. But that's not what people typically do when they make scrambled eggs.

Pam makes a couple of sprays that you can use, including an olive-oil-based one. Using olive oil should be fine, too, as long as you aren't using a lot of it.

Corvus

Thinatos wrote: »

Dark Moon wrote: »

Matt! wrote: »

tuscloud311 wrote: »

i heard breakfast is the most important meal, but it also has the most unappealing food items of the day. I walk into the cafeteria and look around during breakfast, and NOTHING perks me up to say "hey! i should eat that!"

I really dont know what to eat =( maybe just cereal? Is that really sufficient?

Bacon

I wouldn't eat bacon too often. Really, really high in fat and sodium without a great deal of positive nutritious properties. Even back bacon is pretty fatty. Keep it as a treat you give yourself once in a while. For meat at breakfast, I get sausages from the local meat market that are so low in fat you have to add oil if you want to fry them. Though a bit high in sodium, they make a pretty tasty treat that's slightly better for me than straight side bacon.

Learn to love eggs. Over-easy (done in just a pinch of butter) is my absolute favourite style of egg preparation, but for the more health conscious hard-boiled can be done well in advance and are the healthiest way to eat your eggs.

I go with hard-boiled, because you can boil them up a week in advance, and all you have to do in the morning is shell them and eat them.

As another option, I've got one of those microwave egg poaching things, and its really handy for quick eggs in the morning, if you don't want to do prep ahead of time.

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Eat your fucking breakfast. Jesus Christ. This information is EVERYWHERE. Anything that tells you anything about diet will start with "don't skip meals, don't skip breakfast". If you don't eat breakfast you will definitely get aids in your face and die. Eat your fucking breakfast.

The Black Hunter

I can't not eat breakfast.

I can go an hour, even 2, but after that I am useless.


You need breakfast.
Eat your weetbix, with honey.