subject: Breakfast As Your Main Meal [print this page] Both of these excuses are nonsenseBoth of these excuses are nonsense. If you find that you don't have the time to eat breakfast in the morning, it's not because you don't have the time; rather, it is because you are not making the time to do so. Eating breakfast is the most important meal of the day. More so, when you eat breakfast, the food choices that you make will often set you up for how the rest of your eating will go throughout the course of the day.
Whether you limit yourself to just eating a yogurt or whether you have a piece of fresh fruit and a cup of tea, make sure that you choose something healthy, but more importantly, make sure that you choose something! The worst thing that you could do is to skip breakfast. Even if you have to make a quick stop on the way to work in order to get breakfast to go, instead of stopping at the fast food place, make a quick run into the supermarket. The produce is almost always located at the front of the store to either your right or your left. Additionally, most supermarkets nowadays have a self checkout lane, making the process of purchasing groceries quick and painless. In the amount of time that it would take you to run into your local grocery store to buy something, it is equivalent to or less than the amount of time that it would take you to sit at the drive thru in line behind all of the other people who are making poor food choices first thing in the morning.
If you are really pressed for time and absolutely refuse to get out of your car, there are also plenty of fast food chains who are beginning to offer more healthy alternatives for their breakfast choices. However, be forewarned that many of these breakfast items are still loaded with sugar or other additives that you may not be aware of. If you want to be sure, go to the website for the fast food place you are frequenting and check out the nutritional information for what you are ordering. However, if you want to make things even easier, simply visit your local farmer's market when you are not at work and pick up enough fruits and veggies to last you for the week. By doing this, you will reduce the temptation to make an unwarranted stop at the fast food chain of your choice. Additionally, purchasing fruits and veggies from a farmer's market saves you a ton of money over time versus the drive through window. The choice is yours, so choose wisely.
One of the biggest culprits to the breakfast dilemma is the amount of rest you are allowing yourself. Get up early enough in the morning to allow yourself plenty of time to eat breakfast calmly. You should be allowed to take deliberate bites and chew slowly versus shoveling food down as fast as you can as you glance at the clock. If getting up in the morning is a problem, then you may need to examine your sleeping habits to make sure that you are going to bed early enough.
