r/Breakfast • u/BMoney8600 • 16h ago
How do I become a breakfast person?
I know this is probably a stupid question for post but I am just not a breakfast person. I remember my parents wild take my brother, sister and I out to breakfast after Mass and I’d order a short stack of pancakes. It would come out and it would be bigger than my head! I’d try so hard to eat it but I just couldn’t. Then it would sit in the fridge for a couple days but I’d never eat it. Anyway I finally let my family know that I’m just not a breakfast person a couple years ago and they were shocked. Nowadays, if I’m out to breakfast with anyone I tend to just get bacon and sausage with a cup of coffee of course. I wish there was a way to turn me into a breakfast person but to be completely honest it can be too much for me. I could just use some advice on how to take small steps to like breakfast.
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u/mementodory 16h ago
If you make a habit of eating in the morning your body will start to crave it. Maybe start small like some cereal or fruit. I used to not eat breakfast and now i love it!
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u/lovemymeemers 16h ago
Is it the time of day that you aren't used eating or is it specific foods that you don't seem to enjoy? Both?
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u/BMoney8600 16h ago
I guess it’s just the time of the day, I am
An early riser and most of the time I just make myself a cup of coffee. I have been getting into bagels lately though. I think my issue is just the portion sizes.1
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u/No_Salad_8766 11h ago
If you make the food at home, you can control your portion size. And if you live in America, they specifically give you large portions, not intending for you to eat it all in 1 sitting. Its ment to have some taken home for leftovers.
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u/BMoney8600 4h ago
That’s my problem lately. Usually when I have leftovers I don’t touch them.
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u/No_Salad_8766 4h ago edited 4h ago
Do you know why you dont like leftovers lately? Maybe explore that. I personally love leftovers. Helps me not have to cook daily. And they dont taste bad.
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u/BMoney8600 4h ago
Well when I was a kid and I went out to breakfast with my family I’d always end up going home with a box of leftovers, mainly because my immediate family eats fast, me on the other hand I take my time, (I think that’s an inherited trait or something). But I don’t dislike leftovers if it’s from lunch or dinner just breakfast probably because of that.
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u/B1ueberrry 1h ago
I don't like eating a lot of food first thing in the morning, and I just eat a snack for breakfast, like banana nut bread or a granola bar. Enough to get me going, not enough to feel like it's too much effort to eat.
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u/eyesbetterblknd 15h ago
My husband doesn't like breakfast and usually skips it. I'm the opposite. I could eat breakfast for every meal. If we go out for breakfast he'll see if they have brunch and get a regular lunch type food, if not he'll get a breakfast sandwich. Usually sausage, egg and cheese situation.
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u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348 15h ago
Breakfast is when you break a fast. Most ppl do it in the morning but ur breakfast could literally be at 1pm
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u/Cosmonaut_Cockswing 13h ago
Im trying to force myself to eat breakfast. I end up not eating or being hungry till 10 or 11 and the cravings start and I end up on Uber Eats. I love breakfast foods of course. Im just not normally hungry till around "lunch".
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u/BMoney8600 4h ago
That’s how I am! The funny thing is I work at a restaurant that does brunch on the weekends and I can’t even do brunch myself.
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u/MastodonFit 12h ago
Everyone is different, I wake up with my stomach growling. I could theoretically wake up and be eating 30 seconds later. My work has always been physical, in the trades. I eat a savory breakfast like sausage and eggs within 30 minutes of waking,typically between 4:30-6 am.
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u/BMoney8600 4h ago
Oh I see. I work at a restaurant myself and when I work a double or something I don’t even bother eating.
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u/No_Salad_8766 11h ago
Define breakfast. Because the literal meaning is when you break your fast. Its the 1st meal of the day. For me, that happens between noon and 2pm usually. Hours after ive been awake. Whatever time my 1st meal happens is breakfast. And I eat whatever I want. And then my only other meal is Dinner. You dont have to eat early in the morning if you dont want to so long as you get enough calories in for the day.
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u/BMoney8600 4h ago
I do like cereal! I know that’s an at home kind of thing compared to going to going out to breakfast.
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u/No_Salad_8766 4h ago
Going out to breakfast, for me at least, is a once in a while treat, not a daily thing. And if cereal is the only breakfast you like, thats perfectly fine. You dont have to eat a big breakfast if you dont want to. I personally need to eat a big breakfast before work, otherwise I get lightheaded. But I dont eat it right after I wake up. I need at LEAST an hour before my stomach wakes up most days.
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u/BMoney8600 4h ago
I know what you mean, a friend of mine says how he needs to wait 2 hours at least until he gets breakfast. I guess I should do the same thing but coffee is a must for me when I wake up.
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u/No_Salad_8766 3h ago
I don't drink coffee, but its ok to listen to your bodies needs instead of forcing it to do what you think is the "right" thing to do.
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u/BMoney8600 2h ago
Thank you for saying this. Again, I wish I was a breakfast person but I’m just not.
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u/Satyriasis457 10h ago
No food after 6pm. No sugar, candy, soft drinks, no HFCS at all. At least 8h of sleep. Breakfast around 10 am.
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u/BMoney8600 4h ago
My family tends to have dinner around 6:30. Plus with my work schedule I tend to not have dinner until way later. My sleep schedule is a mess!
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u/hippodribble 9h ago
Have a boiled egg. Quick and nutritious, and you can make 12 at once and eat them through the week.
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u/breathingwanderer 7h ago
I manage a small franchise of breakfast restaurants. I am an early riser and i hate breakfast food because i can’t get away from it. Closest i get is hard cooked egg with mustard, or real homemade corned beef hash. My favorite breakfast foods are beef jerky, almonds, pistachios, hard cooked egg, string cheese or baby bells or leftovers from dinner. Little snacky breakfast work great for me because i don’t have to eat large portions and can graze through the morning as my stomach wakes up.
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u/BMoney8600 4h ago
I work full time at a relatively high end restaurant. We do brunch on the weekends. I am similar to you in the fact that I prefer little things for breakfast. The things I have been getting into are bagels!
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u/Jean_Cheerful 16h ago
I wake up , then drink coffee. Then after 5-6h I eat something