I’ve never been a breakfast person, and I don’t wake up hungry. I used to go a few hours without eating anything and then have a breakfast of two scrambled eggs, 1/2 cup of brown rice, and a sliced avocado with some salt or soy sauce. That’s a very tasty and healthy breakfast, but I get hungry again within a couple of hours.

Normally I don’t eat much carbs, like bread or pasta or potatoes, and I don’t get my fats from butter or dairy.

This week I started eating a butter sandwich as soon as I wake up in the morning. And when I say “butter sandwich” I’m talking about eight pats of butter between two slices of whole wheat bread.

Why is this so satisfying? I’m not hungry until late in the afternoon, at which point I just wait until dinnertime.

I’d like to lose some weight, and with these butter sandwiches I’m consuming much less food during my day, but they can’t be healthy for me. Clearly I don’t know how nutrition works.

What do you eat in the morning?

  • David@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    6 scrambled eggs made with butter, sour cream, salt and pepper.

    I prefer to start the day with a big breakfast, eat a light lunch and then nothing until a moderate supper with a small, low carb dessert in the evening.

    I find the large breakfast starts my day well and fatty foods keep me satisfied longer so I’m not tempted to snack throughout the day, especially while working from home where food is always available.

    • TheBaldness@beehaw.orgOP
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      1 year ago

      Snacking is my problem too. I don’t eat anything unhealthy. I just eat too much. I’ve taken to chugging water before i reach for a snack. It seems to be working.

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      1 year ago

      God, I wish my stomach could handle a heavy, fatty meal in the mornings. That sounds perfect for my own snacking problems.

      • David@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        To be fair I certainly didn’t start with that many; I started with the keto diet roughly 10 years ago, found eggs to be my most convenient breakfast food and slowly built up the number while reducing the size of my lunch.