How eating breakfast has changed my life

I’ve never really been a regular breakfast eater, don’t get me wrong I’ve always tried my best to grab something to eat before leaving the house, but it was always something very very little. Like a piece of bread. So whilst I might have had “breakfast”, it was never really a full meal. Boy was I missing out.

I went on holidays recently to the Gold Coast. I stayed at a hotel and in order to save money and time we paid for the breakfast buffet at the hotel. There were your eggs, bacon, sausages, grilled tomatoes, buttermilk pancakes, selection of fruits, yogurt, oats, selection of cereals, wholegrain toast, white toast, you name it! I made sure to eat really full at breakfast, partly because I had to get my moneys worth!, but because I knew i had a busy day ahead.

I literally did not feel hungry until the late afternoon on those days. Besides from having plenty of water and maybe one or two other drinks, I didn’t have any snacks in between breakfast and lunch. Looking back at those days, it was actually quite amazing. I was full enough to last me until lunch and not once did I feel like I lacked energy.

It was 3 days of waking up at 7:30, eating at 8 and i could not believe the difference such a short period of regular full breakfast eating helped! It was great, and it really did save us heaps of money and time!

• Like clockwork, we would wake up at 7:30 to get ready to eat at 8. Allowing us more time in the day as opposed to sleeping in.
• We didn’t need to spend any extra money on food and snacks to keep up occupied during the day. Plus its a buffet and i definitely ate my moneys worth!

The result? I had so much fun!

Breakfast really gives you that boost of energy that you need for the day. There are the days where I go to work and all I had was a little bit of toast. I feel the difference between having breakfast and not having breakfast. I get super tired and sleepy and there should be no reason for that. I slept early the night before yet I was still tired. All because I chose to skip out on breakfast. Same for at school, hunger was always a distraction for me. If i was hungry, that’s all I would think about, making sure that my stomach didn’t growl too loudly in class!

If i had known this earlier in my life, I would definitely have changed my habits way back in high school!

You know your parents always tell you to eat breakfast and you’re always hearing how important it is, but you don’t really believe. I was like that, but this accidental regular eating of breakfast really changed my mind.

So I encourage all of you to try the same, set aside a couple of days where you have a full breakfast everyday and see what kind of results you get!

Remember if you want to ‘Think like a beast, have your morning feast!’

E.C