You’ve heard it said breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Now, I don’t know about you, but many times when this thought would cross my mind, I would say something like, “Yeah, okay, I need to make sure I eat breakfast.” Most of the time though, I wasn’t very hungry in the morning. I would get out of bed, get ready, and go to work. By 10:30, I was starving and ready to eat lunch.
Interestingly enough, mornings when I chose to eat something for breakfast, I was still getting pretty hungry by 10:30-11:00. It didn’t take long for me to realize that what I ate for breakfast is just as important as choosing to eat breakfast.
After some experimenting, here’s what I found. On the days when I would eat a breakfast that consisted mainly of carbohydrate-rich foods such as breads, cereal, oatmeal, etc. for breakfast, I was still starving well before 11:00. However, on the days when I would choose a breakfast that provided me 25-40 grams of protein from foods such as eggs, meat, Greek yogurt, etc., I was able to stay fuller for a longer period of time.
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It’s not hard to make a small change in your breakfast routine and decide to eat more protein-rich foods. Give it a try for seven days. Go online and search for protein-packed, real food breakfast options that you can put together. Get creative with it! I’d love to hear about how your appetite has changed and what your favorite protein packed breakfast meals are that you like to eat in the comments below!
