Tuesday, 13 April 2010

Breakfast Epiphanies (with apologies to Audrey Hepburn)

OK, so just looking for the one epiphany, but the the plural scans better!

I am having breakfast issues: the issue being that I keep forgetting to have it - that's not good is it? Don't get me wrong, I mean to have it, because I know its an important meal when trying to lose weight, but life quite often takes over. If I am not ravenously hungry when I get up, it can go out of my mind until the hunger pangs take over about midday-ish.
It doesn't help of course, that I am easily distracted and can start a job, only hours later (usually in the middle of something else) realising I haven't finished it!

Ironically, I remembered I hadn't had breakfast as I was typing this, and dutifully went off and grilled two rashers of bacon, tomato, and two slices of ww malted danish toast - yay me.

I never forget to have my coffee in the mornings, black coffee, two mugs on the trot, which is my only caffeine of the day, unless I treat myself to a Costa Skinny Latte, which I don't count toward my caffeine intake. Its best not to get me started on how I reason that out!
I drink (preferably organic) 'herbal' teas for the most part, the current favourite being Pukka's Aniseed, Fennel and Cardamon, although I also enjoy Nettle, Chamomile, or Mint depending on my mood. I just cant get on with fruit teas, they seem wrong' somehow....
I try to drink the requisite 2ltrs of water a day, but I usually fail, despite liking to drink water!

But I digress (no change there then...)
Is it OK not to have breakfast do you think - as long as points for the day are used or would it be better to try and train myself to remember to eat it? Epiphanies on a postcard please....

Its probably a good thing I did my breakfast this morning, as I now have to go shopping again....at least I wont be tempted to buy stuff I don't need*. I promised to introduce my sons to the delight that is the soft tortilla spread with houmous and filled with roasted vegetables, and the BNS I thought I had in the fridge, isn't!! That'll teach me for being a domestic (kitchen) goddess at the weekend, although a domestic goddess with good memory would help!


* yes, I did type that with my fingers crossed!

3 comments:

  1. can only comment from my experience... i dont really do breakfast... at least not in a proper way.. I often dont eat till lunch... and i've lost 32lbs in 12 weeks!

    I think the main thing is to not eat too much later in the day and use all (or at least almost all) your daily points - even if like me you need to see it as a weekly total most of the time!

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  2. thanks for that Angela - its good to learn from other peoples experiences.
    I suspect I will end up having to tweak the eating later in the day thing - it makes absolute sense.

    I try and ignore my activity points altogether -purely because I already struggle to use the points I have, although I am sure that will change once my points allowance goes down (and I start goign to the gym regularly), and have a 6 pts surplus this week, which I am going to lose tomorrow so I'm hoping I am on the right track.

    I'm not sure what you mean about seeing it as a weekly total - can you explain that to me, and I'd be really interested to know how it helps you.

    thanks for your comments and support, it means so much to me.
    Debs x

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