Good news! I stuck to eating a good breakfast this morning! The reason this is such good news for me is due to the fact that I was completely rushed trying to get ready and out the door. There was a huge storm this morning, so it wasn’t very light outside when I was trying to wake up (this always makes it harder for me). I was going to just throw a waffle in the toaster (which with other items might not be so bad) but I told myself that I was going to make a little more effort. I made the best and most filling smoothie every! I really don’t know the exact proportions of everything I threw in there, but the run down is as such;
Dark Chocolate Almond Milk
Peanut Butter
Plain low fat yogurt
Banana
Ice
I got the inspiration for this from my good friend Sara, who is always whipping up something special in the kitchen. I can’t believe how full I felt after drinking the smoothie (on the go no less). Lunch time came around and I wasn’t even hungry. This just goes to show that taking an extra 5 minutes in the morning to whip up a breakfast isn’t that hard and can be very filling and delicious!
In trying to find some motivation for having a good breakfast every morning, I decided to start my research with the “bad” effects of skipping breakfast.
The first key negative effect is that there is a link to skipping breakfast and obesity. One of the main reasons for this is due to the fact that if your skip breakfast you are more like to snack and consume larger meals throughout the day.
Another issue that comes up with skipping breakfast could be fatigue. This one impacts me directly! I already have issues with mood swings and irritability, but having something make me tired to create even bigger mood swings and irritability is no good thing. No eating breakfast can make you body feel tired and therefore increase the occurrence of the above issue. I don’t know what scientific proof there might be for this, but my theory is that eating breakfast when you wake up allows you to sort of ease into the day. Typically, when I wake up I am rushing to get ready and, if I eat anything at all, it’s in the car on the way to work. Making a good breakfast, and sitting down for even 5 minutes to eat it, really relaxes me and gives me a chance to breath in the morning. I have to agree with this impact that not eating breakfast can bring a tired feeling today your day, and for me, create an all around bad mood.
Another effect I found was reduced cognitive and memory skills. Most of this research was focused on children and there are some that don’t believe not eating breakfast impacts adults in the same way. I have to say that I can see how skipping breakfast can lessen these impacts of adults. I think the main reason they might not be seen as much as in children is due to the fact that we, as adults, don’t necessarily learn new skills on a daily basis. We might expand our current knowledge on a topic, but most of us aren’t sitting in class all day growing out cognitive abilities. I would think this relates to the tired effect. If you are tired, I can’t imagine your memory and cognitive skills will be at their sharpest.
Overall, I didn’t find a TON of information on the bad impacts of not eating breakfast. This might be a similar case of my moderate diet soda intake. It isn’t necessarily bad for you to not eat breakfast, but it isn’t a healthy way of living. I will find out more once I research the positive impacts of eating a healthy breakfast, which I have a strong feeling will have a lot more information!
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