I hate breakfast. I love breakfast food, but I HATE eating at breakfast time. As a child I loved breakfast, oatmeal being one for my favorites. But at some point around fourth grade or so I became slightly lactose intolerant I remember always feeling sick to my stomach and nauseous in the morning at school and gradually just stopped eating in the morning because it made me sick. I wasn’t diagnosed with lactose intolerance until high school and in all those years, of getting sick and not knowing why, I think I built up a conditioned response to feeling sick if I eat in the morning even if I have no dairy.
Intellectual I know that breakfast is very important to starting your day right and making good food choices throughout the day. Breakfast is the first chance that body has to refuel its blood glucose levels. Glucose is the main energy source of body and it is also required to fuel the muscles needed for physical activity required throughout the day. Those who have healthy breakfast are less prone to binge for the rest of the day. Research has linked healthy breakfasts with less chronic disease, increased longevity and better health. The effects of a skipped breakfast are short attention span, lack of alertness, longer reaction time, low blood sugar, decreased work productivity.
So as part of my meal plan, I’ve been forcing myself to eat a little breakfast, generally I’ve been having a piece toast with a little peanut butter for some added protein. But I’m still getting nauseous, less so than I use to, but it’s still no fun eating in the morning. Any suggestions? Anyone have any similar issues?


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I'm with you- I've never been a breakfast eater either. I just don't feel hungry in the morning, so eating breakfast usually feels forced for me. However, like you said, there are so many advantages to eating breakfast, so you should definitely keep up what you're doing so you can build up a tolerance. Have you ever tried making a healthy shake in the morning or even drinking a store-bought breakfast shake? Maybe a liquid breakfast would be easier on your stomach.
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