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Diamond_Dog

(41,599 posts)
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 02:39 PM Monday

Are you a breakfast eater or a breakfast skipper?

I am a breakfast skipper. Can’t stand the thought of eating a whole meal immediately after waking up, it would literally make me sick. I only want coffee. I don’t think about food till maybe 11:00, then I want to eat right away! I hate having an early appointment or trip to make when I won’t have access to food for a long time, yet I just can’t make myself eat right after getting up, either. If I have to I can choke down a small yogurt or a small granola bar but I have to force it down. Yuck.

Mr. Diamond, OTOH, must eat something right after rolling out of bed. He eats healthy stuff but he can eat a lot of it (and he’s been a thin person his whole life). I just marvel at the size of his breakfast. I almost get a stomach ache just thinking about it.

Also, I can be extremely hungry, …. famished …..but I get about 1/3 of the way through a sandwich but then all of a sudden I’m so full I feel like I’m too full and about to burst. What’s up with that! Why is figuring out what and when to eat such a pain! Lol. First world problems, for sure.

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Are you a breakfast eater or a breakfast skipper? (Original Post) Diamond_Dog Monday OP
Skipper here SheltieLover Monday #1
That sounds like a good plan, ShelieLover. Diamond_Dog Monday #9
Well, they'd be welcome to make their own food SheltieLover Monday #13
They take turns treating me on the weekends. Diamond_Dog Monday #19
I love to cook. littlemissmartypants Monday #27
Just coffee til lunchtime Freddie Monday #2
Freddie, I am the exact same! Diamond_Dog Monday #10
I enjoy having a light breakfast.... anciano Monday #3
Sounds good to me, anciano! Diamond_Dog Monday #11
Well, the cats eat first, of course. House of Roberts Monday #4
It's nice to have a choice, House of Roberts. And your cats are very lucky! Diamond_Dog Monday #12
I am up far too early... 2naSalit Monday #5
Wow that is early! Diamond_Dog Monday #14
The only reason... 2naSalit Monday #18
I like bacon that's cooked, too, not a rubbery ball of fat. Lol Diamond_Dog Monday #20
It's great... 2naSalit Monday #22
I am a breakfast eater, my dear Diamond_Dog! CaliforniaPeggy Monday #6
An hour? Funny, I usually Ilsa Monday #8
My late MIL took Fosamax, taking something like that along with Synthroid would definitely take some planning. Diamond_Dog Monday #16
Everyone on my mother's side of the family takes Synthroid but me, Peggy, so I am familiar with the routine! Diamond_Dog Monday #15
I sure do, and thanks! CaliforniaPeggy Monday #21
Eater, but not until I've had a cup. Ilsa Monday #7
I like Special K with Strawberries too. Diamond_Dog Monday #17
Just coffee for me some_of_us_are_sane Monday #23
Wow, you don't eat all day until dinner? That's amazing, some_of_us_are_sane! No snacks? Diamond_Dog Monday #24
I've gotten used to it. Dinner.... some_of_us_are_sane 19 hrs ago #38
Usually a skipper. I'm also not really a Luciferous Monday #25
Give me coffee & some light protein Attilatheblond Monday #26
Eater. I even eat it for dinner. 🤓😃😉 littlemissmartypants Monday #28
Funny how unique peoples' circadian rhythms are. I'm hungry when I wake up. tanyev Monday #29
I just saw buzzycrumbhunger Monday #32
I was encouraged by the blood test results I got after 3 1/2 months of IF. tanyev Yesterday #33
Nice! buzzycrumbhunger Yesterday #34
Mostly a skipper. mwmisses4289 Monday #30
It varies... buzzycrumbhunger Monday #31
Definitely a breakfast eater LogDog75 Yesterday #35
Both. Jirel Yesterday #36
Breakfast delayer here Marthe48 Yesterday #37
I missed this question since I have the word Niagara 5 hrs ago #39

Diamond_Dog

(41,599 posts)
9. That sounds like a good plan, ShelieLover.
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 04:34 PM
Monday

That would be work for me except I have 3 men here who will want dinner around 6.

Diamond_Dog

(41,599 posts)
19. They take turns treating me on the weekends.
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 04:54 PM
Monday

And I look forward to it. But usually I don’t mind making everyone a decent dinner.

littlemissmartypants

(35,816 posts)
27. I love to cook.
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 10:57 PM
Monday

I love reading recipes and planning and setting the table and all of it.

I'm only cooking for myself and Princess Floof these days, though.

❤️

Freddie

(10,198 posts)
2. Just coffee til lunchtime
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 02:47 PM
Monday

Drive my mom nuts when I was a kid, she was one of those gets-up-hungry people and I’d watch her dipping her toast in semi-cooked egg yolk while my stomach turned, while she forced me to choke down a couple bites of cereal before school.

Diamond_Dog

(41,599 posts)
10. Freddie, I am the exact same!
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 04:38 PM
Monday

Watching both my parents dip toast into those halfway cooked eggs when I was a kid, uugghh. I usually choked down some cold cereal before school, too. We never had oatmeal or any hot cereal but I think i wouldn’t have liked that, either. (I do now).

anciano

(2,370 posts)
3. I enjoy having a light breakfast....
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 02:50 PM
Monday

usually a mandarin orange followed by a small bowl of oatmeal and cup of coffee.

House of Roberts

(6,745 posts)
4. Well, the cats eat first, of course.
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 02:58 PM
Monday

Sometimes I go to sausage and cheese biscuits right away, and sometimes I don't eat my first meal until lunchtime, like I did today.

 

2naSalit

(105,302 posts)
5. I am up far too early...
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 03:16 PM
Monday

To eat but coffee is mandatory... until about 10am. I make breakfast, though I never ate breakfast at breakfast time most of my adult life. I started making breakfast about five years ago when I had to take medication every day, doing that in the morning was a sure way to see that it was taken regularly. And I had to eat to take it.

So I get up between 3 and 5am, make coffee, go back to bed at some point for a couple more hours then get up and make breakfast a little before noon. Not into eggs so I make bacon, tea, toast and have that with a tangerine or yogurt with fruit. Once in a while I make hot cereal in winter.

Sometimes I don't feel like making anything and just wait a few hours and have a late lunch/early dinner and have snacks later on if I want something more.

Diamond_Dog

(41,599 posts)
14. Wow that is early!
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 04:43 PM
Monday

Your food choices sound good. I am too lazy to cook bacon just for myself.

 

2naSalit

(105,302 posts)
18. The only reason...
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 04:53 PM
Monday

I can satisfy my bacon addiction is because I have a nice air fryer/convection oven that I can make perfect bacon every time in less than 20 minutes. If I had to cook it in a pan, wouldn't be happening. I just put the slices on the tray, place the second tray on top of them and let her rip for about 15 minutes or less. The cooked product is perfectly cooked, flat strips that crumble when you bite into them, yum!

Growing up, that was how bacon was made, flat, all of it cooked... no curled up, half cooked and greasy nightmare that I wouldn't venture to eat. Imagine my horror when I discovered that people out west eat bacon that way and expect you to as well.

Call me a picky eater, I don't care.

Diamond_Dog

(41,599 posts)
20. I like bacon that's cooked, too, not a rubbery ball of fat. Lol
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 04:56 PM
Monday

Your air fryer sounds like it does it perfectly.

 

2naSalit

(105,302 posts)
22. It's great...
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 05:03 PM
Monday

Had it for a few years now. Got it at Costco for $100. Best appliance I think I have ever purchased.

CaliforniaPeggy

(157,367 posts)
6. I am a breakfast eater, my dear Diamond_Dog!
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 03:17 PM
Monday

I do not eat on directly getting up. I take a synthroid every morning, first thing, and it's imperative that I give it at least 30 minutes with an hour being the better choice.

So that's easy. I get online and survey all the websites I frequent. That takes up at least an hour and then I'm ready to eat!

Ilsa

(64,817 posts)
8. An hour? Funny, I usually
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 03:43 PM
Monday

start my coffee within 30 minutes of taking my synthroid. My doctor said "15 minutes"! Another doctor told me to take it and then have your first-morning pee, that's usually enough time.

The difficult morning is when I take alendronate for my osteopenia. That's a 45 minute wait, after about 20-30 minutes after my synthroid. Good thing I'm retired.

Diamond_Dog

(41,599 posts)
16. My late MIL took Fosamax, taking something like that along with Synthroid would definitely take some planning.
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 04:48 PM
Monday

Diamond_Dog

(41,599 posts)
15. Everyone on my mother's side of the family takes Synthroid but me, Peggy, so I am familiar with the routine!
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 04:46 PM
Monday

Passing the time online would be easy for me, too. Glad you have it all worked out!

Ilsa

(64,817 posts)
7. Eater, but not until I've had a cup.
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 03:37 PM
Monday

I tend to prefer carbs, but my metabolism requires more protein. So, it's usually hashbrowns and an egg, or maybe a croissant.

I'm hungry again thirty minutes after eating cereal, so doubling the portion holds me for about two hours. I buy Special K with Strawberries about once a year if I can get it on sale ($8/box!).

Diamond_Dog

(41,599 posts)
17. I like Special K with Strawberries too.
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 04:51 PM
Monday

And it’s ridiculous what a box of cereal costs now. When my boys were teenagers they could finish off a box in 2 days. I would have gone broke with today’s prices!

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,898 posts)
38. I've gotten used to it. Dinner....
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 08:41 PM
19 hrs ago
is usually a salmon patty, 2 slices of Sarah Lee whole grain bread with American cheese, small bowl of cherry tomatoes and a BIG bowl of fruit: grapes, a sliced apple, blueberries, banana, a peach or a plum, topped off with an ice cold glass of Silk's soy milk.

Then some unsalted Snyders of Hanover mini pretzels and a big glass of Peach Mango Iced tea by Crystal Light later in the evening. This suits me fine.

Luciferous

(6,653 posts)
25. Usually a skipper. I'm also not really a
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 10:41 PM
Monday

fan of breakfast foods, so when I do eat breakfast it's usually leftovers.

tanyev

(50,004 posts)
29. Funny how unique peoples' circadian rhythms are. I'm hungry when I wake up.
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 11:31 PM
Monday

It took me a long time to try intermittent fasting, because all the books I read about it took the approach of skipping breakfast and delaying lunch. I could not see any way I would get anything done at work being miserable and hangry.

Finally I saw an article that mentioned intermittent fasting by skipping dinner as another option. I realized that could work for me and I’ve been experimenting with it for a few months now.

buzzycrumbhunger

(2,515 posts)
32. I just saw
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 11:51 PM
Monday

… something that said a 12-hour gap between meals is best for intermittent fasting, so maybe you’ve stumbled into your correct answer.

tanyev

(50,004 posts)
33. I was encouraged by the blood test results I got after 3 1/2 months of IF.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 12:26 AM
Yesterday

Mind you, I was only doing it once a week and that time period included the holidays where I fell off the wagon a little bit. I saw no significant weight loss, but my A1C went from 6.0 down to 5.3 and my fasting blood sugar number came down a few points.

That gave me the impetus to try and work in a second day per week as much as possible. I'll find out in August how that's going.

mwmisses4289

(5,309 posts)
30. Mostly a skipper.
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 11:37 PM
Monday

Even when I was little, I really wasn't ready for breakfast as soon as I got out of bed. Now as an adult, I generally have a few cups of coffee, then eat about an hour and a half or so after i wake up. Usually feed the cats first (they get a breakfast "smoothie", lol), then eat myself. Mostly things like yogurt with fruit, breakfast burritos (no eggs!), bagel with cream cheese, or leftovers. There are times when I will eat as soon as I wake up, usually if my stomach is growling, but that only happens maybe once a week or so.

buzzycrumbhunger

(2,515 posts)
31. It varies...
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 11:49 PM
Monday

I’m job hunting, and my wake/sleep cycle seems to run about a 28-30 hour day, so nothing is predictable. *sigh*

Today, I had an usually big breakfast at about… 8 or 8:30 pm? Tofu scrambler, a couple slices of Quorn roast (turkey-ish), and an apple. I’ll probably have a bowl of Kashi sometime before noon and hopefully can figure out a more “normal” dinner tomorrow. I seem to have trouble fitting three full meals in a day, no matter how long it is. Now that I don’t have young kids to feed, it just seems too much work more often than not—and bless his heart, more often than not lately, my son will be the one to take dinner in hand and plonk something down in front of me. Yay, him!

DD, I think it’s better to recognize when you’re full than to clean your plate. I suspect lots of people would envy that!

LogDog75

(1,496 posts)
35. Definitely a breakfast eater
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 12:55 AM
Yesterday

Typical breakfasts are:

1. Two fried eggs, toast with grape jelly or honey, and a glass of orange juice.

2. A hard boiled egg and a glass of orange juice.

3. Instant breakfast mix with milk.

4. Instant breakfast mix with hard boiled egg and a glass or orange juice.

Jirel

(2,395 posts)
36. Both.
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 01:44 AM
Yesterday

It just depends on the morning. Some days I wake up starving. Some I wake up revolted by food but I need a drink (preferably iced hazelnut coffee).

Marthe48

(23,855 posts)
37. Breakfast delayer here
Tue Jul 7, 2026, 08:46 AM
Yesterday

I have a cup of decaf tea (formerly high octane black coffee) when I wake up, and then have breakfast about 2 hours later.

I try to avoid early appointments, but if I have to go out, there's a regional chain called Tudor's Biscuit World, and I'll treat myself to a sausage biscuit.

Niagara

(12,492 posts)
39. I missed this question since I have the word
Wed Jul 8, 2026, 10:05 AM
5 hrs ago

"breakfast" in my DU word trash can. I have an entire list of food related words in my DU trash can.

Generally I intermittent fast so lots of meal skipping especially breakfast. If I happen to eat breakfast its generally a light meal with eggs and cottage cheese.

Most times I don't break my fast until late afternoon. Other times I only consume one meal a day and that's at dinner.


The food related words that I have in my DU trash can are because there's a bunch of foods that I can't consume at all. Between that and my intermittent fasting, food related talk can get annoying real quick.


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