Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day?

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Don’t get me wrong breakfast food is amazing. Waffles, pancakes, French toast… need I go on?  But when you wake up 20 minutes before class there really is no time to be Betty Crocker in the kitchen. So what do you do?

Skip it.

You dream up all kinds of lunch combinations as your stomach grumbles through 9 am lecture. By lunch time you are more than ready to bite your arm off.

The point being, breakfast can no longer be syrup-drenched deliciousness.

Our college lives are too fast paced (read: lazy) to deal with actual cooking. So it is all about the convenience factor.

For about 18 years of my life, I skipped breakfast. Sleep> Food. Enough said.

I soon grew frustrated of having a grumbling stomach all throughout my morning lecture. I was pretty sure everyone in the lecture hall heard me as well.

My solution?

I want my first meal of the day to be a healthy- grab and go deal.

Most days I eat groyo ( I tend to make some words up) Granola + yogurt = amzingness!

Not only is this a no mess breakfast, it keeps me full.  Some days when I am in a jam bars are the best idea, Special K and Cliff just to name a few.

If eating food as soon as you wake up is not your thing, try grabbing a smoothie. Tricking yourself into getting something to eat is the way to go.

In case your eyes blurred over what I just wrote.

Recap Top 5 Reasons why you should eat breakfast:

1)     You can spend valuable lecture time focused on physics and not dreaming of lunch.

2)     Everyone can hear your stomach grumble. Yes it is that loud.

3)     Eating in class can make said 8am physics lecture fly by.

4)     By properly nourishing your body you can have a lazier productive day!

5)     Break/fast. Get it? You have been fasting for 8 hours.

True or False?

Q: You can lose weight by skipping breakfast.

A: False. Skipping the first meal of the day leads to more binging and munching between lunch and dinner.  By eating early in the day you can jump start your metabolism and burn fat all day long!

- Sana