Since I started grad school, my breakfast consumption has been less than stellar (re: Dunkin Donuts egg flatbread; coffee; bananas).
I used to have a really great routine when I was working full time and only had to commute 12 minutes to work. Breakfast was either made and eaten at home or packed the night before and eaten at my desk.
During the school year, it’s 45 mins to an hour. Plus, I can’t eat within an hour of taking my thyroid hormone because my stomach needs to be completely empty for absorption. Plus, I have a dog to walk now. In addition to getting the dog and myself together, out the door and driving, I usually don’t eat until hours after waking up. By the time I’m halfway to school, I’m ravenous and at the conveniently located Starbucks halfway between my house and school. #Fail.
This skipping-of-the-breakfast has been carried over into summer, even though I have plenty of time to actually make myself breakfast when I don’t have to leave by 7:30-8am. I’m sleeping later than I was during the year right now (I’m telling myself I’m filling up my sleep bank again, but really it’s because I’ve been reading teen lit until 1am. Dragons keep you awake) but it’s not an excuse.
Due to that issue, this week’s (and last week since I was MIA due to school work) 10 Week Turnaround item is “Eat Breakfast Every Day!” I know how much better I do when I eat breakfast so I’m determined to do it.
Sunday: egg fritata and banana bread
Monday: cinnamon oats with peanut butter
Tomorrow’s breakfast: overnight oats with chocolate almond milk and chia seeds (mix in a little peanut butter = my newest obsession!)
What’s your go-to breakfast food when you’re in a rush?!
10 Week Turnaround:
Week 4: Breakfast!
Girl, you better not be referring to GOT as teen lit! Haha!
My favorite breakfasts are simple: Greek yogurt and banana or pumpkin, mixed with some cinnamon, topped with Kashi. Or, if I need something portable: wheat wrap, peanut butter, and banana. Both easy, both delicious!
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Hah! Nope, taking a break from GOT until my summer class is over (Thursday!) because I wasn’t getting anything done
Loveeee the wheat wrap with PB & B! Great idea.
can you give us the recipe for the overnight oats? i live in fear of grains, oats, etc. but am slowly conquering my fear. i am also a terrible breakfast eater, as made clear by the fact that my initial response to your “eggwhite sandwiches. bananas. coffee,” was, “wow, that’s not so bad!” xoxo
You got it lady! Fear of oats?! Gasp! I ate them literally for 1.5 years, got sick of them and am back to enjoying them again. They’re so easy. And I should make it clear that it was definitely not those three together, sometimes it was just coffee. Or a granola bar. Or/most often, a sandwich from Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts. Yikes.
This is my life! I have a dog who has to be walked in the morning AND I teach elementary school and school starts at 7:25am! So I have a lot to get done in the morning before leaving at 6:45 for work. Plus I take thyroid meds too. Here’s what I do:
1. I always (ALWAYS) wake up around 3:00am to pee and I take my thyroid medication then.
2. I shower the night before (this saves a TON of time) then after my walk with the dog I will usually just rinse off but the hair is done! If it needs touch ups with the flat iron then I spend like 5 minutes on that. All together that entire process only takes about 15 minutes.
3. I pick my outfit the night before so there is no guess work in the morning.
With all these little modifications I always have about 25-30 minutes in the morning to make breakfast. I would rather shower the night before than not eat breakfast in the morning.
Kelly, I never knew you were a teacher?! Where have I been! I’m getting nervous about pre-teaching in the Fall and having to be at a high school at 7am. Ha. I never thought about showering at night (even though I did that in high school and college) so I could have more time in the AM. Having to dry my hair in the morning is the bane of my existence. I keep wondering why someone is going to invent that conveyor belt from the Jetsons! I would totally buy stock in that.
I used to not be a teacher. I have my BBA in Business Adminstration but after several years in the corporate world I decided to go back and get my teaching certificate and I LOVE IT!!!!! So this is a relatively new thing…I am only a second year. So you didn’t miss it…I was really mum about my blog too.
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Chocolate almond milk in oatmeal. That is awesome, and I MUST try!
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Let’s see…
Overnight oats are good, but if I eat them too often (like, more than one day in a row) the texture makes me want to vom.
Smoothies!! Add some protein powder and you’ve got portable breakfast
A single serving flavored Chobani and a wheat English muffin with peanut butter is actually my fave!
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