I wish medicine had the answers for practical questions. But I think when it doesn’t have answers it means society is broken in that area & is not working for our bodies.
I commute to a day job for now. It’s not what I like – either the commuting or the sitting all day at a job! But I’m working my way “out” of that.
In the meantime, I try my hardest to eat well & exercise.
Practical Health
Recently I’ve been trying to work out breakfast. I used to always eat at home, but I would be eating so fast it just made me sick. I could get up earlier – but I already get up 2 hours before I start work & 1.5 hours of that is spent commuting, so I just don’t want to get up earlier. I don’t think that’s unreasonable.
If I’m particularly lazy I will get subway for breakfast & load it with salads (or as many as they will let me – I’ve found some staff get crabby at salads on breakfast).
Most of the time I make breakfast at work & eat it at my desk while I’m doing the morning clear out of my inbox. This works pretty well, so long as I have done a little bit of organising & have food at work or brought from home.
But the problem with that is that halfway to work, I get hungry. And since I have a long commute that I don’t like at the best of times, being hungry just makes me cranky.
I tried having something like an Up & Go at home, then “real” food at work, but even a liquid drink made me feel sick when I drank it fast.I’m NOT a smoothie/whatever liquid the cool kids drink person.
I did find a tip on Pinterest recently on quick breakfasts – so I think I will try them out & repin it if they work.
What are your easy & on the go breakfast tips?
I start work at 7 and often don’t feel like eating much at home beforehand so I’ll have a bit of fruit at home and then, like you, I’ll have breakfast at my desk whilst clearing out my emails.
I’ve never been much of a fruit person, maybe I need to go back to finding a fruit I actually like for the mornings.
I’m one of those people who needs to eat as soon as they get up and I often get woken up with hunger pains. I usually have two weetbix with fruit and then a couple of hours later I’m hungry for morning tea. I’m a non-stop eating machine.
That’s kind of why I never bothered with cereal – I’m hungry by the time I’ve commuted!
Could you make muffins loaded with fruit and eat on the commute?
If I had the ability to follow instructions, probably haha.
I’m organised enough, I make overnight oats to take with me.
A banana is a really good and filling snack to eat on-the-go until you can sit down and have breakfast. I’m with Amy, I’m a big fan of overnight oats, – have you tried those? You can make them the night or even a couple of days before and take them to work in a mason jar. Savoury muffins are also a good choice or failing that, I just take some rice cakes with vegemite or peanut butter.
What a about a veggie muffin on the way. I need breakie before I leave the house but I don’t have a long commute
I have a long commute too and usually make myself a fruit and veg smoothie with some oats and protein powder to take on the train, it keeps me going until morning tea time.
For a while there we were making up a breakfast frittata each Sunday night that would last us for breakfasts most of the week. It was easy & quick to eat. We are trialling some other breakfast options now but that could be something for you to try.
I eat that multi grain weetbix, it’s so yummy.
Can you just take your upngo to drink slowly after you’ve left the house?
For something quick when I’m on the go I usually eat a banana in the car and take my travel mug of green tea. Then I can eat my cereal when I get back home to my desk. But other than that, I’m a get up ridiculously early kinda gal to fit everything into my day.
Breakfast is a hard one as it’s not my favourite meal. My tummy is not ready for food until 10am but I know I need to eat before that. So, I go for a green smoothie – awhole bag of spinach, filtered water, blend. Then add frozen fruits (mango and mixed berries) and then half a banana. Blend. Lastly, I add 2 generous tablespoons of LSA (or ground flaxseed) and a scoop of protein powder. I drink one third of it for breakfast then have the rest throughout the day.