Comments on: The breakfast challenge http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/ putting the "personal" in personal development Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:05:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pedro http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-46 Pedro Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:31:40 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-46 I wasn't talking of mornings only, the improvements i felt where during the whole day/night. And if you don't see any improvements, you can always go back to not having breakfast :). Good luck for your challenge. I wasn’t talking of mornings only, the improvements i felt where during the whole day/night.

And if you don’t see any improvements, you can always go back to not having breakfast :) .

Good luck for your challenge.

]]> By: Pedro Timóteo http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-45 Pedro Timóteo Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:22:52 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-45 OK, I'll extend the test (that was already my intention, anyway). It's just that I don't see my mornings as any less "productive" than the rest of the day, unlike many people I know, who absolutely can't function ("don't talk to me!!!") before breakfast and / or coffee. :) OK, I’ll extend the test (that was already my intention, anyway). It’s just that I don’t see my mornings as any less “productive” than the rest of the day, unlike many people I know, who absolutely can’t function (“don’t talk to me!!!”) before breakfast and / or coffee. :)

]]> By: Pedro http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-43 Pedro Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:48:15 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-43 :) When i wake up i'm not hungry either. For a few years, lunch was my first meal of the day (when i was in university), and i was not hungry in the morning. But one day i started to have breakfast (milk with wholemeal cereals and fruit), at first i was full all morning and i didn't see any difference. As time went by, specially on focus, health and energy wise i did noticed the difference. I might add that one week is not enough, i would say probably a month, because your body needs time to adjust, after all he has been without it for years. And one shouldn't exercise after breakfast, or after any "heavy" meal. You probably should exercise before the breakfast and just drink water and a cracker before the exercise, but you shouldn't skip breakfast. Now, why do i say that your body always compensate? Because my body always did with my bad habits on using the computer until it just gave in to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetitive_strain_injury" rel="nofollow">RSI</a>. :)

When i wake up i’m not hungry either. For a few years, lunch was my first meal of the day (when i was in university), and i was not hungry in the morning. But one day i started to have breakfast (milk with wholemeal cereals and fruit), at first i was full all morning and i didn’t see any difference. As time went by, specially on focus, health and energy wise i did noticed the difference.

I might add that one week is not enough, i would say probably a month, because your body needs time to adjust, after all he has been without it for years.

And one shouldn’t exercise after breakfast, or after any “heavy” meal. You probably should exercise before the breakfast and just drink water and a cracker before the exercise, but you shouldn’t skip breakfast.

Now, why do i say that your body always compensate? Because my body always did with my bad habits on using the computer until it just gave in to RSI.

]]> By: Pedro Timóteo http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-42 Pedro Timóteo Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:21:04 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-42 Pedro (nice name), I know you're just trying to help, but can it be that everybody here, due to your own personal experiences, just can't grasp the possibility that I really, really wake up in the morning <i>without</i> the smallest shred of hunger or weakness? Do you think I wake up hungry but don't eat because of some weird "principle"? These past days, when I've eaten breakfast (due to my first trial, not because I was hungry), I wouldn't have been able to exercise <i>after</i> breakfast; I'd be feeling heavy and bloated, much like you would if you tried to exercise after a very heavy lunch (say, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feijoada" rel="nofollow">feijoada</a>, or a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozido_%C3%A0_Portuguesa" rel="nofollow">cozido à portuguesa</a>). That's exactly how I feel after a single egg, or a slice of bread, or a bit of cheese or yoghurt, in the morning. Bloated. Maybe it'll change in time if I keep, dutifully, almost forcing myself to eat in the morning. But, so far, I have exactly <i>zero</i> evidence that <b><i>I</i></b> (as opposed to "people in general") need breakfast. Pedro (nice name), I know you’re just trying to help, but can it be that everybody here, due to your own personal experiences, just can’t grasp the possibility that I really, really wake up in the morning without the smallest shred of hunger or weakness? Do you think I wake up hungry but don’t eat because of some weird “principle”?

These past days, when I’ve eaten breakfast (due to my first trial, not because I was hungry), I wouldn’t have been able to exercise after breakfast; I’d be feeling heavy and bloated, much like you would if you tried to exercise after a very heavy lunch (say, a feijoada, or a cozido à portuguesa). That’s exactly how I feel after a single egg, or a slice of bread, or a bit of cheese or yoghurt, in the morning. Bloated.

Maybe it’ll change in time if I keep, dutifully, almost forcing myself to eat in the morning. But, so far, I have exactly zero evidence that I (as opposed to “people in general”) need breakfast.

]]> By: Pedro http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-41 Pedro Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:12:35 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-41 I have one question... why would you put your body in situation where he is without any energy source for probably 10h+ and you even ask him to exercise? Bare in mind that your body will always try to compensate your errors. Always! Until the day he just can't do it. I have one question…

why would you put your body in situation where he is without any energy source for probably 10h+ and you even ask him to exercise?

Bare in mind that your body will always try to compensate your errors. Always! Until the day he just can’t do it.

]]> By: Pedro Timóteo http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-33 Pedro Timóteo Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:06:05 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-33 And what if I drive to work? :) And what if I drive to work? :)

]]> By: Cris http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-32 Cris Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:23:05 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-32 Today a medical doctor answered me to your question. If you don't eat breakfast, your body will be more susceptible to diseases from people you find on the street in the morning, such as tuberculoses. Today a medical doctor answered me to your question. If you don’t eat breakfast, your body will be more susceptible to diseases from people you find on the street in the morning, such as tuberculoses.

]]> By: velvetsatine http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-27 velvetsatine Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:51:45 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-27 I get up and soon after I have breakfast. I'm used to it and unlike you I do feel hungry in the morning. Also I have to follow a food plan that consists in having 6 to 8 daily meals. The idea is for me to eat less but more often. In a way I can say that I eat in the morning because my doctors tell me to do so. For instance I can do without drinking any coffee. Instead I drink skimmed milk or black tea and I always eat some bread with butter or cheese or strawberry jam. I get up and soon after I have breakfast. I’m used to it and unlike you I do feel hungry in the morning. Also I have to follow a food plan that consists in having 6 to 8 daily meals. The idea is for me to eat less but more often. In a way I can say that I eat in the morning because my doctors tell me to do so.

For instance I can do without drinking any coffee. Instead I drink skimmed milk or black tea and I always eat some bread with butter or cheese or strawberry jam.

]]> By: Pedro Timóteo http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-19 Pedro Timóteo Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:50:46 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-19 Can I do it without the bread and the sugar? :) Can I do it without the bread and the sugar? :)

]]> By: Khorazyn http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-17 Khorazyn Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:16:00 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-17 In a lighter but not whiter tone (actually quite reddish), the peasants in the north of Portugal had (and many still have) a very harsh life, filled with lot of work and just a little money for a decent meal. A common breakfast for the farmers (unfortunately the habit is disappearing in the sands of time due to the western way of living, the proper and standardised way of doing things) is to have in the early morning, before toiling, a very unique breakfast. They put stale bread in a bowl, fill the bowl with red wine and wait a bit until the bread soaks the wine and add a bit of sugar and thus gaining immense strength to face the hard day's work the cold and reality. Wine is nourishment. Always was and always will be. And no, you cannot deny it because in vino veritas. Or " נכנס יין יצא סוד " as they say in the Babylonian Talmud. For more information please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine#Health_effects In a lighter but not whiter tone (actually quite reddish), the peasants in the north of Portugal had (and many still have) a very harsh life, filled with lot of work and just a little money for a decent meal. A common breakfast for the farmers (unfortunately the habit is disappearing in the sands of time due to the western way of living, the proper and standardised way of doing things) is to have in the early morning, before toiling, a very unique breakfast. They put stale bread in a bowl, fill the bowl with red wine and wait a bit until the bread soaks the wine and add a bit of sugar and thus gaining immense strength to face the hard day’s work the cold and reality. Wine is nourishment. Always was and always will be. And no, you cannot deny it because in vino veritas. Or ” נכנס יין יצא סוד ” as they say in the Babylonian Talmud.

For more information please see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine#Health_effects

]]> By: António Manuel Dias http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-16 António Manuel Dias Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:07:20 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-16 For <b>me</b>, breakfast is very import for one simple reason: I'm usually starving when I wake up :) But don't feel lonely, sitting at my side at this very moment is a person just like you -- my girlfriend can not eat anything solid in the morning too. For me, breakfast is very import for one simple reason: I’m usually starving when I wake up :)

But don’t feel lonely, sitting at my side at this very moment is a person just like you — my girlfriend can not eat anything solid in the morning too.

]]> By: Ana http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-14 Ana Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:45:36 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-14 Ok bud, here's a link for you: http://medicinapreventiva.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=2 Mainly the "Não acho importante" part and "Como?" Ok bud, here’s a link for you:

http://medicinapreventiva.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=2

Mainly the “Não acho importante” part and “Como?”

]]> By: Pedro Timóteo http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-10 Pedro Timóteo Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:52:22 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-10 Thanks for the reply; and, yes, that makes some sense (so why is that not mentioned in <i>any</i> of the articles I googled for?!?). However, if a glass of milk (soy milk, in my case) counts as "breakfast", then I already have breakfast every day. :) Thanks for the reply; and, yes, that makes some sense (so why is that not mentioned in any of the articles I googled for?!?).

However, if a glass of milk (soy milk, in my case) counts as “breakfast”, then I already have breakfast every day. :)

]]> By: Susana http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-9 Susana Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:25:19 +0000 http://www.developingmyself.com/2009/03/the-breakfast-challenge/#comment-9 My writen english sucks but I have a theory... but without a link. Gastric acid. If a person with a ulcer should not eat every 3 or 4 hours because gastric "destroy" the walls (?) of the stomach that will reconstrate every 3 days, if you eat each 3 or 4 hours. So you should eat breakfast in the morning... and eat at least more 4 or 5 times. I must admite, I can't eat solid food just after getting out of bed. So I drink a glass of low fat milk or an yogurt. My writen english sucks but I have a theory… but without a link.
Gastric acid. If a person with a ulcer should not eat every 3 or 4 hours because gastric “destroy” the walls (?) of the stomach that will reconstrate every 3 days, if you eat each 3 or 4 hours.
So you should eat breakfast in the morning… and eat at least more 4 or 5 times.

I must admite, I can’t eat solid food just after getting out of bed. So I drink a glass of low fat milk or an yogurt.

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