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Breakfast within 30 Minutes of Waking Up {WIAW}
Hi there!
Glad you all were with me (and got a kick out of) yesterday’s post. Sometimes a girl’s just gotta get some pent-up annoyances and aggression off of her chest, ya know? Kind of therapeutic 
Oh, and something else therapeutic that I’ve done this week is running:
Don’t expect it to last. In fact, I should probably lay off. This is my first week not doing hot yoga 3-4 times a week, and I quit in order to dedicate more time and energy to lifting. Therefore, I should not replace it with running Ah well, I did it for the views, to be honest.
There’s this road across the street from my ‘hood that’s an out and back, and the “back” portion provides breath-taking views of the entire front range of the Colorado Rockies. Amazing. I think it’s about 3-4 miles, and I should note that I take walk breaks, too. For the most part, I prefer my cardio to take place in the mountains, and in hiking form.
Moving on! Today’s Wednesday, and I thought I’d participate in What I Ate Wednesday this week. I like to do typical days in the week, rather than special occasions or weekend. From my perspective, I’d rather see what someone eats on a day to day basis, rather than on a day of a special event or on the weekend. If you prefer otherwise, let me know! And I’ll show one of those days 
Breakfast: 6:00, eaten on the way to teach class:
I mixed up a jar of overnight oats. This batch included oats, protein powder, yogurt, almond milk, peanut butter, and hemp seeds. Very delicious and filling.
For the past few months, I’ve been eating within 30 minutes of waking up. Even though I eat a nighttime snack, by the time I wake up, it’s still usually 9-10 hours since I’ve eaten. With my low blood sugar issues, I feel better when I eat breakfast sooner than later – especially if I’m going to be working out in the morning.
I taught a 45 minute, high intensity interval training class, and then headed back home. I took Niko for about a 45 minute walk, and then headed to the gym in my neighborhood to get my own workout in. Starting this week, I’m back to doing 3 full body workouts each week. In between days, I’m going to focus on mobility and stretching, as I’ve noticed a couple of muscle imbalances lately. Anything else is extra – hiking, walking, or a random run!
Breakfast #2: 10:00, after lifting:
2 eggs, 2 strips of bacon, sauteed kale, and GF toast with coconut butter.
I had several hours before my next client, so I did some writing for an article that’s due, checked in on some online clients, went over some spinning profiles, and pre-wrote some blog posts in the meantime.
Lunch: 2:00:
Leftovers! Taco salad over lettuce with grilled red peppers, guacamole, and tortilla chips.
Snack: 4:30, right before heading back to the gym to train:
No bake protein bar! I had to train from 5-7, so I grabbed this on my way out the door to keep my satisfied until dinner. When I got home shortly after 7:00, I was ready to eat! Luckily, dinner didn’t take long to cook, and we had an old favorite.
Dinner: 7:30:
Fish tacos! We sauteed some sole in chipotle seasoning, and then made a Greek yogurt sauce of GY + sea salt and pepper + sugar + cilantro. On the side, we had grilled zucchini + onions.
Seeing as we had this at 7:30, you’d think I wouldn’t need a nighttime snack. However, I stayed up late (for me) and right before heading to bed at 10:00, I had some KIND peanut butter granola (from my kind friend, Lauren,) which is like, the best granola EVER, and almond milk.
And that was my Monday!
How long after waking up do you eat breakfast?
I used to have to eat breakfast the moment I woke up, but after I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s I started taking meds that I have to wait an hour to eat after so now I’m working out before breakfast. Not nearly as bad as I thought it would be – especially since I usually have a big snack before bed so there’s still something in my tummy when I wake up!
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I usually eat breakfast after my morning warm-up workout so that ends up being about an hour after I get up. But I am always starving in the morning so by 6 o’clock I am eating!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine recently posted…My First WIAW: Current Favorites
well fueled for the day! i love how you run for the views, i do too!
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ALWAYS WITHIN 30 MINUTES.
havent deviated for 20 years.
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no bake chocolate protein bar?!?! yum!!!
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I use to ALWAYS eat first thing in the morning, but now that I workout first thing in the morning and my stomach has gotten more sensitive the older I get, it’s usually only 90-120 cal pre-workout with a green smoothie after to hold me over till I get to work and have a larger breakfast. It works okay for the most part, but some days I am really hungry. I’m still experimenting 🙂
Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day so I of course love the two breakfasts. I’m always hungry when I wake up and usually have something small before working out in the morning. Then I follow up with a smoothie after my workout!
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If I’m headed right to the gym for a strength workout I’ll have a snack about 15 minutes after I wake up, and then breakfast about an hour and a half later. Otherwise, breakfast is usually an hour or two after I wake up.
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I typically eat breakfast within 15-30 minutes of waking up too, unless Hunter has other plans and wants to wake up early and eat right away, then it’s more like an hour after I wake up. I’m usually pretty hungry when I wake up (even with a snack before I go to bed), so I feel my best when I eat right away!
Ashley @ My Food N Fitness Diaries recently posted…WIAW #92: Lunch with Annette
breakfast is what gets me out of bed in the morning 😉
i eat almost immediately (15-20 minutes) after getting up.
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Generally it’s coffee, coffee, coffee and then a later breakfast, but I’m working on this!
kate@kate marrin life+style recently posted…what i ate wednesday
Same for me – within 30 minutes of waking (or as soon as I get downstairs). That’s typically a pre-6AM breakfast for me too. 🙂
Heather @ Better With Veggies recently posted…Learning How to Eat for Competition {WIAW}
I used to be a stickler for eating quick after waking up, but I have found my body responds better if I eat 3-ish hours after. I get up, get ready for work, drive to work, drink some coffee, then go make breakfast. Glad it works out this way, because I don’t have time in the morning to make breakfast, anyway.. haha.. I am an over-sleeper 😉 Love you!
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tacooooooooooooos!! hahah i LOVEEE fish tacos 🙂 I could really go for some right now – I might just have to be on the hunt for some this weekend. This morning I ran out of time after my AM walk and getting to work and I didn’t eat breakfast FOREVER – well it felt like forever. Next time I know for sure girl has got to eat sooner!
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I actually don’t eat “breakfast” until around 11am. My body cannot process food early in the morning, it makes me sick and bloated and just not sexy, lol! I blame my lack of a large intestine. But come 11 or so, I am hungry and ready for some deliciousness shoved in my face!
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Your sense of sense of self and down-to-earth smarts…just …wow. I need that. A lot. Seriously, want to give me a nutrition plan? In exchange for testimonial or anything 🙂 Can’t offer much in terms of money (my body and mind and emotional self have gone so low that I’ve basically lost…everything). I have no idea what to eat. Too exhausted to exercise – everything hurts. Trying to “find” the answers to food . every. single. day. Knowing the search is a waste of time. But just so…stuck. My gut health is not good (at all), I emotionally eat late at night (my bedtime snack is like 5x the size of yours, eek), my hormones are so so off (like no joke — no wonder my energy and mood is so helter-skelter), and my metabolism is S-L-O-W….afraid of how this will continue to affect me. Stuck in this cycle of knowing I need a good, disciplined meal plan/structure to follow in order to get out of my compulsive eating/orthorexia , yet conflicted and just want to buy a pint of coconut milk ice cream and eat it, just eat pancakes all day if I want etc etc…but knowing that I do zero exercise, I’m already overeating at night and knowing that my digestion/energy are so off that its like I almost “can’t” just be free with food.
Paige: I’m so sick of it. It’s quite tiring trying to figure it all out. And you doctors are of limited help or only frustrate/confuse me more — I found one nutritionist who may be willing/able to help in exchange for little to no money just cause…nice, but maybe I could get your opinion on her (show you her website maybe to see your thoughts on her philosophy etc)…other than that, would love a meal plan from you 🙂 You seem to be intelligently intuitive and matters of gut/hormonal health (particularly for one active or NOT active). Email me if open to anything. Again, I feel you have some grounded peace/calm in your soul and I just can’t seem to find that. I breathe, exist – I don’t live or thrive. I miss me. I miss me a lot.
I used to always workout right away and then eat so it would be 1+ hrs. When I started lifting heavier I started eating first and then working out 30-45 min later. Even though I can’t lift heavy right now due to a neck/shoulder issue I still prefer to eat first. So I also eat 15-30 min after waking.
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I used to have to eat right when I wake up, but lately I just can’t. I have to wait at least an hour, which I’m sure is not ideal. Are you accepting new online clients? I have a friend who needs a PT… could you email me your info and pricing so I can send it to her?
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