breakfast

I have never been brilliant at eating breakfast. My stomach just doesn't cry out for food until about 11am. Breakfast used to be a yoghurt and maybe some sultanas, or occasionally toast if I had any bread in (I don't eat bread all that often). But since being poorly I have come to appreciate the need for a good breakfast. I find that when I eat a good breakfast I have more energy throughout the day, I want to snack less and I eat a better lunch because I am not suddenly feeling very hungry and satiating that hunger with naughty food. So now breakfast is muesli, porridge, bran flakes or occasionally home made scotch pancakes (often made with sultanas and oats), or a bacon sandwich. I always make sure there is some kind of fruit (dried or fresh), to start me off on my way to my five a day. And I fell much better for a good breakfast. One of my worst CFS symptoms is nausea, and so often I fell even less like eating in the morning, but I find that eating actually helps the nausea. I need to remember when I am well to keep on having a good breakfast, it has become my most important meal of the day.