When I began my journey to a more healthy lifestyle, I set 3 eating goals a day, and I focused on additive behaviors rather than deprivation behaviors. I needed to focus on what I was going to do, not what I wasn’t going to do. (That hadn’t worked, so I wasn’t confident it would work long-term.)
1. Eat breakfast every morning. (2 eggs in olive oil w/ Tony’s Chachere’s Creole Seasoning and coffee)
2. Eat at least 2 fruits a day.
3. Eat 3 servings of vegetables.
And now 2 years later, I still focus on these goals and hit them most days although I’ve added oatmeal more recently.
Eating breakfast every morning is the single habit that I didn’t believe would have a significant impact going in, but it is the most important behavior for my metabolism. At times, I have yogurt, cereal, or fruit, and now I eat before I exercise, which helps my endurance and workouts.
Well, knock me over with a feather. I’ve been yapping about breakfast forever and no one listens. So glad that you have included the most important meal of the day into your life! My mom has finally started eating breakfast and it is the same as you and she’s down 20 + pounds!