So I’m not normally a breakfast person but I started eating breakfast when I was also trying to lose weight, and I lost around 20lbs so this is what I did:
I always make sure the first thing I do in the morning is drink water, I used to immediately go for coffee so I wasn’t grouchy but it can spike your cortisol levels on an empty stomach and lead to bloating and extra weight in in your stomach from the hormones.
So water first, and then always always always a protein filled breakfast. Whether it‘s a yogurt parfait, eggs, cottage cheese and fruit, etc. Protein helps you feel fuller but upping the amount of protein you eat per day will also help you lose weight. My faves: cottage cheese with peaches or pineapple on top, omelettes with veggies, yogurt with berries, shakshuka, panagyurishte style eggs (it’s like the Bulgarian take on Turkish eggs). I also ate a lot of those zero sugar yogurt cups like the light + fit zero sugar ones, some flavors are actually really good.
Jan 20, 2025
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i always had issue eating sweet and heavy things early in the morning bc they made me feel so sick and i basically had to force it down.
i’ve said it here before but i love quesadillas in the morning bc they’re fairly quick yet so filling and give you so much energy. i also make baked pita “pizzas” w olive oil, feta, spinach, roasted peppers…honestly whatever i have in the fridge.
i really love a good egg and french fry moment when im feeling lazy :) or leftover rice and beans. i always pair anything i eat with a hot tea or some kombucha for easy digestion.
Jun 22, 2024
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i only started doing this at the end of college but before that, I wasnt eating until 1 pm (just from not making a schedule) or smth and I’d always feel ill by that time. I know breakfast isn’t for everyone (intermittent fasters ur stronger than I) but a bowl of yogurt + granola (usually) starts my day with needed energy— I feel alert and ready to pounce. 😼
Feb 4, 2024
Cottage cheese with honey mixed in and berries, and peanut butter honey toast with sliced bananas. It’s perfect before a workout :)
Feb 27, 2025
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I know I’ve ranted about AI before but! Just saw another writer who was doing peer reviews as she was writing chapters with another person; until she found out the other person was using AI for their NOVEL! Blows my mind. She removed this person from her document and sent her a kind but straightforward message about how she won’t be working with her going forward due to the AI usage. I feel like using it for novel writing is one of the most insane uses because #1 this person told me that the AI generated parts of the work weren’t even as good as the other person’s normal writing was. #2 let’s say no one noticed and you published with the AI work, so you would be okay if the book did well but it wasn’t even truly your writing that people would be praising?? Not to mention of course the morality and environmental impact.
Also, I was shopping around today for a custom leather stamp to start stamping the leather journal covers I make. Thought I found someone to make it until they said to send the logo file over and they’ll send back AI created renderings of a mockup to approve. Now I am starting the search all over🙃
Apr 28, 2025
Today was one of those bad days where it causes a headache and you feel exhausted from everything, but somehow a nice long walk outside made things seem a little better. Fresh air and thinking or daydreaming while listening to the sounds of outside.
I sometimes find myself taking for granted the place that I live, I work or I’m too tired and I use that as an excuse to not go outside more. Yet every time I get the chance to spend the time outside, I can’t say I ever regret it.
I’m going to make it a goal for myself to try and take a walk outside at least a few times a week.
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