When I was younger, my mom would make me 2 egg done over easy and serve it with rice. She would make this for me couple of times a week in the morning but I would never finish a whole plate of it every time.
She stopped making breakfast for me some time when I was in elementary school and started to buy cereal instead. And even then, I never really ate breakfast. The only reason I would eat cereal was because one, I loved the Flintstones and two, I absolutely loved eating the marshmallows from Lucky Charms (who didn't?!).
Also, when I used to go work with my dad at his job, he would always stop by McDonald's when ever I went with him. I would always order a Sausage McMuffin and would only finish half of the sandwich.
In middle school and high school, I wouldn't eat anything until after lunch because I knew I would have to go use the restroom right before my mom would drive me to school or have to go use the restroom during school hours, which I despised doing.
Even for half my time in college, I never woke up early to make and/or eat breakfast.
My mom would always tell me every morning, " You have to eat something in the morning. You not going to have enough energy for the day."
And honestly, in retrospect, I don't know how I had the energy to play baseball everyday during those times.
I think it was back in May 2011, I met Logan (one of my best buddy, Taylor's older brother) in Santa Monica at his Functional Fitness at the Bluffs. I asked him about protein shakes versus eating. There, he talked about his foundation of nutrition and how University of San Diego, where he played 4 years of college baseball, they had a program that consisted of CrossFit training and had a nutrition program.
After the conversation, it really made me think about how I should eat, but of course when during college, we make the decision to eat fast food because it is convenient.
But during my senior of college is when I started to make breakfast, which would only consist of 3 eggs scrambled every other day.
Now fast forward to 2014, I can't go without a day without having breakfast, especially after I workout in the morning.
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Now my breakfast will usually consist of 3-4 eggs, 3-4 bacons or a rib eye steak and 3-4 breakfast sausages with 2-3 cups of coffee every morning after I workout.
On a day I don't workout, I usually have the same amount of coffee but with 2 eggs, 2 bacons and 2 breakfast sausages.
After I started to make and eat breakfast religiously, I feel the energy difference between not eating anything in the morning compared to eating in the morning everyday; I feel more confident with myself throughout the day whether if it's going to work 8 hours or going to the batting cages to take some hacks.
It's not on everyone's agenda to eat what is called the most important meal of the day. I was there too. Then, I rather sleep for the extra hour or two so I can relax.
But now, I can't wait to wake up in the morning to eat breakfast.
For those of you who don't eat breakfast, I recommend you to take a chance and eat breakfast in the morning for a month, even if it's just a piece of fruit.
You'll start to notice something different throughout your day.
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