Progress Prompts time. Day late and a dollar short, but there it is.

Do you eat breakfast? What do you usually have for breakfast? People are always saying that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Is it vital to your weight loss program? Why or why not?

No, I don't eat breakfast per se. I generally sleep late because I end up either going to bed late or dealing with an awake kid all night. I've never been a big breakfast eater anyway. It takes me an hour or two to get hungry after I wake up. I'll have a big glass of water first thing, but can't deal with food.

My first meal of the day usually comes around 1 or 2 and isn't usually breakfast-like. I try to make it around 350 calories, and generally 40 of those is reserved for my half and half which I put in my mongo vat of hot tea. I'll have a frozen meal, or a ham sandwich and some carrots, or some sauteed zucchini, and so on. I do love traditional breakfast food, but don't reserve it just for the morning. Often I'll have eggs and toast and cereal for dinner.

All this is not to say that I don't eat three meals a day. I do. I'll have around 350 calories for lunch, then 500 for dinner, then a late night snack between 250-450 calories. The snack will be a protein bar, or some popcorn, or some fruit, or an ice cream sandwich, or some tuna, etc.

No, breakfast isn't an important part of my weight loss program. You could technically call my lunch "breakfast", since it's the first meal out of three for the day. I think that the "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" saying comes from companies who make cereal and oatmeal.