For years, my breakfast routine was simple: a bowl of cereal, a splash of milk, and a rush out the door.
It was fast. It was easy. And I assumed it was doing the job.
But by mid-morning, I was often hungry again, irritable, and looking for something—anything—to snack on before lunch. I figured that was simply part of having a busy morning.
Then came a routine physical and a conversation with my doctor that changed the way I thought about breakfast.
She asked me a simple question:
“What do you usually eat in the morning?”
When I told her, she suggested I try adding eggs to breakfast and paying attention to how I felt throughout the morning.
I was skeptical.
Eggs seemed almost too ordinary to make much difference.
But I started eating boiled eggs regularly, and I quickly noticed something: breakfast felt more substantial. I wasn’t thinking
