Yeah there is. By the time my whole family gets dressed and ready there's no time to sit down and eat.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Wake up earlier.

by Anonymous 10 years ago

And if you have so many things to do during the day that you don't get to bed until late and waking up and an hour earlier compromises your cognitive function? And what if you don't have the money to be spending on full meals?

by Anonymous 10 years ago

A good hearty breakfast will compensate for the extra 30 to 40 minutes of sleep lost to make the breakfast. If you don't have enough money to spend on full meals, that sounds like more than a breakfast issue.

by Anonymous 10 years ago

Eating makes people feel tired and does nothing to restore cognitive function unless you're malnourished, in fact studies have shown being slightly hungry improves cognitive function (don't take that to heart though. Before, studies showed that kids who ate breakfast did better in school but they've sense found other reasons why those kids didn't do well in school, so it's possible the conductors mistook corelation for causation again.) Sleep deprivation makes people want to eat more and if you couple that with a money issue that's no bueno. Of course it's more than a breakfast issue, I'm just saying some people can really only afford to be eating a piece of toast for breakfast, which isn't really a full breakfast.

by Anonymous 10 years ago

Does that 30 extra minutes of sleep //really// help? This reminds me of my friend who sets his stupid alarm an hour before he actually wakes up and presses the snooze button approximately 7 times. There's no point in it. If you're gonna keep waking up to hit the snooze button, those extra little 10 or 12 minutes of sleep you get in between them doesn't matter. Either go ahead and wake up or set your alarm an hour later.

by Anonymous 10 years ago

I don't really know. I think it could or it couldn't depending on what stage of sleep you're in when you wake up. If you're just gonna be in a light sleep that whole time I guess not. If you can complete another cycle of REM sleep/finish the cycle of REM you're in I think it would. I know a lot of people who do that and it's the dumbest thing. You're just gonna be in a light sleep that whole time, and I think I read somewhere that doing that actually makes you more drowsy when you wake up even if you were to wake up at say 7 and hit the snooze once and wake up at 7:10 compared to just waking up at 7 the first time it goes off.

by Anonymous 10 years ago

Yeah.. speaking of sleep, if I get too many hours of sleep, I'm more drowsy in the morning and throughout the day.

by Anonymous 10 years ago

You have to wake up fairly early for school or work. So, you really don't have so much time to cook, then you don't hjave so much time to eat. So, really, there is plenty of excuses.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Wake up earlier. The only excuse would be that somebody doesn't like eating breakfast but even then they should because a good breakfast gives you the energy you need to start the day.

by Anonymous 10 years ago

Actually, there is. It's a very serious condition known as 'Oh-crap-I-woke-up-fifteen-minutes-before-my-bus-is-supposed-to-get-here Syndrome'. It can be easily treated, but most people are too lazy.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I wouldn't use absolutes if I were you. I can think of plenty of crazy situations where someone would have a very good excuse not to eat a complete breakfast.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

As a breakfast enthusiast, I see no proper excuse to not eat at least //something// for breakfast... "I don't have time!" Wake up earlier. "I don't want to!" Not a valid excuse. "I'm too lazy." Not a valid excuse. "Breakfast makes me sick." Suck it up, pansy. This is the most important meal of the day we're talking about. I've had to work with a lot of cranky people and most of them don't eat breakfast. Perhaps if they did, they would actually enjoy their mornings and not be such cranky assholes.

by Anonymous 10 years ago

I find the too sick one valid because personally I get really nauseated quickly in the morning, but eating breakfast is important to ensure you get all your vitamins and nutrients in the morning. Some people genuinely have no time and some people can afford to eat breakfast every morning

by Anonymous 10 years ago

I don't have time is a valid excuse but I already explained that one earlier. I don't want it is a valid excuse. If they're not complaining about being hungry or don't mind being hungry then why should they eat breakfast? Also, it's not the most important meal of the day. A while back studies found that kids who did better in school also ate breakfast- they thought the correlation was the causation. Turns out kids who had the kind of problems that caused them to do bad in school were also the kind of kids who had the kind of problems that caused them to not eat breakfast- like parents who weren't involved or abuse or stress and a number of other things. Sense then, studies have found people actually perform better when they don't have a full stomach. Studies also suggest that if you're trying to lose weight breakfast is the best meal to skip. If they feel sick, that's also a valid excuse- breakfast isn't as important as it's made out to be. The only one I would say isn't a valid reason is because they're too lazy.

by Anonymous 10 years ago

Germans eat a big breakfast, smaller lunch, and even smaller dinner. Are you suggesting the Germans are wrong?!?!? Not wanting to isn't a valid excuse because it's not really an excuse. It's just not wanting to.

by Anonymous 10 years ago

I guess so, but not wanting to is a valid reason for not eating breakfast unless there's a reason you should eat, in which case that's just being lazy.

by Anonymous 10 years ago

Okay.. I'll settle for valid reason but NOT valid excuse.

by Anonymous 10 years ago

I agree. no reason at all... [first world problems wtf] https://data.amirite.net/user_images/518069350924d.jpg

by Anonymous 10 years ago