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To think this is a suitable breakfast?

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ARareKindaBear · 24/06/2023 08:40

For years I have not eaten breakfast, I never have appetite in a morning so just drink coffee and wait until lunch to eat.

Recently however I’ve discovered honey Greek yogurt and I’ve become a bit obsessed with it! So I’ve been eating 100g of Greek honey yogurt mixed with 5g of chopped mixed nuts every morning for breakfast. I love it!

My mum has now decided I clearly have an eating disorder as that isn’t a suitable breakfast apparently - I think it’s quite healthy?! No crappy sugars that you would get with cereal, protein, fibre in the nuts? Honey is good for you too surely?

AIBU to think a) it’s healthy and b) it’s better than nothing?!

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ARareKindaBear · 27/06/2023 15:17

CrunchyCarrot · 27/06/2023 06:50

Taking a quick tangent from this thread's topic, @Nanof8 you may have something called Oral Allergy Syndrome (I only found out about this 2 days ago!):

https://www.aaaai.org/tools-for-the-public/conditions-library/allergies/oral-allergy-syndrome-%28oas%29

Some people who get hayfever can also have reactions to various related foods (depending on which pollen sets off your hayfever) resulting in mainly symptoms in the mouth. You'd need to avoid the foods that cause this. You might not realise this is what's going on. Might be worth looking into? Perhaps keep a food diary?

My mouth also gets really sore if I eat sweets with hard shells such as M&ms

Maltesers set it off too (the honeycomb)

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ScottBakula · 27/06/2023 14:23

yadeciN · 24/06/2023 18:34

Try it. It's great. Some flavour it after straining but I wanted the herbs etc to sit in it for longer. Works either way.

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My milk is getting delivered tomorrow 😋 , I have just bought some crackers to test the cheese on . What type of herbs do you use ? fresh or dried ?

CrunchyCarrot · 27/06/2023 06:50

Taking a quick tangent from this thread's topic, @Nanof8 you may have something called Oral Allergy Syndrome (I only found out about this 2 days ago!):

https://www.aaaai.org/tools-for-the-public/conditions-library/allergies/oral-allergy-syndrome-%28oas%29

Some people who get hayfever can also have reactions to various related foods (depending on which pollen sets off your hayfever) resulting in mainly symptoms in the mouth. You'd need to avoid the foods that cause this. You might not realise this is what's going on. Might be worth looking into? Perhaps keep a food diary?

Nanof8 · 27/06/2023 01:10

Yes I have terrible hayfever which affects my throat and mouth more than anything else! It even wakes me up in the night as I feel like a have something crawling around in my mouth! It’s horrendous
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if you can get local honey to add into your yoghurt, it may help your allergies.

Your breakfast sounds fine to me. I have coffee and yoghurt if I have breakfast. Mine is 9%MF.

CatsnCoffee · 26/06/2023 10:31

It would be inappropriate to judge your Mum’s concerns out of context.
Is her opinion based solely on this one factor?
Are you under or overweight (and, if so by what standard?)?
Do you or anyone in your family have a history of eating disorders?
These are just some of the questions that would give OP context.

Biddie191 · 26/06/2023 09:04

BewareTheBeardedDragon · 24/06/2023 08:44

It's fine, saying you have an eating disorder based on this alone is nuts.

Chopped mixed nuts, to be specific!

Okshacky · 26/06/2023 08:28

It’s been a fairly standard breakfast for a very long time. What does she want you to eat?

liveforsummer · 26/06/2023 07:34

I don't suppose it's better than nothing - nothing is fine too if you don't fancy eating. Eat it as you enjoy. If you like the honey then add it. So what if you're eating 42 biscuits a week if you are healthy and happy. The only odd thing is that you are weighing stuff. Just estimate 1/4 of the tub and have a spare as back up in case you need more - it has a fairly long shelf life so won't go off.

LizzieSiddal · 25/06/2023 23:44

My MIL greeted me today with “I hear you are eating nuts for breakfast.”

I told her I also have plain Greek yoghurt, a banana, spoonful of mixed seeds and some blueberries with it. she looked at me as if I was mad and said that was not a proper breakfast.
She has type 2 diabetes and is very over weight so I won’t be taking any lessons from her in nutrition.

DobbleBobble · 25/06/2023 23:38

I don't eat fruit generally either. People think this is really weird especially because I'm vegan but I'm just not interested. I do eat a lot of vegetables (now)

MrsGrumpyKnickers · 25/06/2023 23:03

I have plain Greek yoghurt and a small ramekin of fruit (frozen cherries and raspberries, defrosted!) every morning. Yum, love it!

Girasoli · 25/06/2023 21:40

Yeo Valley is my favourite Greek yoghurt. I have it often in the summer, with a handful of strawberries/raspberry, honey, and a handful of almond flakes on top.

(I don't measure it though, I just fill a cereal bowl)

VeraMay · 25/06/2023 21:36

Not my idea of a nice breakfast but if you enjoy it then go ahead. Sounds healthy enough and breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Yourcatisnotsorry · 25/06/2023 21:25

I think 5g of nuts is frankly nuts. I would be suspicious you have issues with food if you are weighing out food in such tiny portions, that’s like 1 nut.

ScribblingPixie · 25/06/2023 21:25

Have you ever had date molasses, OP? Gorgeous in yogurt.

Macinae · 25/06/2023 21:16

I have Greek yogurt, berries and pumpkin seeds when I'm willing to eat breakfast (just not a breakfast person). Sounds fine, it's not like it's a pain au chocolat every morning.

Vinomummyinlockdown · 25/06/2023 21:00

I know! You’re one of very few though. Rest all worried about a bit of honey

CC4712 · 25/06/2023 20:48

Vinomummyinlockdown · 25/06/2023 20:39

Everyone on here bitching about a bit of honey and ignoring the crappy biscuits you eat daily!!!

If you read the thread, I did point out that it might be the 42 biscuits a week she is eating that is the issue!

Vinomummyinlockdown · 25/06/2023 20:39

Everyone on here bitching about a bit of honey and ignoring the crappy biscuits you eat daily!!!

MrsMrsLeggo · 25/06/2023 19:31

Honey will do wonders for your allergies, especially if you can get local honey. Yes, it's basically sugar, but it's magical stuff. Honey made from local pollen helps you build up a resistance to the pollen around you. A spoon of that in your yoghurt every morning could be a big help.

LovelyIssues · 25/06/2023 19:16

It's a fantastic breakfast OP. Your Mum is weird

EmeraldFox · 25/06/2023 18:53

Weighing it out seems like disordered eating or else an obsessive compulsive tendency. It's easy to estimate a quarter of a tub, a seventh of a 1kg tub would make more sense to weigh. 5g of nuts is tiny, I was weighing out 10g when on the waiting list for treatment.

Aprilx · 25/06/2023 18:21

I don’t think there is anything wrong with the breakfast, but you weighing out the 100g and the 5g is unusual and I could see why somebody close to you might be worried.

Pinkfluff76 · 25/06/2023 18:18

You should stick with eating no breakfast, it’s really good for especially if you’re not hungry

MonumentalLentil · 25/06/2023 18:04

Boredofmyguts · 24/06/2023 11:02

Yogurt - good
nuts - good, but 5g is not enough
honey - only local or Manuka honey is healthy

Manuka honey needs to be the proper stuff which is very expensive, there are lots of cheap versions which are actually something else and are a con.

There is not enough actual Manuka produced for it be so commonly sold.