There was a time when I thought breakfast had to look a certain way.
Eggs. Toast. Something sweet if I felt like treating myself.
Light. Quick. “Proper.”
But lately, I’ve been questioning that.
I read Dr. Farrah Agustin-Bunch’s work a few years ago and something clicked. Her idea of “breakfast” didn’t look like breakfast at all. It looked like… lunch.
At first, it felt strange.
Ulam (viand) in the morning, as in chicken, pork, beef dishes?
A full plate instead of something light?
Most of you regulars here know that I have a hard time figuring out what’s for breakfast.
Dr. Farrah’s menu felt different, but I tried it anyway because for one, it will help me tremendously with breakfast. I don’t have to rack my brain coming up with creative and nutritious breakfast meals.
Two, I’ve been trying to lay low on the processed breakfast foods - think bacon, hams, luncheon meat, corned beef. For years, it felt weird eating food other than these for breakfast.
I’ve been eating differently for the past several months now, and I don’t think I’m going back.
Chicken adobo, eggs, melonsWhat I noticed immediately was how different my energy felt.
Instead of that familiar rise and fall—the quick spike, then the quiet crash—I felt steady. Grounded. Capable.
I wasn’t thinking about food again an hour later.
I was moving.
Cooking. Cleaning. Managing the home. Writing.
Living.
For someone like me, this matters.
Especially in this heat.
I don’t always eat three full meals a day. My body doesn’t like it, especially during summer when my histamine levels rise quickly. Heavy meals in the middle of the day can feel like too much.
So I’ve learned to listen.
I eat lighter when I need to.
I eat more when my body asks for it.
And lately, that means having a more substantial “brunch” instead of forcing a traditional breakfast that doesn’t actually sustain me.
Looking at my plates now, they don’t follow rules.
Some days, it’s soup with eggs and fruit on the side.
Other days, it’s rice, protein, and something fresh to balance it out.
Sometimes there’s bread. Sometimes there isn’t.
It’s not about what the meal is called anymore.
It’s about how it makes me feel after.
And this?
This works.
I feel fuller longer.
My energy stays steady.
I don’t feel like I’m chasing my next meal.
There’s something quietly freeing about letting go of food rules that never really fit you in the first place.
About realizing you don’t have to eat the way everyone else does.
You can build your own rhythm.
Your own structure.
Your own kind of balance.
And maybe that’s what this really is.
Not breakfast.
Not lunch.
Just… nourishment that makes sense for my life.
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Lady E
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