I've read that it's helpful in weight loss and maintenance to exercise before breakfast (certainly a lot of fit people are working out in gyms at dawn). So for me, taking my breakfast with me to work on my bike seems like a perfect solution. By the time I get there, I DO have an appetite, and most days my breakfast (either yogurt and dried berries or whole grain hot cereal with fruit and nuts) gets me through to lunch with ease.

It's true, though, that I can't tolerate eating upon rising. Never could. I need at least an hour. It's all I can do to gag down a couple glasses of water and my supplements before I leave the house in the morning.

So, effectively, I do as the French do: small petit déjeuner, solid déjeuner, and a good dîner at least three hours before bed. All I've really altered is the calorie count of each. I do really like the idea of pancakes and beans, though--it would make a great lunch. I've found teff flour to be the most wonderful for pancakes, though teff+buckwheat would be delicious. I could make them up, put them in the tiffin, and heat just the beans at work. Yum! I'm trying that next week!

Great ideas.