Coffee Isn’t Breakfast: Why Active Women Should Stop Skipping Their Morning Fuel

Written by Amelia Brunet, MS, RD

Registered Dietitian

If your breakfast is an iced coffee with a splash of almond milk and good intentions, this one’s for you. 

You’ve probably heard that breakfast is “the most important meal of the day.” I’m not here to tell you that you have to eat the second you wake up or that breakfast is some magical metabolism-boosting meal. But if you’re regularly doing Core (LP), lifting, running, or any other type of exercise, consistently going through your morning under-fueled may not be doing you any favors.