what is breakfast?

[rayheinrich]

Assume a total of 2000 kilocalories per day.
That's 650 per meal for 3 meals and 500 for 4.
Since meals tend to vary a lot and we're looking for a lower bound,
I think 250 seems a reasonable line.


"Or does it have to be something substantial, like a slice of bread?"

What? A piece of bread is usually a 100 or less so you calling it "substantial"
makes me think our concepts of reality might be a touch misaligned.
(My slices of home made bread, by the way, are totally divorced from
my reality and probably yours as well.)


Why, for me, this is totally theoretical:

My life isn't structured by people (live alone), job (don't have one), or sleep cycle
(last few days: 2-10pm, 6-9pm, 3-7am, 1-6pm, etc.). So my meals aren't differentiated
by a name like breakfast or by time of day or by food type (I'm a cheap vegetarian
so my mainstay is legumes with brown rice/whole grain/corn). The whole grain is
usually home-made bread cuz I love to make bread. When I cook I tend to make large
amounts approx. 6,000 kilocalories so I don't cook as often and I just eat a variable
amount when I'm hungry 2 to 6 times a "day" (whatever that is) until it's used up.