Stop eating breakfast.

Happy New Year!

It’s becoming a trend for me to shit on things we all grew up doing daily.

But look around at most people’s lives.

Does it inspire you?

Is this what you signed up for?

To be broke, unhealthy, and miserable?

Probably not. You want to be exceptional. And to be exceptional requires you to become an exception.

This looks like:

• trusting nothing/nobody

• questioning everything

• testing everything

• repeating what works until you find something superior

• removing whatever doesn’t serve you, no matter how mainstream it is

One thing I recently removed from my plate (pun intended) was the modern-day breakfast.

Touted as ‘the most important meal of the day,’ breakfast was designed to replenish our blood sugar levels after an overnight fast — which lasts for 11-12 hours.

Our body needs and enjoys food, so the idea makes sense.

For years, I consistently had my bowl of cornflakes, or bread unfailingly.

But mid-last year, I noticed it was harder to work after eating breakfast. This was frustrating because I’m most productive in the mornings. It wasn’t until further research that I learned a bit about how digestion works.

I’ll explain this like a bro, not a pro.

After we eat, our brain uses ~50% of its energy to digest what we ate for the next 2 hours, explaining the groggy feeling afterwards.

2 hours was an enormous chunk of my most productive hours, so this had to stop.

However, what I did next wasn’t original.

It’s called the Warriors Diet.

The Spartans were one of the most dominant forces in history, and one reason was because of this diet structure:

• Fast for 20 hours

• Eating within a 4-hour window.

This provided enough uninterrupted training blocks and a small window reserved for eating and digestion.

It’s no wonder they were so productive.

These days, most people eat before they brush their teeth and wonder why they get nothing done.

After I learned this, I stopped having the mainstream breakfast.

I started breaking my fast at 3 pm.

Then, I kept my eating window open until 7:30 pm.

This change made me more mentally alert and productive.

Sure, I suffered the pangs of hunger, but clearly, I did not die.

Eating also became a precious affair because I made it artificially scarce.

Before you accept the raging thoughts in your mind convincing you I’m full of shit, test this.

Do it for a day and share your experience on X with me.

— Francis

PS: I’m no doctor, so take this with a grain of that salty stuff. If you have a health condition that requires you to eat early and/or often (ex: Ulcer), don’t try this at home, school, or anywhere. Delay your meal for the first two hours of the day, eat, then continue working — test, test, test. I hope you find what works for you!

PPS: The first free course in The Everything Series launches this weekend. Stay tuned.