"More than anything, I really missed the ritual of breakfast ... having a slower start to the day, rather than rushing and scarfing down packaged food on a benc

"More than anything, I really missed the ritual of breakfast ... having a slower start to the day, rather than rushing and scarfing down packaged food on a bench at the gym" Well there's the problem. He's trying to skip breakfast and simultaneously not skip breakfast. It's normal to feel hungry after the gym and it's normal to feel hungry when fasting. I'm not buying that this has anything to do with "rituals." It sounds like he just doesn't like feeling hungry. I'm one of those that doesn't eat breakfast. I go to the gym on an empty stomach. Then lunch, midday snacks, and dinner. Never eating a meal before 11 AM or past ~9 PM. It's not like 11 AM rolls around after the gym I suddenly scarf down a pseudo would-be breakfast and feel like an idiot for rushing through "breakfast". Just... stop trying to have breakfast. Have a lunch ritual instead. Or have a late breakfast ritual.