It seems simple enough, eat breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday. Even two out of three wouldn’t be bad, but it’s amazing how easy it is to skip a meal or even two. When you work at different hours and staying up past 1am three or four nights a week, it’s difficult to maintain a regular eating schedule. However, today, I felt the effects of not eating anything until 3pm.

Your body doesn’t function as well when you skip meals. It’s hard to concentrate and in many cases, it’ll take two hours to complete a one hour task. Here are some tips that work for me:

• Keep your office stocked with nutritious snacks. Apples or carrots and hummus are my favorites.
• Emergency energy bars can save your life… or at least productivity. Odwalla makes decent ones.
• Cook dinner in bulk so you have lunch for the next few days. Pasta, rice dishes or Mexican food works well.
• Have a quick and standard breakfast ready at the office. A good morning routine helps get work done.
• Don’t get over hungry, because there is no going back!

Even though it doesn’t seem like it, eating well is an important key to a successful business.