Fuel

I have to laugh at myself when I think back to my old eating ways. Eating a package of PopTarts on the morning drive to high school, a quick bowl of Lucky Charms before I headed out the door, skipping breakfast because I knew that I was going to have a big lunch. Tisk, tisk, tisk.

Breakfast is now one of my favorite meals. I switch between my Herbalife shakes (either a fruity concotion or one with oatmeal) and either toast, scrambled eggs, or my weakness, wait for it....Frosted Shredded Mini Wheats. I know, one of those cereals that you think is healthy but is really loaded with sugar but it tastes so good you just have to have some every once in a while.

It's like nails on a chalkboard when I hear someone say they don't eat breakfast. My dads excuse: I don't have time. My comeback: a banana takes 3 seconds to peel and 1 minute to eat. It doesn't have to be some big, fancy, sit down around the table with pancakes, OJ, scrambled eggs, bacon, the whole sha-bang kind of thing like in the movies.

Even though my breakfast was around 400 calories this morning, it was jam packed with protein, nutrients, vitamins, fuel for my body to keep me going throughout the day. Doesn't it look yummy?

If you want to learn more about the health benefits of eating breakfast and would like an idea of what sort of foods you should be eating in the morning, head on over to the Mayo Clinic website and read, read, read!