Eating breakfast helps to jump-start your metabolism and keep it (and you) running better all day. Among a few other tricks (which I will list later) it can also help switch your body from 'sleepy-mode' (read: burning SMALL amounts of calories) to 'AWAKE mode' (lots more calories) earlier in the day to help you burn more calories throughout the day! Yeyyy!! We love that.
Want more energy? Eat your breakfast. Want to loose weight? Eat your breakfast. Want to have better brain function all day? EAT YOUR BREAKFAST!!! OK? ok. Sorry. Im yelling aren't I. It's just that important!
So! Now that we are all on the breakfast bandwagon lets see how I can best help you...
Most people's biggest issue with my EAT YOUR BREAKFAST doctrine is that they are not 'breakfast people'. Non-breakfast people- I feel you. To be honest, I am not naturally a huge breakfast person either. I don't like most eggs, I'd rather have waffles for dessert, and pancakes... maybe in the afternoon? HOWEVER, guess what? I EAT MY BREAKFAST anyway! Yup. Fascist, I know. I just feel better when I do. The trick is to just start doing it. Even if it's just a little bit- some leftover rice with a bit of butter, a piece of (sprouted) toast. Just something to get you in the hang of it because before long you will start waking up CRAVING breakfast! Whhhaaat?! Impossible! No no my pretties! Trust me on this one.
Just try it.
Do it for a few weeks and then report back. Better yet- try a few of the metabolism-wake-up-tricks combined with a bit of breakfast (see later) and THEN report back. I bet you feel better... Btecha betcha betcha...
But let me clarify one thing- just because I said breakfast is "healthy" does that mean that all 'breakfasts' are healthy?
NO!
But you already knew that, didn't you? Many popular breakfast foods in America (most in fact) are like a skeezy guy a bar-- a few sweet moments and they head straight for your thighs! Ha! Sorry. Couldn't help myself. ANYway, what I mean is, something like a sugary danish or cereal?
Yup. Tastes good at the time, lifts you way up, and then crashes you down till you are hungrier than before you ate it (and leaves you craving sugar for the rest of the day). Not good. On the flip side you could have a heavy protein and fat meal of eggs made with cheese and milk, sausage, and a few pieces of toast with butter that would leave you sluggish and probably
with a lean ration of calories left over to eat the rest of the day... booo :(.. Muffins? Cake in breakfast clothing. Pop-tarts? Cookies that fit in your toaster. Don't be fooled by the adverts that have somehow brainwashed our world into thinking that's "breakfast"...
'So what the *$# am I supposed to eat, Ranier!?'
Lots of things! Don't worry. After a lifetime of being both a 'non-breakfaster' and a health nut I am here to say that breakfast can be both good and yummy, and simple and healthy for you! YES! And even quick and easy to make (or grab on the go if its reeally one of those mornings). And no, it will not just be a long list of ways to make celery...
HOORRAAAAYY!!!!
So in the next few postings I will focus all things AM and breakfast: recipes, good quick to-go combos, and quick metabo-boosters that make a difference. Sound good? Yes?
Ok then!
EAT YOUR BREAKFAST!!
1 comment:
Hi lady!
So, my question to you is perhaps not fully related to breakfast, but is at least partially relevant to eating and metabolism and such. I've been trying to figure out the best ways to coordinate eating with exercising -- how to give myself enough energy without weighing down my stomach, whether it's metabolically better for me to eat something small before exercising, or just wait until after I'm done, foods that will charge me up for extreme dancing or running, etc. Any thoughts? Did I miss a relevant post?
LOVE,
B
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