Breakfast!!

Day 8

Well the weekend was a success, kind of. I didn’t have any soda, which was huge because I ate out a few times and was able to resist the, what used to be, automatic gesture to get a diet coke. I didn’t exactly eat very healthy, nor did I work out, but I made better decisions than I have in the past, so it’s all about the baby steps!

The blog is a good tool to keep me accountable and it makes me really try to get things going in the right direction. I am glad I stuck to my week one no soda goal, but the hard part isn’t over yet. I have to keep that goal in the back of my mind until it becomes second nature to go for the alternative.

This week, as I mentioned Friday, is going to focus on Breakfast. I love breakfast food, but I don’t always do a great job of making the healthy choices and eating it at all. My goal for this week (and all weeks moving forward) is to eat a healthy, balanced breakfast every morning. I am going to research all different aspects of breakfast and try to become more aware of healthy options that are out there.

This morning I didn’t wake up as early as I wanted to, but I knew that my goal was to eat a better breakfast and that I did blog readers. I fought it the whole way, but I had two egg whites scrambled, two slices turkey bacon and coffee with sugar free French vanilla non-dairy creamer. I must admit that I was not going to make breakfast because I was short on time, but I had to get it done for the blog. So far it is 10 am and I am still not hungry from my breakfast! I think I could have added a little more to the breakfast to round it out a little more, but for my first attempt this week, I think I did pretty dang good.

Some of the main questions that I want to answer this week are; why is breakfast “the most important meal” of the day? What are some quick and easy recipes? What is a balanced breakfast? What is the downside to not eating breakfast, or not eating a good breakfast?

I know that eating a healthy breakfast is a crucial part to a healthy lifestyle, but I just don’t understand why. After this week, I hope to answer all of these questions and more!