A Tale of Two Breakfasts

29 Jul 2011

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Kerri writes the fun and fitness-friendly blog Kat Does Diets. She’s also running a series on her blog called “Awesome by August” and shares her response to the importance of breakfast in “A Tale of Two Breakfasts.” Connect with her @katdoesdiets
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It was the best of breakfasts,
it was the worst of breakfasts,
it was the morning meal of wisdom,
it was the morning meal of foolishness…

While I’d love to write an entire post a la Charles Dickens I’ll spare you (and him, grave turning and all that). What I’m talking here is breakfast choices…

The worst of breakfasts, the morning meals of foolishness. As a blog-writing, fitness-loving, rural-living, chicken-raising, homeschooling mom of 3 boys I’ve had many. Grabbing a donut, pastry, or healthified cupcake (aka muffin) amidst the morning rush. Scarfing a bowl of high fructose corn syrup laden, artificial color loaded ‘breakfast cereal’ that simply appealed to my sweet tooth. Or perhaps in my mad dash to fit everything in my day it was merely inhaling a cup of happy-rainbow-unicorn-sunshine-juice…er, coffee.

 

Whatever the bad breakfast of choice was, the results were always the same: starting my day off on the wrong foot. My morning workout sabotaged by lack of energy. A sugar high followed by a mid-morning crash where I’m seeking more junk food or wishing they had coffee available in IV form. Or being so famished by the time lunch rolls around that I’m making more bad food choices and over-eating. In the case of the HFCS laden breakfast cereal I may have been set off on a binge. Any and all resulting in a downward spiral of a day all set in motion by bad breakfast choices.

 

On the other hand there is the best of breakfasts, the morning meals of wisdom. Having a bowl of Uncle Sam Strawberry Cereal with unsweetened vanilla almond milk if I’m in a rush.  Eating some overnight oats made with greek yogurt if I took the time to plan ahead. Or perhaps enjoying a veggie omelet if I have the time that morning.
Now these days are another story entirely. Following those breakfast choices I feel satisfied, energized, and focused. I am ready to take on whatever my day throws at me. Tough workout? Bring it on. No blood sugar crashes or binge urges. Just a clear head and a well-fueled body. I’m more likely to feel in control of my hunger and better prepared to continue my healthy food choices for lunch and throughout the rest of my day. Starting the day with good breakfast choices starts my day off on the right foot!

I’ve always heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, especially when we’re trying to lose weight. But I always heard that as ‘eating breakfast is important’. As long as I had something for breakfast I thought I was doing well. After years of ignoring my body and filling it with junk I am now paying attention to its signals, to things like how I feel after I eat foods. This has made a world of difference. My food choices are night and day different than they were 5 to 10 years ago. I now realize that it’s very important for me to choose a breakfast that includes some protein, fiber, and healthy fats. And doesn’t include any over-processed, sugar laden fluff. I now hear that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and think how important that makes good breakfast choices.


It is a far, far better breakfast that I choose….OK, I’ll stop.
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Kerri is a wife and stay at home mother who homeschools her 3 boys in rural Colorado. A self proclaimed ‘workout freak’, after going from a size 22 to a size 10 she ran a marathon and has turned fitness into her passion. Through her blog and you tube channel she shares her journey to reach the ever elusive ‘goal weight’ and all the new and fun fitness products she tries out along the way.

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