"What's in your bowl for Breakfast?"

As I was eating my bowl of cereal this morning for breakfast, I began to think just how much I LOVE breakfast and look forward to it each morning, and how that DID NOT used to be the case! I know they say breakfast is the most important meal, but back before I got my health in line it totally wasn't for me. I can't tell you how many times I left for school or ran out the door without eating ANYTHING. Why, probably because I was more lazy lol, and because I was always running late and maybe because I was still full from my HUGE evening snack the night before (like o maybe pizza and bread sticks, a grilled cheese, a PB&J or any thing quick and comforting). I am not sure if I mentioned this before but I was a BIG time late eater in my day, I loved to go to bed stuffed and sleep lol, I know gross lol! I sometimes even skipped lunch because I did not like to go down to the cafeteria at school, so I think by skipping those two meals it made me feel better about eating like 10,000 calories in the evening lol, and from what I heard other have tried this too and it is NOT good!

I now realize I was never getting my fire going, or my furnace burning, I was just making it worse and then gorging at night which was even worse because I would sleep and most of it would turn to pure fat. It was just so easy to stay so busy during the day and then hit those lovely drive-thrus around 5 or 6 and continue to graze the rest of the evening. Now days though it's a WHOLE new ball game for me, breakfast has become my favorite meal. I had to really change this though in the beginning because my body was so used to skipping it almost didn't know what to do when I finally ate it, at first it made me kind of sick because my stomach wasn't used to food in it that early. I started out slow and ate some strange things in the beginning, like these Bagelful things that aren't really that healthy but in the  beginning when I was just strictly  lowering calories and not really focusing on nutrition they hit the spot for about 190 calories, and they got me going. I also turned to Lean Pockets the breakfast ones for like 140, which again aren't horrible in calories and are easy but there are SO many better and healthier things for you to eat out there for breakfast.

Now days it is almost like my body wakes up for breakfast every morning between 7-7:30, it knows it's time and I am HUNGRY to say the least lol. I figured I would go through three of my favorite things for Breakfast these days!

1. Fiber One w/ Almond Milk and 1/2 cup fresh strawberries or frozen work too!

This all together is 150 calories, 1 cup of Fiber One, 1/2 cup Almond milk, and 1/2 cup strawberries, and it is SOO good! I love the Unsweetened Almond Milk in the Vanilla flavor, SO good with the flavor is strawberries :o).

2. 1/4 Cup egg whites or just plan yellow Egg Beaters, and 1 wedge of Laughing Cow Cheese or FF Kraft Cheese Slice, with a La Tortilla Wrap :o).

This combo here, is one I got from Hungry-Girl that is amazing, the egg beaters, and the laughing cow. They are both very good and the tortillas are great as well, and only 80 calories for the whole big thing! So this breakfast is 165 calories and very good and filling as well! I like the Sonoma-Jack cheese wedges as well and they are even less in calories and just as tasty :o).

3. OATMEAL!

I really like this kind the Low-Sugar kind, the only down side it isn't too filling on it's own, so it's good to pair it with some apple slices or some fresh berries. It is only 120 calories and if I eat it on it's own I am pretty hungry by about 9am so I deff. going to pair this with something, but it is amazing :o). I love my cereal and all but sometimes it's nice to switch it up and have something hot in the morning like this, and it's even better with a dash of NO calorie Cinnamon :o).

So I know there are many other good options, these just happen to be three I like. I bought some new FiberOne Pancake mix I am anxious to try because I miss pancakes, and what is better than Fiber AND pancakes lol!

Well I hope you all had a good start to your week and a good Monday :o). My classes went GREAT and I really think I will like them, especially having a hot, young prof. from Iceland lol, not too bad at all! It did make me tired so I took a nice long nap after class which was just what I needed lol ;o). I did go back to spin tonight but for only 45mins and made sure and drank a V8 Low Sodium drink with tons of Potassium and it went well, it was good to be back in the gym but not push it too hard. Tomorrow I will get my results back from today's blood work and be able to meet with my normal doctor so hopefully that goes well :o). I am also very excited because tomorrow is my first officially day working at the preschool with the 3yr old afternoon class, I cannot wait for sure! Have a good night!

~Kassandra