The report is due in two hours. Or perhaps you’re in the middle of a mid-term exam. Or you’re making sales calls. Suddenly, bam! Around 10:30 a.m. you hit a wall. All you want to do is stare into space and zone out.
Hmmm…what did you eat for breakfast?
I hate to say, “I told you so,” so I’ll turn to Mom, who has said it countless time: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It’s the meal that’s designed to supply a third of the macro and micro nutrients your body needs to run without a hitch.
So what are you eating each morning to do all these things? A cup of coffee gulped down on the go? A cup of flavored (non-fat) yogurt and a muffin eaten at your desk? A bagel (scooped out of course) with some light cream cheese? Nothing at all?
Your body deserves so much better than that. And so do you!
When you eat a good breakfast, your day goes smoothly. No growling stomachs, low blood sugar shakiness, or wandering attention to keep you from accomplishing those goals you have set for yourself.
What Breakfast Is Right For You
One of the best-and most fun-ways to find out which foods serve YOU most perfully is something called the Breakfast Experiment. For one week, eat a different breakfast each morning. Record in a journal what you ate, how you felt immediately after the meal, and how you felt again about 2 hours later.
- Day one; Eggs or tofu with veggies
- Day two: Protein shake
- Day three: Oatmeal with berries and/or nuts or seeds
- Day four: Whole grain or Ezekiel toast with nut or peanut butter
- Day five: Greek yogurt and fruit parfeit with coffee
- Day six: Fresh fruit
- Day seven: Green Juice or Green Smoothie
Feel free to repeat the experiment for another seven days with different foods each morning. Which breakfasts made you feel energized? Which ones didn’t? After the experiment, try adding in more of the foods that made you feel great!
To get you started, here’s a recipe for one of my favorite Breakfast Smoothies.