Tips On A Healthier Breakfast by Coach Tony
BodySpaceFitness • May 01, 2017

Hey Familia,

Coach Tony here with a few thoughts on one of my favorite meals of the day – breakfast. One of the things that I love is starting the day off on a strong meal. Personally, that means having a hearty feeding that also happens to be healthy and tasty. That helps to fuel me for the day and leaves me feeling light and strong. That being said, it is not so easy doing that consistently with work and life. In a time where convenience and novelty dictates the majority of our decisions, we need to keep our eyes on the bigger picture. With US adult obesity rates consistently rising since 1990, rates range from as “low” as 20% to as high as 35.9% in 2014. New York, by the way, ranks 39th with an adult obesity rate of 27%. Guys, this isn’t about doing the healthy things because we want to – we have to .

Benefits Of A Healthy Breakfast

Having breakfast is always a personal choice, but let me be clear about the benefits. Those that have breakfast consistently also usually notice:
  • Less body fat
  • Less chronic, non-communicable disease
  • Improved learning/retention
  • Improved mood
  • Better food choices later in the day
  • Improved energy
  • Muscle preservation
  • Increased strength
  • Lower cholesterol
  • Improved bowel movements
  • Balanced blood sugars

How To Construct The Perfect Breakfast

Now that we’re all on the same page about the benefits, let us now clear up what a better breakfast looks like. Under ideal circumstances, breakfast should be made up of real, unprocessed foods that are protein dense, varied vegetables, and whole grains such as oats, millet, quinoa, amaranth, sprouted grains, etc.

When The Real World Hits

We all know the real world doesn’t always allow for the perfect breakfast. That’s when the donuts, pastries, fast food, frozen meals, and other polluted calories take over. Now, let me be perfectly honest – I love the way all these things taste. They’re delicious! But what I hate with a burning passion of a thousand suns is how I feel afterwards. The super sugary, factory made, nutritionless, processed crap sold for cheaper than a carton of eggs and “cooked” faster than it takes for you to send an email offers no real substance.  Feeling heavy, slow, bloated, and irritable makes just daily living activities uncomfortable. Add in a workout and holy crap am I hurting! In my world, I value strength and resilience. I’ll be damned if anything compromises that, even my own choices.

Tips For You

We now know that eating breakfast is good for you. We also now have a better understanding of what types of food to avoid. Let’s now get to what you can do right now. Include foods and meals you can have that can become routine. Here’s how I like to approach my morning feeding. Like meat? Go for quality such as uncured bacon, sausage made in the traditional way, and ham that looks like it came from an animal instead of square packaging. Like starch? Opt for english muffins instead of bagels, croissants, and rolls. Throw in plenty of veggies with your eggs. Make a quiche or frittata so you only have more feedings from cooking once. One great healthy meal is worthless if you only eat it once a year. Make it routine. It needs to become habit for you to reap the benefits . Once breakfast is second nature, then you can start playing around. Does it have enough protein? What vegetables are in it? Are these whole grains? Is this food real, unprocessed and made with love?

With the knowledge of why we need to eat a healthy breakfast , what categorizes as healthy, and well as some guidelines to follow – you should now be well on your way to having a better start to each and every day.

Until next time Familia.

Cheers,

Coach Tony

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