Quick Breakfast OR Quick! Break Fast! ?

I'm sure you can relate..... you get up and there is a ton of stuff to be done. Kids to be fed and gotten dressed, you have to get ready for the day, laundry ALWAYS needs to be done and all the pets are nagging you for food and water. I have made the mistake more often than I should've to skip breakfast because I didn't have time.. or I didn't want to take time for it.

So, first I'd like to share some of the benefits of eating breakfast. Now, keep in mind that I am not at all claiming to be a nutrition expert or anywhere near perfect at all this, I am simply sharing information as I learn it in hopes that I can live a healthier life and maybe encourage others to do the same.

Healthy Breakfast Facts:

• Improves your concentration
• Improves performance
• Aids in lower levels of cholesterol
• Provides more vitamins and nutrients towards daily needs
• Healthier weight
• Eating breakfast starts your metabolism for the day
• Less hungry throughout the day
• A good breakfast choice is likely to lead to better food choices the rest of the day

As you can see, there are numerous benefits. Now, some things to think about....  Protein and fiber will help tide you over til lunch. Don't eat a bowl of Cap 'n Crunch and expect that to provide you with much nutrition nor keep you full for long. Also, eating something like a donut or Pop-Tart, although they are super duper fast and taste wonderful...
Dunkin Donuts Glazed Donut   250 cals, 14 g fat, 3 g protein
Strawberry Pop-Tart 200 cals, 5 g fat, 2 g protein

Better choices that are also quick are:
Quaker Weight Control Oatmeal 160 cals, 3 g fat, 7 g protein
Whole Wheat Toast w T of PB 160 cals, 8 g fat (all but 1 g are unsaturated, the good fat), 6.5 g prot
Kashi Honey Sunshine Ceareal w/ 1/2 c Skin Milk 140 cals, 1 g fat, 6 g protein


The above mentioned are super fast and high in nutrition. If you have a tid bit more time, you can make something like scrambled egg whites with some veggies like onions, tomatoes, etc.

1 egg white has ONLY 16 calories, NO fat and 4 grams of protein! I'm actually really excited about this because I just found out yesterday about how low in calories they are and just now about the fat (or lack thereof) and the amount of protein. That means that my breakfast yesterday was 48 calories, no fat and 12 grams of protein. That is just amazing to me. Lol.

This morning, I'm having a smoothie. I used half a cup of Braum's Sugar Free Vanilla Frozen Yogurt some berry Crystal Lite and about a cup of frozen strawberries. The totals are 140 cals, 2 g of fat (1.5 are unsaturated), and 4 g of protein.


Well, I guess that's it for now, if you have good breakfast ideas... please comment with them. I would greatly appreciate the suggestions!