Greetings! Eating breakfast is important! How do I know? Well, I’m a breakfast convert. For a large part of my adult life I drank my coffee, went to work and around 11am found that I was famished. So, I had an early lunch, then snacked, then had dinner, then another snack, etc. etc. What I realized was that if I didn’t have a good breakfast, I got hungrier as the day wore on and found out that eating breakfast gets your metabolism kicking so you have energy and burn calories. So, I will always eat breakfast……always! What do I have? Well, it may sound a little out of the ordinary…..this morning I had onion, asparagus and turkey in EVOO over fresh spinach with herbs/spices….DELICIOUS and filling and about 6-8 carbs (sometimes I add a little cheese or salsa). I usually have a few almonds that I munch on between breakfast and lunch and I’m surprised how satisfying that little snack is! What else do I have? Once in awhile I am just not very hungry so at the least I will have a low carb protein drink (by EAS, 1.5 carbs per 11oz) or a Detour bar (net 3 carbs). If I’m pressed for time and don’t feel like a protein drink or bar, I take 2 slices of good cheese, put a slice of turkey in between, add some fresh spinach leaves, put a teaspoon or so of mayo/mustard and have a sandwich without the bread. I also make the low carb blueberry muffins that are in George Stella’s cookbook (see blog from a few weeks ago). And, I also have eggs although I stay around 4 per week. I have lots of veggies with my eggs. If I’m on the road and fast food is the only restaurant around, I will get a “mcmuffinlike” breakfast and just don’t eat the bread! Hope this gave you some ideas to use in the future. Please remember to eat a good breakfast! Plan ahead if you need to(like prepping the night before), incorporate the things you like to eat that are on your plan and use herbs and spices for lots of flavor. Have a happy, healthy low carb cooking weekend! Till next time………..
