Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Is your breakfast setting you up for success?

I love breakfast. It signals the beginning of the day, a fresh start, a do over from the prior day, if needed.  I always eat something for breakfast.  I think it jump starts your metabolism and sets the tone for your entire day.  For me, I need some form of protein at breakfast or else I'm starving by 10am.  I tend to fall into a rut and eat the same thing for months at a time.  This is really not good, as your body gets used to it, and gets very efficient at processing it.  So I have been trying to mix it up.  Today I had 1/2C of Kashi cereal, Chobani vanilla yogurt, some of my homemade applesauce, and coffee with 1T of Coffee Mate all natural creamer.  This was 7 Weight Watchers Points Plus. This is an easy breakfast if you have no time to cook! 

Here's what it looked like:




I weigh my cereal to make sure I'm not fooling myself.  I also measure out my creamer every morning.  I really can't eyeball it.  I have lots of measuring spoons!  Also if you know me you are thinking, "Who made this homemade applesauce?"  Because I don't really cook.  But I made it in the crock pot!  It was easy! I cut up the apples and threw them in, along with some cinnamon, water, and one packet of Truvia sweetener.  I didn't peel the apples --- who knew you were supposed to do that?  My husband reminded me that we have a Pampered Chef apple peeler in the cabinet, still in its box.  Next time I will get that out!

Have a great day!  And let me know what you had for breakfast today!


Posted by at

2 comments:

  1. Susan M. BoyerAugust 13, 2014 at 7:51 AM

    Chobani vanilla, 1/4 cup natural granola, 1/2 c blackberries, 1 tbs Chia seeds, 1/8 c almonds. No idea how many points--I don't speak points. But it's high in fiber and protein, and has roughly 400 calories. Oh--coffee with Spenda--was out of PureVia--and fat free half and half.

    I do pretty good with breakfast and lunch. Dinner through the week isn't so hard. I need to move more all the time and eat less on the weekends. :)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. LaraineAugust 13, 2014 at 1:42 PM

      Do you like the Chia seeds? I have hear a lot about them, but haven't tried them yet. Weekends are hardest for me as well. We love to eat out, but it's so hard to know what you're eating!

      Delete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)