Breakfast

This morning I woke up starving, thinking about food, and craving something delicious yet of course, healthy.  Again.  This is nothing new though.  Breakfast has always been the last thing I think about before I fall asleep and the first thing I think about when I wake up.  I never thought this was normal until I finally talked to a friend who was also getting her degree in nutrition and she totally knew the feeling.  Guess I’m not the only one who thinks about food on an hourly basis.  Anyways, I always wondered why it is I love breakfast so much and why I always wake up so immensely hungry every day.  Especially since most people dread the thought of putting anything in their mouth in the morning.  Well, as I sip my coffee and ponder my thoughts, I realize it is quite a simple answer.  I haven’t eaten in oh, say, 12 hours!  Of course I’m hungry!  My body has fasted for half of a day and now that I am awake, my stomach is screaming at me to eat!  Now, I understand that not everyone is lucky enough to enjoy the splendors of breakfast, but if you want to boost your metabolism, feel healthier, and just be happier (that is what breakfast does for me), then you should start attempting to eat something every day along with your morning coffee.  I won’t go into mind-numbing detail about the intricate health benefits of eating breakfast down to a cellular level, because really, as human beings, we just like to be told what to do to be healthier, right?  Well that is exactly what I am going to do, tell you what to eat for breakfast to feel good and start your day the right way.  I am even going to do you one better, post a picture of all the ingredients of my favorite breakfast, and show you what it looks like after the 5 minutes of preparation (no more excuses that you don’t have time to make breakfast, we all have an extra 5 minutes).  Try this breakfasts that I have created, and let me know what you think!  More importantly, let me know how you feel.  Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, your body needs it.  Also, check out this website, http://www.thedailymeal.com/10-reasons-eat-breakfast, it has great reasons why your body loves breakfast.  So help yourself feel better and start to THINK.EAT.LOVE.FOOD!

By Kelsey Eggleston