What’s for Breakfast?

I get asked all time by my clients, “What should I eat for breakfast?” While it’s true that breakfast is an important meal. It’s not necessarily the most important meal of the day. Some people need a large breakfast, others a small breakfast. Some people feel great on a breakfast full or fat and protein, others do better on a fruit smoothie. Big or small you should eat within an hour of getting up, even if it’s something small.

Okay… so what do I eat??

I know people want a simple, general answer to this but that is impossible to give because everyone has a different metabolic type and within that type there are even differences. If you are interested in how to test for your metabolic type and do some counseling with me, just give me a shout and we can get started (I’m taking new nutrition clients starting September).

In the mean time, this blog with give you some tips and ideas of breakfasts that are healthy and delicious, but there is a specific reason I do not list portions or ratios - those will vary drastically from person to person.

Want to know how to eat right for you without paying four nutritional counseling? Do this: 2 hours after a meal you should feel 1) satiated, not hungry with no food cravings 2) mentally sharp 3) emotionally balanced 4) great energy levels. If you do not feel this way and instead have symptoms like fatigue, food cravings, brain fog, jitters, depressed, unsatisfied, hungry etc… then that was NOT a good meal for you.

Anyone that gives you a diet plan or tells you they know the way you should be eating without getting feed back from you on how your body/mind is responding to the meals is… well, for lack of a more professional word - full of shit. Just sayin’. Anyway…

Here are some breakfast suggestions:

• Fried eggs in coconut oil, all natural sausage, small slice of brown rice bread w/ raw butter (I had this this morning, I do great on fat/protein based meals)
• Soft boiled eggs, pear slices, raw cheddar cheese
• Poached eggs, black beans and avocado on corn tortilla (optional)

Don’t like egg breakfasts?

• steel cut oats, (not the quick kind) soaked over night before cooking, raw milk, berries, pecans (or almonds or walnuts)
• Lox and real cream cheese on slice of brown rice bread, apples slices

In a rush?

Smoothies are a great way to start the day - mix & match these ingredients:

• protein powders: I use grass fed whey( www.warriorwhey.com ) and think it’s the best, but you can also use egg protein (jay robb’s is good) or if you prefer a pea, hemp or rice protein.
• Milks: use only RAW, unpasteurized milk from grass fed cows, if you don’t want to or can’t find it use unsweetened coconut milk, almond milk, oat milk or rice milk (check the labels - you don’t want one with lots of added sugar.) Do not use soy - that’s another blog… for now just know it’s bad news.
• Fruit: use any fruit you want, but be aware that if you are carbohydrate sensitive (which MANY people are) high glycemic fruits are not beneficially. don’t add too much fruit. I like frozen berries or banana in mine usually. Sometimes I add a little mango if I’m feeling saucy ;)
• Healthy fats (don’t’ skip out on these): Nut butters - almond, cashew, sunflower, peanut etc.. all great choices to add to the mix.  Also for the daring try avocado in your smoothie, it makes it creamy and delicious.
• Additions: I like to put spinach in my smoothies, tastes fresh and i know i got some of my veggies for the day. I also add this great “Super Seed” ground spouted seed mix which adds good fiber and nutrients to the smoothie.

Here’s some examples of smoothies you could create from mixing and matching:

• raw milk, whey protein, frozen banana, peanut butter
• almond milk, egg protein blue berries, avocado
• coconut milk (with water), whey protein, frozen mango

You get the idea.. BE CREATIVE!  have fun :)  and above all EAT REAL FOOD. You can also add ice to to make it chilled and frothy. Frozen fruit makes it a smoothie consistency. Also don’t add too much liquid (milks), you can always add more if it’s too thick at the end.

Literally running out the door?

Well first, if this happens to you more than once a week you have a lifestyle problem. You will need to focus on getting to bed earlier and waking up earlier so that your morning routine allows for breakfast. THIS IS POSSIBLE. Don’t tell me it’s not. If you can make time for facebook and twitter and buying stuff you don’t need online at 12am you can make time for breakfast. End of story.

But if you wake up late once in a while and need something, always have some portable fruit like pear, apple, banana, etc and a handful of raw nuts or slice of raw cheese available in the fridge. Then you have a snack that will get you by for a little bit. Some days when I’m not too hungry I just have a handful of raw nuts for breakfast and maybe some green tea and I’ll just wait to eat until lunch… but that is super rare, cause I am almost always hungry for a meal :)

Hugs and Punches,

Roxy

18 August 2010 ·

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