TheFoggBlogg: Join the (I Hate) Breakfast Club

"Breakfast is THE most important meal of the day."

"Eat a breakfast for a king.
Lunch for a prince,
And dinner for a pauper."

Studies show kids do better in school when they eat breakfast... Without breakfast, the nutritionists say, your metabolism is thrown off and you don't properly "burn" the calories you take throughout the rest of the day... Skip breakfast and you lose ability to focus and concentrate... Skipping breakfast is, many MD's assert, THE surest way to over-weight & obesity... And according to The National Weight-Loss Registry (whose members have lost an average of 66 lbs and kept it off for 5.5 years) 78% eat breakfast every day.

To ALL the above... I say, "You're right," and (technnical term coming) "Bull shit."

"I HATE Breakfast!"

If I eat breakfast, my day is shot to hel.... Gone! I'm so stuffed & bloated, it's mid-afternoon before I can function physically. And after a good ol' American breakfast, my mind is out-to-lunch— and lunch is the LAST thing I want. Once in a great while, I can handle some fresh fruit. But even then... I'm sluggish & sleepy and would rather lie down until the lethergy passes than have anything to do with a productive day.

AND, I know... I know... Without a "healthy" breakfast, I'm messing with my all important metabolic rate and throwing my body into a far-below-par fat buring state. That virtually guanantees excess weight gain & a bulging belly (and upper inside thighs, and flabby underarms, and... <smile>).

I Found a Better Whey
Forgive the word play, and that's just what I did and do— everyday of the week but one when I do a Cleanse (and more about that to come).

Along with a palm full of capsules & pills that give me the benefits of an advanced nutritional and healthful aging formula (I spent 25+ years in the Natural & Health Food business. I know what good and great is and is not), so that no matter what else I do or don't eat in the day I'm covered, I drink— and here comes the key to the healthy & fit kingdom— a meal replacement high protein shake.

There are lots of "protein shakes" on the market to choose from. The one I selected is a high-end formula. A nutritionally complete food— yet it's less than $2.70 per meal (delivered), which nothing else I know can compete with price wise. It's clinically proven to help you lose weight, stay satiated (feeling full), maintain & increase lean muscle and provide a balance of healthy fats, high-quality protein and low-glycemic carbohydrates. It also contains digestive enzymes and prebiotic (that stimulate the growth and/or activity of bacteria in the digestive system) fiber to support optimal absorption and healthy digestion, plus a broad spectrum of vitamins and trace minerals that provide nutrients normally missing in most all contemporary diets.

That "Better Whey" bit refers to the whey protein that's the basis of the shake formula. It comes fromfree range grass-fed, articicial hormone free cows in New Zeland— the single cleanest, pollution-free environment on the planet. (I'm an organic food freak as well, so things like that are VERY important to me.) I'm convinced it's the highest quality shake available. So far superior to those using cheaper, commercial milk proteins and things like soy isolates it's beyond debate.

So, I have a shake for breakfast, instead of ham & eggs, pancakes & bacon, quinoa-spelt flakes with blueberries & acorns <smile>, oatmeal, or— heaven forbid— what one online "expert" nutritionist suggested for sustainable energy, "...partner high-fiber foods with proteins that promote alertness, like egg whites, turkey, chicken, fish, and lean meats." For breakfast! I'd die!

My shake tastes good. I feel full for hours. Food & taste cravings are non-existing, but I feel so light in the tummy it's like I 've never ate a thing. Yet there I am, filled with more high-end nutritional goodness than if I ate any— or even all— of the above foods. I love it!