the breakfast challenge

I have always heard you have to eat breakfast. If you want to lose weight start by eating breakfast. Well what if you don’t like to eat breakfast? Is Coffee breakfast? Does breakfast exist at 12:30? If answered the former questions with a yes then you are like me and don’t like to eat in the morning.

Sorry that’s not true if I woke up every morning when I would like around10 (when in reality my daughter wakes me up at 6) and could order room service, then yes I would probably eat. But since this is a dream of a dream, I run around in the morning getting the kids out and me to work with no breakfast.

But the breakfast problem still bothered me. After doing alittle research I came upon this article, which peaked my interest:

“When you skip breakfast, your metabolic rate slows down and your blood sugar drops. As a result, you become hungry and have less energy. This sets you up to impulsively snack in the morning - often on high-fat sweets - or to eat extra servings or bigger portions at lunch or dinner.

When you eat breakfast, your body feels nourished and satisfied, making you less likely to overeat the rest of the day.

Eating breakfast every day may reduce the risk for obesity and insulin resistance syndrome - an early sign of developing diabetes - by as much as 35 to 50 percent, according to a study presented at a recent American Heart Association conference.”

Interesting stuff huh. Since beginning this blog I have been reading a lot about metabolic rate and how its affects my health and ability to lose weight. I still don’t understand it completely, but my father who happens to be a register nurse specializing in diabetes explained it to me as such.

Your body is like a steam engine that we constantly need to feed with energy. Feeding the engine too much or too little with put the fire out. A constant stream of slow burning fuel will feed the engine and keep us going all day while burning calories.

So now the question is what is for breakfast? Because if I am willing to sweat my braining out on the treadmill and swear away junk food, well I think I can make a little room in my life for breakfast.

After doing a little more research (gosh never knew eating well would need so much information) that whole rain cereals are one of the best choices for breakfast, in addition to being cheap and easy. So my husband and I have been eating oatmeal everyday for the last week. I have been losing weight but not more so than usual. But with anything new ill keep at it and make a judgment only after six weeks.

Here is our recipe for whole meal oatmeal:

Serves 2

Take 11/2 cup of raw whole oats (not processed or rolled)

Toast them in a small pot until you can smell them, add equal amounts of boiling water and a tsp of kosher salt. Cook on low until water is gone. Serve with wheat germ, plain yogurt, or fruit

We find it easy and simply and darn tasty (although I still think coffee is better)