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Written by Steve
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 If you're like this fat guy then you probably don't have time to eat breakfast but studies show that people that eat in the first hour of waking not only eat less through out the day but burn more calories. That's a double play that's too easy to pass up. Now you just have to find a few minutes every day to do it.
Healthy Breakfast Diet Ideas
- Hot Cereals such as oatmeal are perfect and adding some raisins or other fruit is a good way to add extra flavor and vitamins. The microwave oatmeal that's ready in 60 seconds is not bad but the stuff that takes 5 minutes of simmering is even better.
- High Fiber Cereal with low fat milk is perfect but you can also replace the milk with flavored yogurt, apple juice or kefir. Using yogurt and putting it into a to go container might help you save time in the morning.
- Banana Wrap. Take a whole grain tortilla, add some peanut butter and a banana. Roll up and go. You can also add raisins, some chopped nuts, a touch of honey and replace the wrap with either toast (my favorite)or a whole grain hot dog bun.
- Fruit and Nuts. A handful of raw almonds and an apple is very healthy, tasty, fast and you can pull it out of your pocket while walking through a parking lot. You can try different nuts and fruits but if you have to wipe salt or oil off your hands you're eating the wrong nuts. Feel free to add some hard or low fat string cheese to this pack ahead meal.
- Energy Bars. While most of these only have fewer calories then a truly great breakfast they're tasty, portable and require no prep time. You do want to keep the 5-10-15 rule in mind when selecting an energy bar. Under 5 grams of fat, at least 5 grams of fiber, 10 or more grams of protein and less then 15% of your carbs. Of course adding a glass of low fat milk, a piece of fruit, nuts or some low fat cheese is a great way to turn this snack into a meal.
- Tortilla Melt. Put two slices of law fat cheese on a whole grain tortilla, microwave for about 30 seconds, roll and go. You can add some hot sauce, salsa or any leftovers from last night.
- Salmon Roll Ups. If you like lox and bagels then you're going to love this low fat alternative. Take either two romaine lettuce leaves or a whole grain tortilla and add some low fat cream cheese, some smoked salmon, roll and go. A few capers, chopped red onion, sesame seeds and a squeeze of lemon is a nice addition.
- Eggs. One regular egg or two egg whites mixed into an omelet using some of last night's leftovers or some low fat cheese on whole grain toast or wrapped in a tortilla makes for a fast and satisfying hot breakfast.
- Whole Grain Waffles can be great if you replace the butter and syrup with peanut butter or low fat ricotta.
- Yogurt and some whole grain crackers work well if you can't manage to do anything else.
- Beans on Toast. This may be England's greatest culinary contribution. While baked beans often have a lot of sugar there are options and this meal is packed with fiber. Adding a slice of non fat cheese or an egg makes for a special treat while boosting the protein.
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