Breaking the fast!

01/14/2013

It’s almost the middle of January. Which means you may have had some successes and are feeling motivated to see your resolutions through. Or perhaps you have hit some setbacks and have thrown most of your good intentioned goals out the window. Here’s hoping for success!

One worthwhile nutrition goal, especially when trying to lose weight, is eating breakfast. Instead of running out of the house, coffee in hand, with no food other than lunch in mind; try eating. You don’t have to sit down to a full meal, just eat something, anything within two hours of getting up.

Ideally, you should aim for 3-4 food groups. But even an apple or a banana as you get ready for work helps. One of my favorite quick breakfast items is a smoothie. It is infinitely changeable and you can pour it into a travel mug and take it to work, or on your way to your kid’s play date. Following is my fav recipe, it has 3 out of 4 food groups!

Super Smoothie 

Ingredients:  ½ cup frozen fruit, 1 ripe banana, ½ cup yogurt, ½  cup milk, ¼ cup orange juice, 1 pkg dessert tofu (optional – use extra yogurt if no tofu) Extras: 1 tbsp ground flax, ½ tbsp bran

(all measures approximate)

 Instructions:

1. Throw all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
2. Pour into a mug and go!

Results: A drink that will satisfy and saves my breakfast when I hit the snooze button one too many times.

If you would like more information on setting and achieving your nutrition goals call or email Chelsea at 306-361-3534 or chelseaharrisrd@gmail.com.

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