Get your day started right

Today I wanted to talk about the most important meal of the day.  As we all may have heard, its  breakfast.  That's no myth, breakfast is your first shot at getting the proper nutrition your body needs to get you through to lunch. It gets your metabolic system going from when you were sleeping and that boost in metabolism is crucial to keeping that calorie furnace going. This is why it is recommended to have breakfast within an hour of waking up. Now onto what to have for breakfast.  As for myself, I am a cereal guy, so I looked for the one that served my goals the best. I found that in the Kashi brand cereal called "Kashi Go Lean". Now I know some of you may have had bad experience with Kashi before, but I highly recommend this cereal because of its high fiber and protein compared to other cereals out there.  If its still too "Kashi" for you then I would recommend "Kashi Go Lean Crunch".  This one is almost the same formula however they have packed the cereal into Very Crunchy clusters and added lots of sweetness. It is definitely more snackable (I would keep this around if I needed just a little snack right out of the box). When I do have it for breakfast it is always with skim milk, and I ask that those of you who haven't kicked the whole milk habit definitely do so. You would be surprised at how much fat is in whole milk compared to skim (especially 7 times a week with cereal).  Now I was a whole milk person myself once, so let me tell you the way to convert.  Try the 2% milk first for a month or two and then move on to skim. I find that the jump from 2% to skim is actually bigger in terms of taste than the whole to 2%. If you find it hard to do the switch, you can always pour part of the bowl with 2% and part with skim to help transition even more gradually. If you can't go that far, then just stick to the 2% and be glad your not drinking the whole stuff anymore (remember its all the little things that will add up to change the big picture).  Oh, I almost forgot, you don't need to just eat cereal all the time, but I'll leave other breakfast tips to another day.