Why Skipping Breakfast is Plain Stupid!
You are obsessed with how you look. You are obsessed with how many calories you consume. You are even obsessed with the idea of skipping meals. Am I right?
Well, so was I for the longest tie, but what if I told you that in all its irony, this is why you are overweight and unhappy and low on energy?
When you obsess over what you eat, your mind goes into the scarcity state of paranoia:
Oh my God! I can’t eat breakfast tomorrow. I better get whatever I can now at midnight! I am STARVING!
Okay maybe I am exaggerating a wee bit but not that much. See, your mind and body is interconnected, and when you increase your stress levels by counting every calorie and by skipping meals, you create the reverse reaction which you desire: Instead of getting lean and healthy, you actually gain weight!
Because your body releases these hormones during times of stress, and as a result, it alerts you to replenish your food supply in distress and eat when you are not hungry … in order to prepare for the ‘skipping breakfast’ plan you have in mind for the following morning.
Not good. Skipping meals especially breakfast is just stupid. Breakfast does not have to be the “biggest” meal of the day. No meal needs to be the ‘biggest’ meal. Eat small frequent healthy delicious meals but eat.
Or drink in the case of healthy green smoothies. Here are two so-delicious-you-will-lick-your-fingers recipes for an easy quick and nutritious breakfast. You need a little planning in advance and then you are all set.
Grocery Shopping List for 1 Week Smoothie Supply:
Any regular grocery story these days will have these ingredients and you can make a quick one-stop shopping on a Sunday and not worry about breakfast all week long. Are you ready?
- 1 large carton of unsweetened almond milk
- 1 container of freshly ground unsweetened almond butter
- 1 large bag of pre-washed baby spinach
- 1 bunch of kale
- 3 apples of any kind
- 8 dates
- 1 dozen bananas
- 1 bag of fresh or frozen blueberries
- 1 bag of flax powder
- 1 bag of hemp seeds
If you cannot find flax powder or hemp seeds at your grocery store, order them online from the comfort of your home or make a quick visit to your health food store. One bag should last you months!
When you get home, peel, cut and freeze your bananas in a ziplock bag. Wash, dry and freeze your blueberries if you got them fresh. Wash, dry and put your spinach and kale in tupperware containers. Get your blender out on the counter and set up a nice breakfast smoothie bar for yourself.
You’re ready to rock and roll for your 5-minute healthy smoothie breakfast now! How easy is that?
2 Healthy Breakfast Green Smoothie Recipes
The instructions are easy: Just blend until desired consistency. Do not blend more than 3 minutes max. Make sure you have enough liquid, some blenders may require more than others. These measurements are based for a Vitamix blender. These breakfast recipe makes 2 servings. I drink both servings during the course of the morning. I pour them out in my Mason jars and eat one and store the other with a lid in the fridge for mid-morning. No guilt! No shame!
Breakfast Green Smoothie Recipe #1: The Green Sweetie
1/2 cup coconut milk
2/3 cup almond milk
1 frozen banana
1 yellow or sweet apple
1 cup fresh spinach
2-3 leaves of kale, remove stem
1 or 1/2 pitted date
1 TBSP almond butter
1 TBSP flax powder
Not a fan of bananas in your smoothies? Check out the banana-free version of smoothie recipes.
Breakfast Green Smoothie Recipe #2: The Purple Swirl
1 1/3 cup almond milk
1 frozen banana
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup fresh spinach
1 TBSP almond butter
1 TBSP hemp seeds
So, start exploring this new amazing revolution with healthy ways to feed and nourish your body. You’ll never look back, and you’ll be kicking yourself why you didn’t start sooner. Today won’t come back around. Start healing your body with healthy smoothies.
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