The Breakfast Solution

We look at people's food journal's all the time. One thing that many people neglect is eating a good breakfast many times it's one of two things

1.)No breakfast at all which cause low blood sugar that eventually turns to hunger later on in the day. This is not an ideal setting for burning fat and maintaining lean mass. We want to stoke the metabolism in the morning with some good low glycemic carbs, high quality protein, essential fats and fiber. That is an ideal breakfast.

2.)Eating too many high glycemic carbs-Another thing we see is someone who eats a bagel, juice and cereal many times which are high glycemic and not very nutrient balnced. This actually send the blood sugar up causing a spike which leads to a crash later in the day and causes cravings as well. Once again not an ideal situation for those who are trying to lose body fat and add lean mass.



Even though people know this is a bad habit they still find it difficult to fix when they are dealing with kids, getting ready etc. They just do not have time to get up and fix themselves a peoper breakfast so what should you do.


Here is a great solution! A high quality meal replacement shake you can blend up in a matter of minutes and one that contains all the essential nutrients that we are talking about. We like to use our USANA nutrimeal shakes which contain low glycemic carbs, high quality whey and soy protein, essential(good) fats and fiber. We can mix these with fruits and other ingredietns to create a quick, tasty and most importantly HEALTHY breakfast option, This works great for many of our clients.

Here are some of our 3 of our favorite smoothie recipes we like.

Banana Smoothie
2 scoops Vanilla Nutrimeal
8 oz. orange juice
4 oz. water
1 medium banana
1 scoop Soyamax



Pina Colada Shake

2 scoops Vanilla Nutrimeal
1 tsp. coconut extract
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/8 cups (2 tbsp) crushed pineapple (or fresh)

Mix well

Cappachino

Dutch Chocolate Nutrimeal
Soy Milk
ice
Splenda, instant coffe & dash of cinnamon
Mix everything together with a blender.
You will be amazed at how good and legal this is.

Chocolate Malty

2. scoops Dutch Choc. Nutrimeal
1/2 tsp. coconut extract
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 sm. banana
1 scoop Soyamax
12 oz. skim milk