Power Breakfast

You should never start your day without eating a healthy power breakfast. If you go the entire morning without eating, then when it comes time to eat lunch you are more likely to over eat to compensate for the extra hunger. For the reason that your metabolism has not been given a kick-start by not eating breakfast, this means that you are also more likely not to burn those calories.

Heres a list of breakfast tips and ideas to help ensure that you dont skip this most important meal of the day.

Plan breakfast.

The time to think about what is for breakfast is not the moment you are about to make a mad dash out the door. Stock up on easy, flavorful, healthy foods that are quick to fix. Put breakfast foods within easy reach, so they are accessible for even the youngest-and shortest-members of the family.

Make breakfast a regular, non-negotiable part of everyone's morning routine. Set aside a specific block of time and resist the temptation to keep hitting that snooze button!

Eat mindfully - sit to eat - even for five minutes - and try to focus only on enjoying your meal, savoring the flavors and aromas. "If you're eating while rushing around - getting yourself or your kids ready for the day - you won't really feel like you've had a meal

Have an all-alkaline breakfast. During the night when you are sleeping, toxic bodies tend to become more acidic. Acidic blood sets the stage for illness and disease. When you wake up, having a more alkaline breakfast helps balance this acidic condition.

Hydrate - When sleeping, you become also become quite dehydrated. Drinking water and having a healthy breakfast meal with high water content is an excellent way to re-hydrate your body to begin your day.

Do not skimp on the milk: A single serving of milk on breakfast cereal can provide up to half your daily calcium requirement.

In the summer, pick many fruit and freeze it. Blackberries are tasty and free, and a handful on your breakfast cereal in the winter will bring the taste of summer right back.This is my favorite.

Eggs are a good breakfast food - boil, scramble, or poach eggs and serve on whole-wheat toast - they are packed with nutrition and, in appropriate portions, are great for kids.

No time for breakfast at home? - Toss a portable meal and eat at your desk before you start work.