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Most of us have limited time in the morning, we have become used to doing only the essentials before we blast out the door on our way to wherever our day commands of us.  We have a shave, shower, get rid of the sleep in our eyes and out the door we go, but what about breakfast?

I am not going to bore you with facts and quotes about breakfast we have all heard but never follow, but the truth is that if you want to lose body fat, put on muscle and maintain a healthy, energetic lifestyle, breakfast is a must.

If you go to bed at midnight, chances are you had tea at 8pm and maybe a light snack around 10 consisting of something not conducive to healthy living (chocolate biscuits, a bit of cake, a six pack of your favorite lager..). You wake up at 7am, hit the office, school, college, whatever you do at the moment, you grab a coffee and a donut and don’t eat a proper lunch until 12.30pm.

If your cycle is anything like this you are making your body wait 16 hours between a good dose of food to give you energy and it will attempt to store it as fat, because it learns that it will have to conserve a % of your food because you don’t feed it often enough.

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So it isn’t just an old wives tale that breakfast is good for you. Breakfast gives you energy in the morning, it helps your body think “I will get fed at 7am so I can use the nutrients from previous meals repairing the body”, it leaves you less hungry during the day and you are far less likely to get mid afternoon blues.

I realize it can be difficult to get into the habit, but seriously, 5 extra minutes in the morning and you can have a great healthy breakfast. I tend to take an extra 10 and have a full cooked breakfast which I think is one of my more intelligent decisions. A typical white toast with chocolate spread is not breakfast, nor will it help you lose weight.

My favorite type of breakfast is what one would call dinner, lunch or tea. I have some bacon, eggs, mixed vegetables, maybe a piece of fruit. If there is some chicken or beef left over from last night I will have that with some vegetables and maybe some beans. Maybe some pork with an avocado and some grapes.

You get the point anyway, but if I have some leftovers from last night it normally takes 3 minutes in the microwave to heat anything that tastes better hot and about a further 5 minutes to eat it.

Breakfast isn’t hard work but it sure will help you lose fat or put on muscle, whatever your goals.

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I have bought all of the products I mentioned (as well as far too many others) and can personally vouch that the top one is the best I have ever tried. Anyway just my two cents.

Until next time, check out my articles and get your butt into the gym pronto.

Johnny