Breakfast Counts

Appetizer
Eat breakfast more often. Besides providing energy to carry you through the rest of your day, eating breakfast daily can actually help you consume less calories overall.

Main Course
Eating breakfast is an integral part to any healthy eating plan, but don't just take it from me. According to the National Weight Control Registry, 80% of people who have successfully maintained a weight loss of at least 35 pounds eat breakfast every day.

Dessert
While I know that many people struggle to find the time to eat breakfast or simply don't have an appetite in the morning, I must admit that I've never had those problems. Breakfast foods are among my favorite meal time choices, and I am almost always ready to eat shortly after waking up and getting dressed in the morning.

I have noticed that my morning appetite is connected to my workout habits. If I'm not working out (sick, snowed in, on vacation on a remote island :), I find that I'm not hungry at all in the AM, and I have to make myself eat. However, when I'm working out on my normal schedule, food is my first thought after handling Mother Nature in the mornings. Not sure if there's any science to support this theory, but at least for me...working out and eating breakfast go hand in hand.