1. Breakfast:The Key to a successful day and diet!

4. What size should my breakfast be?
A decent breakfast is about 300 to 600 calories
Sometimes that is hard to come by so putting some form of nutrients in your stomach is more helpful than nothing
Breakfast should fuel you to get you going for the whole day

5. Reasons why we don’t eat breakfast
Not hungry in the morning
No time
Don’t like breakfast food
On a diet
Breakfast is too expensive

6. “I’m not hungry in the morning.”

7. “I’m not hungry in the morning.”
Ate too much for dinner the night before
Ate too many late night snacks
Ate a huge dessert after dinner
Ate too many calories

8. “I don’t have time for breakfast.”

9. “I don’t have time for breakfast.”
Breakfast doesn’t have to be sit down
Make a to-go bag the night before or have breakfast bars or fruit ready to grab before you leave the house
Yogurt
Smoothie
Fruit
Breakfast bar

10. “I’m on a diet.”

11. “I’m on a diet.” Diets do NOT start at breakfast
Skipping breakfast to save calories is unsuccessful
Dieters who skip breakfast tend to gain weight overtime
You get too hungry when skipping breakfast and over eat later
If anything, skip dinner!

12. “I don’t like breakfast food.”

13. “I don’t like breakfast food.”
Any food can be breakfast food
Anything that has a nutritious, filling amount of calories, protein and carbohydrates can be eaten as breakfast

14. “Breakfast is too expensive.”

15. “Breakfast is too expensive.”
Yogurt can sell for 10 cents a container sometimes
Oatmeal sells for 99 cents per pound (don’t buy packaged)
Bananas are often 60 cents a pound (for both organic and non organic)
Peanut butter may be pricey but for the price you get a very nutritious meal (even by the spoonful)

16. Partner Activity
With the person sitting next to you, talk about and create a meal for breakfast that is healthy and nutritious for each of the reasons why we don’t eat breakfast that we went over.
5 breakfast options (1 for each reason).