A Big Fat F

I must preface this post by saying that I am not intending to offend anyone by what I am going to say. 

Breakfast is an important meal and I do try each day to eat a healthy one.  This morning was busy at our house even though I was the only one home.  After getting ready for work, I threw chicken in the skillet with a little cononut oil and salt and pepper, put diced onions, green and red peppers and a tiny bit of sausage in another skillet with a bit of coconut oil and then let all three dogs out, fed them, gave them their water and put them in their proper locations for the day.  After I came back in, I washed and shredded romaine lettuce, cut up a cucumber, diced more peppers and threw that all into a big bowl.  I then made an oil and vinegar dressing before adding a couple of eggs to the skillet with the peppers, onions, and sausage.  I also added shredded spinach to the eggs, cooked it up, and then put it in a plastic container.  I took the chicken off of the stove, boxed that up, and then packed all of the above things in a basket along with a small container of raspberries and a boiled egg.  I refilled my coffee and was out the door.  Sounds like that took a long time, huh?  Nope, just 15 minutes.  In that small window of time, not only did I get my sweet little pups taken care of, but I also made not one, but TWO healthy meals for the day.  Not bad, huh?  Well, when I got to work and walked to the kitchen to put my food in the refrigerator, I saw someone else preparing their breakfast.  This "breakfast" consisted of a 6-pack of powdered mini-donuts and a 20-oz Mountain Dew.

With this being said, it is no wonder why Indiana ranks 15th in adult obesity and 27th in childhood obesity.  As a general population we tend to eat what is convenient and quick.  Too bad so many people do not fully understand that their convenient and quick choices are slowly killing them.  And what is even more disturbing to me is that doctors at bariatric surgery centers are rolling in the dough because of these choices.  Quick and convenient choices "fixed" by quick procedures.  Well, not really.  Did you know that it is not rare for someone to go back for a second bariatric surgery because they gained back their weight?  I don't know about you, but that tells me that surgery isn't the answer.  How about a change in what is consumed?  I can tell you this, my breakfast this monring was delicious.  I am not just saying that.  I tasted really, really good.  I eat that several times a week and sometimes I have a little fruit on the side and I am not usually hunrgy again until well after the traditional lunch hour.  If there is anything that I have learned by trying to follow a Paleolithic eating style it is that healthy food tastes GOOD when we detox our body from the garbage that is out there (donuts, ice-cream, soda, chips...). 

So, I dare you to change up one meal a day to all healthy choices (whole, REAL foods) and then tell me how it makes you feel.  If our 15-year old can tell a difference after eating REAL food, then I bet you can too!