Hey everyone!
It’s Monday, so another #MotivationMonday article is here! This time it’s about breakfast.
This perfect breakfast is actually one of the greatest mysteries in the world, and opinions vary. Some people say that the best breakfast is protein i.e. from eggs, someone says that your body needs to draw energy from carbohydrates and sugars i.e. from oatmeal and fruit.
We think that the body best digests food in the morning in a liquid form. It’s not about the feeling (I’m able to eat four eggs with bacon at 5am), but it’s about what your body burns fastest and doesn’t store it as fat. Concerning the nutritional composition, I’m more of a protein person.
So, what do we eat for breakfast? The answer is a COCKTAIL! Mainly because it doesn’t burden the metabolism, and also because it’s super fast and if you’re in a hurry, you can take it to go or prepare it the night before, and of course because you can create all kinds of flavors. It’s incredibly delicious and I’ve been eating it for several months now with great results. And the ingredients?
My cocktail consists of:
Low-fat greek yoghurt
One scoop of protein powder (it’s better to use some bland flavor, for example vanilla, otherwise, there would be too much flavors)
One cupped palm of nuts (I use macadamia nuts)
One half of banana (but you can add whatever fruit you like. Frozen raspberries are great as well!)
One teaspoon of cinnamon
Low-fat kefir (the amount depends on how dense you want the shake, I like it really dense, so I add just a little bit of it)
Two ice cubes (It’s not necessary, but I like the shake cold)
The last 4 ingredients are quite variable and can be changed. Personally, I just fell in love with this banana-cinnamon option, but you can substitute banana and cinnamon with some other fruit you have.
Put all ingredients into a blender and voila! There is about 35 g protein, 20 g carbohydrates, of which about 15 sugar, and 20 g fat in the shake.
I tried all kinds of breakfast, but this one is definitely the best so far. It is really delicious and perfectly fills up, so I’m not hungry until almost noon.
Of course your cocktail doesn bot have to be the same as mine! The base is high quality protein (ideally native protein, but you can add/subsitute it with greek yoghurt or quark cheese), handful of nuts or seeds (macademia, hazel, cashew, brazilian nuts or grounded flaxseed, or even almonds or pistachios) and nutrionally rich fruits (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, currant, strawberries or bananas).Then it is up to you to add spices (cinnamon, cocoa powder, chai latté, vanilla…), coconut or almond milk, antioxidants (like spirulina, barley or powder greens), vegetables (celery, spinach…) and also coconut oil or cashew/almond butter for a more favorable structure.
But what is important to say is what certainly is not suitable for breakfast. Forget all sorts of muesli that you see in the stores. Even those with the labels “fitness” “healthy,” “low sugar” are full of sugar and you will certainly not lose weight by eating them.
And what about you guys, what do you eat for breakfast? Do you want more specific cocktail recipes from us?
