Maria's 7 Day Breakfast Challenge!

I know we have all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but a large number of us seem to ignore that all together. Especially me! I have found it next to impossible to eat before leaving my place in the morning, but the other day at school, we were provided breakfast before a presentation and what a difference it made in my day!
Being a nurse I find myself reciting this to many people over and over again. So it is finally time to practice what I preach. It's on! I am challenging you to 7 days of breakfast with me. To help you succeed, I am sharing with you super easy recipes that are fool proof. Stay tunned to us on facebook, twitter and instagram for help along the way. Going Grocery shopping tonight and breakfast challenge starts tomorrow!

Bagel Gone Bananas

ACTIVE TIME: 5 Minutes

This bagel topped with peanut butter and banana slices is ready in just 5 minutes and is easy to eat on the run. 
2 tablespoons of peanut butter
1 teaspoon of honey
1 whole-wheat bagel split and toasted
1 small banana sliced

 Breakfast Taco

ACTIVE TIME : 10 MINUTES

2 corn tortillas

1 Tablespoon salsa

2 tablespoons shredded reduced-fat Cheddar cheese

2 Eggs

Top tortillas with salsa and cheese. Heat in the microwave until the cheese is melted, about 30 seconds. 2. Meanwhile coat a small non-stick skillet with cooking spray. Heat over medium heat, add eggs and cook, stirring, until the eggs are cooked through, about 90 seconds. 

Divide the scrambled egg between the tacos and enjoy

uumm cereal, still an all time fav, and it doesn't get any easier than this.

ACTIVE TIME: 1MINUTE

Nutritious pick: FiberOne

Milk

Motivate Yourself

You’ve been thinking about eating healthy, I know it because otherwise you wouldn’t be here reading this blog. Eating healthy is a lifestyle that we know is good for us but it’s so hard to get motivated sometimes. LISTEN UP motivation won’t come to you by simply waiting around long enough. The sky isn’t going to open up and pour a dose of motivation over you. It will not magically appear just because you need it. You have to dig deep within you and pull it out. You have to wrestle away excuses and find desire, I know you have it in you, we all do!

Motivation craves to be chased. It requires you to make an active choice to pursue and tackle it. Then you must stay the course and impose your will on it. It’s hard at first but overtime eating healthy will become part of your lifestyle.

Lifestyle seems too far away right now, I get it. So lets find ways to take small steps and start with a plan of attack. Set goals that are specific and accomplishable (check out our previous blog on SMART goals) and talk to yourself in proactive terms. Rather than making sure that you do NOT do some thing, tell yourself what you WILL do. For example, tell yourself that you will eat fruits rather than that you cannot eat fries. Then write it down. Cement what you want to accomplish in visible words and put this somewhere you can see it daily to remind you of your commitment to yourself.

Go ahead and celebrate your small wins. No matter how tiny it might seem, it is al a part of the bigger picture and you deserve to be celebrated. Get excited, be in the right frame of mind, think positive and allow yourself to smile.