Sunday Morning Shannigans

Good morning mindful, fit, healthy, strong women! It's Sunday morning! Put down that Sunday paper and turn to P.M.S... good decision . It is Sunday morning which usually means a couple of things. Some wake up and say " Let's go to breakfast!" or " I am going to make breakfast!"

Let me educate you on some breakfast foods. Let's take a pretend trip to Perkins Family Restaurant. This is like any other breakfast joint, so these nutritional facts are comparable to others such as Dennys, Cracker Barrel, diners, and others. You walk in, get seated. MMMM coffee is usually your first thought.

A typical breakfast at Perkins consist of eggs. Then you get a choice of pancakes, toast or a  muffin. All carbs.

You then get a choice of potatoes or hash browns. More carbs.

Let's make a meal a person would normally order:
Everything Omelet(Perkins)

Serving Size: 1 Omelet Calories: 380 Total Fat: 23 Carbs: 11 Protein: 33g

Your choice of:

Hash Browns(Perkins)

Serving Size: 3 oz Calories: 100 Total Fat: 2.5g Carbs: 17g Protein: 1.5g

OR:

Breakfast Potatoes(Perkins)

Serving Size: 141.1g Calories: 250 Total Fat: 12g Carbs: 32g Protein: 3g

Your choice of:

Toast, Whole Wheat(Perkins)

Serving Size: 2 Slices Calories: 220 Total Fat: 3g Carbs: 41g Protein: 8g

OR:

Buttermilk Pancake(Perkins)

Serving Size: 3 Pancakes Calories: 423 Total Fat: 14.1g Carbs: 60g Protein:

OR:

Apple Cinnamon Muffin(Perkins)

Serving Size: 168g Calories: 480 Total Fat: 21g Carbs: 66g Protein: 6g

Customer: " I would like the Everything Omelet with breakfast potatoes and pancakes."

Let's Calculate.

Calories: 1,053 g

Total Fat: 49.1 g

Carbs: 103 g

Protein: 36 g

This is what your typical breakfast out at a restaurant looks like. Now this is not including any beverages, butters, or jams you are adding to your breakfast.

Check out other meals here at Livestrong http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/nutrition-calories/food/perkins-restaurant-26-bakery/

Let's compare this to another breakfast that is nutritious.

4 scrambled eggs:

Calories 294

Fat 19.88g

Carbs 1.54g

Protein 25.16g

3 slices bacon:

Calories 126

Fat 9.55g

Carbs 0.36g

Protein 9.09g

You eat this and I promise you that you will not feel like crap and bloated after. This consist of no potatoes. Why do you need all that extra starch when you have so much protein packed items?

Take time for yourself today. Relax, go for a walk, or do something you enjoy. Most of all, make healthy decisions and train if it's your training day but most of all, give it all ya got!