Are you up for the Challenge?

I mentioned to a friend recently, that I was going to start issuing weekly challenges, mostly for those that follow my Fonz Flabuless Warriors or Tuesday Transformers Logan pages on Facebook. These challenges are mostly for myself, but anyone and everyone that wants to "play" is certainly welcome.  Some of these will be health related, while others won't. I think it's good to always find ways to improve oneself. Breakfast was one of those things I needed to improve on when I began trying to become a better version of myself. It's also the thing I find I slip up at when I let other things, like life per say, get in the way. Now before I begin, let it be known I am not a resolution setter. I do believe in making a goal, achieving a goal, and setting another. There's always, always, ALWAYS room for improvement. I will NOT be 100% at these challenges, but I will be better. Take for instance, water drinking. BLECH! BUT... if I'm only getting 32 oz. of water in per day, I'm going to try my dangdest to get that up to at least 33 oz. JK! 34.
What I'm saying is, I don't expect anyone to take these challenges and think they have to do them 100% each and every day. Just do a little better than you did yesterday. And if you don't quite get it day one, guess what, you have 6 more go's at it. You pickin' up what I'm puttin' down-yo?
So without further ado...
Weekly Challenge #1 (January 1st- January 7th)

FILL UP WITH A HEALTHY BREAKFAST

Before #myforeverjourney, there were some mornings where it was everything I could do to will myself out into the real world aka go to work all the while, grabbing a fist full of dry cereal or even a left over cookie as I rushed my way out the door. It's not like a gourmet breakfast is a realistic everyday goal. But dry cereal fills me for about 3 minutes, and a cookie just leaves me wanting another cookie. A healthy breakfast actually requires very little prep time. Since the start of #myforeverjourney, I've enjoyed breakfast more. I actually crave my breakfast of choice, so I end up eating it for dinner some nights.  Protein is the key to a healthy and filling breakfast. I found when I uped my protein, my hunger cravings were minimal as well as sugar cravings. I also found I didn't need as big a lunch, so my calories (not that I'm a calorie counter) were lower for the entire day. I'm such a fan of eggs. And especially now that eggs are part of the zero point food list on the #wwfreestyle plan, (*WeightwatcherplugIleadonTuesdayeveningscomeandseeme) I eat a LOT of eggs! Scrambled with extra lean turkey, tomatoes, spinach and a pinch of cheese rolled into an Ole' Extreme low carb tortilla....YUM and 1 smart point.  Poached over two slices of Sara Lee toast (2sp) with 1.5 TBS Dean's guacamole (2 sp)...YES PLEASE and 4 smart points. Hard boiled...YES! Mix that hard boiled egg with nonfat greek yogurt, mustard, salt, pepper, dill, red onion, and celery  to make an egg salad type of sandwich. (2 sp for the bread, as the eggs, yogurt and seasonings all come in at a whopping zero point value!)  And yes...even egg muffins are easy to eat as I head out the door. To make an egg muffin, you need one egg per muffin cup. So...if you were to make a dozen for the freezer, you guessed it. You'd need 12 eggs. Math. YUCK! I add fresh veggies like onion, tomato, and green pepper to our egg muffins. Then I like to add diced ham. I use 1/2 oz. of John Morrell diced ham per muffin cup. I will put cheese in 6 and leave the other 6 cheeseless. Spray your muffin tins and bake in a preheated oven at 350 for 20 minutes. And guess what folks? These little gems are 0 smart points for one if you choose to eat them cheeseless. And if you have 2, which is what I do, it's only 1 smart point. HELLO!!!! I like to have cottage cheese on the side. This breakfast gives me 25 grams of protein. A great start to the day!!!! And a 2 smart point breakfast. (1 for the 1/2 c. viva fat free cottage cheese, and 1 for 2 egg muffins.)
We need the most energy at the beginning of the day, and the least energy at the end of our day, Thus the saying, "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper." It's not an old wives' tale. It actually makes perfect sense. But I've been guilty of skipping breakfast, which leads to an all out pig out come night time. I'm ready for this weeks challenge. Are you in?


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