The Most Important Meal

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try a gun."   Dad

I've often heard it said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.  When questioning speakers who are emoting such platitudes about the importance of eating breakfast the best they can come up with is that breakfast is important because it gets a person off to a good start.  In my book, finding out that I have a winning lottery ticket followed by an hour massage would be a good start.  But being a fair person I decided to do some "research" about the importance of eating a good breakfast.  My research consisted of Googling "breakfast most important meal of the day".  After all, if it's on the Internet, it's got to be true!

According to an impeccable source, breakfast is important because it lowers BMI, reduces fatigue, and improves cognition.  BMI, not to be confused with BM, is the body mass index which is calculated by figuring out a ratio between a person's weight and height.  A "good" number would be right around 22.  A BMI over 25 indicates overweight.  A BMI over 40 indicates that the person is shaped like a concrete bunker, which is not known, like such unfortunates, for its mobility.

So how did we get from breakfast to concrete bunkers, you might ask.  Obviously, I haven't had my breakfast and my cognitive skills are slipping.  In order to get cognition up to par, which, according to Google is the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors, I'm going to skip off to the kitchen a whip up my favorite breakfast.  Actually, my favorite breakfast is one that somebody else whips up, but that's not going to happen anytime soon.

My Almost Favorite Breakfast

Apple juice
Ginger, optional
Dash of lemon juice 
Strawberries
Blueberries
Ground flax seed, if it's handy
Yogurt, unless on I'm on dairy free kick
Banana, if there's one in the freezer
Any other fruit for the good of the order

I begin by running an apple or two along with a half of a lemon (peeled) and a small piece of ginger through my juicer.  Next I put the juice into my Vita-Mix along with additional fresh or frozen fruit and any handy ground flax seed and maybe yogurt.  Then I'll whip it into a drink.  Today I happen to have a quarter of a fresh pineapple sitting around so that's going to go into the juicer too.

As you can see, this is a very precise recipe, or as my father used to say, "Put away that micrometer and get a life!"  As you can also see I own a juicer and a Vita-Mix.  A juicer is a good way to get a heap of fresh fruits and veggies into a glass.  It saves a lot of chewing time.  A Vita-Mix, because of its 2 horsepower motor which runs like a dervish on speed, is also a good way to turn fruits and vegetables into liquids with the added bonus of the pulp, which is great fiber and brings us back to BM's, which has nothing to do with BMI's or BMW's  Or does it?  Inquiring minds!

If you're still following this you've probably had your breakfast and your cognitive skills rank right up there with Einstein's.  Your BMI is about to take a dive and you're full of energy.  Hang on.  I'll be there in a minute.

Loveya
The Mom