Breakfast

I'm hungry, so guess what this morning's topic is going to be?

Before moving to college, I rarely had a healthy breakfast. I had all those cereals that kids love but really should avoid: Cap'n Crunch, Lucky Charms, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, etc. I also loved those sugary pop tarts, especially the ones with chocolate in them. And on rare occasions, when I could wait for Mom or Dad to cook it, I'd have French toast or pancakes - doused with syrup, of course.

Yum, yum, yum! You agree, right? Right?? ...But not healthy. The only times I'd ever have a healthy breakfast was when I got the Mini-Wheat cereal.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Should a person really be putting that much sugar in their system so early in the day? Probably not recommended, although I guess I am proof that it could be done.

However, I am also proof that it can be changed! Now that I go to the college cafeteria for breakfast on weekdays, I get all sorts of fruit for breakfast. Mostly cantaloupe and grapes, but sometimes they have strawberries and peaches too. Admittedly, that often goes with a piece of French toast and syrup, but sometimes instead I get tater tots or hash browns or some other form of breakfast potato.

And now, on weekends, I can no longer stand to get such unhealthy breakfasts as before; it just doesn't start my day off well. I joke that college has ruined me, and I do miss my old breakfast; but I love my new one a lot too.

I heard a story from a friend who recently went to college. She said that, just like my college, hers had all of the sugary cereal and an ice cream machine available at breakfast. She would combine the two to have dessert for breakfast. I have to admit, that sounds delicious; but I have yet to try it and prove to myself how delicious it truly is. Maybe if I never know, I'll never have to find out. One can hope, right?

So how are you doing with your breakfasts?