Last week I wrapped up a 10-week exercise and weight loss challenge with a group of people at my local workout facility. Most of us were not exercising at all at the beginning of the challenge and by the end, we were working out an average of 5 times a week, doing a combination of cardio and strength training activities.
The participant who lost the most weight during the challenge (it was a man…of course…) shared about how he got over a plateau in his weight loss journey that happened about halfway through the challenge. It really struck me as something to take to heart, because he made a change that few people would expect to be the key to losing more weight: he started eating breakfast.
He was in a long standing habit of just having coffee for breakfast, and even though he knew what we have all heard time and time again, which is that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, from his perspective, it was tough on his crunched morning schedule and since he was trying to lose weight, it was just more calories, so why bother? But our nutritionist encouraged him to give it a try so that his body wouldn’t think it was starving and needing to hold on to any fat already stored. And guess what? It worked!
Historically, I have always been a BIG fan of breakfast. In fact, for many years of my life I had to eat within 15 minutes of waking up or I would feel physically ill. I think my coffee habit has put a damper on my appetite first thing in the morning, and as a result, I haven’t been skipping breakfast, but it is not uncommon for me to be awake 2-3 hours before I eat breakfast. This is not good, friends! My body needs some water and some good nutrients right off the bat in order for it to not be out of whack and to assume that it isn’t getting fed and therefore needs to hold on to what I’ve already got.
A #BetterBreakfast Routine
Inspired by my workout buddy’s great success with a good breakfast, I headed over to Publix to pick up a winning combination: Cheerios and 100% Florida Orange Juice. They actually have a SWEET coupon in their Lucky Saving flyer right now(which you can find at the front entrance of your local store OR at the customer service desk). If you purchase both of these products, you can take $2 off the total bill. You can also find a Cheerios digital coupon for $1/2 boxes at ReadyPlanSave.com. Awesome! So why this particular combination? Well, Cheerios makes for a great choice because it is made from whole-grain oats and it does not have artificial flavors or colors. Those are two things I’m trying to eliminate as much as I can from our diets because they sort of freak me out. It is also a low fat and cholesterol-free choice. Finally, in case you haven’t noticed, boxed cereals can be absolutely loaded with sugar, but Cheerios has just one gram of sugar per serving. Nice!
Pairing cheerios with an 8 oz glass of 100% Florida orange juice will give you lots of vitamin C (100% of your daily need, in fact!) and vitamin C helps maintain a healthy immune system. Orange juice also contains potassium which is great for heart health. Also? It’s delicious! 🙂
I personally like my Cheerios best with sliced bananas. And for an extra special treat, try it with a small drizzle of honey!
Win it!: I want you to get to experience the super fast, super simple and super awesome breakfast pairing of Cheerios + OJ (and don’t forget that $2 off coupon!), so I’m hosting a giveaway for $15 PayPal so you be on your way to a #BetterBreakfast routine, my treat!
I love Lara Bars and I have been wanting to try Liberte yogurt.
Mott’s fruit snacks and chex mix.
Crescent Rolls and Chex Mix!
I would love to have the Big G Cereal and Yoplait yogurt for breakfast. As it is, I put yogurt in a breakfast smoothie everyday and sometimes enjoy a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios for a mid-morning snack.
Honey nut cheerios and crescent rolls
I love the Chex mix and Yoplait yogurt!
I like Chex mix and Yoplait yogurt.
I love Fiber One cereal and Yoplait yogurt! Great breakfast ideas.
Two items that I would love to have for breakfast from ReadyPlanSave.com are Natural Valley and Liberte. I already eat Natural Valley for breakfast and next on my list to try is the Liberte. I love yogurt and this looks delicious.
I like the lucky charms and the chex mix cereal.
I would love the Liberte yogurt and Honey Nut Cheerios!
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pillsbury crescent rolls and liberte yogurt
Lucky Charms & Nature Valley Granola Bars! Thanks for the chance =)
Nature Valley Bars and Big G cereals
The Yoplait yogurt and Chex are my favorite options.
Liberte yogurt~!
I like to have Nature Valley Granola Bars and Yoplait Greek Yogurt for breakfast.
I’d love to have some pillsbury crescent rolls and liberte yogurt for breakfast.
I would like the Nature Valley granola bars and Yoplait yogurt for breakfasts! Great coupons, Thanks for the heads up!
I would love to have the Yoplait Yogurt and Nature Valley Granola Bars for breakfast! This seems like a healthy way to fuel & start my day!
lucky charms and chex cereal are my two
I would like to check out the Nature Valley Nut Crisp Bars and Yoplait Greek 100 Whips.
The Yoplait yogurt and chex cereal
I like Yoplait yogurt and will have Hamburger Helper every now and then.
Nature Valley granola bars and Fiber One cereal are both great breakfast options!
I love having Lucky Charms and Yoplait Yogurt for breakfast.
The Yoplait yogurt and the Honey Nut Cheerios.
Thanks for the chance!
I would try Yoplait yogurt and Cheerios. This actually sounds pretty good together.
I love cheerios because they are GMO free and would love to eat honey nut cheerios if they did the same.
I love Nature Valley bars & Yoplait yogurt!
Lucky Charms would be very good. Yoplait would be good also.
The Yoplait yogurt and the Honey Nut Cheerios would be my favorites for breakfast.
The Florida Orange Juice & the Honey Nut Cheerios sound delicious!!! 🙂
Nature Valley Bars and Yoplait Yogurt sound yummy for breakfast!
pillsbury crescent rolls and chex mix
Crescent tolls and lucky charms are on my list!!
Yoplait & natures valleys
Nature valley bars & honey nut cheerios.
Yoplait and crossaints
I love Cheerios, Fiber One cereals, and Nature Valley bars!!
I would love to try the Chobani or the Liberte yogurts.
cheerios and Yoplait yogurt
I would like to have Liberte yogurt and Lucky Charms!!
I’d love to try the Liberté yogurt. And I always enjoy Chex cereal!
Liberte yogurt and Nature Valley Bars are soooo good!
I would have the Chex cereal and a Yoplait yogurt
I would like to have the Rice Chex and the Pillsbury cinnamon rolls.
I’d love the liberte yogurt and the nature valley granola bars.
Nature Valley Granola Bars and Yoplait.
Pillsbury Crescent rolls make a mean cinnamon roll! And I also like Nature Valley Crunchy granola bars for breakfast!
I’d like to get Liberte yogurt and Honey nut cheerios
Cinnamon Rolls and the Liberte’…(I hope that’s yogurt?)
My breakfast picks would be motts applesauce and pillsbury cinnamon rolls! Maybe not the healthiest, but it would be delicious!
I would love the Cheerios and milk and biscuits and orange juice! Big breakfast!
I love my Yoplait yogurt and a Nature Valley bar.
Oh I would love the Cheerios and the Liberte yogurt!! My grandson would LOVE the Lucky Charms! 🙂
I like Honey Nut Cheerios and Chex.
I love to have Cinnabon Bakery Inspired Cinnamon Rolls and Liberté Méditerranée yogurt for breakfast.
liberte yogurt and cheerios! yum
I would love to have Rice Chex and Nature Valley Granola bars.
I like Yoplait yogurt and Nature Valley granola bars.
We like Big G cereals and Yoplait Yogurt 🙂
I would love Cheerios or Yoplait yogurt for a healthy breakfast
I would love to have the Yoplait and the Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls for breakfast!
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thank you
I would love to have the Liberte yogurt and the Pillsbury cinnamon buns for breakfast. Thanks for the giveaway!
Honey Nut Cheerios are my favorite and I have loved them since I was a child. I love to add either banana or fresh strawberries to my cereal.I also really love Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls and Yoplait yogurt!
I’d like to try the cheerios and yoplait!
I wanna have Yoplait and Nature Valley bar.
I would like the Yoplait yogurt and Nature Valley Granola Bars.
I like the Honey Nut Cheerios & the Liberte.
I like General Mills Wheat Chex, so the $0.50 coupon will come in handy. The Liberté yogurt would be great for a quick breakfast when I need to dash or I want to supplement by regular breakfast.
Big G Cereals & Motts
I would love the Liberte Yogurt and Cheerios.
Two breakfast items I’d love to try would be the Liberte coconut yogurt and Fiber One cereal!
I would like to have Liberte yogurt and Pillsbury crescent rolls.
honey nut cherrios,,motts applesauce,pillsbury cinn.rolls
My kids and I love the Nature Valley granola bars and we also eat Honey Nut Cheerios often.
I like the Liberte Yogurt and Cheerios
The Honey Nut Cheerios and Yoplait yogurt would make a nice breakfast for me.
SO unhealthy but you can’t go wrong with the Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls and Lucky Charms!
I’d love to stock up on Liberte Yogurt
I’d love to have Liberté® Méditerranée® yogurt and Pillsbury™ Sweet Rolls.
The Chex Cereal and Liberte Yogurt!
I like Honey Nut Cheerios and Nature Valley Nut Crisp Bars
Thank you!
I’ve been a fan of Cheerios since I was little. The two breakfast items that I would love to have for Breakfast are Cheerios (Big G Cereals) and Yoplait yogurt.
I would like to have the Liberte Yogurt (it is delicious, I have had it) and really any of the Fiber One Cereals are terrific to have.
lucky charms and yoplait yogurt
I love nature valley bars and of course I love cheerios!
The crescent rolls are a favorite in our home! Also the Yoplait yogurts!
I’ll like Cheerios and Liberte for breakfast.
I would like to try the Liberte. But for sure, I’d have some Honey Nut Cheerios.
I used to love Honey Nut Cheerios when I was a kid and now I love regular Cheerios the most. YUM. And orange juice, well DUH. Super-great coupon! I am coupon crazy so thanks for this!
I’ve had to eat breakfast within 15 minutes of me waking up for as long as I can remember! I personally LOVE Honey Nut Cheerios. Cheerios also has a “clusters” cereal that I really enjoy. It’s currently in my cabinet! Looking at all of these great coupons on ReadyPlanSave.com, I now really want a bowl of lucky charms and yoplait greek yogurt! Two of my faves!
Did you add any milk?