Muscle Breakfast

Muscle breakfast!... was the first thing that came to mind as I awoke to cuck-a-doodle-doo, the sound that my new alarm clock makes (now a perma-fixture in my neighbors tree).

Since today is an off day from the gym, it's 30 mins. cardio on my treadmill for me... first thing in the morning (after coffee) and before my breakfast of champions.

As I talked about before, on non-weight training days I like eating a high protein breakfast that is low in carbohydrates and contains healthy fats for energy.

Here's what this morning's post-cardio first meal of the day entailed:

• 4 whole Omega 3 eggs
• 90g skinless chicken breast
• 1 TBSP 1 carb Ketchup
• 1 cup of broccoli (full of vitamins and fiber)
  
• green tea
• Coffee with Stevia

Don't knock it until you've tried it ; )

Sometimes I make an omelet with the eggs and add a slice of low fat cheese. Today I made my eggs sunny-side-up and dipped my broccoli in the yolks! Mmm, next best thing to toast in a low carb morning meal.

I have found that this muscle building breakfast allows me to stay in the fat burning zone after my cardio session, because it has limited carbs in it. As I was performing low intensity cardio on the treadmill, my body started utilizing body fat for energy. By eating some fat with protein after ward for breakfast, I find that I am able to burn body fat longer.

Hey, works for me. Try it and see if it works for you. Everyone is different. You may never know what muscle breakfast works best for you until you start experimenting!