Breakfast for a King...

Not many of you know, but I am starting to become a big fan of cycling and triathlons. I enjoy reading up on some of the best athletes in these disciplines and the things they have to go through in their training. I don't think I will ever get to the point that they are at (I think I got started a little late) but it's great to learn the little things that may help along the way. One really great blog that I read recently was the story of Matt Lieto, now a professional triathlete. He has an amazing story, one that can get anyone up off the couch and out doing something, you can read about it here.

One of the things that stuck out to me in this article was when he talked about the King, Prince, Pauper diet that he did to lose so much weight. So since my wife studies nutrition every day of her life I asked her if she had ever heard of such a thing. The slogan is Breakfast like a King, Lunch like a Prince and Supper like a Pauper (poor person). After talking about it Alexa realized that this was something that she had been trying to get me to do for a while, so I was begging her to let me try it out.

The next morning it started, just like the title says "Breakfast for a King". I went ahead and scrambled up four eggs with some pieces of ham and some cheese, had two pieces of toast, a glass of milk, and my wonderful wife made me a strawberry smoothie which I am sure there will be a blog about that in the near future. You can see most of my breakfast below.
I have never felt so energized and awake throughout the day. I have been trying to follow this plan pretty close for the past couple weeks and I have to say that though I may not be dropping any pounds (I'm gaining due to the fact that I can't quite figure our the supper like a pauper as I was always use to large suppers.) I have a lot more energy and feel much better after spending a couple hours a day training.

Not long after I started this did Alexa jump on board and has been feeling the same great benefits that I have. So if your in need of an energy boost to start out the day, I don't know if scrambled eggs with ham is what you need (you might ask Alexa to help you with what to eat) I just know that the large portions at breakfast have been the ticket for me!