I do have some friends who can go without caffeine first thing in the AM. So.. I did some investigating about morning energy. Is it the coffee or something else that jumpstarts them in the morning. Instead of all the caffeine, how about giving some of these try to jumpstart your day!

Make the most of your breakfast to get you going.Avoid overly carby and sugary foods at breakfast. You’ll feel like the Energizer Bunny for about an hour and then crash!! . When the bottom drops out and you are more sluggish and wished you stayed in bed.

Carby and sugary foods set up a vicious cycle. The more sugar you eat, the more your body wants. Examples: donuts, cookies, high-fat muffins, Danish pastries and the like.

Here are better ideas for you to start your morning with a nice healthy boost. Chose foods that are on the hearty whole grains and pair them with a protein. When you put these two together BOOM, you’ll have a constant source of energy.

Fruit and grains. This combination helps you to fight aging as well as boost the immune system and helps your heart. Plus you get a great tasty fuel source. I love overnight meals – using chia seeds, Greek yogurt , fruit and oatmeal. You get the crunchy, the sweet and the nutritious.

Omelets. There’s a lot of deliciousness here. Some many ways you can go with this, plus you can pre-make them in muffin tins so you can bring with you. You can add chopped veggies, lean meats. Like sweetness” Take 2 eggs and blend with some fruit and coconut or almond milk and you’ve gotten a nice pancake. .

Hot cereal. This is my jam, I live for oatmeal!! When I was traveling down under they call it porridge. A few times on my trip I’d ask for it and the server who look at me like I was being forced to eat it. I know some folks have a love hate relationship with it but I love it and crave having it on hot or cold days.

Now some you if aren’t into oatmeal, but like farina (Cream of Wheat),or grits. Throw in a few super food berries (blueberries, strawberries).

So what’s your breakfast’ Leave me a comment below.

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These are just my suggestions for fruit. You can feel free to mix and match your favorite fruit to make this even better! I highly recommend that you stick with an many FRESH fruits as possible and stay away from the canned fruits. Frozen fruits are okay if they don’t have any added sugars.

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp. fresh mint
• Juice of half a lime
• 2 tbsp. fresh squeezed orange juice
• 2 tbsp. honey
• 1 cantaloupe
• 1 1/2 cup chopped strawberries
• 1/2 cup red seedless grapes
• 1/2 cup green seedless grapes
• 4 peeled and sliced kiwi
• 2 fresh peeled and sectioned mandarin oranges

Instructions

1. In a small bowl add the chopped mint, lime juice, orange juice and honey. Whisk well and let sit while you chop and prepare the other ingredients.
2. Cut the melon in half and remove the seeds. You can simply chop it or if you are feeling fancy you can use a melon baller.
3. Put all of the chopped fruit in a large bowl.
4. You can pour the dressing over the fruit and toss OR you can use it as a dipping sauce
5. Serve and enjoy!

Makes 2-3 servings

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Easiest way to keep tasty infused water with you at all times! #musthave
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I know drinking water is tough. I recently started using this and it’s really made me help increase my water intake, plus make me feel like I’m at a fancy spa!  Sometimes you need a little flavor to motivate yourself. When I went looking for a new water bottle to help keep water at my side at all times I came across this cool bottle. It’s an “infuser water bottle.”

This bottle has two filters in it so you can add fruit, vegetables, or herbs in the cylinder or in the main bottle without ending up with seeds or pulp coming out when you sip. Even when you load it with fresh strawberries you won’t get a single seed!

Here are a few reasons this bottle is totally worth picking up if you enjoy flavored waters:

• You can customize your water’s flavors by using anything you want. You can do slices of lemon, fresh blackberries, cucumber slices, mint leaves… anything you could imagine to create your own unique flavored water. Best of all they’re natural and healthy ingredients that won’t add a ton of calories to your drink.
• You don’t need to change the fruit out for each bottle. Depending on what you use you can keep refilling the water with the same fruit for anywhere from 3-8 times! Just fill it up and let it sit for 5 minutes before drinking. You do need to make sure to change the fruit every 12 hours or so just so it’s still fresh.
• It’s cheaper than buying bottles of infused water at the store. You can get a cucumber or a piece of fruit and get water for the whole day with it!
• The bottle is BPA free so you know it’s safe to drink out of. These bottles have been tested by the FDA and approved to be safe.
• It’s leak-proof and has a clip to hang it on your bag or carry it in your purse without worrying.
• Need a carbonated drink but want to avoid the sugar in soda’ Use sparkling water instead for a natural fruit soda drink.

Either way you need to have a water bottle by your side, shouldn’t it be one that makes water easier to drink’ The best part is really all the different flavor combinations. Obviously there are the basic standby flavors like strawberries or cucumber with melon but you can also give some unique flavors a try. How about grapefruit and rosemary’ Or cucumber and jalapeno’

Let me know what your favorites’

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