My move it Monday tip is to start simple by just reminding people to be eating breakfast. Eating breakfast is DEFINITELY a huge factor in losing weight.

Skipping breakfast is a common strategy for losing weight, but not a smart one. Many people believe that they will lose weight if they skip meals, but that just isn’t true! The body expects to be refueled a few times each day, starting with breakfast. So, what is an ideal breakfast to get your metabolism up and running?

A recent study found that people who ate muesli, yogurt and fruit before an hour long workout burned 50% more fat than those who ate the same amount of calories in other foods such as toast, corn cereal, and milk.

What is Muesli?

Muesli is a cereal made from toasted whole oats, nuts, fruit and typically wheat flakes. Since it uses whole grains, it is high in dietary fiber, and because it relies on the natural sweetness of the fructose in fruit, it is also low in sucrose. Depending upon the proportion of nuts, it can also be relatively high in protein, unlike most other breakfast cereal.

Most people mix it with yogurt instead of granola. It gives you energy and burns more calories! Muesli also falls lower on the glycemic index which means it is digested slower so your body has to pull energy from its fat stores.

Muesli can be purchased at any health store Trader Joe’s, Henry’s etc… Side Note: All cereals you eat should have at least 5 grams of fiber per serving.

You can also make your own, personalizing it

• 4 1/2 cups rolled oats
• 1/2 cup toasted wheat germ
• 1/2 cup wheat bran
• 1/2 cup oat bran
• 1 cup raisins (No raisins for me )
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar (Remove to be extra healthy)
• 1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds