My Life Joys

In a book “21 Ways to a Healthier Life” by Professor Luchie Callanta for Cuisinera Club, she has listed suggestions on food selection, preparation and consumption. In My Life Joys, I will try to list some (if not all) of the 21 ways in relation to practical everyday stories, not in the specified order though…

This book is does not present scientific breakthroughs but more of the basic things we know of already but are not able to practice most of the time. I was lucky to grab this small handy and direct to the point book that reminds me of the ways to achieve a healthier life.

1.       Jive the BVM (Balance, Variety, and Moderation)

2.       Have a Happy Hand-y Eating

3.       Toy with that Soy

4.       Hail the Mediterranean Pyramid

5.       Color Your Plate

6.       Easy on Those Eggs

7.       Don’t Have Fat Phobia

8.       Know Thy Eating Habits

9.       Have a Zeal for Oatmeal, Plea for Muesli

10.   It Pays to Do It the Right Way

11.   Don’t Just Look, Read!

12.   Stop That Snack Attack

13.   Slowly Does It

14.   Watch That Waistline

15.   “Eat Breakfast Like a King, Lunch Like a Prince, and Supper Like a Pauper.”

16.   Drink Up, Fill Up

17.   ZZzzzzleep before you leap

18.   Walk That Talk

19.   Climb the Activity Pyramid

20.   Move it, Move it, Move it!

21.    Finally, Stick it out with the Big-D!

For the first in this series, I will share something that I had been trying to keep in the past months.

“EAT BREAKFAST LIKE A KING, LUNCH LIKE A PRINCE, AND SUPPER LIKE A PAUPER.”

The book says, “Breakfast breaks the fast we make during the night time – actually the longest time of the day that we do not have food in our stomach.”

I’ve been hearing this over and over “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” from my parents, teachers even on TV and yet I still keep on hearing the same old excuses from a lot of people too. It’s a struggle really. It is indeed a challenge to wake up and prepare food instead of extending a good night’s sleep or cutting that dream you have with a vacation you’ve been planning in a long time.

I had this morning when I had to leave very early for work. I was lazy for a morning kitchen workout. And the maids had a long night so I decided not to wake anybody and order for breakfast. All I needed was to wait and voila, no other excuse not to tale breakfast. Following the tip from the book, see what I had for brakfast.

The good thing about heavy breakfast is that my morning snack time would just be fluids or anything light such as a piece of cookie or a slice of fruit. By lunch, I feel I had to eat but not to the point of starvation that would make me order and eat two fast food meals in one sitting. I worry not of having extended meetings in the morning that may end up later than the usual. When food establishments are full during lunch, sometime it’s just okay to wait later in the afternoon when the hungry workforce has dispersed.

Aside from physical health, having a heavy breakfast allows me to take charge of the day and start it right.

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