Breakfast for Swimmers
Never be too busy for breakfast, especially in a household of athletes.
Let's keep this one short but full of options.
Start hydration early. Most people will wake up dehydrated so fill up with 100% fruit juice, water, or a sports drinks diluted with water. Milk or flavored milk is fine as another drink, but it won’t hydrate the same way water based drinks will.
Fresh fruit is always a welcome sight on the dining table. We buy fruit in bulk, wash, and put in a big bowl for everyone to get at.
Swimmers are generally hungry people and while a bowl of cereal might be just fine lets come up with some ways to spruce up breakfast. Perhaps hot oatmeal with milk and dried fruits. Waffles with fruit or pancakes. Eggs. Scramble them, over easy, over easy in a piece of toast. Omelets with fresh vegetables are incredibly popular at our house along with a piece of whole wheat toast. Maybe a toasted peanut butter and banana sandwich would make the kids happy. Breakfast doesn’t have to be boring or redundant.
If you have to eat on the go opt for a smoothie made with protein powder and fresh fruit. One I've come to love is vanilla protein powder with bananas and a small spoonful of peanut butter.
Chances are your swimmer will be hungry again before lunch. Make sure they toss a snack in their backpack like a yogurt tube, cheese and crackers, or even a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
