Subway Breakfast - My New Best Friend

Breakfast - a nutritional landmine for the millions of American who grew up eating ham and eggs for breakfast.  Unless you are one of those few who frequently wake up to the smell of a hot, nutritious breakfast, you're left with something fast like cold cereal or fast food.  The choices aren't good at most fast food establishments (names will be withheld so we can pretend that YOUR fast food restaurant is the exception).  It's typically a choice between fat and cholesterol laden eggs, off the scale fatty sausage or carbs like pancakes, tortillas or french toast that's sure to have you sluggish all morning.

Now along came the folks who say you can eat their foot longs and still lose weight... Subway.  I was initially skeptical at the numbers on their website website. Obviously, you have to give up some taste to achieve some degree of nutritional acceptance; but how much was the question?  As I recall my first experience:  The moment was right after an early morning workout.  Time was short to avoid being late for work.  The opportunity was a Subway just a couple minutes from the gym.  So I walk through the doors of a place I'd never seen in the morning.  The lady behind the counter was a little startled to see a customer or maybe just startled to see me.

I scanned the menu and there it was ... a new love affair: The Breakfast Combo for $2.50.  What do you get for such pocket change?  You get a multi-grain English muffin, black forest ham, egg white omelet and American cheese.  This little hefty goodness complemented by a Seattle's Best cup of coffee.  The best news (well the costs was the best news) was the nutritional values:

• Calories: 160 (I burned 400 at the gym, so I start the day NEGATIVE)
• Fat: 4g (that's unbelievably low)
• Sat. Fat: 1.5g (just bragging)
• Chol: 10 mg (Equivalent to watching Food TV)
• Carbs: 18g (good for low carb diets)

The egg muffin melt is not to be confused with 4-star dining experience.  But for those of you who prefer a hot meal over cold cereal, this is an outstanding alternative.