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Monday, August 1, 2011

Patch Takes It Off

Patch Takes It Off: Four Weeks Gone

This week, our three pounds lighter hero gets lost in oatmeal. This is a good thing.

Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. Just thinking about this most important daily repast sets my heart alight: creamy scrambled eggs, spicy sausage, crisp bacon strips, scrumptious scrapple, buttery waffles drenched in maple syrup, schmeared bagels and lox, mmm... Sorry, I'm getting lost in my rise-and-shine reverie. But you get my point: Breakfast rocks. Problem is, most of my early-morning faves, if eaten regularly, are likely to expedite one's launch to the afterlife. While there is nothing wrong with indulging in, say, a dish of cholesterol-laden Eggs Benedict now and then--or even the occasional bellybusting fast-food breakfast sandwich--far too many people make fatty, salty eyeopeners part of their daily morning routine.  …

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