So, what gets you most excited about early mornings, apart from a steaming cup of coffee" Yes, the idea of having a sumptuous breakfast, but what if the same yummy breakfast is taking you farther away from your goal weight and making extra pounds pile up at the wrong places instead! Fret not because we are here to keep your dreams of achieving a fit and lean body kicking. The first meal of the day, irrespective of the timing, is considered the most important meal of the day because it sets the pace for the rest of the day, boosts metabolism, and kickstarts the fat-burning process. However, certain breakfast habits can actually help trim your waistline and avoid further piling up of weight around the belly.

1. Starting your Day with Packaged Breakfast Cereals: So, till now you thought it was extremely healthy to make yourself a bowl of cereal with milk from a packaged box. Though many cereal boxes claim to have fortified vitamins and minerals, most of them are high in sugar content with loads of empty calories, and cause sharp rise in insulin level, which as we all by know by now, is also a hormone that encourages storage of excess calories as fat in the body. If you see there are added dehydrated fruit bits, don’t get too excited and scream “healthy,” because they are usually coated in sugar and artificial colors to appeal to customers and have little to no nutrient value. So, do your waistline a favour and switch to healthy and traditional breakfas...