Face it, if you start your day off with a giant, starchy, sugar coated doughnut, it's really hard to reverse course. These reactions are physically destabilizing and psychologically demoralizing. If you are on vacation, with all the attendant temptations, the process is only exacerbated. That is no vacation. The alternative is to start your day off with something light and good for your health.
Fruit is the perfect answer.
I can always order something else if I feel like it. By the time you finish all that delectable fruit, you'll feel sated and energized. Many people report feeling a sense of elation when they start their day off with fruit. The sugars are natural and they build slowly, giving you a gradual, steady energy increase that is somewhat euphoric. Just in case all of the above doesn't sway you, here are some hard facts courtesy of the Harvard School of Public Health which recently published a study of more than 80,000 women.