Adam's training journal Most mornings, after I return from exercising, I jump into the shower, get dressed, take the children to school and make my 30-minute drive to work. After a few e-mails, I finally get down to quieting my rumbling stomach.

That means a full two hours pass between the end of my workout and breakfast. And when I do eat, my meal isn't exactly taken from the pages of a nutrition textbook — more o...