Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, blah, blah, blah. Enough already. We know. What we might not know, though, is how to actually make this meal the best it can be. Because let's face it: A bowl full of sugary cereal with a side of donuts and a Diet Coke to wash it all down can turn breakfast into the worst meal of the day. Here, eight ways you can make it the best.

• Cereal -- Choose one with at least five grams of fiber and no more than eight grams of sugar per serving. Watch out for granola. Sounds healthy but most are high in fat and sugar.
• Toppings -- Forget syrup and cream cheese. Instead, pick fresh fruit (or a 100% fruit spread), a little peanut butter, skim ricotta cheese, or a thin layer of almond butter.
• Breakfast Bars -- Some are no better than a candy bar. Substitute with whole-grain toast and a 100% fruit spread. Need something to go? Grab a trail mix of nuts, dried fruits, or dry cereal.
• Wheat -- Go with whole-wheat bread and small whole-grain bagels, not donuts, pastries, croissants, and biscuits.
• Substitute --For pancakes, use half whole-wheat flour and half white flour and add applesauce or grated fruit to the batter. For French toast, dip whole-grain bread into an egg substitute or a mixture of one whole egg and one to two egg whites (which also works for omelets).
• Meat -- Choose low-fat turkey bacon and ham or a nontraditional choice, like grilled chicken or salmon. Or go meatless.
• Fruits and Veggies -- Use them whenever you can, in omelets, cereal, yogurt, you name it.
• Smoothies -- Nix the full glass of juice and blend a half cup each of orange juice and plain low-fat yogurt with half a banana and some frozen berries.

Before or after eating your most important meal of the day, try these morning moves to wake up your core, hips, glutes, thighs, and more.