When its chilly outdoors warm liquids are extremely nourishing for the body and mind.

Soups can be filling, hydrating, and full of nutrients.

They also serve as a wonderful alternative to a heavy traditional dinner, inviting the body to cleanse throughout the sleep cycle, as digestion from a soup meal completes earlier on than for other foods.

Finally, soups are super easy to make, especially when you have a plan:

1. Chop two medium onions and four celery sticks.

Since we were young, it has been constantly pounded into our brains that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Then why is it so easy for some of us to skip it?

Between getting the kids to school, preparing for work, finding time for you to get ready, and all of the other morning mumble-jumble things that need to be taken care of, breakfast is just one of the last things that is on your mind, especially if you really haven’t found that "gotta have" breakfast meal.

(Editor's note: Chris Tina Bruce is a Fitness and Nutrition contributor for San Diego Gay & Lesbian News and will soon write a social column, tackling transgender issues. Assistant Editor Morgan M. Hurley was finally able to chase down the busy entrepenuer and fitness trainer for an interview.)

SAN DIEGO -- Time to make more room in those California textbooks, because this has been quite a year in the history department for the LGBT community in America's Finest City.