a weight loss blog for people who still need floaties
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
First Thing - Eat
You may already know this. You may not. You may know it and still not apply the knowledge to practice.
Breakfast. It's not just for kids anymore.
Think about the origin of the word itself. Break your fast. Breakfast is supposed to be the first meal you eat after the involuntary fasting of being asleep all night long.
So, why do so many of us take that first intake of food for granted and skip it altogether?
Bad idea....bad bad bad. And eating the wrong foods, like a doughnut or other refined carbohydrate, is bad in that the rush of sugar can actually activate your appetite.
This may sound completely odd, but skipping eating for that additional few hours means that by the time you do eat, you're actually triggering an increase in appetite. NOT GOOD. Willpower is great, but it doesn't do you any good when you are fighting your own metabolism and taking actions that stack the odds against you.
Breakfast is also an easy meal to add in the protein if you are falling short. Eggs and cheese with some low carb green veggies and voila, you've got yourself an omelet and a great kickstart to your diet for the day. Go here for a few suggestions on your breakfast menu.

So, if you haven't done so yet today. Go eat breakfast. Break your fast. It is the next EASY and logical step in your weight loss.

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1 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

This was one of the biggest changes I made when starting WW - eating breakfast. Seriously. I had to MAKE myself eat it and it really does help. There was one guy in our group who only ate one meal a day - dinner. By dinner, he was so hungry, he ate a TON and anything he could get his hands on.

So yes, EAT BREAKFAST. There are lots of portable options too - LF chewy granola bars, Special K cereal bars (YUM), even dry cereal.

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