I read a great article posted about the importance of breakfast in fighting the battle of the bulge. Today we're going to share some of the practical points emphasized in that article that can be implemented by you tomorrow.
We've all heard breakfast being referred to as the "most important meal of the day" and we know that we need to eat breakfast, but when I think back upon my own behavior the past few weeks, I realized that I had slipped back into the "coffee for breakfast" habit, which I know to be wrong. As I type this article, the only thing between me and my monitor is a behemoth coffee mug that has twice been filled and emptied, and my own stomach is growling away. It is times like this that the philosophy of reinforcing things that we already "know" becomes so clear.
I know that I should eat breakfast, and I know that two huge cups of coffee are the worst substitute for a substantial meal, but it is so easy to take the path of least resistance rather than to choose to do the thing that is best for me. Do you struggle with the same issues? Well, if you do, there is no better place to get back on track than with breakfast.
Firing Up The Furnace
I have often heard of breakfast being described as firing up your body's metabolism. While that's a nice image, it is one of those comments that - on the surface - goes against expectations. We tend to oversimplify and look at just "calories consumed" vs. "calories burned" as a measure of whether or not we will gain or burn weight (in the form of fat). The article quoted Elisabetta Politi, RD, MPH, nutrition manager for the Duke Diet & Fitness Center at Duke University Medical School. "When you don't eat breakfast, you're actually fasting for 15 to 20 hours, so you're not producing the enzymes needed to metabolize fat to lose weight."
by Joven Nick
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