Breakfast is easily the most overlooked solution than all
other fat burning tips combined.
Q: Breakfast.
I always eat breakfast but often don't get to it until
about an hour or sometimes two (if I'm up early) after I
get up. Is this OK or do I have to eat earlier than this?
(I'm busy during the week getting the kids ready and off to
school). What's the maximum amount of time I can go from
waking to eating brekky?
A: Hooray!
You are eating the most important meal of the day! Many
Busy Moms tend to skip this meal for a variety of reasons.
However, doing so will only work against your body's
ability to lose fat.
Skipping breakfast will only send the message to your body
that you're starving - you haven't had food in the last 6-8
hours. This leads your body to SLOW your metabolism for
survival purposes. You essentially are choosing to start
your day in fat storage mode.
PLUS - if you do not start your day with a supportive
breakfast, it is only natural that by the time lunch rolls
around - You are STARVING.
The best of intentions cannot overcome the cravings that
accompany this feeling. Sure, you may start off your "lunch
time" snack or meal with something you consider to be quite
healthy. Yet, those nagging cravings do not go away and you
are compelled to eat more.
To make matters worse, skipping breakfast also leads to
eating more later in the day - a big "dinner". Eating more
calories during the last meal of the day, when your
metabolism is naturally slower during the second half of
the day and slower because breakfast was skipped leads your
body to store those calories as fat.
In fact, studies show that people who skip breakfast and
eat fewer times during the day tend to be heavier than
people who eat a healthy breakfast and eat four or five
times a day. If you skip meals, you tend to feel hungrier
later on and you will eat more than you normally would.
To get the Best Benefits of Breakfast - yes, eating within
an hour of waking is best. Breakfast will provide you with
the energy you need to get through your day. The more
energy you have, the more active you'll be and the more
active you are, the more calories you burn.
Favorite Busy Mom Breakfast: Cereal is a MUST. It's
convenient, easy to prepare, easy to eat and full of
nutrients - No..."Whole Grain Lucky Charm" does not fall
into this category.
Choose cereals carefully based on the information on the
food label.
Top Breakfast Choices have:
~ 5 grams of Fiber or more
~ 8 grams of Sugar or LESS
~ Sugar is not listed as one of the first 4-5 ingredients.
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Holly Rigsby is a nationally recognized women's fitness
coach, certified personal trainer (CPT) and the author of
the internationally popular e-book - Fit Yummy Mummy - Burn
Your Baby Fat & Get Your Body Back. Go to
http://www.fityummymummy.com to get your FREE copy of her
special report: "The Top 5 Busy Mom Metabolism Boosters."
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