Do you eat breakfast? If so, are you eating the right stuff? While we highly recommend that you start your day off with a good breakfast, lets take a look at what one of the latest research studies has found.
Recent research from Imperial College London that was presented at the 2012 Neuroscience conference found that people who ate a large breakfast of 730 calories had less cravings for high calorie containing foods during the day than those who skipped breakfast.
So why is this the case?
This happens because when you eat a breakfast of that size you are set and properly fueled until at least lunch, if not longer, and all of your other meals will tend to be of a smaller size and result in less total daily calories consumed. On the other hand when you skip breakfast your body is now running on low energy so you will tend to crave (and eat, willpower only lasts so long... do kid yourself) higher calorie containing foods.
What about your bowl of cereal?
The same can be said for a high carbohydrate/starch breakfast, that bowl of Cheerios or granola will leave you starving in a few hours and trigger cravings for more high calorie carbohydrate foods throughout the day. Despite how "heart healthy" and/or "part of a complete breakfast" they are advertised to be. Not to mention that they will also trigger insulin, which then triggers fat storage. So if we can control insulin we can control fat loss.
So what do we recommend?
Two to three whole eggs cooked in butter, one half of an avocado, two to three slices of nitrate free bacon, ham, or sausage, and throw in a piece of fruit and your have yourself a perfect breakfast. Eat that and you will not be hungry again for hours and you will have put your body at a fat loss advantage! Or you could keep skipping breakfast or eating the bowl of cereal with skim milk and put yourself at a fat loss disadvantage. Your choice.
But what if you just aren't hungry in the morning?
This is very common for someone who always skips breakfast. If this is the case for you. Start slow, maybe 1 egg and a piece of fruit. Over time you will slowly develop a larger appetite. Also, if you eat a small snack before bed this will help to increase your appetite in the morning.
Josh Proch is co-owns Defined Fitness, the Pittsburgh area's #1 fat loss and fitness gym, located in Wexford, Pennsylvania. For more information call us at 724-934-2000 or visit us online at http://www.definedfitnesswexford.com
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