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Toni Bloom, MS., RD.

Physically Focused's Registered Dietician

Fuel Your Metabolism Lecture

 

Eat breakfast!

Your metabolism will not wake up until you eat. In order to have your body burning calories at its maximum rate for the maximum amount of time each day, you need to eat right when you wake up to get your metabolism moving.

 

Top Three Excuses People Give for Skipping Breakfast:

1)  “I don't have time.”

•  You don't have time not to make time for breakfast because it is so critical to your metabolism!

2)  “When I eat breakfast, I'm hungry all day.”

•  You feel this way because your body is revving your metabolism and using all the calories you consume, so you feel hungry more often. Hunger is not a bad thing! From a metabolic perspective, hunger means your body has used what you've given it and is revved up and ready for more fuel.

•  And in reality, you won't be hungrier all day, you'll be hungrier during the earlier part of the day because your metabolism is cranking, which if you've been skipping breakfast, will be a new sensation. But if you will feed your hunger during the day, you'll find that your dinner will naturally become smaller and late-night snack cravings will stop because you've nourished your body earlier in the day.

•  You can also try adding a little fat and/or protein to your breakfast so that it will sustain you longer.

3)  “I don't like breakfast foods.”

•  Then eat dinner foods for breakfast!

 

Honor your hunger!

When you're hungry, eat! This will help you avoid what I call “hangover hunger.” Hangover hunger is the hunger you feel even after you've eaten and are satisfied that leads to munching and overeating. Hangover hunger is caused by letting your hunger mount throughout the day until you feel starving and then scarfing down a big meal. This will leave you feeling hungry, even after you've eaten what you need.

 

Stay ahead of your hunger.

Eat smaller meals more frequently. Eat every 3-4 hours. For active people and athletes, it's more like every 2-3 hours. This does not mean eat a huge meal every 2-3 hours, just eat enough to feed your hunger.

 

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