Want To Lose Weight? Ya Gotta EAT!

Want To Lose Weight? Ya Gotta EAT!

I don’t know if mothers still tell their kids that breakfast is
the most important meal of the day. People have been saying it
forever. But you don’t have an appetite in the morning, right?

Well, if you are one of the 65% of Americans – one of the 50
million who will be going on a “diet” this year (and next year,
not to mention last year and possibly all the years on either
side) – breakfast is way more important for you than the lucky
35% who don’t worry about their weight. The explanation is so
simple and logical and I had never heard it before.

When you sleep, your metabolism slows down to virtually nothing.
You have to give it a kick-start when you start your day. It’s
like putting fuel in a furnace. It doesn’t have to be a lot of
food, but it has to be something if you want to lose weight. A
piece of whole grain toast (sure, put a little butter or peanut
butter on it), an egg (keep some hard boiled ones in the
fridge), some left over chicken breast, etc., work just fine. It
might very well stimulate your appetite, and that’s all good.
You MUST eat if you want to drop those unwanted pounds. And eat
often. Not necessarily a lot, but enough that you are never
hungry and never uncomfortably full. Digestion is a
calorie-burning activity. Eating 5 or 6 times a day burns more
calories.

Eating boosts metabolism. Dieting makes your body more
fuel-efficient. This is a survival mechanism and is unavoidable.
Your body reads a drastic cut in calories as starvation and
starts producing hormones that slow your metabolic rate. The
longer you diet, the more saturated your body becomes with these
“starvation hormones”. To get rid of them, and to increase your
metabolic rate, you have to EAT – the right things.

The Glycemic Index (GI) is a measure of how much a certain food
raises blood sugar. A low glycemic food is absorbed slowly and
raises blood sugar modestly. Your body produces insulin to bring
your blood sugar down. That production is also modest and the
return to normal blood sugar is smooth. High glycemic foods,
mostly processed carbohydrates, raise glucose levels quickly and
intensely, causing an overproduction of insulin, which brings
your blood sugar BELOW normal levels. This results in your being
hungry and subject to cravings (for even more high glycemic
foods).

http://www.diabetesnet.com/diabetes_food_diet/glycemic_index.php

will take you to the Diabetes Mall that gives you a list of many
foods and their GI. There are also a ton of books on the subject.

Some self-control will probably be necessary for a few days but
you will be surprised how quickly your cravings for garbage food
disappear when you get your calories from natural sugars, good
carbs, good fats, and protein. Tell you what. It beats yo-yo
dieting hands down!

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