As I think I have mentioned in almost every other post or so-I have always been obsessed with eating, dieting, exercising, and looking for the magic pill to make it all so easy (why can't I just eat a box of chocolates and not feel guilty for once in my life?). I remember the days when I thought that I would skip breakfast, longingly watch that girl in the lunchroom eat dessert or only eat a half piece of lettuce a to try and lose weight. I was miserable and hungry so I love the below article by Kim Klaver of Whole Food Nation fame (she is one of the founders of the whole food supplements that I religiously take and panic if I am close to out of). I can eat, you can eat, we can all eat and yes we can lose weight and be healthy!! I have never found the magic pill but I have found a lot of great and helpful information to help me sort it out. Naturally, I want to share it with you so I hope that this helps you as it has helped me!
Can NOT Eating Make You Fat?????
by Kim Klaver
"Well, I don't eat in the mornings, so that has to be helping me lose, right?"
Actually, not eating will likely put more fat on you, says Dr. Heidi, nutrition professor and creator of the Extreme Regime Weight Control program.
What's going on?
1. Not eating signals your body (YB) to pump up her fat storing machine.
Your body, call her YB, is designed to protect you. When you don't eat for several hours or more, YB perceives a famine coming. So it makes more fat-storing enzymes. The longer and more often you go without eating, the more efficient YB becomes - at fat storing. (!)
[YB does that to protect you so there's something in her storage bin for you in case you go even longer without eating. She knows you might need it for energy later.]
"But I'm not hungry in the morning!"
2. You an AM coffee drinker?
Coffee's a stimulant that kills your appetite. That would explain why you're not hungry in the mornings. You may think that's good. But actually, not eating kicks up YB's fat storage function - YB thinks there's a famine coming and wants to protect you.
3. When you finally DO eat, is it too much too late?
Workaholics: We know the pitfalls of piling it on late, don't we? The digestive fires are weak at night so if you eat a big dinner, well, that puts the fat on. YB can't digest a big dinner late at night.
Tips
1. AM coffee drinkers: have some water and real food before you have coffee.
2. Late night eaters: eat something small - so YB can digest it with the small digestive energy available so late.
3. Slow digesters: Consider using whole food supplements with potent digestive enzymes ."
This requires some serious changing of habits on my part. It is hard to get it out of my head that not eating will make me skinny. I still panic once in awhile and think that I just need to skip this meal or that meal to stay thin (but then I remember what I have learned and what actually is working for me-eating healthy). So, next time you think you don't have time for breakfast or that healthy snack, think again !
Actually, not eating will likely put more fat on you, says Dr. Heidi, nutrition professor and creator of the Extreme Regime Weight Control program.
What's going on?
1. Not eating signals your body (YB) to pump up her fat storing machine.
Your body, call her YB, is designed to protect you. When you don't eat for several hours or more, YB perceives a famine coming. So it makes more fat-storing enzymes. The longer and more often you go without eating, the more efficient YB becomes - at fat storing. (!)
[YB does that to protect you so there's something in her storage bin for you in case you go even longer without eating. She knows you might need it for energy later.]
"But I'm not hungry in the morning!"
2. You an AM coffee drinker?
Coffee's a stimulant that kills your appetite. That would explain why you're not hungry in the mornings. You may think that's good. But actually, not eating kicks up YB's fat storage function - YB thinks there's a famine coming and wants to protect you.
3. When you finally DO eat, is it too much too late?
Workaholics: We know the pitfalls of piling it on late, don't we? The digestive fires are weak at night so if you eat a big dinner, well, that puts the fat on. YB can't digest a big dinner late at night.
Tips
1. AM coffee drinkers: have some water and real food before you have coffee.
2. Late night eaters: eat something small - so YB can digest it with the small digestive energy available so late.
3. Slow digesters: Consider using whole food supplements with potent digestive enzymes ."
This requires some serious changing of habits on my part. It is hard to get it out of my head that not eating will make me skinny. I still panic once in awhile and think that I just need to skip this meal or that meal to stay thin (but then I remember what I have learned and what actually is working for me-eating healthy). So, next time you think you don't have time for breakfast or that healthy snack, think again !
30 comments:
I find your post today to be very true. I skip breakfast, I eat lunch late and eat a full meal in the evening. Now I know that is why I'm gaining weight but still has extremely thin extremities (arms and legs - probably from genes).
I'm not a breakfast eater, but I force myself to do it.
I thought about you the other day...July 18th...when I made a decision to never eat (dairy) ice cream again. As much as I love it, I cannot eat one more spoonful.
I guess I'll have to try the soy version again...whenever the craving hits.
My husband found a website that really made the decision for me. I don't drink milk or eat cheese, and the info I read guarantees I'll never do it again.
So...I'm officially on my way to becoming Vegan.
I guess my post on Dr. Denmark made me a little curious. Am I happy about it? No.
Didn't someone once say...with much knowledge comes much sorrow?
You seem to be doing a great job of controlling your food issues...
Cheers
Thanks for posting this :)
I like to have a protein Herbalife shake in the morning. I am a believer in whole food supplements. Herbalife products have helped me out. I think it is very important to get your nutrition in everyday. Excellent post, it will help out a lot of people. :-)
Miz.
i like your blog. Thanks for the good articles, even though they make me see I am DOOMED, just DOOMED! LOL
i will *try* to be good. :D
i still skip breakfast, eat full lunch and dinner and it is harder to lose weight even if i just have 1/2 a cup of rice, now i know why.
thanks for sharing. ;)
It wasn't until I went to eating more than 3500 calories a day once I was even fatter that I managed to start losing weight and improve my overall health.
For the record eating 3500 calories is a lot harder than eating 1500 or less.
This is very informative for me because I often skip breakfast also. Perhaps it's the coffee I drink at around 4 a.m. at work that's killing my appetite. And yes, additional poundage keep piling up on me inspite of the missed breakfast meals. Thanks for sharing.
Yep, this post was kind of a wake up call. Tnx :-)
As part of their training, they do not eat breakfast in the morning.
By depriving their bodies of food after eight hours of sleep, their metabolic rates stay low.
They also make sure to eat a large meal right before bedtime.
Going to bed with full stomach means their bodies must respond to the huge flood of nutrients with a rush of insulin, forcing their bodies to store some of it in the cells as fat instead of in the muscles and organs as nutrients.
Tom
P.S. For those who don't like breakfast, try a protein shake with milk and a banana. This is my usual breakfast on weekdays becaue I'm in such a rush for work. I put the protein powder in a shaker the night before and then in the morning simply add milk, shake and drink. Then I eat the banana whilst walking to the train station or whilst on the train.
Since the protein shake is a drink it doesn't seem as overpowering as sitting down to eat a full breakfast. If the bananas too filling try replacing it with a different, more watery fruit such as an apple, orange or peach.
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