Advocare Weight Loss Program: Eat Breakfast to Lose Weight

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Eat Breakfast to Lose Weight or Choose the Meal Replacement Shake

Eating breakfast is a key component to any successful weight loss program. The Advocare weight loss program is no different. Simply put you must eat breakfast to lose weight. Many people erroneously think that by skipping meals they can cut a few calories out of their diet and lose weight. In reality by skipping meals, especially breakfast, you run the risk of actually gaining weight. Our bodies are like complex machines created by God to handle the different challenges that we may encounter in life. One such challenge is starvation. God has placed a coping mechanism to lessen the effect of us eating less food and starving to death. Our bodies will slow its metabolism, store energy and store fat so we will not starve to death. Therefore, if we begin to skip meals and eat dramatically less food, then our bodies will not burn fat but retain fat causing us to gain weight. By the way, that fat is typically stored in your belly. In other words you need to eat breakfast to eliminate belly fat.

Why Is Breakfast So Important?

Well it is the “break” of the “fast”. Upon breaking fast you must fill your body with the vitamins, minerals and nutrients needed to jump start your body and mind. After a fast your mind and body are sluggish and need fuel to get going. Breakfast is the fuel and charge to get you going. You lose weight by burning fat. You burn fat by revving up your metabolism so that your body will burn the fat. Not only do you need to eat breakfast to lose weight by increasing your metabolism, but you want to be at your peak mental awareness and the proper breakfast will help you achieve that.

What Do You Eat For Breakfast?

Eating breakfast is a general rule to lose weight. But like eating any meal it is important that you eat the right foods in the right quantity. Yes quality and quantity are both important. Many people eat the wrong things for breakfast and they eat too much of it. An important thing to remember is that you want to eat a healthy diet. That means lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, whole grains vs processed foods, nuts and beans. Stay away from sugar, salt, and excess fat. For breakfast that means we avoid white flour pancakes and waffles, meat and pastries. We want to eat fresh fruit, fresh juice, oatmeal, nuts, 100% whole grain bread, etc. And as always drink water. drink at least eight 8 ounce glasses of water a day starting even before breakfast. Above all avoid the fast food breakfast. Avoid the McDonald’s, Duncan Donuts and even Starbucks substitute breakfast. The reason coffee in the morning is so popular is because we crave the pick me up to get us going. Coffee, pastries and pancakes are not the answer. They are not healthy on lots of levels and they are detrimental to your weight loss program.

But, I Just Do Not Eat Breakfast!

There are many of us that just do not eat breakfast. For you I would suggest one of two options if you just will not eat breakfast. The first option would be to juice. Purchase a juicer and juice fresh fruit and vegetables to start your day. You will get energy and nutrition in a quick drink. I juice everyday and it helps my energy, metabolism and weight loss. Not only that, I know that I am getting an excellent source of vitamins, minerals, nutrients and antioxidants to keep me healthy. The second option is advocare meal replacement shakes. They are a nutritional supplement to breakfast that will give you the vitamins, minerals and nutrients you need to “break fast.” The advocare meal replacement shakes will give you the proper mixture of carbohydrates (pancakes-waffles-toast-etc), protein (meat and eggs), and fiber we need for a healthy jump start to our day.

So Start your day off right. Break the Fast. Eat a healthy breakfast or drink a fresh fruit and vegetable juice or take an Advocare meal replacement shake. This is an important key to your advocare weight loss program.

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