Coffee is Breakfast, Right?

"Danielle when I don't eat breakfast, I'm not as hungry. I eat less during the day, and I can wait a long time before I eat my first meal. " I hear this all the time. Not eating breakfast is not a good tool to control your eating habits. Actually eating every 2-4 hours, and making the right choices is the harder thing to do, but it is the better method. I definitely recommend breakfast food to go along with your "breakfast" coffee.

1. Hunger is a good thing. You aren't hungry because your metabolism is slowing down. Everyday you have to fire up your metabolism. Eating breakfast and getting hungry a little while after is evidence that you started your metabolism for the day.

2. When you don't eat breakfast your body has to have energy to run itself. Your body goes into survival mode and holds onto your fat, and starts burning up your muscle for energy. (Less muscle = slower metabolism = fatter).

3. People who don't eat breakfast tend to eat less meals (slowing your metabolism), and in the evening tend to eat more calorie dense meals and more carbs. You body can't handle a ton of calories at once (getting fatter), and a lot of carbs at once spikes your insulin levels (getting fatter).

4. People who lose weight and successfully keep it off.......drumroll.....consistently eat breakfast.