When you do not eat within the first hour of waking up in the morning (or for the lazy- the afternoon), your body still requires energy (nutrient dense food) and goes immediately into your muscle stores. Unfortunately, our bodies aren't vain and do not go into fat stores first. Body fat is considered dead tissue, whereas muscle is rich in nutrients and oxygen. If you are someone who goes to the gym on a regular basis or are wanting to start going on a regular basis, your goal is to tone up aka gain muscle. When you are not eating breakfast, you are going against everything you are working for in the gym, whether your goal is to get big and beautiful or become a skinny bitch.
Now, for all of you who drink coffee and do not eat in the am, you are making things twice as hard on yourself. Your body starts excreting cortisol when you do not feed it, especially after a cup of joe. Cortisol is a hormone that increases the production of belly fat. It is also common to produce cortisol when you are stressed. Nobody wants a thick layer of mush covering their six pack they busted their balls to get.
So, to sum up... eat up and get gorgeous!
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Huh, I knew eating breakfast was important but I did not realized that if we didn't eat right away our bodies start taking the energy from our muscles first. That is a scary thought!
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