Winner and Eat Breakfast

1. Annette 97.5%
2. Bill, Midge, and Mike 98%
3. Dan 98.7%
4. Mary 99%
5. John 99.302%
6. Megan 99.714%
7. Aileen M.I.A

All I have to say is, "Oh, boo!" and maybe this will help....

Diet

Eat Breakfast!

Do not skip breakfast! It is really important to eat breakfast. There was a study done on people who ate breakfast vs. those who didn’t. The people who ate breakfast actually consumed more calories throughout the day, but still lost more weight than those who hadn’t. When you eat in the morning, you get your metabolism going, you balance your blood sugar, and you prevent yourself from making poor snack and lunch choices later. When you eat early and eat often, you’re less hungry later.

Don’t drink coffee instead of eating breakfast! The milk or cream in your coffee doesn’t count as a nutritious breakfast. When you drink coffee in place of food, your belly feels all warm and cozy and full for a short time and then all of a sudden you are starving and you want to scarf anything that’s near you. Your blood sugar crashes and you’re desperate to feel full again, so you are more likely to make a poor choice for lunch. And then you tell yourself, I can eat this lunch because I haven’t had anything to eat all day, right? Wrong!
Wrong, because you are messing with your metabolism. Your body is going to store that not-so-smart lunch, because it’s not sure when it is going to get fed again. If you eat small, healthy snacks and meals throughout the day, you burn your calories as you go along.

Here’s a picture of what really healthy eating looks like:

Wake up: eat a piece of fruit and drink green tea or water (or juice some fruits and veggies )
½ an hour later eat a healthy breakfast item ( One of these: a bowl of oatmeal, a bowl of non-sugary cereal, a granola bar, a piece of whole grain toast with nut butter or fruit spread, etc.)

Couple hours later if you’re hungry, have more fruit. If you say your stomach would hurt with all that fruit, you probably drink too much coffee—it’s very acidic.

Lunch- your pick, but follow these guidelines:
½ to 1 cup whole grains
1 to 2 cups vegetables
4 oz lean protein

Snack: one serving of something like this: whole wheat pretzels, nuts, fruit, vegetables, fruit juice sweetened yogurt, etc.

Dinner- Your pick, same guidelines as lunch.
When you eat like this, dieting is easy. You don’t feel hungry or deprived—you’re eating all day.

*A note about eating out: When your meal is served, you have to eyeball it and decide before you start eating, how much of it is healthy to eat. Portion sizes at restaurants are usually way over 1 serving size—another reason America is overweight. Some people ask for a box immediately and store away that extra food to bring home. If you think you’re going to keep shoveling it in, this may be a good idea. Then, eat the doggy bag as another meal, not as a snack when you get home in the evening.

*When you eat you should be sitting down and relaxed. Don’t eat on the run. After you finish eating, give yourself some time to feel if you are comfortably full. This doesn’t happen immediately—it takes about 5 to 20 minutes depending on your digestion.

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You may notice that I recommend eating fruit separate from a meal. This is because fruit is very high in natural sugar, and it is rapidly digested when eaten alone. If you combine it with a protein, the sugar from the fruit will rot and ferment the protein in your belly—ewww! If you eat it separately, it will get your bowels-a-moving and, whether you like it or not, elimination is part of weight loss. (Sorry—it’s true)