How Important Is Breakfast?
How many people feel like all they do anymore is work? No doubt many of us raised our hands. Whether we are working a 9-5 job, just going to school, or taking care of the children as well as the home we feel that our lives are busy and we barely have time to sit down and take a small break. However, breaks are important and no matter how busy our lives are there is one meal and break that we can’t afford to miss out on – breakfast.
I know that many people believe that breakfast is a meal that can easily be left behind isn’t nearly as important as dinner or lunch – but they are wrong. Don’t be fooled into thinking that you will lose weight quickly by skipping. It is an unsafe way of doing it.
What most people don’t realize is that you need a certain amount of calories per day to keep your body running the way it should. “Eating just about anything in the range of 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all,” says SELF contributor Katherine Brooking, R.D.
Another great thing about eating breakfast is that it will help to jump start your metabolism – which in turn will help you to burn off more fat and it can keep you from snacking a lot during the day. Researchers discovered that those who skip breakfast are often bigger than those who eat it regularly.
So when you wake up tomorrow morning make sure that you eat some yogurt, cereal, or even a slice of leftover pizza. Anything that can make up those calories and jump start your day will work great!