Hello Dear Ones!
If you’ve ever fully taken advantage of an oportunity, or completey missed out on one due to a misstep in timing – you might have an appreciation for the fact that your body has ideal windows for certain things as well.
I’d like to highlight two time sensitive events in your day – when you first eat, & when you last eat.
Many of us believe that we have this weeny bikini window between when we first rise & when we NEED to be putting food in our mouths. Many of us also hit the ground running hunger wise each AM, so it makes even more sense to feed that beast for fear that our blood sugar & metabolism will tank.
This is a 1/2 truth, & only a partial truth IF you’re in a Sugar Burning mode
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The fuel supply for the biological state of Sugar Burning is SMALL, REQUIRING that you eat every 2-3 hours while upright & conscious.
Ergo – if you’re in a Fat Burning Mode, you do not have this same drive resulting in your body either being WAY less or NOT hungry at ALL in the morning :O!
Then the next concern about not eating first thing is running the risk of wrecking your metabolism.
This is simply not true.
The actuality of how to support one’s metabolism is to both ensure that you’re getting 7+ hrs of sleep a night, AND to be supporting your body w/ high caliber micronutrients (vitamins & minerals – which support your THYROID, which is the Master & Commander of your metabolism).
Fat Burning (& Fat Burning Mastery specifically) aims to educate & support a body in both of these ways taking the concern about constant eating out of the equation
(please be in touch to understand more about this if there is a desire)
A reason why Fat Burners (& those in Fat Burning Mastery) add aim to NOT eat first thing in the morning is
A) they’re not hungry(!)
& B) they’re able to take advantage of a glorious method that speeds weight loss in a big way = Intermittent Fasting.
Intermittent Fasting essentially widens the window that you’re not eating w/in, which in turn both makes the body more insulin sensitive (making it easier for the body to lose weight AND harder for it to gain! = YAY!), as well as enabling it to comfortably work off the fat that’s on your fame that you might be TOTALLY fine having less of. 😉
(If you’d like to listen to a recorded call that talks about how to do this best, as well as a method we employ – Bulletproof Coffee, please listen here:
And then re eating in relation to the end of the day – timing can either aid or impede your efforts here as well.
You may have heard a common belief that encourages people to not eat after 7pm, or some such thing. And in truth 7pm might be a great time for you to close down the culinary shop – but the span between when you STOP eating & when you lay your weary head to rest is actually more important.
When we eat, Insulin gets released in order to move fuel from the bloodstream to muscles cells for fuel.
Insulin is a hormone of transportation which we need. You might be aware that when we ingest foods w/ readily accessible glucose (sugar, generally in the form of more highly processed carbohydrates) our bodies have to release a LOT of Insulin in order to move MORE glucose from our blood stream more QUICKLY.
This has all kinds of health & waistline ramifications which we shall talk about more fully another day.
However, even when we aim to eat something that’s a bit more tame glycemically – our bodies STILL release Insulin in order to move that fuel.
When we sleep Human Growth Hormone gets released & that hormone is not only useful for organ & tissue repair, FAT METABOLISM, AND healthy Testosterone levels which affect the amount of both muscle & FAT that’s on your body.
SO! If you’re aimed at being strategic in the weight loss effort NOT messing w HGH is a VERY good idea.
And how to ensure that you don’t?
Simply make sure you have at least a 2-3 hour window (I really believe 4 is ideal, & at 6+ hours we start to feel hungry again) between when we last eat & when we go to bed – which will ensure there isn’t any pesky Insulin running around in your system messing w/ this precious hormone.
So that’s it! For that at least!
Intermittent Fasting is really only reasonable when in a Fat Burning mode, but making a point to give yourself a deliberate 2-3 hours (I’ve found 4 to be best) between your last meal & bed, will enable you to speed up weight loss in a way that feels comfortable & clear.
And if you wish to understand more about the whole glorious equation that is Fat Burning – please be in touch to receive a FREE 5 day mini course that should expand your mind while reducing your waistline in the future.
To getting you clearer on how the body works, & how to make it work for you.
xox, M
xox, M