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<\/a>When you skip a meal your autopilot gets worried. \u201cFuel is running short,\u201d he signals to all your organs. \u201cEveryone slow down and conserve.\u201d\u00a0 And your body obediently drags to a halt and tries to avoid losing fat.<\/p>\nNow the conscious you<\/em> who pilots your body on an aware level knows very well that there is plenty of fuel packed around your middle.\u00a0 You would be delighted to have less of it.\u00a0 It is the part of your brain that controls your body functions while you go about your life that controls your metabolism, though.\u00a0So you have to keep your autopilot happy.\u00a0 Eat small, low glycemic snacks throughout the day.\u00a0 Studies have shown that people who eat three small\/moderate meals and a couple of snacks a day have a higher metabolism.\u00a0 They also eat less at mealtimes.<\/p>\nPeople who skip breakfast and lunch but pig out at dinner have the opposite result.\u00a0 After admonishing your body to conserve fuel all day, your autopilot sighs in relief when the food actually arrives.<\/p>\n
\u201cTank up guys,\u201d he radios to the team. \u201cThis may just be an oasis. We might be back starving in the desert tomorrow.\u201d\u00a0 So your body efficiently stacks the calories away just in case tomorrow is another famine day.\u00a0 Your hunger hormones also encourage you to eat A LOT so you will have plenty to spare in case of another emergency.\u00a0 It seems you just can\u2019t get full and you eat way more than you should.<\/p>\n
And the next day you start off more slowly because your body is checking to see how the food situation is going. If you skip meals again, the cycle starts over with a bit more \u201coomph\u201d to it.<\/p>\n
So plan ahead and eat a high protein, low glycemic breakfast.\u00a0 Take along nuts, an apple, a boiled egg, or raw veggies to munch on between meals.\u00a0 Plan a low glycemic lunch and take time to sit down and enjoy it. When dinner comes you won\u2019t be starved and won\u2019t get the message from your hunger hormones that you need to pack it in.<\/p>\n
Your autopilot is smart — and is doing the things that would be important to keep you alive in case of a disaster.\u00a0 You just have to make allowances and work with your body so that it doesn\u2019t pack on the fat and lead to health disasters even more devastating than starvation!<\/p>\n
Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n
Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n
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<\/a>When you skip a meal your autopilot gets worried. \u201cFuel is running short,\u201d he signals to all your organs. \u201cEveryone slow down and conserve.\u201d\u00a0 And your body obediently drags to a halt and tries to avoid losing fat.<\/p>\n