Skipping Meals - 1 of 9 Contributors of Weight Gain

Krista (click here for Krista's website) provided me with a sheet outlining the 9 Contributors to Weight Gain. Number 3 on the sheet is one of my big issues - SKIPPING MEALS.  Why is it a contributor? Here is what my source says; Many people think if they skip a meal their body will use fat for fuel. Nothing could be further from the truth. When there is no food for fuel, the body holds onto fat and uses lean muscle tissue, which is a cleaner burning fuel for the body. Consequently, we loose muscle mass and become soft and spongy (exactly the word my 7 year old uses to describe my belly!). Going any longer than 3.5 hours between meals also causes blood sugars to drop which can lead to hypogylcaemia and in some cases, diabetes.

My snack stash!

To resolve this issue I now have a container of nuts at my desk, almond butter in the board room fridge and Mary's Cracker's in my drawer. Then I also bring fruit and/or veggies to snack on. As a result I am not getting the 3pm headache and I have more energy to do things at night. Even at the end of a stressful day I am still able to function.


Now I'm driving my family crazy calling food fuel and telling my 7 year old that she needs more protein in her lunch to help give her more energy during the day. To which she replied; "stop using grown up words, I don't know what that means!"