Former Fat Guy Blog

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Pimp My Diet Please

“This brings me to this point.. right here, right now. This is my choice. I am ready to change. I want to be healthy and I want to live my life. I want to participate in my life!”

On a summer day in August I was surfing the Internet and was frustrated with one of my many attempts at weight loss, I came across a Weight Loss website. Within the website and blog itself, a forum. It was then that I quickly realized that this was a community of people who were knowledgeable on many different health related topics. A friendly group who was non judgmental, supportive and many of whom, had been where I was currently at. I quickly felt a connection to some of the forum members including Rob, Michele, Blush and frequently communicated with Photogirl67.
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Do You Eat Breakfast?

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day has been a very common quote for years and years. Harvey Diamond, author of Fit For Life and other Natural Hygeine practicioners say “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day – to SKIP”. From a natural hygeine point of view, digesting a breakfast first thing in the morning interupts the cleansing cycle and contributes to a toxic body. Fitness enthusiasts and fat burning experts both agree that a breakfast meal supplies the body with the nutrition it needs for the day, increases the metabolism, reduces the changes of cravings, burns more fat and prepares your body for intense workouts later in the day.

I can discuss more about both principles later, but for the time being, I just wanted to ask the question

Do You Eat Breakfast?

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