Being organised can be a highly useful skill and this is especially true for those who wish to consume a high quality diet. Many people in the Western World make little provision for food preparation and eat on a more as and when basis. A lack of food preparation increases the risk of failing to achieve body composition improvements because it often puts the individual at the mercy of food vendors that sell food that is available ready to eat from cafes and snack shops. Most of this sort of food is not made with health in mind, but is made to be highly palatable and also as cheaply as possible. For this reason failing to prepare adequate nutrition throughout the day significantly increases the risk of consuming this sort of food. If such a practice becomes a regular occurrence, weight gain is the likely consequence. In order to lose body fat and improve body composition, it is important to ensure that high quality foods are available at all times, and this means learning to prepare your own food for the day.
Skipping breakfast is a bad idea. Those who skip breakfast eat more later in the day such that by the end of the day energy consumption has increased to a higher level than those that took breakfast. Further, the foods that are eaten by breakfast skippers are often of lower quality, with snack type foods being particularly common.
Organising a healthy high quality breakfast is also important. Individuals who wish to lose weight often skip breakfast, taking advantage of the fact than it is common not to feel hungry early in the morning. However, this is a very poor strategy as studies have shown that those that skip breakfast actually consume more energy during the day than those who do not skip breakfast. While an energy deficit exists early in the day due to the absence of breakfast, energy intake increases disproportionately in those who skip breakfast and studies show that by the end of the day their energy consumption has actually increased. In addition, feelings of hunger are greater in those who skip breakfast, which means they are more likely to consume poor quality foods, particularly as snacks between meals. A high quality breakfast containing adequate high quality protein can inhibit appetite later in the day and provide the energy necessary to function without having to resort to snacking on low quality foods.
Remember that in order for any dietary supplement to be effective it must get to your mouth and be swallowed. Good organisational skills should help ensure that supplements are taken daily as recommended.
Organisation is also important with regards taking of supplements. Many studies attest to the efficaciousness of supplements to cause fat loss, and many supplements are beneficial to the health. However, studies looking at compliance by individuals show that many subjects in studies often forget to take their supplements, and this is also true of the real World. Most people have a draw or cupboard somewhere with some old vitamin or herbal supplements that were bought with good intention and then only partly consumed. There is no supplement that produces a fat loss miracle, they work simply by aiding progress when a high quality diet is consumed. However no supplement can work if it is not taken when recommended but instead sits in a draw. Organising a particular meal or time of the day when your supplements are taken is a good strategy to aid compliance. As old habits are abandoned, supplementation will become second nature, as will organising the day to optimise high quality nutrition.
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