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Originally Posted by Cheryl14:
Hi deedledee!

Welcome! I have some really good news for you! Eating BURNS calories!!!!:) Yes! It really DOES! Every time you eat something the body has to get to work digesting it. Foods like celery take so much effort to digest that you can eat tons of it to fill you up AND the body works harder digesting it than it does storing any calories from it! Eat high-fiber foods, and your body works hard digesting them, thus BURNING CALORIES! Just the sheer act of eating when you wake up starts the digestion burn going! Cool, huh?! SOOOOOO, we all need to eat small amounts throughout the day to keep our digestion working for us to help us lose the weight.

Muscles also are wonderful helpers! The more muscle we have the better our body burns the calories we eat. Muscle requires more calories to survive, so more muscular people can eat more food and STILL lose fat! Super cool, huh?!

So, to lose weight...EAT, just eat plenty of fiber-rich foods that are nutritious. Drink plenty of water to help eliminate toxins from the digestion process, and there you go...weight LOST!!

NOT eating slows the metabolism so that your body will hold onto any existing weight just in case there is a famine. The body can't tell the difference if we are TRYING to lose weight or if there's some awful thing happening like no food available at our favorite food store!

So...go eat so that you can LOSE WEIGHT!

Cheryl

Cheryl, thanks for the response. Much appreciated. I think my metabolism is very slow. I am making a concerted effort this week to keep track of the foods that I eat so I can actually SEE it with my own eyes and have something to work with. I started a fitday. I figure the accountability will make me more responsible in my eating habits.

Thanks again, and I will go look for info about high fiber foods. :)