Weight Loss and working out_part 1

Most of my clients hire me to help them lose weight. They want me to help them exercise in order to shed pounds and improve their body composition. I am always happy to help them as this is an important step towards being healthy. Interestingly, my clients expect that the majority of their weight loss is going to result from exercise and they look at me wide-eyed when I tell them this is not correct. There are three keys to weight loss - 1)diet 2) diet and 3) exercise. When I say diet, I don't mean that a client needs to go on an organized diet. I mean that their diet needs to be looked at closely and changes made so that they get proper nutrition from healthy, whole foods and that they get into calorie deficit. This part of the weight loss equation is so important and I can't stress it enough. Another part of the diet that is critical is eating breakfast. Most of my clients tell me at the start that they skip breakfast. This is wrong. Thinking that this helps to lose weight is incorrect. Your body has been at rest for 6-8 hours while you were sleeping and your metabolism needs to be re-energized. Eating a good healthy breakfast does just that and gives you needed calories to get through the day until lunchtime. Look at the word breakfast - break and fast - you are literally "breaking the fast". A business partner of mine likes to say, "Eat like a king for breakfast, a queen for lunch and a pauper for dinner." This certainly rings true. You need most of the calories for energy during the day when you are active and busy. At night you tend to not be quite so active so fewer calories are required and when you go to bed, your body needs the fewest.