Part 2: The Benefits: Put A Lid On The Sugar Cycle From Hell

By adding protein to your first meal, you’re stopping the sugar cycle right in its tracks.

This simple change will keep you fuller for longer, curb cravings throughout the day, and give you steady energy levels that boost your mood, focus, and drive.

On top of that, you’re setting yourself up to drop body fat and reduce your risk of issues like diabetes, heart disease, and liver disease.

Without diving into a full biochemistry lesson, you’re improving blood sugar management, helping to repair muscle cell damage, and supporting better digestive and brain health.

With my fat loss clients, we often pair protein at breakfast with an intermittent fasting protocol.

This means having the first meal between 11–1 PM.

The main benefit I’ve found with Intermittent Fasting is we can work with your busy morning schedule and use that to our advantage when it comes to accountability and consistency with healthy eating.

Between getting the kids ready and to school on time, sorting yourself out, the dogs walked and fed and getting yourself to the gym, theres not much time left.

By Intentionally taking the stress away from trying to plan and eat a healthy, protein based meal in the morning, we can use the intermittent fasting protocol to fit healthy nutrition into your busy schedule and still make strides of progress.