I often talk about the psychology of weight loss, but the science aspect is crucial too.

There are some small, manageable but effective changes, and habits that you can make to your daily nutrition routine, that can massively increase your metabolism, and fat burning systems.

One of those changes is to eat something small (like a piece of fruit), and drink a glass of water, before your morning coffee.

Caffeine on an empty stomach increases cortisol secretion, and spikes your stress hormones. This is scientifically proven to be detrimental to fat loss.
This is because high levels of cortisol stimulate your fat and carbohydrate metabolism (which causes your body to store fat), and it also increases cravings for sweet, fatty and salty foods.

Now I can’t pretend that introducing this weight loss habit into my daily routine wasn’t a challenge. Because I struggle to eat early in the mornings. But I also knew how beneficial it would be, and so I started having a small banana and glass of water, before my morning coffee. And it really helped my hunger throughout the day, as well as improve my metabolism.

And if you’re reading this thinking ‘I can’t do that, I hate eating in the morning ‘. Try to remember that you can condition yourself to do ANYTHING, and if you want to lose weight for life, you need to change your life. And it doesn’t always have to be huge changes. Even small changes like this matter.