Week 2 at Tiptree Community Weightloss Challenge

What a FANTASTIC week, Last night the group lost in total after there FIRST WEEK a staggering 61.2lbs in weight yes 61.2lbs thats 61 of these nasty fellas...

This week we covered the importance of Protein in our diets.

Protein is essentially the building blocks for life, it enables the body to grow and repair itself.

Protein also helps to maintain/build lean muscle mass and increase metabolism

Lean muscle mass decreases as we age so it is important to exercise with the right amount of protein intake.  Muscle mass requires more energy than fat to stay lean so has higher fat burning properties.

Protein will also keep you feeling fuller and also irons out the blood sugars highs and lows for example -  you experience after eating  sweets/biscuits etc, so always reach for a protein snack rather than a quick fix sweet/biscuits as all that will happen is your want another and another.

Protein snacks should be balanced, looking forward to seeing what everyone brings into class next week - did they pay attention..... Time will tell :-)