BREAKFAST
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My question would be why do you feel ill in the mornings? That issue aside skipping breakfast isn't a big deal. Eat when you like.
I'm not the OP, but I'm another person who always feels slightly ill in the mornings. I usually blame it on post-nasal drip, but I'm not sure that's the case. I'm not hungry for breakfast for quite a few hours after waking most days, and I'm much happier exercising on an empty stomach.
Just to throw personal experience into the discussion, eating early tends to make me hungrier throughout the day. A delayed breakfast seems to regulate my appetite better.
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Eat breakfast. Even if it is just a banana. I used to not eat breakfast. When I hit menopause my metabolism STOPPED and even though I did not drink sodapop, I exercised and ate whole grains only I gained about 100 lbs. I went to weightwatchers and they said EAT BREAKFAST and EAT BACK YOUR CALORIES and low an behold, I started to lose weight. It is VERY VERY slow, but unless I eat breakfast and eat back some of my exercise calories I gain weight.
So as an older woman who used to skip breakfast to a younger woman I say: EAT BREAKFAST.
your metabolism stopped, really? Did you put some jumper cables on it and give it a jump to get it started again?
Your metabolism NEVER stops…slows down through adaptive thermogenesis yes, stop, no.
wow, it really is new years on the forums…
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I like to have protein in the morning just to help with maintaining muscle but you don't have to0
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Eat breakfast. Even if it is just a banana. I used to not eat breakfast. When I hit menopause my metabolism STOPPED and even though I did not drink sodapop, I exercised and ate whole grains only I gained about 100 lbs. I went to weightwatchers and they said EAT BREAKFAST and EAT BACK YOUR CALORIES and low an behold, I started to lose weight. It is VERY VERY slow, but unless I eat breakfast and eat back some of my exercise calories I gain weight.
So as an older woman who used to skip breakfast to a younger woman I say: EAT BREAKFAST.
ORLY? Speaking as a menopausal woman with thyroid disease, chronic fatigue, and autoimmune arthritis ... I put on weight because I was eating more than I burned, not because I was eating breakfast close to lunch time. I still eat breakfast late, but I count my calories, and I'm losing weight.
When I eat my breakfast has NOTHING to do with my metabolism. My metabolic deck is stacked against me, but I'm eating at a deficit, and lo and behold, I'm losing weight.
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Eat breakfast. Even if it is just a banana. I used to not eat breakfast. When I hit menopause my metabolism STOPPED and even though I did not drink sodapop, I exercised and ate whole grains only I gained about 100 lbs. I went to weightwatchers and they said EAT BREAKFAST and EAT BACK YOUR CALORIES and low an behold, I started to lose weight. It is VERY VERY slow, but unless I eat breakfast and eat back some of my exercise calories I gain weight.
So as an older woman who used to skip breakfast to a younger woman I say: EAT BREAKFAST.
No it didn't or you would be dead.0 -
Eat breakfast. Even if it is just a banana. I used to not eat breakfast. When I hit menopause my metabolism STOPPED and even though I did not drink sodapop, I exercised and ate whole grains only I gained about 100 lbs. I went to weightwatchers and they said EAT BREAKFAST and EAT BACK YOUR CALORIES and low an behold, I started to lose weight. It is VERY VERY slow, but unless I eat breakfast and eat back some of my exercise calories I gain weight.
So as an older woman who used to skip breakfast to a younger woman I say: EAT BREAKFAST.
No it didn't or you would be dead.
^This. Your metabolism isn't a switch to turn off and on. Stop reading magazines at the checkout line in the grocery store...0 -
Eat breakfast. Even if it is just a banana. I used to not eat breakfast. When I hit menopause my metabolism STOPPED and even though I did not drink sodapop, I exercised and ate whole grains only I gained about 100 lbs. I went to weightwatchers and they said EAT BREAKFAST and EAT BACK YOUR CALORIES and low an behold, I started to lose weight. It is VERY VERY slow, but unless I eat breakfast and eat back some of my exercise calories I gain weight.
So as an older woman who used to skip breakfast to a younger woman I say: EAT BREAKFAST.
As another menopausal woman that's lost over 120 lbs .. eat breakfast if you want and that helps you adhere to your plan, don't eat it if you don't want to. I choose not to and it works perfectly for me.
You gained 100 lbs because you ate more than you burned off. Stop using menopause as an excuse.0 -
you need to eat something , even if its something small, like a banana and have a lot of water0
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Those mags are the best. I saw one where it was emblazoned with "LOSE 20 LBS in 1 MONTH BY EATING PALEO!!" But the picture on the cover was a big scrumptious chocolate cake roll with cream filling (recipe inside!), lmao.dieselbyte wrote: »Eat breakfast. Even if it is just a banana. I used to not eat breakfast. When I hit menopause my metabolism STOPPED and even though I did not drink sodapop, I exercised and ate whole grains only I gained about 100 lbs. I went to weightwatchers and they said EAT BREAKFAST and EAT BACK YOUR CALORIES and low an behold, I started to lose weight. It is VERY VERY slow, but unless I eat breakfast and eat back some of my exercise calories I gain weight.
So as an older woman who used to skip breakfast to a younger woman I say: EAT BREAKFAST.
No it didn't or you would be dead.
^This. Your metabolism isn't a switch to turn off and on. Stop reading magazines at the checkout line in the grocery store...
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It's a real individual thing.
For me, a good breakfast sets me up for staying on track the rest of the day. If I skip, I start snacking and that's always been the source of all my excess calories. I'm a 3 square meals kind of guy.
Some people are good at grazing so breakfast is less important.0 -
My favorite diet breakfast meal....coleslaw! Just 160-160g green cabbage, 1 tbs dukes mayo, 1 kosher pickle... Mixed with 3 tbs pickle juice, salt pepper, and celery seeds.
I have to eat breakfast but the idea of eggs every morning turns my stomach..0 -
One of the things I learned during 2014 on my big weight loss journey ... figure out what works (and doesn't work) for you, and go with it. Some people are breakfast eaters (me), some are not; some people are carb eaters (me), some are not; some people ...
Same here, except that I always thought I was a breakfast eater simply because I'd always eaten breakfast right when I got up. It also was common for me to be hungry already when I got to work at 8AM, so I would eat my mid morning snack then. I sometimes would eat all the food I'd packed to work by 1PM and had a long miserable hungry wait for dinner.
Last year I experimented with IF and I held off eating until 10AM. I wasn't really all that hungry when I got up and it turned out I wasn't all that hungry at 8AM, either. To my surprise I found that eating an early breakfast had been causing me a problem all along.
So yes, everyone is different and sometimes what you assume is way off.
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Eating or not eating breakfast isn't a cure or anything for weight loss. I have to eat breakfast or I get a blood sugar drop before lunch and end up with a cranky headache. Some people don't need to, though, so that part is just whatever works for you.
However, being diabetic, you're probably better off eating something in the morning, even if it's just a fiber brownie or the like. I don't know what meds you take or anything like that, but my husband is diabetic that's controlled by meds, and he has to eat something in the morning if he gets up early or his blood sugar dips way to low by lunch. If you can't eat something as soon as you get up, aim for halfway between getting up and lunch. Track your blood sugar for a week or so and figure out when your body needs food and go from there.0 -
You do not need to eat breakfast. Eating breakfast will NOT make your metabolism go up. There are many misconceptions about breakfast and the truth is that it does not matter when you eat at all.0
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I don't like breakfast.
Well, I like breakfast, just not at breakfast time. I am rarely hungry before lunch.
Sometimes we'll have "breakfast for dinner" and that's great fun around my house.
It is not impeding my weight loss at all and my energy level is quite steady throughout the day (all things considered, since I am a Hashi's girl).
It goes without saying, but everyone is different.0
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