Breakfast?

wolfeyes_6
wolfeyes_6 Posts: 5
edited November 10 in Getting Started
Can anyone tell me how safe it is to skip breakfast? I'm never hungry in the mornings and I could go all day until around lunch sometimes even dinner time before I feel it. When I do eat I never go over on my calories and feel full. But I noticed that when I do force myself to eat breakfast I feel hungry an hour later and want to eat an early lunch. Then it turns into an early dinner and by 6:00 I'm starving again but I'm over on my calories for the day. Can anyone advise me?

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  • mskinner1091
    mskinner1091 Posts: 180 Member
    The reason you feel hungry after eating breakfast is because you kick started your metabolism. Which is VERY important for losing weight. You need to eat breakfast, lunch, dinner & healthy snacks in between. I know a lot of people hate eating breakfast but it is SO ESSENTIAL! Try some oatmeal or a yogurt with blueberries. If you start getting hungry not too long after breakfast drink water & snack on healthy items such as carrots or nuts. I know it's hard but breakfast is very important.
  • fitzymic
    fitzymic Posts: 43 Member
    Don't know if it unsafe but it really important remember we sleep for hours and the body needs food to give us energy and kick start our system for the day.what u eating for breakfast.
  • LovelyLisa1000
    LovelyLisa1000 Posts: 10 Member
    There is no danger in skipping breakfast. I usually wake up and have coffee and work out and have an early lunch.
  • mskinner1091
    mskinner1091 Posts: 180 Member
    There's certainly no danger in not eating breakfast but it helps with your weight loss if you can try & eat a little something. Maybe just a banana.
  • LifeInTheBikeLane
    LifeInTheBikeLane Posts: 345 Member
    wolfeyes_6 wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me how safe it is to skip breakfast? I'm never hungry in the mornings and I could go all day until around lunch sometimes even dinner time before I feel it. When I do eat I never go over on my calories and feel full. But I noticed that when I do force myself to eat breakfast I feel hungry an hour later and want to eat an early lunch. Then it turns into an early dinner and by 6:00 I'm starving again but I'm over on my calories for the day. Can anyone advise me?

    I had this same issue and started skipping breakfast. I then discovered I can just eat a later breakfast. I found out if I eat breakfast around 9am-10am instead of 7-8am I am hungry later. Try that maybe?
  • MarziPanda95
    MarziPanda95 Posts: 1,326 Member
    mskinner1091 wrote: »
    The reason you feel hungry after eating breakfast is because you kick started your metabolism. Which is VERY important for losing weight. You need to eat breakfast, lunch, dinner & healthy snacks in between. I know a lot of people hate eating breakfast but it is SO ESSENTIAL! Try some oatmeal or a yogurt with blueberries. If you start getting hungry not too long after breakfast drink water & snack on healthy items such as carrots or nuts. I know it's hard but breakfast is very important.

    Nope. This is wrong. Your metabolism never stops working, it works at the same rate whether you have eaten or not. I haven't eaten breakfast since I was a kid, and I've lost 43lbs since June - I tried to eat it at the beginning but it was only making me eat more during the day and thus decreasing my calorie deficit and making weight loss harder. Your body cannot really tell what time it is. If you're hungry at breakfast time then eat, if eating that early makes you feel a little ill like it does me, then just have a slightly bigger lunch. No big deal.
  • JEE2015
    JEE2015 Posts: 146 Member
    I kick start my metabolism with a glass of V8 at 5:30am and usually in a couple of hours I'm hungry and have a light breakfast. Even getting a breakfast bar ( a good one) to start your morning might be what you can try.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Some people report increased energy and focus and decreased hunger throughout the day when they eat breakfast. Others feel the complete opposite after breakfast and find themselves starving and unable to focus throughout the day.

    Your metabolism won't slow down for about 72 hours without food. Waking it up after 8 hours of sleep isn't necessary. It's really about personal preference and what makes you feel the best (assuming you don't have any medical reasons to eat breakfast). Eat breakfast if you want. Skip it if you want.
  • flabassmcgee
    flabassmcgee Posts: 659 Member
    False. Breakfast is not a magic metabolism stoker. It's not important to weight loss. The only thing important to weight loss is calories in vs calories out. Eat a little less than you burn and you'll do fine.

    Your body doesn't know what time it is. If breakfast isn't really your thing, don't eat it. Just make up the calories later in the day and try to hit your macro goals. :)
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    mskinner1091 wrote: »
    The reason you feel hungry after eating breakfast is because you kick started your metabolism. Which is VERY important for losing weight. You need to eat breakfast, lunch, dinner & healthy snacks in between. I know a lot of people hate eating breakfast but it is SO ESSENTIAL! Try some oatmeal or a yogurt with blueberries. If you start getting hungry not too long after breakfast drink water & snack on healthy items such as carrots or nuts. I know it's hard but breakfast is very important.
    Nope-GIF_2.gif

    Metabolism doesn't need to be kickstarted. It's one of those things that works because you're alive. If it isn't working, you're dead and no amount of food is going to get it working again.

    OP, if you don't want to eat first thing, you don't have to do that. Wait until you're hungry, whenever that is.
  • wolfeyes_6
    wolfeyes_6 Posts: 5
    Thanks all!!
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    mskinner1091 wrote: »
    The reason you feel hungry after eating breakfast is because you kick started your metabolism. Which is VERY important for losing weight. You need to eat breakfast, lunch, dinner & healthy snacks in between. I know a lot of people hate eating breakfast but it is SO ESSENTIAL! Try some oatmeal or a yogurt with blueberries. If you start getting hungry not too long after breakfast drink water & snack on healthy items such as carrots or nuts. I know it's hard but breakfast is very important.

    so much wrong in this post..

    First - if your metabolism stopped when you went to bed it would mean you died
    second - eating breakfast and metabolism have nothing to do with one another.
    third - meal timing and metabolism are myth.
    fourth - breakfast is not essential
    fifth - breakfast is not important…eat it, skip it, whatever…i personally do eat breakfast but that is because I am hungry ….
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    JEE2015 wrote: »
    I kick start my metabolism with a glass of V8 at 5:30am and usually in a couple of hours I'm hungry and have a light breakfast. Even getting a breakfast bar ( a good one) to start your morning might be what you can try.

    can you tell me where I can find the "kickstarter" on my body for metabolism? is it like starting a bike..?????
  • GreenScrew
    GreenScrew Posts: 2 Member
    http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/lose-weight-eat-breakfast
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    wolfeyes_6 wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me how safe it is to skip breakfast? I'm never hungry in the mornings and I could go all day until around lunch sometimes even dinner time before I feel it. When I do eat I never go over on my calories and feel full. But I noticed that when I do force myself to eat breakfast I feel hungry an hour later and want to eat an early lunch. Then it turns into an early dinner and by 6:00 I'm starving again but I'm over on my calories for the day. Can anyone advise me?

    This is just like the whole 'no carbs before bed' mumbo jumbo.

    Unless you have a specific goal (triathlon mid-morning or such), eating breakfast, or meal timing in general has no discernible effect. Your body is a 24 hour beast and doesn't care that it's breakfast lunch or dinner.

    Eat when you want. Do whatever you feel most comfortable with.
  • GreenScrew
    GreenScrew Posts: 2 Member
    Meant to post this excerpt (its on the internet so its true):
    It makes sense: Eating early in the day keeps us from "starvation eating" later on. But it also jump-starts your metabolism, says Elisabetta Politi, RD, MPH, nutrition manager for the Duke Diet & Fitness Center at Duke University Medical School. "When you don't eat breakfast, you're actually fasting for 15 to 20 hours, so you're not producing the enzymes needed to metabolize fat to lose weight."

    Among the people she counsels, breakfast eaters are usually those who have lost a significant amount of weight. They also exercise. "They say that before having breakfast regularly, they would eat most of their calories after 5 p.m.," Politi tells WebMD. "Now, they try to distribute calories throughout the day. It makes sense that the body wants to be fueled."
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    GreenScrew wrote: »
    Meant to post this excerpt (its on the internet so its true):
    It makes sense: Eating early in the day keeps us from "starvation eating" later on. But it also jump-starts your metabolism, says Elisabetta Politi, RD, MPH, nutrition manager for the Duke Diet & Fitness Center at Duke University Medical School. "When you don't eat breakfast, you're actually fasting for 15 to 20 hours, so you're not producing the enzymes needed to metabolize fat to lose weight."

    Among the people she counsels, breakfast eaters are usually those who have lost a significant amount of weight. They also exercise. "They say that before having breakfast regularly, they would eat most of their calories after 5 p.m.," Politi tells WebMD. "Now, they try to distribute calories throughout the day. It makes sense that the body wants to be fueled."

    LOL no
  • FunkyTobias
    FunkyTobias Posts: 1,776 Member
    GreenScrew wrote: »
    Meant to post this excerpt (its on the internet so its true):
    It makes sense: Eating early in the day keeps us from "starvation eating" later on. But it also jump-starts your metabolism, says Elisabetta Politi, RD, MPH, nutrition manager for the Duke Diet & Fitness Center at Duke University Medical School. "When you don't eat breakfast, you're actually fasting for 15 to 20 hours, so you're not producing the enzymes needed to metabolize fat to lose weight."

    Among the people she counsels, breakfast eaters are usually those who have lost a significant amount of weight. They also exercise. "They say that before having breakfast regularly, they would eat most of their calories after 5 p.m.," Politi tells WebMD. "Now, they try to distribute calories throughout the day. It makes sense that the body wants to be fueled."


    The 80's called. They want their pseudoscience back

  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    edited January 2015
    If skipping breakfast helps you stick to your calories for the day you should do that. If eating breakfast helps you stick to your calories for the day then you should do that.

    Your metabolism does not stop at night (if it did you would die) and it doesn't need to be kick started. It's not a motorcycle.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/820577

    ^peer-reviewed studies within
  • melimomTARDIS
    melimomTARDIS Posts: 1,941 Member
    But what if I just really like eating breakfast? I sometimes eat breakfast foods for lunch, or dinner too! How safe is that?
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    melimomTARDIS wrote: »
    But what if I just really like eating breakfast? I sometimes eat breakfast foods for lunch, or dinner too! How safe is that?

    I love breakfast and would never give it up for any reason.

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  • MarziPanda95
    MarziPanda95 Posts: 1,326 Member
    GreenScrew wrote: »
    Meant to post this excerpt (its on the internet so its true):
    It makes sense: Eating early in the day keeps us from "starvation eating" later on. But it also jump-starts your metabolism, says Elisabetta Politi, RD, MPH, nutrition manager for the Duke Diet & Fitness Center at Duke University Medical School. "When you don't eat breakfast, you're actually fasting for 15 to 20 hours, so you're not producing the enzymes needed to metabolize fat to lose weight."

    Among the people she counsels, breakfast eaters are usually those who have lost a significant amount of weight. They also exercise. "They say that before having breakfast regularly, they would eat most of their calories after 5 p.m.," Politi tells WebMD. "Now, they try to distribute calories throughout the day. It makes sense that the body wants to be fueled."

    Like everyone else has pointed out, this is bull. Not eating breakfast stops you losing weight because you're fasting for 15 to 20 hours? Uh, then how come intermittent fasters tend to do pretty well and lose weight? They're sometimes not eating for way longer than 15 to 20 hours. Eating early just makes ME eat more, though I know that's not the same for everyone. I consume most of my calories after 5pm and I'm doing great.
  • dodojodie
    dodojodie Posts: 35 Member
    I usually skip breakfast and just have a cup of tea. Then I have something later at work gives you a good excuse to get up out of your chair and stop working for a few minutes while you eat.
  • tmccoy2015
    tmccoy2015 Posts: 2
    Breakfast is very important. And yes I feel hungry a couple hours later. Have a healthy snack. and then your lunch and another snack mid afternoon. Snacking on healthy food throughout the day will help keep your energy going. Good luck!
  • GothyFaery
    GothyFaery Posts: 762 Member
    You don't need to eat breakfast to lose weight. If you're hungry in the morning and want to eat it, that's cool. If you don't want to eat breakfast, don't eat it. You will still lose weight if you are eating at a deficit either way.
  • yesimpson
    yesimpson Posts: 1,372 Member
    Maybe you would benefit from not eating breakfast and then you could use those calories for an evening snack if that's when you're naturally peckish.
  • sweetdixie92
    sweetdixie92 Posts: 655 Member
    edited January 2015
    wolfeyes_6 wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me how safe it is to skip breakfast? I'm never hungry in the mornings and I could go all day until around lunch sometimes even dinner time before I feel it. When I do eat I never go over on my calories and feel full. But I noticed that when I do force myself to eat breakfast I feel hungry an hour later and want to eat an early lunch. Then it turns into an early dinner and by 6:00 I'm starving again but I'm over on my calories for the day. Can anyone advise me?

    Do what works for you. Your body seems satisfied to wait until dinner to eat, and there's nothing wrong with that. If eating breakfast is going to sabotage your day, then don't do it.

    I almost always eat breakfast myself, and yes, I'm feeling hungry a couple hours later. Unless I'm working really hard though and can justify the additional calories, I wait until lunch. The hunger pangs will go away. You just have to push through.
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    GothyFaery wrote: »
    You don't need to eat breakfast to lose weight. If you're hungry in the morning and want to eat it, that's cool. If you don't want to eat breakfast, don't eat it. You will still lose weight if you are eating at a deficit either way.

    ^^This. I'm good with skipping it (well, except coffee, always coffee). I'm one that gets "hungrier" if I do eat breakfast early. So I eat breakfast late (past 10 am when I wake at 6--I still love my breakfast foods). It's good good hunger/calorie management when I'm on a cut to time my food this way. However, some of us are the opposite--no (late) breakfast = ravenous mess the rest of the day.

    Do what works for you--calorie intake (and our bodies) don't have a time frame, but we do have our preferences--you should honor them.
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