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If I don't eat a big breakfast

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  • iLoveMyPitbull1225
    iLoveMyPitbull1225 Posts: 1,690 Member
    edited August 2015
    If that is what helps you then roll with it! The spacing and calorie content of meals doesn't really matter as long as you stay within your goals. I personally eat 5 meals a day, breakfast, snack, lunch, snack. I spread them out fairly evenly and save a good chunk for dinner after my workout because that is what works for me in that I don't let myself get too hungry. You may want to try that kind of disbursement, if you should want to, it may work for you as well.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited August 2015
    YEP big breakfasts keep us fuller for longer....but 500 cals is more like it for a big breakfast :smiley: but then I also eat 500 for lunch...and at least 800 for dinner... plus other snacks of course..... :smiley:
  • ClareDoherty42
    ClareDoherty42 Posts: 26 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    So eat a big breakfast....?

    I do. It was a general point rather then a question. Was more wondering if there was science behind it or just personal preference.
  • ClareDoherty42
    ClareDoherty42 Posts: 26 Member
    harlequin0318 wrote: »
    1200 cals is pretty low - so you can afford to be over on those calories...stats to confirm?

    Female
    25
    5'1
    145.5lb
    No exercise due to injury atm
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    If you're body is telling you that it needs fuel, and you're eating healthy foods, what is wrong with that? Eat !
  • harlequin0318
    harlequin0318 Posts: 415 Member
    ClareDoherty42 wrote: »
    harlequin0318 wrote: »
    1200 cals is pretty low - so you can afford to be over on those calories...stats to confirm?

    Female
    25
    5'1
    145.5lb
    No exercise due to injury atm

    From Scooby's - a 25% calorie reduction would be giving you 1304 cals, and that's aggressive. 20% reduction would give you 1391. So feel free to have a snack between breakfast and lunch :) as long as you weigh it of course
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    ClareDoherty42 wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    So eat a big breakfast....?

    I do. It was a general point rather then a question. Was more wondering if there was science behind it or just personal preference.

    personal preference. I have 250-300 cal breakfast and lunch and 700-1000 calories for my evening meal.
  • ClareDoherty42
    ClareDoherty42 Posts: 26 Member
    harlequin0318 wrote: »
    ClareDoherty42 wrote: »
    harlequin0318 wrote: »
    1200 cals is pretty low - so you can afford to be over on those calories...stats to confirm?

    Female
    25
    5'1
    145.5lb
    No exercise due to injury atm

    From Scooby's - a 25% calorie reduction would be giving you 1304 cals, and that's aggressive. 20% reduction would give you 1391. So feel free to have a snack between breakfast and lunch :) as long as you weigh it of course

    That makes me feel a wee bit better about going slightly over my goal recently!

    Hoping to start exercising again tomorrow if I get the all clear from the doctor.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    Research shows that people who eat breakfast are more successful at maintaining a weight loss.

    In my own experience, eating a substantial breakfast sets me up to eat sanely the rest of the day.
  • leahcollett1
    leahcollett1 Posts: 807 Member
    i would love a cooked breakfast each morning but i never have time, ive tried allsorts but the most thing thats kept me fuller for longer is a quest bar - packed of protein. that and fruit keep me going untill lunch time,
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