breakfast needed?

flippy1234

I am not going to name any specific ways of eating but there is one out there that does not advocate breakfast. It only states that you need 2 meals a day to be satisfied and you will lose weight. Any thoughts on this? Oh, and NO snacks.

sunandmoons

CICO.

3dogsrunning

Breakfast is not needed. Meal timing, for weight loss, is irrelevant. Eat according to the schedule that satisfies your hunger. Some people feel hungrier later in the day if they skip breakfast, others do not. Some do better on one or two meals others do better on 6. Figure what works for you and ignore any advice that tells you "must" eat specific times/amount of meals.

Faithful_Chosen

sunandmoons wrote: »

CICO.

This. Calories in vs calories out. When and what doesn't matter one bit for weight loss.

ntinkham88

I think it depends from person to person. I know a lot of people who skip breakfast and I can do that easier on the weekends when I'm home but I can't do it at work.

PinkPixiexox

It doesn't matter when or what you eat. Skipping breakfast or lunch or even dinner isn't going to make the blindest bit of difference to your weight loss - it's the calories. If you are eating at a calorie deficit (regardless of how you spread that out throughout the day) you'll lose weight. Your body doesn't under breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea

callsitlikeiseeit

i *generally* have a pretty light breakfast (yogurt) and larger lunch (because after my workout im starving) and dinner.

Whitezombiegirl

If you are the type of person who gets ravenous without breakfast and then grabs 300cals of junk at 11.00 (and then maybe go over daily calorie allowance)- then a 150-200cal breakfast may help you to avoid that. BUT if that's not you - then you don't need breakfast. Also- if you enjoy it and want to eat it- then carry on. Likewise with snacks.

I eat small meals because I get full really quickly. 50% of my food is made up of snacks. (Okay, I do admit that I need to work on increasing the nutritional value of my snacks....but that's another issue)

lyndahh75

There is a belief that it is important to eat breakfast. The term is to break the night time fast that your body goes through when you sleep. I personally can't eat breakfast first thing in the morning. Sometimes I do not eat it at all. The downside is, sometimes I get a sudden low blood sugar attack. I don't have an appetite, am not feeling hungry until I get this horrible weak feeling, break out in a sweat, hands tremble...I need to get something in me fast and feel like I could eat anything and everything in sight to get rid of that bad feeling. To avoid this, I will drink a premier protein shake that I get at Costco. 30 Grams of fiber- 3 grams of fat, 160 calories 4 carbs. Good for any sort of diet unless you have Phenylketonuria (PKU) which is a genetic disorder where you can't eat any protein.
Sometimes I will just grab some fruit and have that in the morning. My favorite fruit, I get a large container of fresh blueberries from the grocery store and pop it in the freezer. I will bring a cup of it to work and eat them while they are mostly frozen. MMM.
I personally just try to listen to my body, eat when I am hungry. That may not be until lunch time on some days..