Do you think skipping Breakfast is really all that bad?

AlphaGnome

I wake up at 6AM... My morning routine usually consists of a full glass or two of water within 15 minutes of waking up... a large coffee with skim milk, sugar free vanilla, and a Sweet n Low within an hour of waking up.. and this can hold me over until 11AM.

Skipping Breakfast is definitely the easiest meal for me to skip without getting hunger pains... I tend to believe that as long as you're taking in the proper calories in a day, it doesn't matter what time of day the intake is occurring.. Thoughts?

rainbowbow

AlphaGnome wrote: »

I wake up at 6AM... My morning routine usually consists of a full glass or two of water within 15 minutes of waking up... a large coffee with skim milk, sugar free vanilla, and a Sweet n Low within an hour of waking up.. and this can hold me over until 11AM.

Skipping Breakfast is definitely the easiest meal for me to skip without getting hunger pains... I tend to believe that as long as you're taking in the proper calories in a day, it doesn't matter what time of day the intake is occurring.. Thoughts?

that's right.

I personally eat about 2-300 calories for lunch and then eat the rest of my calories for dinner. It's up to personal preference.

KT_3009

I tend to never eat breakfast unless I have a busy morning shift that goes through to lunch.. Otherwise i stick to lunch, dinner and a snack and that is normally enough for me! However everyone is different and a lot of people on MFP recommend eating breakfast

juggernaut1974

Nothing wrong with it whatsoever, if it fits your lifestyle.

Sued0nim

meh

meal timing makes no difference to weight loss

so if it's what you like to do - do it

Camo_xxx

Calories are calories, doesn't mater when or how you eat them.
Meal timing is for hunger management.
Your body can easily operate off your body fat and glycogen stores for longer then you will be able to stave off hunger.

ninerbuff

I skip it 6-7 days a week (sometimes eat breakfast on Sunday before football starts). Lunch and dinner with snacking up to when I go to bed has worked for me for years.

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Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

KeepingFit4Me

I must admit I'm the same as you! I struggle to eat breakfast before 10.30am. I have a busy morning and don't feel ready to sit down and eat a breakfast until midmorning! The trouble is it pushes everything back! Lunch is around 2.30/3pm and then I'm eating my main meal 6/7pm.

I saw a dietician yesterday and one of the things she said was that I should eat more in the day and less at night (especially less carbohydrate). She said that I was eating most of my calories in the evening and then not burning them off! She recommended having a snack midmorning - I'm only having my breakfast then!!

Hope this helps!

juggernaut1974

KeepingFit4Me wrote: »

I must admit I'm the same as you! I struggle to eat breakfast before 10.30am. I have a busy morning and don't feel ready to sit down and eat a breakfast until midmorning! The trouble is it pushes everything back! Lunch is around 2.30/3pm and then I'm eating my main meal 6/7pm.

I saw a dietician yesterday and one of the things she said was that I should eat more in the day and less at night (especially less carbohydrate). She said that I was eating most of my calories in the evening and then not burning them off! She recommended having a snack midmorning - I'm only having my breakfast then!!

Hope this helps!

I'd find a new dietician, honestly. It doesn't sound like she's worth whatever you're paying her.

rainbowbow

KeepingFit4Me wrote: »

I must admit I'm the same as you! I struggle to eat breakfast before 10.30am. I have a busy morning and don't feel ready to sit down and eat a breakfast until midmorning! The trouble is it pushes everything back! Lunch is around 2.30/3pm and then I'm eating my main meal 6/7pm.

I saw a dietician yesterday and one of the things she said was that I should eat more in the day and less at night (especially less carbohydrate). She said that I was eating most of my calories in the evening and then not burning them off! She recommended having a snack midmorning - I'm only having my breakfast then!!

Hope this helps!

a dietician or a nutritionist?

ninerbuff

KeepingFit4Me wrote: »

I must admit I'm the same as you! I struggle to eat breakfast before 10.30am. I have a busy morning and don't feel ready to sit down and eat a breakfast until midmorning! The trouble is it pushes everything back! Lunch is around 2.30/3pm and then I'm eating my main meal 6/7pm.

I saw a dietician yesterday and one of the things she said was that I should eat more in the day and less at night (especially less carbohydrate). She said that I was eating most of my calories in the evening and then not burning them off! She recommended having a snack midmorning - I'm only having my breakfast then!!

Hope this helps!

So what happened to the calories you burned off during the day? They don't count? CICO still matters whether you eat early in the day or not.

A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

prettysoul1908

Camo_xxx wrote: »

Calories are calories, doesn't mater when or how you eat them.
Meal timing is for hunger management.
Your body can easily operate off your body fat and glycogen stores for longer then you will be able to stave off hunger.

One of the best things for my weight loss plan has been holding off eating until 930/10 coupled with not being worried about eating too late at night.

The "rule" for weight loss used to be... Eat within an hour or so of waking. But I would end up forcing myself to eat something and be hungrier by 10 am... Therefore increasing my calories.

I hate restrictive rules... I love being able to do what I want within the CICO context. I can attribute my 16 day streak and actually ENJOYING IT to this renewed thinking.

Camo_xxx

Fwiw. My meal pattern is similar to ninerbuff,

People that tell you you need to fuel up for the day with breakfast have been duped by the marketing I am sure came from breakfast food companies. I can easily put in a 40+ mile bike ride before my first meal of the day.

KeepingFit4Me wrote: »

I must admit I'm the same as you! I struggle to eat breakfast before 10.30am. I have a busy morning and don't feel ready to sit down and eat a breakfast until midmorning! The trouble is it pushes everything back! Lunch is around 2.30/3pm and then I'm eating my main meal 6/7pm.

I saw a dietician yesterday and one of the things she said was that I should eat more in the day and less at night (especially less carbohydrate). She said that I was eating most of my calories in the evening and then not burning them off! She recommended having a snack midmorning - I'm only having my breakfast then!!

Hope this helps!

No it doesn't help as it is misinformation. Aka broscience

Sued0nim

KeepingFit4Me wrote: »

I must admit I'm the same as you! I struggle to eat breakfast before 10.30am. I have a busy morning and don't feel ready to sit down and eat a breakfast until midmorning! The trouble is it pushes everything back! Lunch is around 2.30/3pm and then I'm eating my main meal 6/7pm.

I saw a dietician yesterday and one of the things she said was that I should eat more in the day and less at night (especially less carbohydrate). She said that I was eating most of my calories in the evening and then not burning them off! She recommended having a snack midmorning - I'm only having my breakfast then!!

Hope this helps!

A registered dietician

Or a nutritionist?

So much rubbish in that I'm pretty sure the latter

SezxyStef

KeepingFit4Me wrote: »

I must admit I'm the same as you! I struggle to eat breakfast before 10.30am. I have a busy morning and don't feel ready to sit down and eat a breakfast until midmorning! The trouble is it pushes everything back! Lunch is around 2.30/3pm and then I'm eating my main meal 6/7pm.

I saw a dietician yesterday and one of the things she said was that I should eat more in the day and less at night (especially less carbohydrate). She said that I was eating most of my calories in the evening and then not burning them off! She recommended having a snack midmorning - I'm only having my breakfast then!!

Hope this helps!

I actually read a study a few days ago that indicated that carbs at night were better and increase digestion rate the next day....

OP I eat breakfast usually around 8am...but that's me...it's all different for everyone.

spatulamom

I don't eat breakfast. I'm not usually hungry until at least 11 or 12, and I've also found that waiting to eat until 1 PM or so helps with my blood sugar - if I eat first thing in the morning, it's pretty much guaranteed that I'll be a raving hungry lunatic all day. I also eat right up until I go to bed at 11 PM - hasn't affected my rate of loss at all.

Lounmoun

It doesn't matter for weight loss when you eat your calories.
For the way you function it might make a difference. If you are lethargic, hungry, cranky, have trouble focusing, etc all morning then maybe you should try eating something. If you feel fine and are doing well then don't eat until 11 AM if you don't want to.

I do best with a smallish breakfast and eat more calories later in the day.

AlphaGnome

mhaskins08 wrote: »

Camo_xxx wrote: »

Calories are calories, doesn't mater when or how you eat them.
Meal timing is for hunger management.
Your body can easily operate off your body fat and glycogen stores for longer then you will be able to stave off hunger.

One of the best things for my weight loss plan has been holding off eating until 930/10 coupled with not being worried about eating too late at night.

The "rule" for weight loss used to be... Eat within an hour or so of waking. But I would end up forcing myself to eat something and be hungrier by 10 am... Therefore increasing my calories.

I hate restrictive rules... I love being able to do what I want within the CICO context. I can attribute my 16 day streak and actually ENJOYING IT to this renewed thinking.

EXACTLY! It's been hammered into our heads that "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!" The idea behind it is sound - give you energy to kick-start your day.. but it works against me - I find I am starving by 10 when I eat breakfast. Glad to hear this isn't just me! The easier it is for me to avoid hunger pains, the easier it's going to be for me to be successful this time around! Thanks all!

janejellyroll

I think everyone should eat breakfast . . . if they're hungry in the morning. There have been times in my life where I haven't made time for breakfast and I've been miserable because I am the type of person who is hungry in the morning. If I don't get breakfast, I feel awful and I want to compensate all day long.

Other people are happy with a cup of coffee or even just water. Why should those people force themselves to eat breakfast?

There are some people who really enjoy snacks -- I can usually go an entire day without them. We should pay attention to what meal timing works for us instead of assuming that everyone is the same.

SLLRunner

AlphaGnome wrote: »

I wake up at 6AM... My morning routine usually consists of a full glass or two of water within 15 minutes of waking up... a large coffee with skim milk, sugar free vanilla, and a Sweet n Low within an hour of waking up.. and this can hold me over until 11AM.

Skipping Breakfast is definitely the easiest meal for me to skip without getting hunger pains... I tend to believe that as long as you're taking in the proper calories in a day, it doesn't matter what time of day the intake is occurring.. Thoughts?

It's only bad skipping breakfast if you love to eat breakfast, at least it would ruin my day.

Lots of people don't eat breakfast.

SLLRunner

I saw a dietician yesterday and one of the things she said was that I should eat more in the day and less at night (especially less carbohydrate). She said that I was eating most of my calories in the evening and then not burning them off! She recommended having a snack midmorning - I'm only having my breakfast then!!

Hope this helps!

Your dietitian is 100% wrong.

Need2Exerc1se

I can say with 100% certainty that it is not bad for me. I've been skipping it for most of my adult life with no health problem.

krithsai

I like eating breakfast within 1.5 hours of waking up because I eat light dinners and don't snack after(I get severe heartburn if I lie down soon after eating or eat a very heavy dinner). But the nights that I do eat a huge dinner, I don't need to eat until 11 AM or so the next morning. Both type of days are fine and don't make much of a difference to the way I've lost weight.

sheermomentum

KeepingFit4Me wrote: »

I must admit I'm the same as you! I struggle to eat breakfast before 10.30am. I have a busy morning and don't feel ready to sit down and eat a breakfast until midmorning! The trouble is it pushes everything back! Lunch is around 2.30/3pm and then I'm eating my main meal 6/7pm.

I saw a dietician yesterday and one of the things she said was that I should eat more in the day and less at night (especially less carbohydrate). She said that I was eating most of my calories in the evening and then not burning them off! She recommended having a snack midmorning - I'm only having my breakfast then!!

Hope this helps!

Wow. Wow. This woman gets PAID for this kind of advice??!

OP, I rarely eat breakfast these days and it hasn't hindered weight loss. If anything, eating breakfast just makes me hungrier later in the day. So if that's my metabolism getting kick-started in the morning you can keep it. Eat when you're hungry, like a normal person.

Ponkeen

I know lots of healthy people that are not breakfast eaters. Personal preference, and it doesn't seem to impact them negatively at all. That said, if I don't eat something by 10am, heads will roll.

sijomial

Yesterday I had a 1500cal breakfast, today I had an 81cal breakfast.
Not dead yet.....

juggernaut1974

sijomial wrote: »

Yesterday I had a 1500cal breakfast, today I had an 81cal breakfast.
Not dead yet.....

yet....

MommyL2015

I don't have anything but coffee in the morning. Sometimes a cup of tea mid-morning. Never been a big breakfast eater and when I started forcing myself to eat in the morning because I kept being hammered by my mother and friends with how important it is, that's when I started gaining weight faster. I find if I do eat breakfast, my appetite takes on a life of it's own for the rest of the day.

I do eat it sometimes on the weekends. It's usually big and consists of bacon and pancakes.

redperphexion

MommyL2015 wrote: »

I don't have anything but coffee in the morning. Sometimes a cup of tea mid-morning. Never been a big breakfast eater and when I started forcing myself to eat in the morning because I kept being hammered by my mother and friends with how important it is, that's when I started gaining weight faster. I find if I do eat breakfast, my appetite takes on a life of it's own for the rest of the day.

I do eat it sometimes on the weekends. It's usually big and consists of bacon and pancakes.

YUP! Me too... coffee with milk and sugar when I get up, sometimes small morning snack, early lunch, late afternoon snack, large supper.

glitzy196

I get up at 6am, and drink coffee and water until whenever I get hungry, usually between 12 and 1:30. then I eat my lunch, usually chips and a sandwich (I pack cereal every single day) and then if I get hungry before I get off work (6pm) I eat my cereal. I eat it about half the time. then I go home and eat dinner. If i didn't eat my cereal I get a snack, i'm not going to eat calories just to eat them, so If I am hungry..I do, if I am not, then I don't. wasted calories are for candy.

happyheart15

I think people have to do what works best for them. For me, I can't skip breakfast, because if I do, the next meal goes straight through me. Sorry for the TMI. But even if it didn't, I do love eating breakfast.