For those that do not eat breakfast? Explain how you do it?

catscats222 · October 2015

Ex: you wake up at 6 am
And you eat nothing until noon?
Just water?
Curious - not bashing.
At what time do you eat dinner? Do you eat late-night snacks?
I have a bit of hypoglycemia, so this is interesting.
People can really go that long without any food?

starwhisperer6 · October 2015

Yesterday I got up at 7am, had coffee and water until 1:30 when I ate lunch. The last thing I ate was at 9pm. I'm just not nearly as hungry in the morning as I am at night.

I_Will_End_You · October 2015

I get up at 6:15, have coffee, and eat lunch at noon. (on work days). I do drink a lot of water, sometimes I snack, sometimes I don't. My lunch is small (less than 500 calories) and I save most of my calories for dinner. I don't generally eat late night snacks.

nordlead2005 · October 2015

I wake up at 6am (sometimes later, I don't have to be to work until 8ish). I eat lunch ~11AM. I often drink iced tea in the morning (no sugar or lemon) once I get to work, I rarely drink anything outside of a sip of water prior to 8AM. I eat dinner ~5-6pm. I eat snacks (anywhere from 50-500 calories worth) ~8-9pm after the kids go to bed.

Now, I sometimes eat things in the morning before lunch, but that really depends on what free food is at work. If I go over to the lab I might grab a donut hole or a cookie if they are sitting on the table and eat one before lunch. However, if I eat something in the morning I typically eat lunch closer to noon. I'll also eat snacks in the afternoon, again depending on what is available and if I have calories for it.

Artemiris · October 2015

I never eat before 11 and sometimes I don't eat before 13 or 14.

I am also hypoglycemic and I have low blood pressure. I do just fine, I don't feel too hungry nor fatigued. I also stop eating at 17.

Queenmunchy · October 2015

On weekends I don't eat until 2-4 or so. I just drink tea.

MommyL2015 · October 2015

I'm a natural no-breakfast eater. But I do drink coffee, so that probably takes away any appetite I would have.

I'll have a cup of mid-morning tea sometimes. I'm just not hungry in the morning, but I do eat a larger dinner and leave room for dessert, so I fill up pretty good at night.

Francl27 · October 2015

I used to skip breakfast but I was snacking until 10pm or later. Now I don't eat after 7pm most days and I'm starving by 8am.

_benjammin · October 2015

Up at 6. Diet soda or 0 cal energy drink on my way to work.
3 cups of coffee before noon with 1 splenda a 1 tablespoon fat free half and half per cup.

_benjammin · October 2015

Artemiris wrote: »

I never eat before 11 and sometimes I don't eat before 13 or 14.

I am also hypoglycemic and I have low blood pressure. I do just fine, I don't feel too hungry nor fatigued. I also stop eating at 17.

First time I've seen someone us Military/24-hour time on MFP, I like it.

ninerbuff · October 2015

Wake up at 5:30am, just water or diet soda, workout, eat after 12:00, some snacking, eat dinner, snack how I feel till 11:30pm. Last night it was raw almonds.

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Saphira291 · October 2015

For whatever reason I've never really been hungry in the mornings. I get up at 6:30am and usually don't eat until about 12:30pm. Some days I might have like a cereal bar, but most times I don't eat at all in the morning. I've always had a really strange appetite though, a lot of times one big meal leaves me full for a whole day and I don't need to eat again (yes I know this sounds bad, but it's just the way my body acts sometimes). Dinner is usually around 5:30 or 6pm for me.

Artemiris · October 2015

_benjammin wrote: »

Artemiris wrote: »

I never eat before 11 and sometimes I don't eat before 13 or 14.

I am also hypoglycemic and I have low blood pressure. I do just fine, I don't feel too hungry nor fatigued. I also stop eating at 17.

First time I've seen someone us Military/24-hour time on MFP, I like it.

I feel it's easier to discuss different times of the day when using a 24 hours clock. Or maybe it's simply because in Europe we are used to it. Hope it's not confusing.

debsdoingthis · October 2015

I'm rarely hungry in the morning. I'm up at 6 and only have coffee (2 at the most) before 11. Lunch happens around 2pm and I have a snack around 4. Dinner 7ish. I don't eat after 8 pm, but only because if I eat too close to bedtime, I don't sleep well. If your body is hungry in the morning...Eat

The_Weaze · October 2015

Wake up at whatever brutal hour the kids decide (usually between 5-6am) then I drink tea and water until I break my fast at 10am. Dinner is at 5:45 and I don't eat after that usually.

keefmac · October 2015

I don't normally eat until 1pm, a mug of tea in the morning is "breakfast".

BuccaneersFan · October 2015

I get up at 5:15am and eat about meal 1 at 12:00 Mon-Fri, Sat & Sun I may eat as early as 11:00. Meal 2 is between 4:30 and 7:00, but I try to never eat after 7:00. So my fasting/feasting schedule ranges between 18/6 and 19/5. I only drink water when I'm fasting, but many people like coffee because it's an appetite suppressant.

I consume about 20% of my daily calories for meal 1 and the remaining 80% for meal 2 Mon-Fri and then 35% for meal 1 and 65% for meal 2 on Sat & Sun. It's much easier to restrict what I eat when I'm at work Mon-Frie because I only eat what I bring and there isn't a refrigerator and pantry full of food at my office to temp me.

A good website to read about the benefits of Intermittent Fasting is leangains.com. The guy who runs the site is a body builder and maintains a single digit body fat percentage year round using Intermittent Fasting. He explains why the old adage of "breakfast is the most important meal" is a bunch of crap. He's actually a proponent of lifting while in a fasted state, I usually don't do that because of my schedule, but when I can, I do, and I've seen no ill effects.

Do I get hungry when I'm fasting, sure sometimes, but not too often. It's just mind over matter... but it does help to stay away from the aroma of food and avoid looking at it as well.

lemurcat12 · October 2015

catscats222 wrote: »

Ex: you wake up at 6 am
And you eat nothing until noon?
Just water?
Curious - not bashing.
At what time do you eat dinner? Do you eat late-night snacks?
I have a bit of hypoglycemia, so this is interesting.
People can really go that long without any food?

I like breakfast currently, but I used to not eat it (I would drink black coffee), and a lot of people (including me when I'm out of the habit) just aren't hungry in the morning.

Given that humans probably evolved during periods in which we may have gone without food for longer periods, and simply eaten when food was available, I don't see not eating until noon as "that long without any food." I don't fast regularly but I do on occasion for religious reasons and it's not a serious hardship.

Obviously if you have hypoglycemia it might not be something that works for you at all, but it's really no big deal.

DeguelloTex · October 2015

catscats222 wrote: »

Ex: you wake up at 6 am
And you eat nothing until noon?
Just water?
Curious - not bashing.
At what time do you eat dinner? Do you eat late-night snacks?
I have a bit of hypoglycemia, so this is interesting.
People can really go that long without any food?

On those days, I get up and I don't eat until lunch or whenever. Dinner is probably around 6:00 PM depending on traffic and activities.

I can easily go six hours without eating if that's what I want to do.

lemurcat12 · October 2015

Artemiris wrote: »

_benjammin wrote: »

Artemiris wrote: »

I never eat before 11 and sometimes I don't eat before 13 or 14.

I am also hypoglycemic and I have low blood pressure. I do just fine, I don't feel too hungry nor fatigued. I also stop eating at 17.

First time I've seen someone us Military/24-hour time on MFP, I like it.

I feel it's easier to discuss different times of the day when using a 24 hours clock. Or maybe it's simply because in Europe we are used to it. Hope it's not confusing.

I like it.

Nuke_64 · October 2015

I was a non-breakfast eater and then encouraged by incorrect dieting advise that I need to eat it and I forced myself. So now after many years, my body expects it, especially on work days. Since I don't particularly like breakfast foods and have found some foods eaten too early give me heartburn, I now just listen to my body. I get up at 5:30 weekdays and typically eat breakfast around 7:30, when I feel hungry. On the weekend, get up between 7 and 8, have coffee, and I don't eat until I feel hungry, typically 10-11.

lemurcat12 · October 2015

I used to not like breakfast foods much, and so I'd eat a salad for breakfast (since I am hungry in the morning now) or just some leftovers from dinner. There's no need to eat breakfast food (or breakfast, of course).

Oddly enough, I've somehow started to really enjoy eggs and even oatmeal, though.

ASKyle · October 2015

At work by 8, coffee with creamer until usually 12-1pm, unless I am really hungry I will eat a snack before, but that then pushes lunch out till even later.

Dinner is at different times depending on schedule, but usually between 7-830pm.

I found when I ate breakfast at 8am, I still felt the need to eat lunch at the same time. So I just stopped forcing the breakfast.

pie_eyes · October 2015

starwhisperer6 wrote: »

Yesterday I got up at 7am, had coffee and water until 1:30 when I ate lunch. The last thing I ate was at 9pm. I'm just not nearly as hungry in the morning as I am at night.

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rankinsect · October 2015

I never eat before 11 or so - I have no hunger at all when I wake up. Between 11 and 4 I usually just eat two granola or protein bars. At around 5:30 I eat my one big meal, sometimes split into two parts. I usually have about a 200 calorie snack at 9 PM or so.

rybo · October 2015

5 am wake up. Work by 610, 2-3 cups of black coffee + 1-2 cups of water. Lunch @ noon, occasionally 11 am if I'm starved. I'm typically done eating by 8- 9 the latest at night. I am far less hungry when I don't eat in the morning. If I eat anything early on, I'm continuously looking for more. If people bring in donuts, & I feel like having one, I'll save it until lunch time.

CoffeeNCardio · October 2015

Generally, I eat one egg for breakfast. Sometimes I blow it off. I always have coffee though. It's my special thing I refuse to give up. And as long as I'm keeping my caloric deficit..... But on the days I don't eat breakfast, I usually get up at 7/730 and eat around 1030/11. On days when I have the egg about 730/745, I don't eat again until almost 1. Cause I get side stitches if I eat before cardio, which I do during baby naptime at 1230.

tcunbeliever · October 2015

Also hypoglycemic and I find the symptoms are better controlled the less frequently I eat...I usually get up at 5:30...have 2 cups of water before 7...a cup of coffee around 8...lunch around 1...dinner around 7...water the rest of the time - probably 12 total cups a day...if I start to get that shaky/sleepy/low sugar feeling then I will eat either before lunch or between meals, but for me the more frequently I eat the more frequently I seem to bottom out, so I have fewer episodes if I eat larger meals less frequently than when I was eating every 2-4 hours.

VeryKatie · October 2015

I think it's just what feels natural for some people. I do tend to prefer later dinners and evening snacks. I also find coffee tides me over. Sometimes I have a small breakfast around 9:00. Examples would be an apple or a yogurt cup. Maybe cottage cheese. One of those, not all at once.