I'm never hungry for breakfast!
rguzame
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I know breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And I've heard your supposed to eat like a king at breakfast a prince for lunch and a pauper for dinner but I am never hungry when I wake up! I usually drink a cup of coffee with a little creamer and that holds me over for 2 hours. Any advice on what I should do?
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None of that matters. If you aren't hungry for breakfast, don't eat it. I don't eat until noon and I stop eating at 8 pm. I've been very successful eating this way.0
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If you're not hungry for breakfast, don't eat it!
Meal timing is completely irrelevant for weight loss. Your biggest meal can be in the morning, at lunch or in the evening - it's a purely individual thing.
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Don't eat if you're not hungry, it really isn't that big of a deal. As long as not eating breakfast isn't causing you to snack uncontrollably until lunch time you're fine.0
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Why is breakfast the most important meal of the day? Calorie deficit is the science of weight loss and not when you eat.0
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None of that matters. If you aren't hungry for breakfast, don't eat it. I don't eat until noon and I stop eating at 8 pm. I've been very successful eating this way.
Oh good I am really buckling down now and I want to set myself up for success. I will start a cut off time too. Thanks!0 -
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That's fine. As long as you're meeting your caloric goal at the end of the day, it doesn't matter0
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None of that matters. If you aren't hungry for breakfast, don't eat it. I don't eat until noon and I stop eating at 8 pm. I've been very successful eating this way.
You are in a calorie deficit and that is why you are successful. What time you eat has nothing to do with weight loss.0 -
Why is breakfast the most important meal of the day? Calorie deficit is the science of weight loss and not when you eat.
I hired a personal trainer years ago who said your body hasn't eaten for over eight hours and you need eat within 30 mins of waking to start your metabolism or your body will go into starvation mode. She said you would lose muscle vs. fat and she called it skinny fat.
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Why is breakfast the most important meal of the day? Calorie deficit is the science of weight loss and not when you eat.
I hired a personal trainer years ago who said your body hasn't eaten for over eight hours and you need eat within 30 mins of waking to start your metabolism or your body will go into starvation mode. She said you would lose muscle vs. fat and she called it skinny fat.
That's all broscience. If your metabolism needs started, you're dead.0 -
It's your own rhythm. You could change it if you wanted to.
If you get up earlier, exercise, shower and dress, then you'll have more of an appetite.0 -
Why is breakfast the most important meal of the day? Calorie deficit is the science of weight loss and not when you eat.
I hired a personal trainer years ago who said your body hasn't eaten for over eight hours and you need eat within 30 mins of waking to start your metabolism or your body will go into starvation mode. She said you would lose muscle vs. fat and she called it skinny fat.
Get a new trainer. There is no such thing as starvation mode. You will not lose muscle because you chose not to eat breakfast.
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I don't eat breakfast, hasn't stopped me losing over 70lbs! It's a myth and has been thoroughly debunked. Eat when it suits you.0
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Why is breakfast the most important meal of the day? Calorie deficit is the science of weight loss and not when you eat.
I hired a personal trainer years ago who said your body hasn't eaten for over eight hours and you need eat within 30 mins of waking to start your metabolism or your body will go into starvation mode. She said you would lose muscle vs. fat and she called it skinny fat.
If your metabolism wasn't running when you wake up you'd be dead. You're body doesn't go into starvation mode from fasting for 8 hours (if you are so fortunate to get that much sleep
), losing muscle is an inevitable part of weight loss no matter the time of day you eat, the only way to minimize muscle loss is to incorporate resistance training into your routine and ensure you are getting enough protein throughout the entire day.
If you aren't a professional athlete meal timing is irrelevant
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Why is breakfast the most important meal of the day? Calorie deficit is the science of weight loss and not when you eat.
I hired a personal trainer years ago who said your body hasn't eaten for over eight hours and you need eat within 30 mins of waking to start your metabolism or your body will go into starvation mode. She said you would lose muscle vs. fat and she called it skinny fat.
That's all broscience. If your metabolism needs started, you're dead.
Exactly.0 -
Why is breakfast the most important meal of the day? Calorie deficit is the science of weight loss and not when you eat.
I hired a personal trainer years ago who said your body hasn't eaten for over eight hours and you need eat within 30 mins of waking to start your metabolism or your body will go into starvation mode. She said you would lose muscle vs. fat and she called it skinny fat.
So much woo in that one little post. I hope you got your money back.
Some people like breakfast, some don't. I am the only one in my house who eats breakfast. It doesn't matter how much I eat, 80 calories of milk in coffee or a 3000 calorie easter feast, I still consume the vast majority of my calories at lunch. So if I make myself 'eat like a king' at breakfast, I will certainly gain weight.
Also, you don't need a cut off time. There is no magical time at which your body suddenly metabolize food differently.0 -
Thanks everyone losing weight has been a bit stressful and taking the unneeded science out of it may be just what I need!0
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Why is breakfast the most important meal of the day? Calorie deficit is the science of weight loss and not when you eat.
I hired a personal trainer years ago who said your body hasn't eaten for over eight hours and you need eat within 30 mins of waking to start your metabolism or your body will go into starvation mode. She said you would lose muscle vs. fat and she called it skinny fat.
That trainer knows nothing about metabolism or nutrition -- only whatever garbage that gets repeated often enough until some people believe it to be true.
We can be successful by eating whenever we want.
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Thanks everyone losing weight has been a bit stressful and taking the unneeded science out of it may be just what I need!
It really is as simple as calories in < calories out and you will lose weight.
If you burn more than you consume you will lose weight, doesn't matter if the food is some cake or broccoli, monster calories and stay under your daily limit0 -
I know breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And I've heard your supposed to eat like a king at breakfast a prince for lunch and a pauper for dinner but I am never hungry when I wake up! I usually drink a cup of coffee with a little creamer and that holds me over for 2 hours. Any advice on what I should do?
Instead of eating when you first wake up, eat two hours later.
Maybe have a big lunch.
In other words, eat according to your own body's signals.
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I typically have some soy milk or coconut milk and a piece of fruit for a light breakfast. Then I have a sizable protein filled snack mid morning at work: cheese, nuts, whole-grain bread or flatbread. Reasonable lunch with turkey, assorted veggies with guacamole, and some oatmeal for an afternoon snack. Dinner varies, usually a veggie and a turkey burger or something like that, and a protein powder smoothie for an evening snack. Once or twice a week I'll have eggs and bacon for breakfast. This approach works for me, as others have said, it depends on your own body signals. If you wake up starved, breakfast is probably a good idea. If not, why force yourself to eat?0
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None of that matters. If you aren't hungry for breakfast, don't eat it. I don't eat until noon and I stop eating at 8 pm. I've been very successful eating this way.
You are in a calorie deficit and that is why you are successful. What time you eat has nothing to do with weight loss.
I wasn't insinuating that eating this way is WHY I'm losing. I was pointing out that eating this way doesn't stop progress due to those stupid myths about breakfast being the most important meal of the day. Obviously not eating breakfast doesn't mean you can't lose weight.0 -
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Her post made it sound like she thought if she didn't eat breakfast she wouldn't lose weight. I only gave the times I start and stop eating to show that times don't matter. I didn't say that the time mattered...in fact my point was that the time you start eating DOESNT matter.0 -
Her post made it sound like she thought if she didn't eat breakfast she wouldn't lose weight. I only gave the times I start and stop eating to show that times don't matter. I didn't say that the time mattered...in fact my point was that the time you start eating DOESNT matter.
op needs the facts of weight loss and not broscience. The time you stop does not matter also.0 -
Her post made it sound like she thought if she didn't eat breakfast she wouldn't lose weight. I only gave the times I start and stop eating to show that times don't matter. I didn't say that the time mattered...in fact my point was that the time you start eating DOESNT matter.
op needs the facts of weight loss and not broscience. The time you stop does not matter also.
NO but it can have an effect on wither or not you have indigestion keeping you up at night which some people choose to not eat after a certain time to allow food to digest before they lie down. Don't criticize her for having a stop time just because she wants to.0 -
Please read my post. I did NOT say it matters. It does not matter which was my whole point. Please read before you criticize. We are saying the same thing. I chose to cut my time off because it helps me stay in a deficit not because of some stupid "bro science" thing.0
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cjsgrimlin1 wrote: »
Her post made it sound like she thought if she didn't eat breakfast she wouldn't lose weight. I only gave the times I start and stop eating to show that times don't matter. I didn't say that the time mattered...in fact my point was that the time you start eating DOESNT matter.
op needs the facts of weight loss and not broscience. The time you stop does not matter also.
NO but it can have an effect on wither or not you have indigestion keeping you up at night which some people choose to not eat after a certain time to allow food to digest before they lie down. Don't criticize her for having a stop time just because she wants to.
op did not state she had any reflux problem. Where did I criticize her? op needs the facts and that is what I have stated.0 -
Her post made it sound like she thought if she didn't eat breakfast she wouldn't lose weight. I only gave the times I start and stop eating to show that times don't matter. I didn't say that the time mattered...in fact my point was that the time you start eating DOESNT matter.
op needs the facts of weight loss and not broscience. The time you stop does not matter also.
I think you are making far too much of this. The person, much like others, said that it didn't matter then gave an example of eating that did not fit with the "You have to have breakfast within 30 minutes of waking." The OP misunderstood that ending time thinking it mattered. Correct that sure. I was going to as well, but don't attack a person who simply gave an example that it didn't matter. No where in that post did it say you have to start eating at 12 and end at 8, you were simply reading that into it. Even with that, there are possible reasons to stop eating at a certain time for some people. Reflux would be one, as well as possible psychological factors that might help an individual adhere to their calorie goal. So while in terms of weight loss, when you eat doesn't matter, other factors play into this as well.0 -
rileysowner wrote: »
Her post made it sound like she thought if she didn't eat breakfast she wouldn't lose weight. I only gave the times I start and stop eating to show that times don't matter. I didn't say that the time mattered...in fact my point was that the time you start eating DOESNT matter.
op needs the facts of weight loss and not broscience. The time you stop does not matter also.
I think you are making far too much of this. The person, much like others, said that it didn't matter then gave an example of eating that did not fit with the "You have to have breakfast within 30 minutes of waking." The OP misunderstood that ending time thinking it mattered. Correct that sure. I was going to as well, but don't attack a person who simply gave an example that it didn't matter. No where in that post did it say you have to start eating at 12 and end at 8, you were simply reading that into it. Even with that, there are possible reasons to stop eating at a certain time for some people. Reflux would be one, as well as possible psychological factors that might help an individual adhere to their calorie goal. So while in terms of weight loss, when you eat doesn't matter, other factors play into this as well.
I have reflux. I usually do not eat after 6:00 pm. Op did not state any health issues. Where did I "attach" anyone?0
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