To Breakfast Or Not To Breakfast

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  • mjwarbeck
    mjwarbeck Posts: 699 Member
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    I always have a breakfast...regardless if I am hungry. It is not a lot of calories. It forces a routine. It sets a good example for the kiddies.
  • golfergirl92
    golfergirl92 Posts: 79 Member
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    I usually wake up at 4 am for work so most days my stomach wakes me up around that time cause it's HUNGRY!!!! I literally can't go to work without eating breakfast- usually some greek yogurt with fruit and some kind of carb like a granola bar or toast. I mix it up with eggs or oatmeal but it has to have protein and fiber. AND my coffee....gotta start the day with one cup of cappuccino from my Keurig. About the only time I don't eat breakfast is when I'm sick and the thought of eating makes me nauseous like this morning with my cold....ate some oatmeal but gave up about two bites into my yogurt bowl. Drank half my coffee and sipped on Sprite for the remainder of the morning. I also have to take a snack like a protein shake/bar with me because I usually don't get to go to lunch until 11:30-noon-1 pm depending on how busy we are. I can't go more than 3-4 hours without eating because I'll want to eat all the yummy extras in my bakery! Working with sweets all day is a blessing and a curse.....
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    edited February 2016
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    I see that nobody has given any support / proof for their position, pro or con.
    So let's introduce some science into the discussion.

    Here are 5 studies which concluded that having breakfast,
    and even having a fairly large breakfast,
    makes for easier / faster / more efficient weight loss.

    1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24809437

    2 - This study compared eating a small breakfast, medium lunch, and large dinner, [200, 500, 700 cal]
    with eating a large breakfast, medium lunch, and small dinner [700, 500, 200 cal].
    "The [large breakfast] group showed greater weight loss and waist circumference reduction ... fasting glucose,
    insulin [&] triglycerides ... decreased significantly to a greater extent in the [large breakfast] group."
    In addition, hunger was less and satiety was greater.
    Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23512957
    Full text:
    http://genetics.doctorsonly.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Jakubowicz-at-al-Obesity-2013-oby20460.pdf

    3 - "subjects assigned to high caloric intake during breakfast lost significantly more weight than those assigned to
    high caloric intake during the dinner"
    Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24467926
    Full text: http://www.tradewindsports.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Nutrient-Timing-and-Obesity-2014.pdf

    4 - "data suggest that a low-calorie Mediterranean diet with a higher amount of calories in the first part of the day
    could establish a greater reduction in fat mass and improved insulin sensitivity than a typical daily diet."
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24809437

    5 - "Breakfast is associated with lower body weight"
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24898236
  • zira91
    zira91 Posts: 670 Member
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    To breakfast for me. I have gastric and if i dont get my breakfast, ill be grumpy, hungry and my stomach will ache.
    Plus, breakfast is the meal for me after my morning workout.
    I need breakfast. Other's might not. and some really cant eat breakfast. It depends. :)
  • murp4069
    murp4069 Posts: 494 Member
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    I'm another no breakfast person. The only time I ate breakfast regularly was as a kid and my parents made me eat it. I personally am rarely hungry in the morning, but I like a big dinner. I also tend to feel sick if I eat in the morning. So not eating it helps keep me at a deficit. If I'm hungry I eat, but I never force myself. Coffee with some cream is my breakfast. :)
  • angelamichelle_xo
    angelamichelle_xo Posts: 646 Member
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    BREAKFAST IS FOR EARLY RISERS.
    otherwise ots just lunch.
  • Sweepypie
    Sweepypie Posts: 161 Member
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    I have always had breakfast! Made sure the children had it to. It's good for concentration according to the experts. On the TV yesterday they said that having breakfast stopped binging in the evening! I never eat after 6pm.
  • QuilterInVA
    QuilterInVA Posts: 672 Member
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    Do you drive your car on empty? Why do that to your body?
  • MalkinMagic71
    MalkinMagic71 Posts: 1,433 Member
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    I'm never that hungry in the morning, usually if I do I eat.. it's oatmeal(about 130 calories) or a yogurt(about 80 calories). I eat a modest lunch with snack in the morning and then a bigger dinner and a snack in the evening.

    It's all about what works for you though. At the end of the day its about CICO over the course of a day ,not when you eat your calories.
  • StencilChild
    StencilChild Posts: 60 Member
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    rybo wrote: »
    Eating breakfast isn't a requirement. For me it leads to insatiable hunger and eating more.

    I thought I was the only one! When I eat a full meal for breakfast at 6am...I am STARVING by 8-9am. If I don't eat until 10-11am, I can go till 2-4pm until I am hungry again.

    But since I work out in the AM, I try to eat cottage cheese, some fruit, and a hard boiled egg.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    I just posted this in another thread, but it fits here too.

    New study supporting the idea that breakfast doesn't matter: http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/DietNutrition/56172?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2016-02-13&eun=g436715d0r&utm_content=bufferd71f3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
  • CoffeeNCardio
    CoffeeNCardio Posts: 1,847 Member
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    MKEgal wrote: »
    I see that nobody has given any support / proof for their position, pro or con.
    So let's introduce some science into the discussion.

    Here are 5 studies which concluded that having breakfast,
    and even having a fairly large breakfast,
    makes for easier / faster / more efficient weight loss.

    1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24809437

    2 - This study compared eating a small breakfast, medium lunch, and large dinner, [200, 500, 700 cal]
    with eating a large breakfast, medium lunch, and small dinner [700, 500, 200 cal].
    "The [large breakfast] group showed greater weight loss and waist circumference reduction ... fasting glucose,
    insulin [&] triglycerides ... decreased significantly to a greater extent in the [large breakfast] group."
    In addition, hunger was less and satiety was greater.
    Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23512957
    Full text:
    http://genetics.doctorsonly.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Jakubowicz-at-al-Obesity-2013-oby20460.pdf

    3 - "subjects assigned to high caloric intake during breakfast lost significantly more weight than those assigned to
    high caloric intake during the dinner"
    Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24467926
    Full text: http://www.tradewindsports.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Nutrient-Timing-and-Obesity-2014.pdf

    4 - "data suggest that a low-calorie Mediterranean diet with a higher amount of calories in the first part of the day
    could establish a greater reduction in fat mass and improved insulin sensitivity than a typical daily diet."
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24809437

    5 - "Breakfast is associated with lower body weight"
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24898236

    Um.... your number 5 link actually has this as the conclusion....

    "A recommendation to eat or skip breakfast for weight loss was effective at changing self-reported breakfast eating habits, but contrary to widely espoused views this had no discernable effect on weight loss in free-living adults who were attempting to lose weight."

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