Is skipping breakfast a bad thing?

Loveedove1
Loveedove1 Posts: 40 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm confused about this topic. I skip breakfast if I'm not hungry.. And I feel like weight loss is going to happen if I just stick to my calorie deficit. I've also heard skipping breakfast slows the metabolism though.. Thoughts?

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  • st476
    st476 Posts: 357 Member
    No skipping breakfast doesn't slow your metabolism, don't worry about it. It's all about the calories, not the time that you eat :smile:
  • daniip_la
    daniip_la Posts: 678 Member
    Skipping breakfast doesn't hurt anything. All you need is a calorie deficit to lose weight.
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    sllm1 wrote: »
    It doesn't matter when you eat. Just make sure that skipping breakfast doesn't cause you to overeat later in the day.

    This. Meal timing is completely irrelevant, ao long as it doesn't screw with your sleep, or make you go over kcals when you do eat.
  • hmltwin
    hmltwin Posts: 116 Member
    Do what works for you. If skipping breakfast doesn't seem to do any harm, don't worry about it.

    For me, I need to eat something in the morning, or I don't feel well (light headed, easily distracted, etc.). I eat a light breakfast and a snack later and then lunch and I'm usually good for another several hours, when I have dinner. Most of my calories come before 1 PM, but that's what works for me. Everyone is an individual and your needs might be different from mine.
  • RandiNoelle
    RandiNoelle Posts: 374 Member
    It's a personal preference thing. :smile: Not eating first thing in the morning won't affect weight loss / metabolism.
  • Loveedove1
    Loveedove1 Posts: 40 Member
    Thank you all so much!!! This takes the pressure off of me not feeling like I failed, because I didn't force myself to eat breakfast :)
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Jakep2323 wrote: »
    I understood it slowed metabolism. The body stores carbs as fat if it is not getting regular food or exercise. Just what I understood

    Nope. The body only stores excess calories as fat.

    I have to eat breakfast or I feel hungry all day. Others may have the opposite happen.
  • kgirlhart
    kgirlhart Posts: 5,138 Member
    It is fine to skip breakfast if you don't want to eat it. Your metabolism will work just fine.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    Not sure if anyone mentioned that it is just personal preference?
  • bobsburgersfan
    bobsburgersfan Posts: 6,452 Member
    On the one hand, I love that we have so much information available to us on the internet. On the other hand, you can find articles or blogs in favor of any side of an argument, the information is often biased depending on the author, and a lot of it is opinion rather than fact. I never really know if I can trust information that I read anymore. I've heard it said a lot that people who eat breakfast generally lose more weight than those that don't (and that's why 10 years ago or so I started eating breakfast). But I just now did a search to see if I could find anything about it and the first 3 articles were actually saying breakfast isn't the big deal that people have made it out to be. So much for my last 10 years of breakfasts. :smiley:

    To sum up, this.
    laur357 wrote: »
    I skip breakfast every day. Still losing weight.
    If not eating breakfast works for you, stick with that!
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    I usually skip breakfast unless it's the weekend and I'm making pancakes or waffles and bacon for everybody.

    I do have to have my cuppa coffee every morning, though. That's *never* an option. ;)

    When you eat doesn't matter one bit. It's personal preference.
  • MoveitlikeManda
    MoveitlikeManda Posts: 846 Member
    I usually only have coffee for breakfast, its not often that i eat before around 1/2pm.

    only time i actually eat breakfast daily is when on holiday and that because its like just what you do right lol
  • NaturalNancy
    NaturalNancy Posts: 1,093 Member
    If I'm not hungry I skip breakfast, but if I'm hungry I will eat it.
  • alanlmarshall
    alanlmarshall Posts: 587 Member
    It's the most important meal of the day.

    Just kidding, it doesn't matter
  • ChristinaOrr65
    ChristinaOrr65 Posts: 112 Member
    If you find yourself not hungry for long periods of time, it may be easy for you to try intermittent fasting, which has been shown to actually help with weight loss. https://www.myliporidex.com/blog/fit-body-intermittent-fasting/
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    Don't try to force yourself into eating when you aren't hungry, just because you think you "should." I don't know about you, but eating due to social pressure or expectations is one reason I wound up 100 pounds overweight in the first place.
  • scoii
    scoii Posts: 160 Member
    I thought, and asked, the same a few weeks ago. After being told by so many "experts" about kickstarting metabolism the actual scientists have a different opinion.

    For some people if they skip breakfast they eat more for lunch and dinner. That's some people, do whatever is good for you though.
  • dlm7507
    dlm7507 Posts: 237 Member
    Some call it intermittent fasting.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,948 Member
    Jakep2323 wrote: »
    I understood it slowed metabolism. The body stores carbs as fat if it is not getting regular food or exercise. Just what I understood
    The source you're getting it from is incorrect.

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