How many of you eat breakfast?

hollygirl101 · July 2016

Never during the week, sometimes on weekends. But if I don't have plans on Saturday or Sunday I wake up at noon. So I guess it'd be lunch, not breakfast.

I'm not hungry in the morning anyway so why waste the calories? I lose weight either way. It's not when you eat your calories it's how many you're eating overall.

kgirlhart · July 2016

You don't have to do anything to "get your metabolism kicking". As many others have pointed out if your metabolism stops you are dead. I'm surprised that so many people still believe this.

pescetarian_love · July 2016

I never believed in eating breakfast because I always found that if I skip breakfast its one last meal I take in...but that is soo harmful to your body.

EAT breakfast! I eat small, have an egg and some spinach in an omlette or something and then have a mid morning snack like nuts.

cschmitz110515 · July 2016

Me too! Ever since I was a kid and almost passed out in school.

kgirlhart · July 2016

It is not harmful to skip breakfast. It is really just a matter of personal preference. Eat it if you want to, don't eat it if you don't want to.

kellyiris6 · July 2016

I eat breakfast because I take vitamins in the morning. No breakfast + vitamins = nausea for me. I usually eat a grapefruit with string cheese, Nutragrain bar or some other type of fruit.

Francl27 · July 2016

I eat breakfast but I wait until I'm actually hungry to eat it... Usually it's around 7.30/8am. If I don't, I get dizzy and weak and hangry. But I rarely eat past 7pm, sometimes I have dinner at 5am... so it's still over 12 hours typically between both meals. Before losing weight, I would eat until 11pm or later.. so of course I was never hungry for breakfast.

Been maintaining my 76ish lb weight loss for 2 years.

MostlyWater · July 2016

I was never an oatmeal or eggs and toast kind of person.

I drink a smoothie before I leave the house to train, 6 mornings a week. Afterwards, at work, I have coffee, banana, my Brazil nuts, and if I'm hungry, something like blueberries or cottage cheese.

eandasher · July 2016

I heard drinking a glass of water first thing in the morning/ when you wake up is important? For me (work week) I'm up around [5:45-6am] drink a glass of water, have a 8oz glass of OJ with Apple cider vinegar, jog 2.5miles do another 30-60min of cardio at the gym [8am] 2 cups of coffee, eat 2 eggs 2 pieces of turkey bacon [10-11am] I eat a builder bar, and drink more coffee [1pm] lunch [5pm] dinner... I just try and space out my food 2-4 hours from each other keeping them around 300-500 calories, but not always just TRY too

... I tried no breakfast for a while, but found I would loss focus on my job, forget things, and be in a worse mood. That's just me though try different things, I found eating before the gym on Saturday made my workout way worse so back to fasted workouts.

lemurcat12 · July 2016

I like breakfast and almost always eat it but you don't need to.

pescetarian_love · July 2016

To loose weight, and keep up your metabolism - it is required to eat something for breakfast. purposefully skipping it, is harmful, that's what I mean.

pescetarian_love · July 2016

This pretty much sums up my life! I do the same exact thing!

Francl27 · July 2016

Nope. It only really matters for people with blood sugar issues, and that has nothing to do with metabolism/weight loss.

tashygolean730 · July 2016

You so not have to eat at a certain time of day to keep up your metabolism and breakfast is certainly not required. Millions of people practice so form of intermittent fasting where they only eat during an 8 hour or less window each day. There is absolutely no harm to it. It all comes down to calories in vs calories out. Weight loss has zero to do with meal timing.

lemurcat12 · July 2016

To lose weight all that is needed is to eat at a calorie deficit. Eating a healthful diet is, of course, always good, as is exercise, but all that is needed is eating fewer calories than you burn. When you eat them doesn't matter, except that it might make it harder or easier to stick to your calories (for me breakfast doesn't matter much -- I like it, but don't overeat if I skip it).

As for keeping up your metabolism, your metabolism is always going. That you have to start it up is a ridiculous idea and I wish I knew the source of it. It's on the 'net and back in the day was in women's magazines and people repeat it as if it made sense, but it does not.

Therefore, it is not necessary to eat breakfast, and if you are someone who dislikes breakfast/doesn't enjoy it or who feels hungrier eating it, not a good idea. If you like breakfast or feel less hungry if you eat it, good idea.

dragon_girl26 · July 2016

Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. It's really about the only time of the day lately where my stomach growls ferociously, too, so I don't skip it. It doesn't impact weight loss either way, though. I just prefer to eat when I wake up.

kgirlhart · July 2016

No.. it is not required for weight loss or to keep up your metabolism. That is incorrect information. Purposefully skipping breakfast will not harm you.

Wynterbourne · July 2016

Umm, nope and nope. So are you saying that the 90lbs I've lost almost never eating breakfast is my imagination? Am I hallucinating wearing jeans nearly 5 sizes smaller? Again. No it is not required to eat breakfast as my body has proven that statement completely wrong. Nor is it harmful by the way. Sorry.

ETA: And if your metabolism wasn't "kept up" it would mean you're dead.

cerise_noir · July 2016

No, it isn't harmful at all. Im not sick or dead. I never eat breakfast, I am healthy and have lost 90lbs, so yeah. No ones metabolism needs to be started, it runs 27/7. Eating breakfast to start metabokism is bunk... Scientifically proven to not be the case. As many have mentioned here, if your metabolism stops, that means you are dead.

ashliedelgado · July 2016

Work days, I eat breakfast, and usually a morning snack before lunch. I work in a busy doctors office. I move a lot. Makes me hungry.
On my days off, it's not uncommon for me to wait until noon or later. Lost 70lbs, am maintaining for the rest of the year as we are expecting a baby in October, and I want to spend the last two months of the year establishing a good breastfeeding relationship and milk supply before I worry about losing the last of my weight.

How many of you eat breakfast?

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