How many of you eat breakfast?

vczK2t

i eat SOMETHING for breakfast every morning. some mornings it's not much, but i eat something.

fraserkr

Tracie5225 wrote: »

I have trouble controlling my appetite, as soon as I start eating, unless I am completely occupied, I feel hunger all day. Therefore I usually miss breakfast, and try to hold off my first meal for as long as possible.
There has also been research that for men it is better to exercise after eating but for women it is better to exercise on an empty stomach so I chose to skip breakfast and I have not had any detrimental effects and I believe it helps with my weight loss

I am the say way. I try to postpone eating as long as practical. I like to snack and once I start eating, I think about food! I also prefer to exercise on an empty stomach. My PT thinks it's foolish how little I eat before a session, but I feel better without food in my stomach. Prefer 2-to-4 hours of empty stomach before exercise.

hmltwin

TonyB0588 wrote: »

hmltwin wrote: »

It's very much an individual thing. I know some people that, if they eat breakfast, feel hungry all day long. I know others who simply can't eat first thing in the morning. For me, personally, I have to eat breakfast. Sometimes, I'll eat some fruit. Other times, I'll eat yogurt with a little granola. This morning, I had a croissant. That was enough.

I'm usually done eating for the day at 6PM, though. Breakfast is about eleven hours later. I'm not sure if that makes a difference or not. Maybe, if I had a snack at 8PM, I'd be able to skip breakfast or put it off until later in the morning. It's completely a matter of what works for you.

Interesting. I sometimes find I get back hungry quicker, if I eat a bigger breakfast than usual.

See... when I eat a larger breakfast than normal (usually on weekends), I also will eat it later in the morning (8-9 AM, rather than 5 AM). If I eat breakfast that late, I often find that I'm not hungry again until 1-2 PM. Sometimes, I've eaten just two meals on those days. Breakfast becomes like a brunch and then I have dinner at 2 PM and... like a snack at 6 PM and I'm done for the day.

I've never experienced getting hungry sooner because I ate. I have a friend who doesn't eat breakfast for this very reason. For me, though, I really need to eat something in the morning. Otherwise, I get tired and lethargic, easily distracted and short-tempered.

WynterDreaming

vczK2t wrote: »

i eat SOMETHING for breakfast every morning. some mornings it's not much, but i eat something.

This is me to the exact. Even if I'm not necessarily hungry, I have to eat SOMETHING. Breakfast is an essential part of my day for several reasons though. The first of which being that if I don't eat breakfast, it messes me up for eating the rest of the day in that I often forget to get food for myself considering that if I don't eat I rarely feel hungry. And if I forget to eat, and then go do some kind of exercise, I will make myself sick (it's happened and it's not fun). Some people credit breakfast as the most important meal of the day and for me it is, even if I don't necessarily like it.

gonetothedogs19

Remember, it's very important to eat breakfast. Studies show that people who eat breakfast are thinner than people that don't eat breakfast. Of course the study was funded by Kellogg, but that's besides the point.

annaskiski

gonetothedogs19 wrote: »

Remember, it's very important to eat breakfast. Studies show that people who eat breakfast are thinner than people that don't eat breakfast. Of course the study was funded by Kellogg, but that's besides the point.

That IS the point.

Intermittent Fasting is one of the new areas of research. Some interesting findings:
https://intensivedietarymanagement.com/fasting-a-history-part-i/

I practice the Leangains version of Intermittent Fasting. No breakfast. I break my fast at lunch.
I'm in the group with, "breakfast makes me feel starving all day"

I like the appetite suppression fasting affords:
https://intensivedietarymanagement.com/fasting-and-growth-hormone-physiology-part-3/

StealthHealth

gonetothedogs19 wrote: »

Remember, it's very important to eat breakfast. Studies show that people who eat breakfast are thinner than people that don't eat breakfast. Of course the study was funded by Kellogg, but that's besides the point.

Nope because that study established a correlation, not the cause.

Of the general population, those that skip breakfast tend to be fatter, but that is because they tend to snack more throughout the rest of the day and eat more calories than the breakfast would have contained.

Members of MFP are not representative of the general population. Because we calorie count our calories are controlled so the "skip breakfast and then eat too much option" is a moot point. If this were to happen, your calorie counting would dictate that you ate less later in the day to achieve your calorific target.

On that basis, the timings of your meals is a matter of choice and preference only.

It is for a similar reason that:

• Eat off a smaller plate and you will eat less
• Use tall thin glasses and you will drink less
• Leave some food on your plate at each meal
• Hang a mirror opposite your seat at the table

Are irrelevant to those that calorie count. Although they may help those that eat intuitively but tricking them into taking on less cals.