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Great comments folks.... It does just boil down to each individual and what works for them. When I stopped eating breakfast after waking up and just gave my body time to wake up I have noticed I stay in my goal range. Eating breakfast seems to make me wanna eat more. Turned the old engine on too soon
. I still enjoy my morning cup or 2 of coffee ☕️☕️ 3 -
I do the intermittent fasting and usually eat between 11-7 or 12-8. I wake up at 5am so I'm up and working for at least 6 hours before my first meal of the day.
Yes, that is what I was reading (couldn't remember what they called it). But have noticed that I'm not really hungry in the morning so later maybe 10a or 11a I make a protein shake, low calorie. And I'm really just getting hungry hungry around 1:30p-2p.
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I feel hungry in the AM, but I'm actually thirsty. Once I start drinking tea the feeling goes away. I make a protein, fruit, and veggie shake I sip on when I feel hungry again. I keep sticking it back in the frig cuz it takes a long time to finish. Usually I don't have lunch until after 2 PM.0 -
Another breakfast skipper here. I also delay eating until lunch--sometimes I don't eat until 3 or 4 pm. Helps me stick to my calorie goal. I have coffee, water, Diet Coke throughout the morning. Keep doing what works for you! The old adage of eating "three square meals a day" is not helpful or necessary. 1
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happyfeetrebel1 wrote: »
This article mentions some highlights of eating breakfast.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/breakfast
Hightlights:
Skipping breakfast
Extensive research in Australia and overseas has found: •Many children who skip breakfast are significantly heavier than those who eat breakfast.
•Skipping breakfast may diminish mental performance. Eating breakfast may aid learning, as you are better able to pay attention and are more interested in learning.
•Eating high-fibre breakfast cereals reduces fatigue.
•Children who eat an inadequate breakfast are more likely to make poor food choices for the rest of the day and in the long term.
•People who eat breakfast have more nutritious diets than people who skip breakfast. They also have better eating habits as they are less likely to be hungry for snacks during the day.
•Going without breakfast becomes more common with advancing age.
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Packerjohn wrote: »happyfeetrebel1 wrote: »
This article mentions some highlights of eating breakfast.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/breakfast
Hightlights:
Skipping breakfast
Extensive research in Australia and overseas has found: •Many children who skip breakfast are significantly heavier than those who eat breakfast.
•Skipping breakfast may diminish mental performance. Eating breakfast may aid learning, as you are better able to pay attention and are more interested in learning.
•Eating high-fibre breakfast cereals reduces fatigue.
•Children who eat an inadequate breakfast are more likely to make poor food choices for the rest of the day and in the long term.
•People who eat breakfast have more nutritious diets than people who skip breakfast. They also have better eating habits as they are less likely to be hungry for snacks during the day.
•Going without breakfast becomes more common with advancing age.
This is an observational dataset, not a prospective dataset. The people in the study not eating breakfast are going to include those who cannot afford to eat breakfast. Such a group will have a poorer diet in general, poorer educational opportunities, poor general access to food (hence more desire for snacks), and more fatigue due to malnutrition.
It's data that has value, but not of the cause and effect variety.4 -
Packerjohn wrote: »happyfeetrebel1 wrote: »
This article mentions some highlights of eating breakfast.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/breakfast
Hightlights:
Skipping breakfast
Extensive research in Australia and overseas has found: •Many children who skip breakfast are significantly heavier than those who eat breakfast.
•Skipping breakfast may diminish mental performance. Eating breakfast may aid learning, as you are better able to pay attention and are more interested in learning.
•Eating high-fibre breakfast cereals reduces fatigue.
•Children who eat an inadequate breakfast are more likely to make poor food choices for the rest of the day and in the long term.
•People who eat breakfast have more nutritious diets than people who skip breakfast. They also have better eating habits as they are less likely to be hungry for snacks during the day.
•Going without breakfast becomes more common with advancing age.
I definitely agree with giving kids breakfast, I couldn't function and got very nauseous if i didn't have breakfast as a kid/teenager. I remember being taken in the sick room during a morning p.e session once because i was dry heaving, on the one day i didn't have breaky.
But once i started drinking coffee and tea as an adult, this replaced breakfast. I drink copious cups of milky tea all morning, which keeps the hunger at bay and the calories down.0 -
Packerjohn wrote: »happyfeetrebel1 wrote: »
This article mentions some highlights of eating breakfast.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/breakfast
Hightlights:
Skipping breakfast
Extensive research in Australia and overseas has found: •Many children who skip breakfast are significantly heavier than those who eat breakfast.
•Skipping breakfast may diminish mental performance. Eating breakfast may aid learning, as you are better able to pay attention and are more interested in learning.
•Eating high-fibre breakfast cereals reduces fatigue.
•Children who eat an inadequate breakfast are more likely to make poor food choices for the rest of the day and in the long term.
•People who eat breakfast have more nutritious diets than people who skip breakfast. They also have better eating habits as they are less likely to be hungry for snacks during the day.
•Going without breakfast becomes more common with advancing age.
Worth pointing out that whilst skipping breakfast may cause problems for those who eat ad lib, for those who calorie count (i.e those who of us on here that use the tool as expected) meal timing is irrelevant. In other words, If you skip breakfast and then snack heavily because you are hungry - because you track your calories you don't get to eat a supper that day.
Also, there were not any cited studies backing up those claims on the site you liked but I've seen similar claims before* and in those instances the negatives, although correlated with not eating breakfast, were not established at caused by not eating breakfast.
* I've never seen the claims
•Eating high-fibre breakfast cereals reduces fatigue.
•Going without breakfast becomes more common with advancing age.
before.
fir the first, I'm still trying to think about how (iso-calorifically) this could happen, so I'm not really sure what to make of that statement (although the inclusion of the words "breakfast cereals" has my "this looks like industry lobbying" senses twitching) but for the second my initial thought are "so what?" - The instance of not skateboarding becomes more common with advancing age but that doesn't mean that not skateboarding causes any of the complaints (such as short sightedness) associated with old age.
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My son eats breakfast, he eats several small meals a day, because he's a child who is gaining weight. Children generally do require food at several intervals throughout the day. I'm an adult, eating withing my calorie allowance and trying to lose weight. Eating breakfast isn't necessary.2
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Yes, there are various studies into the need for breakfast around, typically sponsored by the companies producing breakfast cereals.
This particular report is a dead giveaway, or else why is a high fibre cereal breakfast recommended, rather than eggs on toast or a bacon sarnie?2 -
So in reading more about IF , I'm considering giving it a go. Do any of you use an App for a timer or reminder?1
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So in reading more about IF , I'm considering giving it a go. Do any of you use an App for a timer or reminder?
You don't really need and app or timer to tell you when to not eat, and in the early days at least your stomach will be telling you to eat before your actually break your fast. go simple, go old school, go without tech.0 -
I do 16:8. Window of eating is 9am-5pm. Most days I don't eat until 11, but occasionally I like breakfast. No app used I just don't eat anything until 9am and stop eating at 5pm.0
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I eat when I'm hungry. Sometimes that means breakfast with my coffee at 7:30am, sometimes it means breakfast with my 2nd cup of coffee at 9am at work, sometimes it means breakfast during my "morning snack" time around 10:30 or 11, sometimes it means lunch.0
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I usually finish eating for the day around 8 pm. I'll have tea when I get up in the morning and then nothing but water/unsweetened ice tea until between noon and 2 pm. This works for me in a couple ways-- helps curb my appetite and cravings and is really helping my diagnosed digestive issues. For me, the latter is worth the price of admission;)0
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I also have a bigger appetite the earlier I eat, so I don't really eat until about 1pm most days. I do have coffee with a little sugar and a square of dark chocolate before that, and I log those calories. I used to do a version of IF called Fast Five, with a 5 hour eating window. I did that until it no longer worked for me--waiting until 4 or 5pm to eat took its toll day after day, but this eating at 1pm has been working great for me. If we ever want breakfast food, we just have "breakfast for dinner" night0
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lightenup2016 wrote: »I also have a bigger appetite the earlier I eat, so I don't really eat until about 1pm most days. I do have coffee with a little sugar and a square of dark chocolate before that, and I log those calories. I used to do a version of IF called Fast Five, with a 5 hour eating window. I did that until it no longer worked for me--waiting until 4 or 5pm to eat took its toll day after day, but this eating at 1pm has been working great for me. If we ever want breakfast food, we just have "breakfast for dinner" night
I love those nights
I don't eat till 1pm most days, but i drink tea with milk all morning, so it doesn't count as intermittent fasting because of the calories in the milk.
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I think I would pass out if I didn't eat breakfast! I usually work out for an hour before breakfast, and by then I'm more than ready for eggs and whole-wheat toast.1
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I love eating more in the afternoon. I usually don't eat until 12-10
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So in reading more about IF , I'm considering giving it a go. Do any of you use an App for a timer or reminder?
I don't use an app but you can set an alarm on your phone. I usually eat around 2 and then a large dinner with mh family a few hours later. For me I'm not hungry earlier and 2 work because its when I get ready to pick up my son.0 -
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