Breakfast vs Lunch

pescetarian_love

I think everyone is different really, its all about what works best for you. I find I am feeling my thinnest when I have something small in the morning but to each their own

My go to is an egg and a sliced up tomato.

cliftonav

Some say that you should not skip breakfast because it kick starts your metabolism..... True?

cliftonav

Is there such a thing as foods to speed up your metabolism?

cliftonav

Does your metabolism slow right down when you sleep ?

Alatariel75

No, and no.

J72FIT

"Some say that you should not skip breakfast because it kick starts your metabolism..... True?"

No...

"Is there such a thing as foods to speed up your metabolism?"

No...

"Does your metabolism slow right down when you sleep ?"

Not significantly...

capaul42

I've actually heard that whole "lunch should be your biggest meal of the day" from a friend on weight watchers. And I've seen her struggle with it. She's hangry all morning at work, sluggish in the afternoon and then after a few days of this, I see her going out for take out for dinner or having a massive junk food binge (fbook friends).

She's made no progress in months. Losing and gaining the same 14lbs (shes very obese).

So, yeah, meal timing means absolutely nothing if it's not something that will work for you. Other than weekends, my meals are pretty much same calorie breakdown (300-500). Weekends I usually have a 700 calorie breakfast with my family, light late lunch and normal dinner.

oolou

cliftonav wrote: »

Some say that you should not skip breakfast because it kick starts your metabolism..... True?

False. I think this comes from a study that showed people who ate breakfast were less likely to be overweight than those who skipped breakfast. However that study was of people who ate ad lib rather than calorie restricting. Studies that focused on people who ate the same calories showed that meal timing was not a factor for increasing weightloss.

cliftonav

Thanks everyone