Does anyone forgo breakfast?
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I cringe everytime I hear about someone skipping breakfast or anyone advising that one should skip breakfast. You obviously know how important it is to your health, so try just having a piece of fruit or a handful of almonds on your way out the door in the morning. Not only is it good for your metabolism, but breakfast is giving you the substantial amount of energy that your body needs to work through the morning. Please eat something!
please post a study showing that "eating breakfast is important to your health". Breakfast has nothing to do with metabolism.
How do people do IF/Lean Gains, skip breakfast, and get absolutely shredded??
There are SEVERAL articles that suggest eating breakfast is important to your health.. People who eat breakfast tend to weigh less than people who skip.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/many-benefits-breakfast
Also..
"Some people skip breakfast in an effort to lose weight, but the practice is more likely to cause weight gain than weight loss. Skipping breakfast is strongly linked to the development of obesity. Studies show that overweight and obese children, adolescents, and adults are less likely to break the fast each morning than their thinner counterparts.
According to research, skipping meals, especially breakfast, can actually make weight control more difficult. Breakfast skippers tend to eat more food than usual at the next meal or nibble on high-calorie snacks to stave off hunger. Several studies suggest that people tend to accumulate more body fat when they eat fewer, larger meals than when they eat the same number of calories in smaller, more frequent meals."
That and the whole cognitive function thing. Why do you think they gave us kids muffins and bananas and milk during STAR testing?0 -
I cringe everytime I hear about someone skipping breakfast or anyone advising that one should skip breakfast. You obviously know how important it is to your health, so try just having a piece of fruit or a handful of almonds on your way out the door in the morning. Not only is it good for your metabolism, but breakfast is giving you the substantial amount of energy that your body needs to work through the morning. Please eat something!
please post a study showing that "eating breakfast is important to your health". Breakfast has nothing to do with metabolism.
How do people do IF/Lean Gains, skip breakfast, and get absolutely shredded??
There are SEVERAL articles that suggest eating breakfast is important to your health.. People who eat breakfast tend to weigh less than people who skip.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/many-benefits-breakfast
Also..
"Some people skip breakfast in an effort to lose weight, but the practice is more likely to cause weight gain than weight loss. Skipping breakfast is strongly linked to the development of obesity. Studies show that overweight and obese children, adolescents, and adults are less likely to break the fast each morning than their thinner counterparts.
According to research, skipping meals, especially breakfast, can actually make weight control more difficult. Breakfast skippers tend to eat more food than usual at the next meal or nibble on high-calorie snacks to stave off hunger. Several studies suggest that people tend to accumulate more body fat when they eat fewer, larger meals than when they eat the same number of calories in smaller, more frequent meals."
I specifically said earlier that if skipping breakfast is going to make you binge later in the day then you should not skip it.
My argument is that breakfast has absolutely nothing to do with metabolism. And the whole "breakfast is the most important meal of the day BS" is just a marketing ploy that Kellogg's, quaker, etc etc use to get people to buy all their products.
Also, about 90% of the country eats breakfast and 35% of the country is obese...hmmmmmm
www.leangains.com has all the studies ...0 -
As long as you are still eating a deficit for the day, what does it matter whether you eat more at lunch because you skipped breakfast?
It absolutely doesn't matter if you are making up for a missed meal in another meal, but the point is you're losing the energy you need in the morning by skipping those nutrients!0 -
ooh, snap,
i posted the question on my wall earlier wether its a good or bad thing to skip breakfast, was thinking of trying it to keep daily calories down
got lots of comments saying definitely not a good idea, and as my mfp pals are a good bunch i am throwing the idea out of the window
thought it was a good plan before i posted lol
Lol, you'll find that people can get very defensive about their food and liquid choices. Such is the way of MFP drama!0 -
"Some people skip breakfast in an effort to lose weight, but the practice is more likely to cause weight gain than weight loss."
I take from this to not skip it if you're hungry, but if you're hungry eat it. I always eat breakfast b/c I am hungry in the morning, but remember growing up never being hungry until lunch. Now my oldest son is doing that and I nag him to eat breakfast, but maybe I shouldn't be.0 -
I cringe everytime I hear about someone skipping breakfast or anyone advising that one should skip breakfast. You obviously know how important it is to your health, so try just having a piece of fruit or a handful of almonds on your way out the door in the morning. Not only is it good for your metabolism, but breakfast is giving you the substantial amount of energy that your body needs to work through the morning. Please eat something!
please post a study showing that "eating breakfast is important to your health". Breakfast has nothing to do with metabolism.
How do people do IF/Lean Gains, skip breakfast, and get absolutely shredded??
There are SEVERAL articles that suggest eating breakfast is important to your health.. People who eat breakfast tend to weigh less than people who skip.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/many-benefits-breakfast
Also..
"Some people skip breakfast in an effort to lose weight, but the practice is more likely to cause weight gain than weight loss. Skipping breakfast is strongly linked to the development of obesity. Studies show that overweight and obese children, adolescents, and adults are less likely to break the fast each morning than their thinner counterparts.
According to research, skipping meals, especially breakfast, can actually make weight control more difficult. Breakfast skippers tend to eat more food than usual at the next meal or nibble on high-calorie snacks to stave off hunger. Several studies suggest that people tend to accumulate more body fat when they eat fewer, larger meals than when they eat the same number of calories in smaller, more frequent meals."
That and the whole cognitive function thing. Why do you think they gave us kids muffins and bananas and milk during STAR testing?
I was never given food before tests in school and I did just fine..
I skipped breakfast for about 8 months when I was doing IF and I ran my business quite well during that time period.0 -
I cringe everytime I hear about someone skipping breakfast or anyone advising that one should skip breakfast. You obviously know how important it is to your health, so try just having a piece of fruit or a handful of almonds on your way out the door in the morning. Not only is it good for your metabolism, but breakfast is giving you the substantial amount of energy that your body needs to work through the morning. Please eat something!
please post a study showing that "eating breakfast is important to your health". Breakfast has nothing to do with metabolism.
How do people do IF/Lean Gains, skip breakfast, and get absolutely shredded??
There are SEVERAL articles that suggest eating breakfast is important to your health.. People who eat breakfast tend to weigh less than people who skip.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/many-benefits-breakfast
Also..
"Some people skip breakfast in an effort to lose weight, but the practice is more likely to cause weight gain than weight loss. Skipping breakfast is strongly linked to the development of obesity. Studies show that overweight and obese children, adolescents, and adults are less likely to break the fast each morning than their thinner counterparts.
According to research, skipping meals, especially breakfast, can actually make weight control more difficult. Breakfast skippers tend to eat more food than usual at the next meal or nibble on high-calorie snacks to stave off hunger. Several studies suggest that people tend to accumulate more body fat when they eat fewer, larger meals than when they eat the same number of calories in smaller, more frequent meals."
I specifically said earlier that if skipping breakfast is going to make you binge later in the day then you should not skip it.
My argument is that breakfast has absolutely nothing to do with metabolism. And the whole "breakfast is the most important meal of the day BS" is just a marketing ploy that Kellogg's, quaker, etc etc use to get people to buy all their products.
Also, about 90% of the country eats breakfast and 35% of the country is obese...hmmmmmm
www.leangains.com has all the studies ...
When I skip breakfast (which is rare) I find myself extremely shaky and with NO energy by the time lunch rolls around. It may have nothing to do with metabolism but I stand by the fact that you feel better having that first meal in you. Obviously, studies have also proven that to be true.0 -
As long as you are still eating a deficit for the day, what does it matter whether you eat more at lunch because you skipped breakfast?
It absolutely doesn't matter if you are making up for a missed meal in another meal, but the point is you're losing the energy you need in the morning by skipping those nutrients!
umm no ...
Again, I skipped breakfast for 8 months and had no issues with energy...I actually found that I had more energy when weight training fasted.....0 -
I cringe everytime I hear about someone skipping breakfast or anyone advising that one should skip breakfast. You obviously know how important it is to your health, so try just having a piece of fruit or a handful of almonds on your way out the door in the morning. Not only is it good for your metabolism, but breakfast is giving you the substantial amount of energy that your body needs to work through the morning. Please eat something!
please post a study showing that "eating breakfast is important to your health". Breakfast has nothing to do with metabolism.
How do people do IF/Lean Gains, skip breakfast, and get absolutely shredded??
There are SEVERAL articles that suggest eating breakfast is important to your health.. People who eat breakfast tend to weigh less than people who skip.
http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/many-benefits-breakfast
Also..
"Some people skip breakfast in an effort to lose weight, but the practice is more likely to cause weight gain than weight loss. Skipping breakfast is strongly linked to the development of obesity. Studies show that overweight and obese children, adolescents, and adults are less likely to break the fast each morning than their thinner counterparts.
According to research, skipping meals, especially breakfast, can actually make weight control more difficult. Breakfast skippers tend to eat more food than usual at the next meal or nibble on high-calorie snacks to stave off hunger. Several studies suggest that people tend to accumulate more body fat when they eat fewer, larger meals than when they eat the same number of calories in smaller, more frequent meals."
Does this have anything to do with metabolism? Or people simply not eating even though they're hungry and binging later?
Kind of like shopping on an empty stomach. Eat if you're hungry. Don't eat if you're not hungry. If you're smart about it, that's basic common sense. I find that if I eat breakfast, I end up getting hungry later on in the day, but I can't have the huge dinner I want b/c I essentially wasted my calories in the morning when I wasn't even hungry. Your metabolism is always working. If it wasn't, you'd be dead. There's no such thing as a kickstart. Changes in metabolism happen quite slowly. Unless you're taking drugs, that is.
If I eat small meals all day, I end up spending all day hungry.0 -
I do my workouts in the morning so I really need something to eat after that. Usually it's cereal with almond milk, oatmeal or some whole wheat toast :-)0
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As long as you are still eating a deficit for the day, what does it matter whether you eat more at lunch because you skipped breakfast?
It absolutely doesn't matter if you are making up for a missed meal in another meal, but the point is you're losing the energy you need in the morning by skipping those nutrients!
umm no ...
Again, I skipped breakfast for 8 months and had no issues with energy...I actually found that I had more energy when weight training fasted.....
That's YOUR body though.. everyone is different.0 -
I was never given food before tests in school and I did just fine..
I skipped breakfast for about 8 months when I was doing IF and I ran my business quite well during that time period.
I'm sure you did. I'm sure other kids did as well. But on the whole kids who ate breakfast did better on their tests. Man...I miss the days of free food, haha.0 -
I've never been an enthusiastic breakfast eater. My mother, who took Home Ec in HS in the late 1940s, was convinced that sending a kid out the door without breakfast was child abuse, and insisted that I at least have a glass of milk and a piece of toast. I hate milk. I'm 60 and I still hate milk.
Now, "breakfast" is black coffee and then a banana later in the AM. Sometimes on the weekends I have toast and oatmeal made form oat bran with a little cinnamon. On my fast days with 5:2 fasting, I skip the toast and the oatmeal. I'm very happy with my weight, my health and my energy levels. I'm also a big believer in not eating if you're not hungry.
Some exceptions to the practice of little or no breakfast: I traveled to India on a previous job and stayed in hotels with wonderful breakfast buffets. Yum. I skipped the sausage and bacon put out for the foreigners and ate veggies in spicy sauces and idli (a type of pancake) dipped in roaring-hot relishes. I don't know if that's how the locals ate idli, but I did. And yes, I did find that I didn't get hungry mid-morning when I had that type of breakfast. When DH and I travel in Europe and a breakfast buffet is part of the package (we frequently get that free due to our status with Hilton), I enjoy fruit, sautéed mushrooms, some good breads, a slice of cheese or two, and prosciutto then have a lighter lunch. Good thing I don't do that every day.0 -
Okay Breakfast is Break Fast, whenever you break your fast then that is your breakfast. It doesn't have to be when you get up in the mornings, it can be afternoon if you choose it to be.0
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whenever i feel like eating I eat.0
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Okay Breakfast is Break Fast, whenever you break your fast then that is your breakfast. It doesn't have to be when you get up in the mornings, it can be afternoon if you choose it to be.
Can I just say, wow! Congratulations on your major weight loss!0 -
whenever i feel like eating I eat.
That's what got me fat in the first place....haha0 -
This shouldn't be an argument.. Do as your body feels necessary, I just feel that breakfast is crucial to most (not everyone). I've read many articles on it. Personally, I have way more energy after getting some nutrients in my body in the morning. This may not be the case for everyone. All a matter of opinion I suppose.0
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Rarely. I love breakfast!0
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whenever i feel like eating I eat.
That's what got me fat in the first place....haha
HAHAHA, me too.. me too.0 -
breakfast has nothing to do with metabolism...that is a myth..
This is exactly what I was going to say.
Also, if I eat breakfast, I am starving a few hours later opposed to not eating first thing and not getting hungry until at least noon. I find myself running out of calories when I eat as soon as I wake up.0 -
I forced myself to eat breakfast because all the 'research' that says it's good for me. I go to work about 8.30am but I'm not hungry until about 10.30am.
Sometimes I would skip it because I forgot...why? Because I wasn't hungry!
And...when I did have breakfast I was still hungry at 10.30!
Then I read another book which said people eat because they are programmed to and if you don't want breakfast and you're not hungry, then don't have it.
It was as if someone had given me permission and I've not had breakfast since.0 -
Okay Breakfast is Break Fast, whenever you break your fast then that is your breakfast. It doesn't have to be when you get up in the mornings, it can be afternoon if you choose it to be.
^^THIIS^^0 -
I don't eat in the morning. I really just don't care about food first thing when I get up, I've never been one of those people who are starving as soon as they open their eyes. All I want is a nice strong cup of coffee and to not have to interact with other human beings for an hour or so, until I get my bearings. I could get myself to eat breakfast if I tried to, but I don't see the point of wasting my limited calories on a meal I don't even really want.0
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"My argument is that breakfast has absolutely nothing to do with metabolism. And the whole "breakfast is the most important meal of the day BS" is just a marketing ploy that Kellogg's, quaker, etc etc use to get people to buy all their products.
Also, about 90% of the country eats breakfast and 35% of the country is obese...hmmmmmm
www.leangains.com has all the studies .."
I wholly agree that people should do what works for them. As, well, there is ABSOLUTELY no harm in skipping breakfast, on the contrary, it may actually be beneficial to your health to go for greater periods of time without eating (Intermittent Fasting). Personally, don't eat it unless I am hungry and I am perfectly satisfied, as well as losing weight, going 16 to 18 hours a day without eating and getting my calories in a 8 or 6 hour window. It suits me well. Certainly not for everyone, or harmful to my health. I have not eaten for 15 hours, ran this morning, full of energy, not hungry, but looking forward to lunch in about an hour.0 -
I cringe everytime I hear about someone skipping breakfast or anyone advising that one should skip breakfast. You obviously know how important it is to your health, so try just having a piece of fruit or a handful of almonds on your way out the door in the morning. Not only is it good for your metabolism, but breakfast is giving you the substantial amount of energy that your body needs to work through the morning. Please eat something!
please post a study showing that "eating breakfast is important to your health". Breakfast has nothing to do with metabolism.
How do people do IF/Lean Gains, skip breakfast, and get absolutely shredded??
There are SEVERAL articles that suggest eating breakfast is important to your health..
SUGGEST, being the key work. Suggest does not equal proven.
Sure, there are many articles which suggest breakfast is vital. But for every one of those articles there's another article suggesting breakfast is not vital.
The idea of breakfast being important is as old as time. But these days new research is showing that breakfast being important is not the case.
Honestly, I'd take new research over old research.
The body does not know "breakfast", "lunch", and "dinner". All it knows is when it needs nourishment.0 -
As long as you are still eating a deficit for the day, what does it matter whether you eat more at lunch because you skipped breakfast?
It absolutely doesn't matter if you are making up for a missed meal in another meal, but the point is you're losing the energy you need in the morning by skipping those nutrients!
umm no ...
Again, I skipped breakfast for 8 months and had no issues with energy...I actually found that I had more energy when weight training fasted.....
That's YOUR body though.. everyone is different.
First bolded statement: How do you know?
Second bolded statement: Yes, you are correct. So take your own advice and stop trying to tell peeps if they miss breakfast they are gonna be in "big trouble, mister".
The derp floweth forth on this thread.:noway:0 -
If I'm hungry I eat breakfast, if I'm not I don't. I usually don't get hungry until about 10 a.m.
I don't buy into the metabolism myth either. I've always been a healthy weight, but I'm leaner now than I was when I ate breakfast every morning. It definitely hasn't affected my metabolism. Eat when you're hungry.0 -
As long as you are still eating a deficit for the day, what does it matter whether you eat more at lunch because you skipped breakfast?
It absolutely doesn't matter if you are making up for a missed meal in another meal, but the point is you're losing the energy you need in the morning by skipping those nutrients!
umm no ...
Again, I skipped breakfast for 8 months and had no issues with energy...I actually found that I had more energy when weight training fasted.....
That's YOUR body though.. everyone is different.
First bolded statement: How do you know?
Second bolded statement: Yes, you are correct. So take your own advice and stop trying to tell peeps if they miss breakfast they are gonna be in "big trouble, mister".
The derp floweth forth on this thread.:noway:
I did not tell anyone they would be "in big trouble" I've just read articles on this and how eating breakfast contributes energy needed for the body. I'm sorry.. It kind of makes me sad that these forums should be supportive since we are all here for the same reason, however it's usually nothing but people attacking other people and what they say. I'm entitled to my opinion and I stand by it, like the rest of you.0 -
i actually eat after my morning workout. i go to the gym about 10am, then come home about 11:30 and have my first meal of the day. i only have coffee in the morning. this does not make me binge the rest of the day, because i religiously stay within my daily calories. im simply not hungry in the morning.0
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