Breakfast? Do you eat it or skip it?

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  • lulalacroix
    lulalacroix Posts: 1,082 Member
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    I eat brunch around 3 pm. I'm not hungry in the morning and in fact when I do eat early I usually have a hard time keeping my daily calories in check. You should do whatever works for you.
  • murp4069
    murp4069 Posts: 494 Member
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    If you aren't hungry, don't eat breakfast. I very rarely eat breakfast. Honestly if I regularly had breakfast, I'd have a very hard time meeting my calorie goals because my favorite and largest meal is and always has been dinner. I have coffee with fat free half and half and splenda in the morning, and eat lunch around 12:30. All that said if I'm hungry for breakfast, I'll eat. Usually just a 60-100 calorie yogurt. Do what works for you and ignore all the "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" and metabolism BS.
  • KatzeDerNacht22
    KatzeDerNacht22 Posts: 200 Member
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    I absolutely eat first thing in the morning, well, maybe after using toilet, but you see what I mean, I have read here breakfast is not as important as people think?? I find that hard to believe but I'd like to read more about that, never heard such thing, anyway, I enjoy a fulfilling breakfast yes.
  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
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    I eat a protein bar around 9-ish during the week. Usually I skip breakfast on the weekends. Breakfast literally means break your fast. So whatever time you decide to break your fast is good :)
  • Baruchuda
    Baruchuda Posts: 28 Member
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    Usually I skip it - I do 16:8 which is intermittent fasting with an 8hr window to eat every day and I'm flexible with my eating window. I try to go as long as I can any day w/o eating so I have the option to eat later. For example, I haven't eaten anything yet today and it's 11:11 so I can eat until 7:11 tonight if I were to eat right now.
  • Baruchuda
    Baruchuda Posts: 28 Member
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  • vnb_208
    vnb_208 Posts: 1,359 Member
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    I wake at 6a but dont actually eat breakfast until 830-9a
  • fr3smyl
    fr3smyl Posts: 1,418 Member
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    I normally wait a 3 or so hours after waking before I eat, or it makes me nauseous.
  • discnjh
    discnjh Posts: 33 Member
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    Depends for me. Work days, I consistently have breakfast after our morning meetings. On weekends, especially days when I run, I frequently don't eat anything until lunch.


  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,576 Member
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    I usually skip it. On the occasions that eat breakfast it's more of a brunch and I usually skip lunch on those days. It's rare that eat more than twice a day. That's not for weight control. I ate that way before I gat fat, while I was gaining weight, while I was losing weight, and now that I'm back at a healthy weight.
  • crzycatlady1
    crzycatlady1 Posts: 1,930 Member
    edited January 2017
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    KatzeDerNacht22 wrote: »
    I absolutely eat first thing in the morning, well, maybe after using toilet, but you see what I mean, I have read here breakfast is not as important as people think?? I find that hard to believe but I'd like to read more about that, never heard such thing, anyway, I enjoy a fulfilling breakfast yes.

    The whole 'breakfast is the most important meal of the day' myth is mostly from brilliant marketing from cereal companies, with some bro-science from the fitness industry thrown in as well. However, meal timing/frequency is a preference thing and doesn't really matter in terms of weight loss. Many here do IF and don't even break their daily fasts till noon or later. Figure out what works best for you and your lifestyle/schedule and then do that :)
  • endermako
    endermako Posts: 787 Member
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    I eat breakfast but not as soon as I wake up. I eat breakfast when I get to the office. I'm awakr for about 90 minutes before breakfast
  • SkyFerret
    SkyFerret Posts: 53 Member
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    It really depends on the day, but for the most part I don't usually have anything to eat until closer to noon. I just don't get hungry before then. And even at that point, it's often just an instant breakfast or similar in some tea.
  • ajwcyclist2016
    ajwcyclist2016 Posts: 161 Member
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    Breakfast every morning. Usually a bowl of muesli. Then depending on what I have got training wise I will also have a bowl of Greek yoghurt with some fruit , an orange juice and a cup of tea
  • wessx1
    wessx1 Posts: 58 Member
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    CanadianMissy wrote: »
    I am a morning person. However, I am NOT a...get up and eat right away.....person. This means that I don't usually eat until after I leave for the office. I find breakfast hard. I find it hard because if I'm going to eat breakfast at my desk then it doesn't leave for a lot of options. Muffins are calorie-dense....most breakfast things are just flour and sugar crap foods. And I do NOT like those cold egg "muffins" that many people make.

    Also, I am finding that if I skip breakfast I only have to be hungry for an hour or so before lunch AND it's much easier to meet my daily calorie deficit if I skip breakfast.

    So, what do you do for breakfast? Or do you skip breakfast?

    Breakfast is the most important meal out of all you should not skip it .. you don't have to have it too early. If sugary breakfasts do not fasinate you try having healthy things like
    1- baguette with butter and olive paste
    2- bagel with cheese and cucumber
    3- shakes like half banana strawberry and a bit of milk and the rest water
    34 i personally have moulin d'or healthy bread with zatar
    Hope this helps
  • ccrdragon
    ccrdragon Posts: 3,365 Member
    edited January 2017
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    wessx1 wrote: »
    Breakfast is the most important meal out of all you should not skip it .. you don't have to have it too early. If sugary breakfasts do not fasinate you try having healthy things like
    1- baguette with butter and olive paste
    2- bagel with cheese and cucumber
    3- shakes like half banana strawberry and a bit of milk and the rest water
    34 i personally have moulin d'or healthy bread with zatar
    Hope this helps

    nope - ALL meal timing is a matter of personal preference and you should do whatever works for you. There are folks on this site who have lost tons of weight eating 5-6 meals a day and folks who have lost weight eating 1 meal a day - unless you are an elite level athlete, timing really doesn't matter.
  • crzycatlady1
    crzycatlady1 Posts: 1,930 Member
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    wessx1 wrote: »
    CanadianMissy wrote: »
    I am a morning person. However, I am NOT a...get up and eat right away.....person. This means that I don't usually eat until after I leave for the office. I find breakfast hard. I find it hard because if I'm going to eat breakfast at my desk then it doesn't leave for a lot of options. Muffins are calorie-dense....most breakfast things are just flour and sugar crap foods. And I do NOT like those cold egg "muffins" that many people make.

    Also, I am finding that if I skip breakfast I only have to be hungry for an hour or so before lunch AND it's much easier to meet my daily calorie deficit if I skip breakfast.

    So, what do you do for breakfast? Or do you skip breakfast?

    Breakfast is the most important meal out of all you should not skip it .. you don't have to have it too early. If sugary breakfasts do not fasinate you try having healthy things like
    1- baguette with butter and olive paste
    2- bagel with cheese and cucumber
    3- shakes like half banana strawberry and a bit of milk and the rest water
    34 i personally have moulin d'or healthy bread with zatar
    Hope this helps

    This isn't true though.
  • JaxxieKat
    JaxxieKat Posts: 427 Member
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    It depends. On occasion, if I know I will likely be grazing lightly between morning and dinner time, I'll eat breakfast. If I have a more calorie-dense lunch planned, I skip it.
  • getupforchange
    getupforchange Posts: 86 Member
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    I struggle to have breakfast before work and usually skip it but on the weekend when I have more time to properly wake up I do like to make myself eggs or avocado on ryebread, but I've never been a fan of heavier fry ups or bread rolls in the morning.
  • kuftae
    kuftae Posts: 299 Member
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    wessx1 wrote: »
    CanadianMissy wrote: »
    I am a morning person. However, I am NOT a...get up and eat right away.....person. This means that I don't usually eat until after I leave for the office. I find breakfast hard. I find it hard because if I'm going to eat breakfast at my desk then it doesn't leave for a lot of options. Muffins are calorie-dense....most breakfast things are just flour and sugar crap foods. And I do NOT like those cold egg "muffins" that many people make.

    Also, I am finding that if I skip breakfast I only have to be hungry for an hour or so before lunch AND it's much easier to meet my daily calorie deficit if I skip breakfast.

    So, what do you do for breakfast? Or do you skip breakfast?

    Breakfast is the most important meal out of all you should not skip it .. you don't have to have it too early. If sugary breakfasts do not fasinate you try having healthy things like
    1- baguette with butter and olive paste
    2- bagel with cheese and cucumber
    3- shakes like half banana strawberry and a bit of milk and the rest water
    34 i personally have moulin d'or healthy bread with zatar
    Hope this helps

    Sounds like all stuff that would make me drowsy-- sugar and carbs. I like fat, protein, caffeine and some kind of probiotic food/ beverage for breakfast. Usually a smoothie or maybe kefir, yogurt, shashuka. Gets me going. Not claiming it is "the mostimporntnmeaofthdy"

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