Sleeping through breakfast

hcook04

The past few weeks have been really busy for me and weekends hadn't existed, so I was on a strict schedule, eating 3 meals a day. But recently I've had some time off and found myself waking up closer to lunchtime than breakfast (don't judge me, I love sleeping and making the most of it before I have to set the alarm clock again!). Should I eat the calories I would normally have had for breakfast, or as I'm spending more of my day asleep, should I let them slide? When I don't eat them, I don't feel hungry or feel like I need them so I'm kind of in two minds about it.

Me sleeping all day won't be a permanent thing, but on the days I can get away with it, what should I do?

rabblerabble

Most feel you should always try to eat something soon after waking to get the metabolism up and running. If you get up late, then after a healthy breakfast, push back lunch and dinner a bit if needed.

annette_15

Even if your sleeping more, your probably still awake for 12-16 hours like you normally would be? If so youll make up for it later in the day.
My schedule is often all over the place, so I dont do breakfast when other ppl do. I just call my meals meal 1, meal 2, meal 3 and eat whenever i want

hcook04

Thanks guys, I do eat soon after a wake up, its lunchtime by this point haha
My days are shortened a bit, but I guess it's better to just push my meals back a few hours. Cheers!

KateK8LoseW8

I skip breakfast and lunch every day and my metabolism is just fine. Consume the correct amount of calories each day. It doesn't matter when you consume them .

magerum

Most feel you should always try to eat something soon after waking to get the metabolism up and running. If you get up late, then after a healthy breakfast, push back lunch and dinner a bit if needed.

No.


Meal timing is irrelevant. You're fine.

sunsetzen

Eat if you're hungry. The name of the meal you eat and the time you eat it at doesnt really matter.

Athijade

Most feel you should always try to eat something soon after waking to get the metabolism up and running. If you get up late, then after a healthy breakfast, push back lunch and dinner a bit if needed.

I am sorry, but science does not support this myth.

Meal timing and frequency have no impact on metabolic rate. Eat your calories for the day during the time you are awake. Eating while asleep can lead to choking.

ldrosophila

Unless you are up for less hours in the day a first meal is a first meal it's a break from the fast.

AlongCame_Molly

Most feel you should always try to eat something soon after waking to get the metabolism up and running. If you get up late, then after a healthy breakfast, push back lunch and dinner a bit if needed.

No.

Your metabolism isn't a "fire that needs to be stoked". Skipping breakfast for a few days (or even EVERY day, for the rest of forever) will not hinder your weight loss, unless you allow yourself to get so hungry that you binge for lunch and dinner.

There are people here that lose weight doing Intermittent Fasting, meaning they eat all their calories for the day in the space of just a few hours. Their metabolisms are just fine, I promise. If skipping breakfast doesn't affect the way you eat for the rest of the day, then I'd say don't even worry about it.

NavyKnightAh13

bump.

Uselessly_Irrelevant

Eating while asleep can lead to choking.

Lindsay_1984

I wait as long as possible before having breakfast. I find that eating breakfast wakes up my appetite, so delaying that as long as possible works for me. I'm usually awake by 7:30am and have breakfast at 10:30am. If I eat breakfast earlier then I find myself hungry at night with no more calories available.

On the weekends I don't wake up until 9 or 10, so I eat my first meal at around noon and consider it lunch.

No matter what time I wake up, I still try to meet my calorie goal of 1600.