large or small breakfast to lose weight?
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Poor, poor OP! 5 hours of responses, no real answer. Seriously, 4 hours ya'll!?! Take a step into adult hood, stop fighting with people on the internet, you all have your own opinion. How about you all just walk away?
Eat whatever size breakfast works for you. If a small breakfast gets you through until your next meal, do that. If you need something bigger to avoid feeling starved. DO that! It's a personal choice, and has no real affect on weight loss.0 -
Poor, poor OP! 5 hours of responses, no real answer. Seriously, 4 hours ya'll!?! Take a step into adult hood, stop fighting with people on the internet, you all have your own opinion. How about you all just walk away?
Eat whatever size breakfast works for you. If a small breakfast gets you through until your next meal, do that. If you need something bigger to avoid feeling starved. DO that! It's a personal choice, and has no real affect on weight loss.
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Poor, poor OP! 5 hours of responses, no real answer. Seriously, 4 hours ya'll!?! Take a step into adult hood, stop fighting with people on the internet, you all have your own opinion. How about you all just walk away?
Eat whatever size breakfast works for you. If a small breakfast gets you through until your next meal, do that. If you need something bigger to avoid feeling starved. DO that! It's a personal choice, and has no real affect on weight loss.
Actually there have been quite a few good answers. Unfortunately this thread got hijacked.0 -
A lot of studies show that skipping meals, especially morning meals is dangerous long term. For those who exercise regularly is not recommended at all. Losing weight can be achieved without having to skip meals "purposely". As for the meal size I'd suggest a balanced portion of not too much and not too little. If you take proper sleep that would mean that your body has been fasting for up to 8hr. So upon waking up its storage is empty. In my diet I strive for more quality rather than quotanty. Maybe a preparation of meals beforehand, or careful planning might help you as well.0
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I can see someone here has way too much time on their hands and thinks they know better than those here who have done years of their own research on this, as well as having success to prove that meal timing is irrelevant.
To the OP, do whatever fits your lifestyle best. I do not have breakfast and have not done so since I was a child.
I even did intermittent fasting and ate all my food between 6pm and 2am.
Certainly did not do me any harm and I lost bodyfat and weight while doing so.
I see someone has too much time on their hands for not having the balls to direct her post to the appropiate poster. The timing of meals are as relevant to some as it is irrelevant to others.
I fail to see what having balls might have to do with having too much time on one's hands. Seriously, you are a bore.
You have hijacked this thread and turned it into some sort of a p*ssing contest. I think it is you who needs to grow a pair and learn when it is appropriate to walk away and quit making an idiot of yourself.0 -
I can see someone here has way too much time on their hands and thinks they know better than those here who have done years of their own research on this, as well as having success to prove that meal timing is irrelevant.
To the OP, do whatever fits your lifestyle best. I do not have breakfast and have not done so since I was a child.
I even did intermittent fasting and ate all my food between 6pm and 2am.
Certainly did not do me any harm and I lost bodyfat and weight while doing so.
I see someone has too much time on their hands for not having the balls to direct her post to the appropiate poster. The timing of meals are as relevant to some as it is irrelevant to others.
I fail to see what having balls might have to do with having too much time on one's hands. Seriously, you are a bore.
You have hijacked this thread and turned it into some sort of a p*ssing contest. I think it is you who needs to grow a pair and learn when it is appropriate to walk away and quit making an idiot of yourself.
BAM! *high five*0 -
So much fail in this thread..mainly from one person.
OP: eat in a manner in which you are most likely to adhere to your calorie/macro targets and which gives you the most energy throughout the day and for your workouts. That far far exceeds any possible theoretical direct benefit of how you time your meals throughout the day.0 -
A lot of studies show that skipping meals, especially morning meals is dangerous long term. For those who exercise regularly is not recommended at all. Losing weight can be achieved without having to skip meals "purposely". As for the meal size I'd suggest a balanced portion of not too much and not too little. If you take proper sleep that would mean that your body has been fasting for up to 8hr. So upon waking up its storage is empty. In my diet I strive for more quality rather than quotanty. Maybe a preparation of meals beforehand, or careful planning might help you as well.
Would be interested in these studies.0 -
A lot of studies show that skipping meals, especially morning meals is dangerous long term. For those who exercise regularly is not recommended at all. Losing weight can be achieved without having to skip meals "purposely". As for the meal size I'd suggest a balanced portion of not too much and not too little. If you take proper sleep that would mean that your body has been fasting for up to 8hr. So upon waking up its storage is empty. In my diet I strive for more quality rather than quotanty. Maybe a preparation of meals beforehand, or careful planning might help you as well.
No. This is not correct.0 -
Eat what you want.
Some days I wake up hungry and I do eat a pretty large breakfast, then downsize it for lunch and dinner.
Most days I just have coffee and don't eat until lunch because I personally prefer large dinners.
In the end, it's about whatever works for you.0 -
A lot of studies show that skipping meals, especially morning meals is dangerous long term. For those who exercise regularly is not recommended at all. Losing weight can be achieved without having to skip meals "purposely". As for the meal size I'd suggest a balanced portion of not too much and not too little. If you take proper sleep that would mean that your body has been fasting for up to 8hr. So upon waking up its storage is empty. In my diet I strive for more quality rather than quotanty. Maybe a preparation of meals beforehand, or careful planning might help you as well.
Would be interested in these studies.
Sure! Although I'm pretty sure you can find many others as well by just searching.
http://m.livescience.com/39598-reasons-never-skip-breakfast.html0 -
A lot of studies show that skipping meals, especially morning meals is dangerous long term. For those who exercise regularly is not recommended at all. Losing weight can be achieved without having to skip meals "purposely". As for the meal size I'd suggest a balanced portion of not too much and not too little. If you take proper sleep that would mean that your body has been fasting for up to 8hr. So upon waking up its storage is empty. In my diet I strive for more quality rather than quotanty. Maybe a preparation of meals beforehand, or careful planning might help you as well.
Crap. Certain death is upon me.
Oh wait...0 -
If this is what is on the forums I'll pass. What a waste of space arguing!! I eat oatmeal or other hot cereal for breakfast within a half hour of getting up because I feel better and have more energy. Other things work better for other people. If it ain't broke why fix it!
Michelle in Ohio0 -
A lot of studies show that skipping meals, especially morning meals is dangerous long term. For those who exercise regularly is not recommended at all. Losing weight can be achieved without having to skip meals "purposely". As for the meal size I'd suggest a balanced portion of not too much and not too little. If you take proper sleep that would mean that your body has been fasting for up to 8hr. So upon waking up its storage is empty. In my diet I strive for more quality rather than quotanty. Maybe a preparation of meals beforehand, or careful planning might help you as well.
Would be interested in these studies.
Sure!
http://m.livescience.com/39598-reasons-never-skip-breakfast.html
Now you are making me work for it and actually find the studies
. Thanks for the link. Will try to find and look at the actual studies behind the article. 0 -
A lot of studies show that skipping meals, especially morning meals is dangerous long term. For those who exercise regularly is not recommended at all. Losing weight can be achieved without having to skip meals "purposely". As for the meal size I'd suggest a balanced portion of not too much and not too little. If you take proper sleep that would mean that your body has been fasting for up to 8hr. So upon waking up its storage is empty. In my diet I strive for more quality rather than quotanty. Maybe a preparation of meals beforehand, or careful planning might help you as well.
Would be interested in these studies.
Sure! Although I'm pretty sure you can find many others as well by just searching.
http://m.livescience.com/39598-reasons-never-skip-breakfast.html
Just saw the edit. It's accepted practice for the person mentioning the studies to link the ones they are referring to rather than getting someone else to trawl through the interwebz.0 -
A lot of studies show that skipping meals, especially morning meals is dangerous long term. For those who exercise regularly is not recommended at all. Losing weight can be achieved without having to skip meals "purposely". As for the meal size I'd suggest a balanced portion of not too much and not too little. If you take proper sleep that would mean that your body has been fasting for up to 8hr. So upon waking up its storage is empty. In my diet I strive for more quality rather than quotanty. Maybe a preparation of meals beforehand, or careful planning might help you as well.
i haven't died yet, and i've been skipping meals for almost two years.0 -
A lot of studies show that skipping meals, especially morning meals is dangerous long term. For those who exercise regularly is not recommended at all. Losing weight can be achieved without having to skip meals "purposely". As for the meal size I'd suggest a balanced portion of not too much and not too little. If you take proper sleep that would mean that your body has been fasting for up to 8hr. So upon waking up its storage is empty. In my diet I strive for more quality rather than quotanty. Maybe a preparation of meals beforehand, or careful planning might help you as well.
Would be interested in these studies.
Sure!
http://m.livescience.com/39598-reasons-never-skip-breakfast.html
Now you are making me work for it and actually find the studies . Thanks for the link. Will try to find and look at the actual studies behind the article.
Lol..You got it!
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I am not a breakfast person. I eat something small like 150-170 calories. That way..I have a snack a few hours later then lunch after that. I am up and working before 6am and I just don't feel like eating a huge breakfast. My biggest meal is usually lunch.0
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Considering your body needs about 8 hours of sleep in order to process the food intake, exercise and water, my answer is no.
Good for you but it doesn't change the facts from the experts who are educated and practice health management for a living.
BTW - Many bodybuilders practice unhealthy lifestyles nor do I want to be or look like a bodybuilder. Therefore, if that is your point of reference then I'll pass.
Many people in general practice unhealthy lifestyles, so that point is moot.
You don't have to want to look like a body builder, my point being is they build muscle (which is difficult to do with bad health practices) and achieve great feats by being health conscious. health and fitness is about feeding your body the right nutrients and training to achieve your goals, which is what many people do every single day eating in a timing that doesn't fit your very close minded view.
If the point is moot then why did you bring it up? I couldn't care less about the manner in which body builders formulate their deformed nasty looking bodies unhealthy bodies. Their methods are not healthly at all. Like I previously stated, if that's your point of reference then knock yourself out. I will continue to follow the advice of medical and health professionals who have invested years in the business and not those of bodybuilders. If this makes me a close minded person then I wear it proudly.
In for overweight people body-shaming bodybuilders.0 -
First of all there is something very nasty about your attitude if you're going to body shame any type of idividual, Soapfan777, and it's completely inappropriate here.
I don't feel my attitude is nasty or my comments were inappropiate.
Therein lies the issue.
Therein lies the issue with you if you haven't concluded comments made towards me were nasty and inappropiate as well.
Which one of us called your body disgusting and mutated?
I did not state that anyone called my body disgusting and mutated. However, some of your replies were nasty and inappropiate just the same. Are you going to deny it?
The statement was in regards to YOU stating that bodybuilders are disgusting and unhealthy. Which is both irrelevant and offensive.
You were nasty to me long before my statement about body builders and it's in black and white for anyone to read it.
Because I called myself a mutant? I happen to be very into X men, so I don't find that offensive in the least bit. Nor was that anything against you. That's when you began your ramble on how my personal timing was going to negatively effect me because apparently there's this magical 4 hour window that most people were unaware of. That's when I simply used bodybuilders as an example and those who do IF. Thus began your irrelevant bashing of a body type you don't like. Pretty sure anyone with a 5th grade reading level could come to this conclusion. I only got nasty when you got offensive.
Then you must don't have a 5th grade education because if you did then you would have realized that your statements could be taken just as offensive just as you are labeling mine.
Is this real life? I think I just gained five hundred lbs in delicious irony.0 -
What is going on in this thread???
Good lawd, indeed.0 -
can everyone just bow out gracefully??
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large or small breakfast to lose weight?to eat in the mornings, I still attend school so I find it hard to eat a large breakfasti get up at 5:15am and eat something small usually 50-100 calories at 6:30am but I eat school lunch at 10:30am.
Im trying to lose weight would it be better to eat a large or small breakfast? Or none at all.
Peoples’ body types are different so the routine that works for some people may not work for others. It all boils down to the routine that works for each individual person. I know people who lost weight by not eating breakfast, eating once a day, not exercising, and not drinking plenty of water. Heck, I even know people who could eat fried chicken and burgers at 2am and still lose weight. My body type does not fit into any of those categories. I have to eat breakfast to combat my terrible habit of overeating later in the day. Along with limiting my calories intake, exercise, and water, I was able to lose weight this way. The bottom line is different bodies react differently under the same regiment. Therefore, you have to try different methods until you find one that works for you.0 -
What helped me the most was looking at my calorie intake like a checkbook; it all has to balance out. For example, I Know that I am going out later in the day, I eat smaller, lighter meals during the day. However, I always eat breakfast to avoid over-eating later in the day.0
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If you go more than 4 hours without food then your blood sugar will drop which in turn drops your metabolism. If your metabolism is low then your body won't burn calories. There is a lot of truth to that saying about breakfast being the most important meal of the day. Breakfast or lack of sets you up for the rest of the day. Breakfast doesn't have to be big. A granola bar with light yogurt works. A mini-bagel with yogurt or fruit and granola or bar also works. Grab a protein bar with fruit. This will curve your hunger throughout the day. You could buy these items beforehand and grab and go in the morning.
False...0 -
You always want to start your morning off with A high protein breakfast. Protein helps speed up your metabolism through out the day. Helps nourish your body and helps to shred the fat away.
So so false...0 -
Do whatever works best for you. As long as you hit your calorie goal on average, you will lose weight.
QFT!0 -
THIIIIIIIIIIIIS! WHEN I EAT, I GET HUNGRIER0
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If you go more than 4 hours without food then your blood sugar will drop which in turn drops your metabolism. If your metabolism is low then your body won't burn calories.
That's not true. Also, your body burns calories just being alive... Unless after the 4 hour Window. ..zombies
I have to disagree because it's not the point that your body burn calories just by being alive. The point is it will burn slow and will not burn enough to lose weight.
Sorry, the metabolism just does not work that way...0 -
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