Breakfast: Yes or No?
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I think it depends on the person. I personally have gone back and forth on this. Some days a cup of black coffee no sweetener, other days a couple eggs and whole grain toast. If I wake up and I'm hungry I have something, if I'm not, just a cup of coffee. Water is a must first thing in the morning either way for me.0
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all i have to say is that when i was over 300lbs i never ate breakfast.. im not over 300 lbs anymore ..lost 80 and i eat breakfast now0
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i'm starving when i first wake up. i've always eaten breakfast.0
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All meals are the most important.Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! If anything, you should eat the least at dinner (but obviously no one does that haha)
If you eat in the morning, it kick starts your metabolic rate and therefore helps you burn more calories throughout the day!
And metabolic rate "kickstarts" once you "physically" get out of bed. Food doesn't "kickstart" it at all. Old myth that's been passed on throughout the fitness/diet industry.
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Best answer.Some people report increased mood and focus when they eat breakfast. Others react the opposite. Some people find that they stay fuller longer when they eat breakfast. Some are hungrier after eating in the morning.
Meal timing will not affect your weight loss. It may affect your gym performance, concentration, and hunger levels throughout the day. Eat it if you want. Skip it if you want.
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Post a link. I'm more than sure it's a "correlation" than actual scientific proof.I say eat breakfest. It's actually proven by science that girls who are "skinny" generally eat more breakfest than those who are overweight.
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Can you also say that when you were 300lbs you ate more then you do now? Anecdotes aren't evidence.all i have to say is that when i was over 300lbs i never ate breakfast.. im not over 300 lbs anymore ..lost 80 and i eat breakfast now
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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! If anything, you should eat the least at dinner (but obviously no one does that haha)
If you eat in the morning, it kick starts your metabolic rate and therefore helps you burn more calories throughout the day!
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all i have to say is that when i was over 300lbs i never ate breakfast.. im not over 300 lbs anymore ..lost 80 and i eat breakfast now
Correlation does not equal causation. Did you also happen to change other factors that might have had something to do with your weight loss (like perhaps eating less overall, for example)0 -
I say eat breakfest. It's actually proven by science that girls who are "skinny" generally eat more breakfest than those who are overweight.
But I know the feeling, it's not easy eating so early in the morning. I basically have to force myself to eat breakfest a bit.
My tip is: make a smoothie.
Just put some proteinpowder, berries, almond milk, banana or whatever fruit you like and blend it Much easier than eating a heavy meal like oats or sandwiches.
I hate the word "skinny". However, this thinner-than-ever-before, breakfast-skipping chick would like to see the journal reviews stating this as fact.0 -
No, no, no..........no ^^^^^^^ Oh yea, not that^^^^Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! If anything, you should eat the least at dinner (but obviously no one does that haha)
If you eat in the morning, it kick starts your metabolic rate and therefore helps you burn more calories throughout the day!
Perfectly stated ^^^^ It's as good as any answer that will come along in this thread.Some people report increased mood and focus when they eat breakfast. Others react the opposite. Some people find that they stay fuller longer when they eat breakfast. Some are hungrier after eating in the morning.
Meal timing will not affect your weight loss. It may affect your gym performance, concentration, and hunger levels throughout the day. Eat it if you want. Skip it if you want.
And yeah....this^^^^^0 -
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! If anything, you should eat the least at dinner (but obviously no one does that haha)
If you eat in the morning, it kick starts your metabolic rate and therefore helps you burn more calories throughout the day!
. it actually helps balance your blood sugars but yeah this is exactly what most nutritionists will tell you.0 -
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I am the "average Joe" that Martin Berkhan mentioned in his article: feeling more hungry after breakfast.0
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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! If anything, you should eat the least at dinner (but obviously no one does that haha)
If you eat in the morning, it kick starts your metabolic rate and therefore helps you burn more calories throughout the day!
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Rumor has it that Kellogg's is the one who started the breakfast campgaign....it all makes sense suddenly...0 -
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! If anything, you should eat the least at dinner (but obviously no one does that haha)
If you eat in the morning, it kick starts your metabolic rate and therefore helps you burn more calories throughout the day!
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Rumor has it that Kellogg's is the one who started the breakfast campgaign....it all makes sense suddenly...
I was about to add that I think the science behind the women eating breakfast comment came from a cereal commercial...
Either way, I have never had the want for breakfast even as a child. I'm on one of the IF plans naturally and it works for me. I also notice when I do eat breakfast (going out with family and friends), I will still eat/crave the same amount of calories the rest of the day. Therefore, breakfast actually increases my daily calorie intake.0 -
The theory that breakfast helps people stay slim does have a legit reason behind it:
Many people skip breakfast, hungry or not, because they see that as a way to reduce overall caloric intake (obviously true) ... However, many times those people end up so hungry by mid-day that they begin to over-snack, or eat the wrong snacks because that's all that's available in the vending machine, and/or they overeat when they finally have a meal...canceling out their effort, and as a result often exceed the number of calorie they would have consumed if they just had a breakfast that kept them satisfied for a few hours.
That's also a legit reason behind the "eat several small meals a day" the theory being if we don't have a chance to feel too hungry, we won't feel the need to overeat.
Those strategies do work...IF you are the kind of person who works that way. I'm not.
I'd also like to say that once upon a time, I think we really did NEED breakfast...not to stay slim but because our days were so full of physical activity that we seriously needed the fuel.0 -
No breakfast but I do have a cup of coffee, get my work out in then a protein shake. But that doesnt count lol.
I get too hungry if I eat it, so two meals a day for me.0 -
You don't "have" to do anything.
Some people find their bodies work better when they have breakfast, others dont. It depends on many many factors.
Some people like to get their work out in before they eat, others find they need to fuel beforehand.
Some people following intermittent fasting regimes find they skip breakfast on certain days of the week, but eat it on others. Other IFers still have breakfast.0 -
I have never heard any opinions that you shouldn't eat breakfast. You should absolutely eat breakfast.0
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I have never heard any opinions that you shouldn't eat breakfast. You should absolutely eat breakfast if you want to.
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I eat breakfast every morning after I work out usually.
As in most things regarding trying to live a healthy life style, you have to do what works for you, it not eating a certain meal works for you, that is great. It should be a sustainable way of living.0 -
Oh dear god, yes. If I don't eat breakfast, my body revolts and is hungry all day no matter what I eat. Even if it's something quick like a sandwich or a smoothie on the go, I always eat it.0
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Yes eat breakfast0
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Whether you eat breakfast or not should be your own preference. It's your calories and your hunger, so if you're not hungry then I don't think there's any harm in not having breakfast.
That being said, I personally have greek yogurt and granola every morning (except the weekends because I usually sleep in, haha).0 -
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! If anything, you should eat the least at dinner (but obviously no one does that haha)
If you eat in the morning, it kick starts your metabolic rate and therefore helps you burn more calories throughout the day!
Why do people still think this is true? My boss is seeing a nutritionist who tells him this BS.
Nutritionists are a sore spot for me. Most of them just regurgitate from books or worse, pamphlets, and actually know very little about nutrition. I'd wager that the vast majority of people on MFP know more than most nutritionists.
I was in a program for an eating disorder and the reason I left was the nutritionist. Her one size fits all approach did not fit me at all and no matter what letters and calls she got from my GP and my therapist, she wouldn't budge. Finally I asked to leave the program she was causing a different kind of disordered eating than the one I started with.
tl;dr - beware of nutritionists. A lot of them don't know much more about nutrition than you.0 -
I personally don't often eat it. If I do, it's a breakfast bar or something small that I'll only remember to eat at 10am.
I just don't feel like anyone should ever force themselves to eat breakfast if they're not hungry. Especially if, like me, it makes that person feel uncomfortably and insatiably ravenous for the rest of the day.0 -
Skipping breakfast is a hard habit to break. I work nights 11pm to 7am so my eating times are really screwed up right now. . I go to sleep about 1pm and get up around 9pm and don't eat until 8am the next day. So I fast about 19 hours a day and cram all my meals into a 5 hour span of time between 8am and 1pm. I eat at all sort of times on Sat and Sun and way too much.
I have eaten this way since high school. It's bad behavior that needs to be corrected, but when I start trying to eat more often, but smaller meals I feel like I am eating constantly.
I honestly hate food, I hate thinking about it, I hate shopping for it, preparing it. I really wish the everlasting gobstopper was a reality. One piece of gun for your meal. DONE0 -
Breakfast is many times my largest meal of the day. But it truely depends on the person. You should eat or not eat based off how YOU feel not what others tell you to do
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