Do you eat breakfast?

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  • Shropshire1959
    Shropshire1959 Posts: 982 Member
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    Nope to breakfast, unless I'm hungry - I just eat when I feel hungry (normally 12 - 1pm).

    Then you have still broken your fast :-p
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,576 Member
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    Nope to breakfast, unless I'm hungry - I just eat when I feel hungry (normally 12 - 1pm).

    Then you have still broken your fast :-p

    How short must the interval between eating be for it not be breakfast? If I eat breakfast at noon, then don't eat again until 8 pm, would that be breakfast again?
  • MizTerry
    MizTerry Posts: 3,763 Member
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    I eat when I'm hungry. My "breakfast" is usually something really low like raw celery or carrots.
  • brevislux
    brevislux Posts: 1,093 Member
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    Yes. I usually eat 5-6 smaller meals, all around the same amount of calories (250-350).
  • carrieliz81
    carrieliz81 Posts: 489 Member
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    I eat breakfast because of the whole "need to get your metabolism going" thing. And, I like to eat, so..... good excuse. Lately I've been eating Nutrigrain bars (strawberry!) every day because it's 120 cals, and if I eat it while drinking water, it will fill up my tummy enough. If I eat a lot for breakfast, I want to keep eating a lot all day long, and that throws me off.
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
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    I grew up eating breakfast and usually consume a little over 1/4 of my calories for the day. It's usually something along the lines of yogurt, oatmeal, blueberries etc (a big focus of my diet is less sodium more potassium)
  • cortezpj
    cortezpj Posts: 129 Member
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    I don't really care for breakfast, as I'm rarely hungry when I wake up. However, I recently started taking some new medication first thing in the morning that requires me to eat, so I have either an apple, banana, yogurt, or some kefir, depending on what sounds good at the time. Sometimes I have a cup of coffee as well. My calorie range for breakfast usually falls between 165-300 calories.

    Interesting point made in the first sentence. I'm not really hungry when I wake up either. Yet within 45 minutes, I'm usually eating an egg or drinking a protein shake or smoothie. It's habit more than anything else. If I don't do either, I'm geniunely hungry within 2 hours.

    To answer OP question, yes, I eat breakfast and it accounts for 18-20% of my daily caloric intake.

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