Stop eating breakfast. Here's why.

Teddyaderwich

What no breakfast in bed...! Not on your nelly

katheern

You can find information to prove that this works, not just blogs but actually studies. You can also find information to prove that breakfast is essential, that milk with dinner creates results, that eating only twinkles can allow you to lose weight. Just do what you want and feels good for you and everything will work out. The only rule is stop telling people your way is THE way.

Here here! Do what works for you. As long as it is not detrimental to your health. not some kind of short cut and something you can stick with, do what works!

HMonsterX

For years I never ate breakfast, sometimes not lunch and would start to eat at around 3 or 4, but unlike you I put on 70lbs, so its not a one size fits all approach to weight loss I would say. Since forcing myself to eat breakfast, I am now hungry in the morning and need to eat, but I have also started losing the excess pounds.

You think the not eating breakfast was responsible for the weight gain? And eating it was responsible for the recent loss?

joejccva71

I eat breakfast and lunch and I look better than you therefore I'll stick to my way Thanks.

Sorry but this is an ignorant statement.

ha ha ha ohh man!

wow harsh much?!?!! damnn

What exactly was harsh?

HMonsterX

Also, almost 4 pages of replies in 16 minutes...wow...

jezzi16

Yeah when you eat what has no bearing on weight loss. You still ate so many calories that day and you still burned that many calories that day.

I workout at night normally so I probably would need breakfast if did AM workouts

elysecea

I strongly disagree with you !!! Do you know that from my own personal experience that if you do not eat enough carbs for breakfast to give you energy for workouts, your body will use your protein for energy? The whole point is to build muscle to burn more calories. If your body is burning your protein you are eating instead of the carbs ( which are your energy suppliers). That will hinder your muscle building. Eating all of your calories at once not such a good thing...I dont understand how you have energy to go about your day. I see you have lost weight and that is awesome! You need to think long term and breakfast in my book is a must! I do high intensity cardio and If i did not eat breakfast I would never have the energy to do what I do, but hey if that works for you then by all means carry-on!

Avalonis

There have been NUMEROUS studies on the effects of eating breakfast and weight loss.

Pretty much all of them say, statistically, you are much more likely to eat healthier choices and less calories if you eat breakfast.

Is in necessary? Probably not. If you are a 100% dedicated, self driven person that never gives into their urges you might beat the statistics. But recommending it to the masses who WON'T beat the statistics doesn't help them.

The average person should eat breakfast. Period.

AlsDonkBoxSquat

For years I never ate breakfast, sometimes not lunch and would start to eat at around 3 or 4, but unlike you I put on 70lbs, so its not a one size fits all approach to weight loss I would say. Since forcing myself to eat breakfast, I am now hungry in the morning and need to eat, but I have also started losing the excess pounds.

You think the not eating breakfast was responsible for the weight gain? And eating it was responsible for the recent loss?

Nope, they didn't say it was the reason she gained weight, they said it wasn't something that worked for them and that "its not a one size fits all approach" as the original poster put it out there as.

stevemcknight

I disagree with you based on no research at all and yet will call your theory stupid and go on to tell you what I do anyway.

FitForeverAgain

I eat breakfast and lunch and I look better than you therefore I'll stick to my way Thanks.

Sorry but this is an ignorant statement.

And you don't think this is: "Breakfast is not required. It's Calories in vs Calories out. Again, meal timing is irrelevant."

So, I think I'll eat my weekends worth of food right now...then eat nothing until Monday. According to you, this works, right? I should be fueled and primed for my 6 mile tempo run this afternoon, my push day at the gym tomorrow and my 14 mile run on Sunday - right? No, our bodies are NOT efficient storers of energy.

p0pr0cksnc0ke

I disagree with you based on no research at all and yet will call your theory stupid and go on to tell you what I do anyway.

:laugh:

Acg67

I strongly disagree with you !!! Do you know that from my own personal experience that if you do not eat enough carbs for breakfast to give you energy for workouts, your body will use your protein for energy? The whole point is to build muscle to burn more calories. If your body is burning your protein you are eating instead of the carbs ( which are your energy suppliers). That will hinder your muscle building. Eating all of your calories at once not such a good thing...I dont understand how you have energy to go about your day. I see you have lost weight and that is awesome! You need to think long term and breakfast in my book is a must! I do high intensity cardio and If i did not eat breakfast I would never have the energy to do what I do, but hey if that works for you then by all means carry-on!

so the body doesn't use fat for energy?

ursy87

For years I never ate breakfast, sometimes not lunch and would start to eat at around 3 or 4, but unlike you I put on 70lbs, so its not a one size fits all approach to weight loss I would say. Since forcing myself to eat breakfast, I am now hungry in the morning and need to eat, but I have also started losing the excess pounds.

You think the not eating breakfast was responsible for the weight gain? And eating it was responsible for the recent loss?

I am saying that eating regular meals has helped me get a grip on my problems with food. I am not saying that the method does not work, just not for me

joejccva71

There have been NUMEROUS studies on the effects of eating breakfast and weight loss.

Pretty much all of them say, statistically, you are much more likely to eat healthier choices and less calories if you eat breakfast.

Is in necessary? Probably not. If you are a 100% dedicated, self driven person that never gives into their urges you might beat the statistics. But recommending it to the masses who WON'T beat the statistics doesn't help them.

The average person should eat breakfast. Period.

The OP is simply stating that it isnt required to eat breakfast to lose weight nor be healthy.

And actually Martin Berkhan has proven studies that have showed more people have lost weight by skipping breakfast and eating higher carbs at night.

FitForeverAgain

I strongly disagree with you !!! Do you know that from my own personal experience that if you do not eat enough carbs for breakfast to give you energy for workouts, your body will use your protein for energy? The whole point is to build muscle to burn more calories. If your body is burning your protein you are eating instead of the carbs ( which are your energy suppliers). That will hinder your muscle building. Eating all of your calories at once not such a good thing...I dont understand how you have energy to go about your day. I see you have lost weight and that is awesome! You need to think long term and breakfast in my book is a must! I do high intensity cardio and If i did not eat breakfast I would never have the energy to do what I do, but hey if that works for you then by all means carry-on!

so the body doesn't use fat for energy?

Very inefficiently. Otherwise, we could simply starve for a week and our bf% would drop quickly. Once glycogen stores are depeleted, your body is MUCH better at burning lean mass as fuel rather than fat, especially in an anaerobic state.

jezzi16

I strongly disagree with you !!! Do you know that from my own personal experience that if you do not eat enough carbs for breakfast to give you energy for workouts, your body will use your protein for energy?

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Unless you workout at night. Then AM carbs really don't matter

Acg67

I eat breakfast and lunch and I look better than you therefore I'll stick to my way Thanks.

Sorry but this is an ignorant statement.

And you don't think this is: "Breakfast is not required. It's Calories in vs Calories out. Again, meal timing is irrelevant."

So, I think I'll eat my weekends worth of food right now...then eat nothing until Monday. According to you, this works, right? I should be fueled and primed for my 6 mile tempo run this afternoon, my push day at the gym tomorrow and my 14 mile run on Sunday - right? No, our bodies are NOT efficient storers of energy.

you are using extremes, significant metabolic slow down occurs somewhere in the 48hr+ range of complete fasting. not eating for 8-10-16 hrs isn't going to be unhealthy

dragonflydi

I read it as "blah blah blah.... magic formula.. blah blah blah...."

No thanks.

This ^^^ Amen.

shanlynt

Disagree big time. Your body is starving after at least eight hours of sleep. Why would you want to skip anyway.

FitForeverAgain

Weight loss is SECONDARY to FITNESS.

getNskinny2day

Disagree. It just makes sense that eating a meal in the morning would jump start your metabolism first thing, and why would you want to load on all of your daily cals in 1 meal.. Seems like a bit of an overload for your body to handle.

adrian_indy

Every meal is important. Breakfast just happens to be so important because this first meal is what wakes up your system an metabolism out of the hibernation that comes with sleep. Sure, If you don't eat unitl after 2:00 pm and cut your calories, you will lose initial weight, but you will sacrifice your metabolism and it will hinder your long term success. It's like turning to the dark side, it's seductive, quicker, but in the end it is NOT more powerful.

AlsDonkBoxSquat

I love heated debates based upon anecdotal evidence and someone's blog . . .

monosyllabic_girl

I agree that fasting works.....for some people.

I think a lot of dieting depends on one's body. I know I do quite well when I skip breakfast and am also on a low carb diet. There are many days I am that I am able to do Intermittent fasting and I love it because I usually plan to fast on days that I am very busy so I don't even have to think about food. Everyone is different though, my mom can't skip breakfast or she'll feel awful and end up cheating later on in the day.

DietingMommy08

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/lose-weight-eat-breakfast

I personally have thyroid issues and if I dnt eat an hour after my thyroid medication is taken I feel like im starving.

Plus when you eat breakfast it gets your metabolism running.

If you dnt eat all day your only starving your body.... so when you do eat what is gonna happen? Ur body is gonna hold on to those fat and calories to make up for the rest of the day that you didnt eat.

Acg67

Weight loss is SECONDARY to FITNESS.

so you can't be fit if you don't eat breakfast?

Onesnap

To each their own.

For me, I'm breaking my fast at 8:30 AM sitting at my desk with oatmeal.

I don't want to deny my body a healthy start to the day. I'm an active person. I eat every 2-3 hours. Skipping meals is not in my plan.

Everyone is wired differently. If you want to break your fast at lunch feel free.

Q9S7

Ugh...this thread should be deleted. Haha...I almost feel bad taking time to write a post. I have nothing against people who do or dot eat breakfast. I also will not discuss/argue this topic. I don't eat breakfast, I DON'T eat a traditional postworkout meal, I train hard, I''ve made lots of progress. CLEARLY. I plan to continue in this fashion. Do what works for you. I'll say it again, this thread should be deleted.

joejccva71

I eat breakfast and lunch and I look better than you therefore I'll stick to my way Thanks.

Sorry but this is an ignorant statement.

And you don't think this is: "Breakfast is not required. It's Calories in vs Calories out. Again, meal timing is irrelevant."

So, I think I'll eat my weekends worth of food right now...then eat nothing until Monday. According to you, this works, right? I should be fueled and primed for my 6 mile tempo run this afternoon, my push day at the gym tomorrow and my 14 mile run on Sunday - right? No, our bodies are NOT efficient storers of energy.

See you're being silly now. It's calories in vs calories out, and obviously it's within a 24 hour period that matters considering thats how long the anabolic window lasts.

So essentially, you could have a TDEE of 3000 calories, and eat ONE meal of 2500 calories and still lose 1 lb per week.

Period, end of story ..cut and dry. Not to mention that if in that one meal you also ate 2-4 servings of fruits and 4-6 servings of veggies, that you would also get your proper micronutrients to maintain good health.

So please, you are trying to argue with the wrong person here friend.