Really dumb question...
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I guess I'm the exception to the rule that "you MUST eat breakfast to lose weight."0
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i don't think it's a dumb question at all. personally, i have to eat breakfast or i'll pass out. if you haven't lost in a while, mix it up a bit. eat breakfast and no coffee for the next couple of weeks to see if that change sparks a loss.0
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Yeah thats what i meant as well. i kinda lead it towards IF because i was more curious about that. lol oops. but thanks on the blood sugar and insulin info do you know any links or good refs i can read up on????0
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what Myak623 said! i am just curious about blood sugar dipping and insulin spiking during the morning 'fast' or absense of brekkie. your thoughts....
I also agree with Myak623. I don't really understand your questions though. if blood sugar dips, insulin does not spike. In fact intermittent fasting helps with insulin sensitivity so there are some postives to it. FTR, the OP is not talking intermittent fasting. They are talking about skipping breakfast everyday. My bigger concern would be what you eat first when you finally do eat. Complex carbs and some protein would be best so as not to spike blood sugar and get the insulin flowing. Other than that, listen to your body.
BTW, there is some correlation with caffiene and increased insulin so if you are keeping to a cup or 2 you should be ok but 3 or 4 cups does trigger some insulin response.
I do realize the she was not talking Intermittent Fasting. I only bring that up because of the success people have with IF which does not necessarily include eating a morning meal. I'm not saying that is what OP should try, though.
Yeah thats what i meant as well. i kinda lead it towards IF because i was more curious about that. lol oops. but thanks on the blood sugar and insulin info do you know any links or good refs i can read up on????0 -
I put away 800 - 900 calories for breakfast every morning then head to the gym for my morning workout. There is no way I wake up at 6 and am not hungry but to each their own... I know what works for me....0
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Yes. And it's not dumb. The experts (trainer Bob and Jillian Michaels)
LOL.
Stop getting your information from those two dumbasses.
OP: Skipping breakfast will not break your metabolism It all boils down to personal preference.
For SOME people, eating a healthy breakfast will help them regulate their appetite and/or make better choices. (ie those that skip breakfast and then get so hungry by lunchtime that they overeat and/or get junk out of a vending machine)
For OTHERS, skipping breakfast allows them to stay within their caloric goals.0 -
Yeah thats what i meant as well. i kinda lead it towards IF because i was more curious about that. lol oops. but thanks on the blood sugar and insulin info do you know any links or good refs i can read up on????
No links but 2 books. One is The Metabolic Typing Diet which is not really a diet book at all but all about how our bodies differ in balancing nutritional elements. He spend a lot of time on the role of insulin and insulin resistance/ sensitivity. The other is the Primal Blue Print where he is very detailed about the role of insulin and how to keep it working for us and not against us. FTR, insulin in and of intself is not evil. When we overindulge in too many simple carbs and processed carb we get a high level of glucose in our blodstream. Our body can only absorb so much at once so when our body senses that we have more than we can utilize, the pancreas secretes insulin to convert and store all excess glucose and fat to adipose tissue. In other words, fat stores for when we might need it for survival later. Problem is, when this is how we eat consistently, there never is a later that we used this stored energy and we just keep adding to it because we are out of balance with our macronutrients.
If we eat in a more balanced way with proteins, fats and complex carbs, the production of insulin is more level and does not have us unnesessarily storing energy we are never going to use from the excess glucose in our bloodstream. BTW, the overproduction of insulin is what leads to cravings, sepecially for sweets and that leads to overeating. The whole death spiral thing.
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YES!!! Not eating breakfast will totally screw with your metabolism. If you are not hungry when you wake up it is because you are eating too late in the day & too much at night and you are doing that because you aren't eating breakfast!!! Study after study shows those who skip breakfast eat more total calories in a day then those who do. Also fasting causes your metabolism to slowwwwwwww down which means you burn less calories overall. Eating causes your metabolism to speed up. First thing you should do in the morning (after going to the bathroom) is to eat SOMETHING! This "breaking the fast" will speed up your metabolism. This is the number one rule of weight loss my friend!!! Always eat breakfast.
Please link studies.
Meal frequency does not affect metabolism. One huge meal a day or 6 small meals, makes no difference.0 -
The short answer is, nope. Meal frequency or the time of day you eat doesn't affect your metabolism, at least not measurably. If you're not hungry in the morning or don't like breakfast, skipping it will not hurt you. If you find yourself binging later in the day, or if you ARE hungry in the morning, then you should eat breakfast.0
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YES!!! Not eating breakfast will totally screw with your metabolism. If you are not hungry when you wake up it is because you are eating too late in the day & too much at night and you are doing that because you aren't eating breakfast!!! Study after study shows those who skip breakfast eat more total calories in a day then those who do. Also fasting causes your metabolism to slowwwwwwww down which means you burn less calories overall. Eating causes your metabolism to speed up. First thing you should do in the morning (after going to the bathroom) is to eat SOMETHING! This "breaking the fast" will speed up your metabolism. This is the number one rule of weight loss my friend!!! Always eat breakfast.
Please link studies.
Meal frequency does not affect metabolism. One huge meal a day or 6 small meals, makes no difference.
This is correct. Recent research says that there is no correlation to meal frequency and weight gain. There is some indicator that some who skip breakfast overeat during the rest of the day. Some, not all. Skipping one meal has absolutely no effect on metabolism in the macro nor does intermittent fasting. it takes reducing your intake over a much longer period to cause your metabolism to go into "starvation mode" and slow down. This assumes you are getting sufficint calories on average. If you are flitring with 1200 per day and then intermittent fast, it may or may not have an effect. An intermittent fast varies from one meal to 24 hours with out food. Eg. I skip dinner once a week. Or I don't eat from dinner today until dinner tommorow. Not enough time to effect metabloism and it actually has some postive detoxifying and insulin sensitivity effects. In the Primal Blueprint Mark Sisson says to eat when you are hungry and don't when you are not. Just eat right when you do.
There is good information on both of these issues in the 2 books I referenced in my post above as well as at Marksdailyapple.com. This is Mark Sisson's daily blog and website. He may have some of the research links there. Both books contain extensive research references. The Metabolic Typing Diet is a littel drier than the Primal BluePrint but I found both to be very helpful from people with excellent credentials.0 -
The short answer is, nope. Meal frequency or the time of day you eat doesn't affect your metabolism, at least not measurably. If you're not hungry in the morning or don't like breakfast, skipping it will not hurt you. If you find yourself binging later in the day, or if you ARE hungry in the morning, then you should eat breakfast.
Ding Ding! Give Kateroot a prize! She got the right answer!!:bigsmile:0
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