If you wake up late, should you just skip breakfast?

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo

I don't think you should skip breakfast, which could be anything (i.e. a piece of fruit and a cup of milk). I think that whatever time you wake up, you should eat within an hour of that. It gets your metabolism going for the rest of the day.

this is incorrect

http://www.leangains.com/2010/10/top-ten-fasting-myths-debunked.html

I'm not sure if this is true, honestly I see many contradictory tips on nutrition & exercise that drive me nuts. However from what I see, the only main problem with skipping breakfast is the tendency to overeat & make poor choices come lunch or snack time since we're very hungry at that time. This can lead to over consumption of calories which in turn makes us fat.

saramerrigan

I often get up late at the weekends and will have brunch instead of breakfast and lunch. This hasn't caused me any problems with weightloss so far, and means that I am able to have a delicious cooked breakfast :bigsmile:

I always have breakfast on working days, but don't think it does any harm to shake things up a bit.

GetFitE

If I wake up later, I usually just push everything back some. On my days like that--waking up around 10/11-- I usually wake up and get a workout in an hour after waking up, so when I wake up I have something light and protein filled since I know I'm getting ready to workout. And then I usually just move on to lunch after the workout & proceed with my day as usual. I like keeping a regular schedule--it just works for me.

I usually eat dinner pretty early (between 6-8) most days (usually in bed by 10/11), so I HAVE to eat something when I wake cause I usually wake up with my stomach growling since I've gone from 8p-10a without food.

Graciecny

Some say it happens simply because the hunger form skipping leads to poorer choices later; some say it happens because the long period without eating causes spikes in insulin which slows metabolism (and long-term could even damage the pancreas, and increase the risk of diabetes).

Honestly, time-wise (ie: interval) there is no difference between someone else eating dinner at 6pm and having breakfast the next day at 7am and someone eating their last meal at 10pm and having lunch at 11am the next day. Same length of time between meals. So does what time you eat really matter, or are you saying (the peer reviewed research you've found says) that it is only the elapsed time that matters?

chrisdavey

I don't think you should skip breakfast, which could be anything (i.e. a piece of fruit and a cup of milk). I think that whatever time you wake up, you should eat within an hour of that. It gets your metabolism going for the rest of the day.

this is incorrect

http://www.leangains.com/2010/10/top-ten-fasting-myths-debunked.html

I'm not sure if this is true, honestly I see many contradictory tips on nutrition & exercise that drive me nuts. However from what I see, the only main problem with skipping breakfast is the tendency to overeat & make poor choices come lunch or snack time since we're very hungry at that time. This can lead to over consumption of calories which in turn makes us fat.

Well that comes down to willpower. And at the end of the day, it's the consuming more calories than maintenance that leads to fat gain not skipping breakfast.

Fayesbod: causation =/= correlation.

P.S ate my first meal of the day at 8:30pm last night. Was approximately 1800 cals. Went to bed at 10pm. As this is under my maintenance cals it's all good.

akafayefaye

Some say it happens simply because the hunger form skipping leads to poorer choices later; some say it happens because the long period without eating causes spikes in insulin which slows metabolism (and long-term could even damage the pancreas, and increase the risk of diabetes).

Honestly, time-wise (ie: interval) there is no difference between someone else eating dinner at 6pm and having breakfast the next day at 7am and someone eating their last meal at 10pm and having lunch at 11am the next day. Same length of time between meals. So does what time you eat really matter, or are you saying (the peer reviewed research you've found says) that it is only the elapsed time that matters?

I agree on how you see the timing. Actually, I didn't get information on how much time between meals (or how much time after waking) was determined to be too much before eating for researchers in favor of breakfast - so, it's a good question, but I have no idea.

What I found makes me believe it's worth it to eat breakfast. For me, I hate the idea of it screwing with my hormones more than a risk of weight gain. But, really I'm just passing on what I've found so people can use their own judgement. Personally, I wouldn't listen to some random guy's opinion on something science related.

vaninay

Meal timing and frequency don't have any impact on weight loss. You could eat all of your calories at once right before bed if you want and you'll still lose just the same.

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