You must eat breakfast if you want to lose weight

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  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    Okay well for all of you that say there is "no evidence" why don't you stop using your own anecdotes and look at some reputable sources regarding studies on the issue? There is a large body of evidence supporting a correlation with eating breakfast and being leaner. Example summary articles from Harvard, National Institutes of Health, Oxford University, etc. are as follows:

    http://www.health.harvard.edu/press_releases/weight_loss_healthy_breakfast

    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_130373.html

    http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/167/2/188.full

    I would venture to guess that if you took some time and just went through the National Institutes of Health site, you could find tons of studies and articles to read. Check it out. :)

    If you want the full studies, read the references in the Oxford piece to find the original publication info for its references. Good info is located in the abstract.

    YOU may be the exception to the rule, but it's good advice for someone just starting not to fight the odds.
    Well I guess then this thread has a very high % of people that are the exception. Now if I were to conclude from this info that not eating breakfast was good for weight loss, I'd be using the same method of thinking as each of the links that you published. I would be correlating my outcome to the data in this sample and I then could make the same statement that each of these links did, that not eating breakfast MAY help with weight loss. The problem is correlation=/= causation.

    No one is arguing that you may want to eat breakfast if you want to lose weight. The dispute is over the idea that you must.

    Please do read those three references - to discover that the first two are worthless.
    One isn't even a publication but a poster at a congress of 21 MRI scans.

    The third publication showed that in a cohort study where the breakfast eaters gained weight they gained less weight than the non-breakfast eaters and the the article goes to explain that there are a lot of other variables such as lifestyle, poverty, etc. that might just be more important. Nothing about weight lose and how breakfast clearly has a biological impact.

    I'm a breakfast eater, but not one of those references supports that.
  • BlackTimber
    BlackTimber Posts: 230 Member
    Roberta Anding quotes a study about people that lose weight and are able to keep it off. Those that were the most successful ate breakfast every day and also actively worked out 60 minutes a day. Was it the breakfast? Maybe a little. 60 minutes a day? ya, probably.
  • teenalouise
    teenalouise Posts: 1 Member
    Breakfast for me is a must....but don't have time to sit down to eat (work at 5am) so a blend together one cup of frozen fruit, one drinkable yogurt and three ice cubs....smoothie are great keep me full until snack time(10am). Find it makes a big difference.
    :smile:
  • m3dreamer2011
    m3dreamer2011 Posts: 73
    Ever since I was in my 20s I have never really eaten breakfast. I have managed to lose all my weight without eating breakfast every morning. While I acknowledge that this is not ideal, it does prove that it is possible to lose weight without eating breakfast.
  • joymelanson
    joymelanson Posts: 37
    I think you wil lose if you have a consistant calorie deficit, but eating breakfast that includes some protien seems to make it easier to stay on track.
  • stbrad6896
    stbrad6896 Posts: 135
    Wow touchy topic. I love breakfast. That's just me. I feel like it gives me energy for my day and puts me in a better mood because I'm really not a morning person. I know some people who don't like to eat breakfast in the morning because the thought is literally unappetizing but other than that I don't support meal-skipping no matter what meal it is. I eat small meals and snacks throughout the day or whenever I'm hungry, I don't deprive myself. And didn't someone mention thermogenics? yeah I wouldn't skip breakfast JUST to lose weight. But like I said to each their own, nothing to get defensive about.
  • chanixxx
    chanixxx Posts: 64
    I work really early and cannot eat anything for several hours after getting up or I feel awful. I think it depends on each individual. If I'm hungry i'll eat, if not hell no :tongue:
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    i still have "breakfast" foods eggs, oatmeal fruit etc...I just have them later in day ....

    Once I hit six weeks of IF i might go back to having breakfast when I am hungry ....Look at it this way..since I don't have to prepare a breakfast I can sleep in an extra 20 minutes in the AM...

    IF breakfast will help you lose weight then how come 40% of the country that eats breakfast is obese? I may be off on the numbers but I saw that stat somewhere...

    I am sorry but if you eat sausage, bacon, waffles, pancakes etc etc...you are NOT going to lose weight no matter how much breakfast you have...
  • QueenChacon
    QueenChacon Posts: 15
    I'm going to jumpstart mine and add in some eggs and tomatoes tomorrow morning.
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    I'm going to jumpstart mine and add in some eggs and tomatoes tomorrow morning.

    jumpstart what?
  • ashleyconstantine
    ashleyconstantine Posts: 73 Member
    Negative, Ghostrider. I have lost 38 pounds in 3 months, and I infact, do not eat breakfast.

    Slow your roll.
  • marie_2454
    marie_2454 Posts: 881 Member
    Most days I just have a cup of coffee before my workout and I've lost 55 pounds...The amount of calories you eat matters way more than when you eat them. Eating breakfast works for some people, but others do just fine and are better off without it.
  • Zangpakto
    Zangpakto Posts: 336 Member
    Funny... Then the whole intermittent fasting concept according to you is incorrect. Not able to build muscle? Look at author of lean gains and tell me you cannot when doing it correctly.

    There is no evidence at all that breakfast must be in the morning... Hell do yourself a favor and look at the word even... Break fast.... I could say mine is at 3-4pm usually... Then I have dinner.. So I guess breakfast is essential, but eating in the morning isn't if you get what I mean ;)

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