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  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    By looking at your food diary for the last week or so there's a lot of high processed foods. Breakfast is a meal you should not skip, by skipping breakfast you are slowing down your metabolism. I'm not an expert at this, but have been very successful with my weight loss journey. I look at my journey as eating healthy, not a diet. Once you go off a diet you gain the weight back.

    Try eating more balanced meals that aren't processed (lower in sodium). I have two websites that are my recipe bibles.. www.skinnytaste.com and www.emilybites.com. These websites provide healthy recipes for a lot of different types of foods and it easy to browse. Also try setting up your Diary to list out Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner and snack. Try to eat smaller meals that are lower in calories and eat more frequently (every 3 hrs or so).

    No it doesn't. Your metabolism doesn't slow/stop just because you aren't eating.
  • mshaw02
    mshaw02 Posts: 4
    By looking at your food diary for the last week or so there's a lot of high processed foods. Breakfast is a meal you should not skip, by skipping breakfast you are slowing down your metabolism. I'm not an expert at this, but have been very successful with my weight loss journey. I look at my journey as eating healthy, not a diet. Once you go off a diet you gain the weight back.

    Try eating more balanced meals that aren't processed (lower in sodium). I have two websites that are my recipe bibles.. www.skinnytaste.com and www.emilybites.com. These websites provide healthy recipes for a lot of different types of foods and it easy to browse. Also try setting up your Diary to list out Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner and snack. Try to eat smaller meals that are lower in calories and eat more frequently (every 3 hrs or so).

    No it doesn't. Your metabolism doesn't slow/stop just because you aren't eating.

    If you regularly skip.. It does.
    http://www.livestrong.com/article/507334-does-skipping-meals-make-you-fat/
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    By looking at your food diary for the last week or so there's a lot of high processed foods. Breakfast is a meal you should not skip, by skipping breakfast you are slowing down your metabolism. I'm not an expert at this, but have been very successful with my weight loss journey. I look at my journey as eating healthy, not a diet. Once you go off a diet you gain the weight back.

    Try eating more balanced meals that aren't processed (lower in sodium). I have two websites that are my recipe bibles.. www.skinnytaste.com and www.emilybites.com. These websites provide healthy recipes for a lot of different types of foods and it easy to browse. Also try setting up your Diary to list out Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner and snack. Try to eat smaller meals that are lower in calories and eat more frequently (every 3 hrs or so).

    No it doesn't. Your metabolism doesn't slow/stop just because you aren't eating.

    If you regularly skip.. It does.
    http://www.livestrong.com/article/507334-does-skipping-meals-make-you-fat/

    False.

    And to the point of the article, as it says, the negative side effects aren't from skipping a meal, they are from binging later on. Skip a meal but maintain good eating habits is fine. Skipping a meal then having 1 of everything from wendy's is bad... but it's not the skipped meal that's bad, it's the one of everything from wendy's that's bad.
  • Slaci_Jo
    Slaci_Jo Posts: 69 Member
    I haven't really eaten breakfast in 11 years. I stopped eating it in highschool so I could sleep later. And on weekends I usually don't get up before 10 or 11 and by that times its lunch anyway. I work M-F 8-5 and I usually don't even start feeling hungry until around 11. The last few weeks that I have ate breakfast was because I was tying to get in the habit of doing it (with unhealthy foods as you all can see).

    $65 isn't bad, I think I can afford that. But not for another 2 weeks at least. Our extra money this week is going to my husbands hockey gear as he plays for a league and thats going to cost around $400. And our extra money for next week is allocated to my husbands 30th birthday party ($100 for the event space, $100 for drinks/food, $200 for travel expenses, $50 for gifts).

    I think its pretty clear what needs to happen. Cut back on processed foods, eat healthier and keep working out as I have been and patiently wait for results.
  • akelli01
    akelli01 Posts: 32 Member
    I hate that you're having a rough time! :/ For years I didn't eat breakfast either...then a couple years started eating something, even just a granola bar. And now, I can't go without breakfast! Also, I have noticed a diff in the movement of the scale too when I eat later in the evening (say, anything after 8:00 pm or so). I've found Fiber One or even Fiber Plus bars or Fiber One pop-tarts (if you can get them in your area) are great for breakfast on-the-go. It might be processed, but I'm getting more fiber than I normally would. I really hope you can find what works for you! I know how frustrating it is to go up and down, and see all the hard work you've done "go up in smoke" almost. :/ I have struggled with my weight for years now, since I was in junior high. It sucks, but I know you can do this! :)

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