ate nearly half my daily calories at breakfast

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  • _LA_
    _LA_ Posts: 111
    Normally I work out for a few hundred calories a day, but I have a kid home sick today so my workout got postponed, and now I'm not feeling too great. Cold-ish. I have 30ds and a Leslie Sansone here, I will try to do one later --


    what did I eat?

    Baby spinach and sardines (which is kind of a go to breakfast for me)

    but also

    pistachios

    and then also
    (ugg)
    three Russell Stover candies. Darn going to Rite Aid to get meds for my sick child. Sigh!
  • bpotts44
    bpotts44 Posts: 1,066 Member
    I ALWAYS eat half my allotted calories at breakfast! After my workout, I eat a BIG meal for breakfast. Works GREAT for revving up metabolism! that's the time when you are SUPPOSED to be putting IN the calories! Not an oops . . .your body is telling you what to do. You finally got it.


    No.
    Breakfast is NOT the most important meal of the day.
    If eating breakfast works for you, then yes, eat it.
    But don't force yourself to eat breakfast just because "it's the most important meal of the day" - there are plenty of successful people who wake up in the morning but don't eat til 2pm or so. And there are plenty of successful people who eat breakfast.

    If you've got a lower calorie goal & eat your exercise calories back, don't worry. Just workout real hard today and go on with your life. You made a mistake, no big deal. Don't throw away today because of it, make your next decision count. Maybe eat a salad for lunch instead of a burger (just an example lol)

    Also, you don't seem that worried lol

    Minor comment/correction...

    It is the most important meal of the day as it sets the metabolic tragectory for the day. Priming your body with good proteins and some good LGI carbs is a beautiful thing! Your body, over time, sets its thermostat based on the regularity and quality of wood that you throw on the fire (food/fuel). However, that being said, yes, there are many, many fit people who don't dig breakfast and are doing just fine.

    There are many paths to fitness.

    Good luck!

    This is a myth breakfast does nothing to your metabolism. Eating in the morning or the evening or whenever doesn't affect your metabolism whatsoever. In fact, its probably better from an athletic performance standpoint to eat your biggest meal in the evening so your body gets a nice stream of protein during your nightly fast, but from purely metabolic standpoint there is no difference.

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