breakfast...the most unhealthiest meal of the day..
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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day....for kicking you out of fat burning from the overnight fast.
Can I get an AMEN!
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What I've said before had nothing to do with blood sugar issues :huh: As I said, that post was in response to what other people had already been saying in regards to that issue. I'm not the only one who's spoken to that subject. Have you jumped on everyone else who has brought it up? You jumped on me calling me "butthurt" for speaking about something which others were already speaking about, yet just from another angle (the hypoglycemic one instead of the diabetic one) and I simply wanted to say that I wasn't just pouncing in here "all butthurt" like you declared me to be. That I was already discussing this thread prior to that post. Perhaps you should just relax.Well if it bothers you so much why do keep coming back to this thread?? And no kidding people who have diabetes or hypoglycemia have to manage thier intake. Do you really think stating that consitutes "well spoken and informative posts". Do you really think that people generally don't know that. Maybe you should let others be the judge of whether your posts are so well spoken and informative.
PS: Don't hurt your arm there while patting yourself on the back!
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Wow... Your all still going! Love it... Going to do some kettle bell swings now lol0
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They say this because they are thinking of the people who skip breakfast and then binge all day because they feel like it's okay or just have bad eating habits. Not people who skip breakfast and do everything else right the rest of the day. IMO0
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eat stop eat....lean gains...i think in some ways it is right, but then I found myself eating uncontrollably after.
well let me be honest I did it when I was eating breakfast too.
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Avoid the "IHOP version" of breakfast, and make healthy choices, and breakfast is fine. I recommend beef jerky. :laugh:0
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I dont think obesity and eating breakfast are directly linked - as in stop eating breakfast and you wont be fat - obviously eating 5 burgers for breakfast is not a good idea - but something sensible like 2 pieces of wholemeal toast with low fat topping or fruit and yogurt or bowl of non sugared cereal is fine.
Not eating breakfast does lead to concentration lags during the morning and for some people mid morning binges.
People like diabetics on medication must eat breakfast to avoid hypos.
I dont think your theory is very sound.
why not? Everyone says that breakfast is the most "healthiest meal" of the day. But most of the people eating breakfast are obese. You know who is selling that breakfast is the healthiest meal line...the companies that are selling you breakfast - Kellogg's, quaker, etc etc...so OF COURSE they want you to think breakfast is healthy so you will keep buying their crap....
No I think they say it's probably the most important meal of the day. That said, all the meals are as you need to keep topping up your blood sugar and big peaks and lows isn't good for you. A healthy, balanced breakfast is good for you vs none at all.
And btw, I lost weight when I started having breakfast (i used to never have it) ... i felt less hungry before lunch so ate less at lunch and no morning snacks or not very often... and i felt more inclined to be active so walk to work and go to the gym/out for a run ... because my body had some energy to do it! I'm talking a bowl of cereal btw! Not a big fat fry up!0 -
I always heard breakfast was the most important meal of the day.... I've never heard "breakfast is the healthiest meal of the day"0
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I don't know how much truth is in your post, I do like it. I haven't eaten breakfast regularly for about 25 years. My new years resolution this year was to start eating breakfast, since "It's the most important mean of the day". And I gained about 10 pounds in three weeks. And my weight never fluxuates!!!! So I stop eating breakfast and a few weeks later my stomach is flat all over again.0
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What I've said before had nothing to do with blood sugar issues :huh: As I said, that post was in response to what other people had already been saying in regards to that issue. I'm not the only one who's spoken to that subject. Have you jumped on everyone else who has brought it up? You jumped on me calling me "butthurt" for speaking about something which others were already speaking about, yet just from another angle (the hypoglycemic one instead of the diabetic one) and I simply wanted to say that I wasn't just pouncing in here "all butthurt" like you declared me to be. That I was already discussing this thread prior to that post. Perhaps you should just relax.Well if it bothers you so much why do keep coming back to this thread?? And no kidding people who have diabetes or hypoglycemia have to manage thier intake. Do you really think stating that consitutes "well spoken and informative posts". Do you really think that people generally don't know that. Maybe you should let others be the judge of whether your posts are so well spoken and informative.
PS: Don't hurt your arm there while patting yourself on the back!
Lol, I'm very relaxed there sweetcheeks. Maybe you should take your own advice? :drinker:0 -
I don't know how much truth is in your post, I do like it. I haven't eaten breakfast regularly for about 25 years. My new years resolution this year was to start eating breakfast, since "It's the most important mean of the day". And I gained about 10 pounds in three weeks. And my weight never fluxuates!!!! So I stop eating breakfast and a few weeks later my stomach is flat all over again.
More proof positive!!0 -
Huge difference between "Healthiest" and "Most Important". Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You need to nourish your body just shortly after you wake. You even touched on it briefly on your first post of why Breakfast is important. And yes, be smart about what your are consuming. Don't go to Waffle House or IHOP and order pancakes and huge Omelets. Research has also found a cup of black coffee and boost your metabolism as well.0
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Huge difference between "Healthiest" and "Most Important". Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You need to nourish your body just shortly after you wake.
Yeah, it's not and you don't. If you believe your statement is true, feel free to back it up with peer reviewed research.
edited to add: You actually see metabolism increase for about 48 hours in a fasting state. Beyond 72 hours is when adaptive thermogenesis can begin.0 -
I don't think breakfast has anything to do with being fat. I think over-eating does. It doesn't matter what time of day you eat, if you eat too much, you gain weight. It's simple, really. I never used to eat breakfast until I started to lose weight, then I started eating 3 decent meals a day, now I can't start my day without my normal coffee and breakfast.0
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I don't think breakfast has anything to do with being fat. I think over-eating does. It doesn't matter what time of day you eat, if you eat too much, you gain weight. It's simple, really. I never used to eat breakfast until I started to lose weight, then I started eating 3 decent meals a day, now I can't start my day without my normal coffee and breakfast.
This just..... well it just...... I mean......... well it makes too much sense! We'll have none of that around here!! :drinker:0 -
I don't eat breakfast, not till I started losing weight. Like NEVER had before...... so explain to me why I was obese WITHOUT eating it?0
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When it comes to blood sugar issues, the issues aren't just diabetics, some people are sitting on the hypoglycemic side to begin with. I had strange issues back in high school and I didn't quite know what was with me until I was in boot camp. It wasn't until then that it was discovered that I had low blood sugar issues. If I don't eat at least something on a regular basis, especially if I am very active or in training, I'm going to suffer greatly. It's not fun to go through or watch. So yeah, I eat breakfast, especially if I plan on exercising in the morning, if I don't, it's not a pretty outcome.
Advising people to just skip breakfast and touting how it is better for them when you know nothing of their medical issues is asinine to say the least. You might as well advise me to go into shock. :huh:
please skip breakfast and go into shock...now0 -
I don't eat breakfast, not till I started losing weight. Like NEVER had before...... so explain to me why I was obese WITHOUT eating it?
You consumed more calories than your body used.0 -
EXCUSE ME!!!!!! You might not want to hear what I have to say, but I'm going to say it anyway. Here it goes: BREAKAST is the MOST IMPORTANT Meal of the day. The reason for this is, if you don't eat Breakfast it only makes you eat more at your next Meal. That's one reason.
You shouldn't skip meals at all. People can eat 5-6 small meals a day(within their Calories) and LOSE WEIGHT.
Also, eat a Healthy Meal for Every Meal, including Breakfast.
I'm 5'0" and weigh 217(as of the last time I weighed) You should limit your weigh on the Scale, because it is a Pitfall. Scales should be put up under a bed and pull them out like, let's say Mondays and only Mondays.e
I know all this, because I've had a WEIGHT Problem for a LOT of my life and I've been on a LOT of Diets.
Exercise is also something you should do 5-6 days a week at least. Lifting Weights help too. Once you have Muscles, you Burn more Calories.
Don't Skip Breakfast just because you think it's Unhealthy as you say. Do you how to eat Healthy or not? If not, I can give you some Pointers. Just give me an Idea of what you eat during the day. Eat that Breakfast though, PLEASE.
Teresa
This is the first thread I have ever read where every sentence is just wrong....congratulations, you just accomplished something never before seen in the history of MFP....0 -
Here is the proof! Ever since breakfast was invented in 1970 people have kept getting fatter. Just look at the chart. You can't argue with a sciency chart.
There is is on the chart. Proof postive!!
Try plotting the same for obesity and use of mobile phones. Or maybe use of synthetic fabrics? I also recommend plotting the previously suggested people with out without shoes and obese people. If it is a graph it must be science, proven and true.....0 -
crap - looks like i missed out on a winner of a thread...
i would have been very useful here.0 -
crap - looks like i missed out on a winner of a thread...
i would have been very useful here.
I like how you think...feel free to jump in at anytime LOL0 -
I don't eat breakfast, not till I started losing weight. Like NEVER had before...... so explain to me why I was obese WITHOUT eating it?
Your profile says it all:
Why I Want To Get In Shape
Because I know I can now. I've been lazy all my life, time to change0 -
crap - looks like i missed out on a winner of a thread...
i would have been very useful here.
I like how you think...feel free to jump in at anytime LOL
People who eat unhealthy breakfasts (pancakes, waffles, bacon, hash browns, fat on top of fat on top of fat, etc, etc, etc) tend to be overweight
People who eat healthy breakfasts (oats, egg whites, shakes, whatever) tend to be healthier
The act of eating breakfast by itself has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not a person is fat.
/end thread.0 -
crap - looks like i missed out on a winner of a thread...
i would have been very useful here.
I like how you think...feel free to jump in at anytime LOL
People who eat unhealthy breakfasts (pancakes, waffles, bacon, hash browns, fat on top of fat on top of fat, etc, etc, etc) tend to be overweight
People who eat healthy breakfasts (oats, egg whites, shakes, whatever) tend to be healthier
The act of eating breakfast by itself has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not a person is fat.
/end thread.
hmmm you disappoint me...
do you work for kellogg's ??0 -
Huge difference between "Healthiest" and "Most Important". Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. You need to nourish your body just shortly after you wake.
Yeah, it's not and you don't. If you believe your statement is true, feel free to back it up with peer reviewed research.
edited to add: You actually see metabolism increase for about 48 hours in a fasting state. Beyond 72 hours is when adaptive thermogenesis can begin.
The body's metabolic adaptations begin after 4 hours, but it's not metabolic shut-down that people are led to believe it is. Your body is designed to make adjustments- that doesn't mean that it's using less energy, just sourcing it differently.
4 hour post-prandial (after eating): primary glucose source is exogenous (dietary).
Around the four hour mark after eating glycogen stores become the primary source and shortly after gluconeogenesis begins (the creation of NEW glucose from fatty acids and other bio tissue).
At the 16 hour mark gluconeogenesis overtakes glycogen stores as the primary glucose source.
Around 48 hours glycogen stores are completely depleted, and gluconeogenesis becomes the only (but nothing in the body is 100% so take this with a grain of salt) source of glucose. This is about the point that gluconeogenesis slows as well...
Everything up until the 2 day (48 hour) mark is considered "Early Fasting".. when the metabolic conditions (described above) occur at 2 days and beyond- it's called "Intermediate Starvation" or Phase IV in glucose homeostasis. At that point, the only tissues using glucose are the brain, the renal medulla, and a small amount of muscle- the brain is sourcing its energy from both ketone bodies and glucose at this point.
Having said all that- adaptive thermogenesis is shown to occur after EXTENDED periods of EXTREME caloric deficit... WEEKS, not hours or days, of intake less than 50% of caloric needs (often less than this parameter in the research).
So... nope.. you don't need to eat breakfast.
Edited to clarify and fix grammatical errors.0 -
Wow...
This thread turned into an all-out debate. And it's still going. I think it could be summed up with the statement: " Sometimes, things don't always work the same for others." People take many different approaches to weight loss anyway. Sometimes the weight lost with their method stays off. Other times, it doesn't. Maybe it just depends on the person.
For one thing, a healthy breakfast could be eaten. Or, you could work out before you eat. All I'm saying is:
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crap - looks like i missed out on a winner of a thread...
i would have been very useful here.
I like how you think...feel free to jump in at anytime LOL
People who eat unhealthy breakfasts (pancakes, waffles, bacon, hash browns, fat on top of fat on top of fat, etc, etc, etc) tend to be overweight
People who eat healthy breakfasts (oats, egg whites, shakes, whatever) tend to be healthier
The act of eating breakfast by itself has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not a person is fat.
/end thread.
hmmm you disappoint me...
do you work for kellogg's ??
sorry to use logic... my bad.
also lol aint nothin' kellogs makes that's good for you.
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My take, first, eating in the morning upon getting up is totally up to personal preference. I don't eat then, generally putting my meal off until 12:30-1PM with no energy or concentration lags. My wife can't do that.
Second, everyone eats breakfast, it is all a matter of when since breakfast is simply breaking your overnight fast.0 -
i think it depends what you eat for breakfast. stopping at ihop for all you can eat pancakes with bacon and the whole shebang isn't going to work.
i'm content with my bowl of plain oats mixed with various things like pb/syrup, unsweetened applesauce or chocolate protein powder.
to each their own.
i don't see how eating a nutritional breakfast of eggwhites with veggies or whatever your choice may be is unhealthy. check your *kitten*.
people are obese because they eat crap all day and not move around, or maybe because they have a medical problem (usually not the case), not because they eat the morning. check your *kitten* again.0
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