how many calories should you be eating for breakfast?

I think that would depend on you, and your calorie goals for the day. I eat 400-500 calories for breakfast most days I plan on exercising. A little over 300 on rest days.

That depends. There is no hard, concrete answer.

Honestly, the thing I have found for me, is the southwestern egg beaters. I make 3/4 - 1 cup each morning and it fills me up. It totals about 80-100 calories for it but I would rather save my calories for lunch and dinner. So, since it fills me up, I try not to eat anything else.

for breakfast, "the most important meal of the day" should you be eating healthy but with a significant amount of calories to start up your metabolism, or keep it still healthy obviously, but a smaller amount of calories? to throw a number out, under 300 calories, or over? just curious

Your metabolism isn't started by breakfast or any other foods for that matter. That's basically a myth. You do burn calories processing food, and people mistakenly took that to mean that the more often you eat, the more calories you burn (also false).

Generally speaking, all you need to concern yourself with as far as meal sizes and timing:

1) Hitting your calorie and macronutrient targets by end of day*
2) Eat with a timing/frequency/meal size according to personal preference and gym performance.


* and some people will have an easier time doing this using a specific timing or size. Ex: I skip breakfast because it makes it much easier for me to stay within my goals by doing so.

482 for me. Every day. Without fail.

Funny because studies have shown the optimal b-fast calorie count is 457. More than that is too much and less is too low.

I only eat a 70 cal Activia Light Yogurt for breakfast, and it works for me. I've never liked to eat breakfast and can't stomach a big meal first thing in the morning. Then I have more calories for a filling lunch and dinner.

I should eat less than 300 because I'm not hungry in the morning and I enjoy having a big dinner. You should eat whatever works for you.

I have read that one of the best breakfast foods to start your day with is porridge, confirmed by my personal trainer and also a nutritionist. I think that is a pretty interchangeable option between individuals as well, it actually usually keeps me well and truly satisfied until just before midday without making me feel stuffed.

Like sidesteal said... Doesn't matter. Just try to spread your calories out over a 3-5 meal day depending on your lifestyle. The important thing is to burn more than you take in each and every day. The more weight you are trying to lose, increase your caloric deficit. The closer you get to your goal, you can decrease that deficit.

This isn't a diet thing. Its a LIFESTYLE change. If you get to your goal weight and go back to twinkies and pizza, your doomed.

for breakfast, "the most important meal of the day" should you be eating healthy but with a significant amount of calories to start up your metabolism, or keep it still healthy obviously, but a smaller amount of calories? to throw a number out, under 300 calories, or over? just curious

If I'm working out in the morning, I'll eat about 200cals before my workout and about 100-150cals after. If I'm not working out until the afternoon, I'll eat all my breakfast cals around 6:30am.

Everyday I start my day with the same breakfast totaling 83 calories. I have a bowl of oatmeal with 10 blueberries. I use 1/4 cup oatmeal and 1/2 cup of water which is half of a normal serving but makes me sick if I eat that much. I don't use milk or butter in it just splenda to taste.

I usually have a over 500 calories

I generally eat about the same amount of calories per meal, and I always have a smoothie for breakfast that puts me at about 220-250 calories (depends on what I put in it that day lol) It depends on what and how you are eating though, but for me a 250-calorie meal is plenty because I can't actually eat that much in one sitting.

So breakfast is the most important meal of the day huh. I havn't ate breakfast in years. That must be what is keeping me from getting ripped....

I think you just need something, anything, to kickstart your metabolism. Today my breakfast was over 400 calories, yesterday it was under 100. I believe it all evens out in the end, however, I guess it is true that the more calories you eat in the morning, the more time during the day you have to burn them off, so probably more calories in the morning is better than more calories in the evening. I'd like to keep dinners light, but haven't been able to train my husband/cook on that yet. =>