I know it's not good..

Today I did not eat breakfast...and I'm not as hungry as usual..like when I do eat breakfast. I don't get it. I could probably go everyday without eating breakfast. I drink my extra large coffee with skim milk everyday. Can that count as breakfast? It's my afternoon and PM appetite that gets me everyday. For some reason I am soo hungry in the afternoon and at night. I would much rather save a couple hundred calories in the morning as breakfast...and be able to eat couple more snacks after lunch and after dinner.

yep, eat your breakfast! Nuff said.

I think one of the reasons you are supposed to eat breakfast is because it kicks up your metabolism for the day. Being hungry before lunch is a good thing. Eat a mid-morning snack to keep your metabolism going...

Not a good idea! You need food to get your metabolism stoked up in the a.m. You're not hungry because your fire isn't burning yet. Plus, a lot of research has been done that shows more breakfast actually helps with the afternoon/evening munchies. It doesn't change automatically, but I have noticed now that I eat a good breakfast all the time I munch less in the evening - when I'm not stressed out anyway! LOL. You really need to get food in your system in the a.m.! I know some even recommend getting more of your calories with breakfast than with any other meal. I haven't gotten there yet

It makes me hungrier though!

I did say it takes time! Doesn't happen right away. You should get hungry - it's your body's way of telling you that it is using the fuel and needing more. Keep that metabolism stoked up and you will keep burning calories - some of them will be unwanted fat, especially if you stick to your correct calorie deficit! Don't hurt your body by not fueling it properly - that is a no win situation. :flowerforyou:

OH, oh, oh!!!! I totally understand what you mean. I was never hungry in the morning, and alway hungry in the late afternoon and night. Since starting MFP (and watching way to many Activia commercials) I started having yogurt in the morning with my usual two cups of tea.

After six weeks, things have changed dramatically. I am still sometimes not hungry in the morning, but I eat something - yesterday because I was on the run, I grabbed some leftover seared tuna :laugh: Not your typical breakfast food, but oh well.
I am no longer ravenous later in the day and have been losing weight steadily.

I vote for breakfast!

Ok so what time should i eat then. I usually wake up at 7 and get to work for 8

You can either get up 15 min. early and allow time to eat or get some granola bar type stuff to take with you and eat on the way to work. You could prep stuff the night before - boil an egg and put some yogurt with it to eat, prep some veggies and beat some eggs, or have a carton of egg beaters, and make a quick scramble or omlet. Lots of options, you can find pretty healthy cereal and have a bowl of that in less than 5 minutes. Just a few ideas!

edited to say: I don't really mean to mix hard boiled egg with yogurt, just put them next to eachother in the fridge so their easier to grab!

I would suggest trying to incorporate fibre and/or protein in your breakfast. This is what keeps me full and wards off the midmorning munchies. But yes breakfast jumpstarts your metabolism, so instead of luggin around a sluggish noncalorie burning body. U r starting the process of burning off calories for the rest of the day. Coffee helps fill me up to, I wouldn't lose the coffee

Not a good idea! You need food to get your metabolism stoked up in the a.m. You're not hungry because your fire isn't burning yet. Plus, a lot of research has been done that shows more breakfast actually helps with the afternoon/evening munchies. It doesn't change automatically, but I have noticed now that I eat a good breakfast all the time I munch less in the evening - when I'm not stressed out anyway! LOL. You really need to get food in your system in the a.m.! I know some even recommend getting more of your calories with breakfast than with any other meal. I haven't gotten there yet

It makes me hungrier though!

eat some healthy snacks. drink more water. sometimes you think your body is saying it's hungry and it's dehydrated and thirsty. it does take an adjustment. i was the same way. but it's true, your body probably isn't burning anythng so it doesn't need fuel.

tip, if you like celery, it takes more calories to digest celery than it has in it. so you can be burning calories while eating a snack.

I like fruit first thing in the morning. Its very easy to eat, you can grab and go if you need to, its light and fruit digests really fast so not only does it rev up your metabolism, but with nothing else in your stomach, fast digestion, and high fiber that fruit is great for you get your bowels moving earlier too which is very important for weight loss. Remember, what goes in must come out either through calorie burn or.. ya know. I definitely recommend fruit, a peice or two with your coffee. If you find yourself famished around 10 have 1/4 cup of almonds. They wake you up and stave off hunger.

Ok so what time should i eat then. I usually wake up at 7 and get to work for 8

I drink a bottle of water on the way to work and then eat my first meal when I get there around 7am.

There have been studies done on people who lose a significant amount of weight and keep it off, and one of the common things that these people do is eat breakfast. When I was heavy, I often skipped breakfast and waited until 11 or so, when hunger would hit me like a ton of bricks and I'd grab the nearest high-fat, high carb junky food that I could find. I ate this way for my whole life and I honestly thought that maybe I was just the kind of person that did not need breakfast. If I did eat breakfast it was usually a couple of bowls of sugary cereal.

Since I lost the weight, I have eaten breakfast every morning for well over a year. I never skip it. Now I know I HAVE to have breakfast. And I do better with a heavier breakfast, which I never thought would happen. I eat breakfast with the kids in the morning--around 7am. I've had to find things that I liked and looked forward to, and I have to avoid things like cereal. Dairy and carbs is a trigger food for me, and it will start a whole day of bad eating. I often eat a couple of eggs, an english muffin and a pat of butter (protein, carb, fat). I'm on a malt-o-meal kick right now, and I also love steel cut oats with a little natural peanut butter and honey. I really like and look forward to breakfast now.

I think there is some great insight in this thread but let me share a little tip that works for me. I stash a loaf of bread, a jar of PB, and a jar of Honey in my desk at work. I have toast in the morning, either PB or Honey Toast (you can throw jelly in the fridge if you have a break room) then a PB Honey or PB Jelly sandwich for lunch every day. You can vary it with different Jellys different PB's or whatever. It works really well for when you forget to bring anything else and works well as a midafternoon snack! Keep up the good work.