skipping breakfast

I go to a nutritionist: she says never skip breakfast or any meal. She prefers I use the program that breaks your eating into three hour segments. She really believes in that; Also keep calories to at least 200 at breakfast & lunch. She says our body will be tricked into going into 'starvation' mode if we don't keep it up...burning up the muscle & not the fat. I used to have trouble at the end of the day, but now I don't using this method. Listen to when you are hungry. Look at the other area of the myfitness program, watching the sugars and salt distributions & amounts, proteins & fats as well; it gives you the amounts you need, tells you when you go over or under...I really like this part of the program. I know when I am in the 'red' for salt I usually am up in weight the next day. Actually this program tells us when we will go into 'starvation' mode so pay attention to that too.

i was a "breakfast skipper" until i ended up in the emergency room at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN..... finding out i was hypoglycemic, and was told by multiple physicians, "SKIPPING THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY (BREAKFAST) CAN LEAD TO DIABETES, EITHER START EATING BREAKFAST FROM THIS DAY ON, OR I WILL MORE THAN LIKELY SEE YOU IN 3 YEARS AND YOU'LL BE ON INSULIN!"
Thats all it took, and ever since i have something every morning. protein shake, fruit, granola bar...something!
i know, not everyone is "wired" the same, and this situation may not happen to you... but read up on it. Breakfast is important to everyone, infant thru 110 years old! dont skip a meal to save up for later in the day.....

For me, skipping a meal is setting myself up to make bad choices at the next meal.

Ditto. I skip breakfast and then ditch the healthy lunch I brought to work and go out for a calorie filled lunch instead because I'm so hungry!!

When you eat, you increase your metabolic rate by up to 30% (depending on what your eat) for about 3 hours, therefore if you eat breakfast you're increasing the amount of calories you're burning for that time, so yes it does effect your metabolism.

i was a "breakfast skipper" until i ended up in the emergency room at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN..... finding out i was hypoglycemic, and was told by multiple physicians, "SKIPPING THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY (BREAKFAST) CAN LEAD TO DIABETES, EITHER START EATING BREAKFAST FROM THIS DAY ON, OR I WILL MORE THAN LIKELY SEE YOU IN 3 YEARS AND YOU'LL BE ON INSULIN!"
Thats all it took, and ever since i have something every morning. protein shake, fruit, granola bar...something!
i know, not everyone is "wired" the same, and this situation may not happen to you... but read up on it. Breakfast is important to everyone, infant thru 110 years old! dont skip a meal to save up for later in the day.....

Yes regularly. It suits me to save my calories until later. If you are interested as this as a way of eating you can read more about leangains or 5:2. There are groups on this site and information on the net.

It is very hard to imagine that the human body evolved with a dependence on 3 meals a day, in fact its just not credible to belive the body has to have breakfast to function. Also the habit of 3 meals a day and eating something called breakfast is something recent in human history.

I have been skipping breakfast for about eight weeks now and doing hte lean gains 18/6 ..it works really well for me..and on some days I eat a normal breakfast..usually satruday or sunday...

so far I have lost about 1% body fat and seen strength gains..i eat about 1800 to 2200 calories a day ...

You can skip breakfast as long as you get your macros in for the day ....

I did not eat breakfast prior to joining MFP. I eat breakfast now and I lost weight, Coincidence? A filling breakfast is just about 250 calories and you can walk that off in no time....

I did not eat breakfast prior to joining MFP. I eat breakfast now and I lost weight, Coincidence? A filling breakfast is just about 250 calories and you can walk that off in no time....