breakfast...the most unhealthiest meal of the day..

Personally, if I don't eat anything in the morning, I get extremely sick and close to passing out once I'm at work and moving. And I can't say I've ever heard that breakfast is "the healthiest meal of the day". I've heard the most important, and they usually tell you that while you're in school and taking a bunch of tests and lessons that require concentration.

In addition, if you're going around saying that most of us eat waffles and french toast and hashbrowns and sausage and bacon for breakfast...ain't nobody got time for that!! My breakfast is usually a banana, an english muffin with peanut butter, and some greek yogurt or cottage cheese. Sure some people don't have time and grab donuts and coffee, but that's not everyone, and that's almost certainly not everyone that's using this site.

If you can function without eating breakfast that's great for you. Personally, I can't. But I know plenty of people that can, and that doesn't make them any more or less healthy. My boyfriend doesn't eat for sometimes about six hours after waking up. He's not fat by any means, but he eats TERRIBLY. I love him but I'm certain I will live at least five to ten years longer than him haha. So, really, it has nothing to do with what time you eat but WHAT you're eating.

Correlation does not imply causation. Stay in your calorie levels and eat at times that work for you. I have eaten breakfast my whole life. I'd be shaky by 9:00 if I didn't. Other people have different needs from me. So what?

I call B.S. , i eat breakfast everyday and have had amazing results . I actually ate more food in the last year than i would have if i didnt change my ways . It was a matter of quality over quantity, and exercise. The theory of In versus out still remains. In the end though , do what feels right for you.

Your results are not due to you eating at 6 am. They are a result of consistency of caloric restriction and exercising.

But the point is, it doesn't actually matter whether you eat breakfast or not, so someone trying to bash the concept of "breakfast" as in, a meal consisting of certain "breakfast" foods (cereal, yogurt, toast, fruit, eggs, etc) before noon, is essentially saying "Look at me, my choices are working for me personally so they MUST be what everyone else should do." And that comes off looking arrogant and ignorant.

I'm not agreeing with the fact that breakfast makes you fat. Personally I follow IF... but i know people who still have great success with 6-7 meals a day as well. It is personal preference overall. However, i do have a problem with that fact that there are people out there who consider it being a total necessity, just like i have a problem with people who think it is a necessity to eat 6-7 meals a day to get lean.

The obesity epedemic is due to a bunch of lazy people who don't get up and move around and consume too many calories. For all of those saying "I eat breakfast and I'm not fat". You also EXERCISE and are active. For those who are obese, skipping breakfast probably would be a great idea considering they're going to just sit there and shove food down their throat anyway.

My only personal example to bring to the table is my ex, who at her heaviest weight was over 400 pounds. She wouldn't eat the entire day, then would pig out on an enormous dinner, usually fast food, and go to bed an hour or two later, or stay up half the night snacking. The only reason I advocate eating breakfast is because I do think it's better to spread your calories out over the course of the day rather than to eat a ton for one meal and starve yourself for hours after waking. All my ex would think about all day was how hungry she was, but when I tried to get her to pack lunches and eat breakfast she insisted she didn't have time or proper ingredients. People will make excuses for their poor habits, but that does not mean that the bar should be set based on poor habits of others. The notion of "breakfast" is as healthy or unhealthy as you care to make it, and also as necessary or unnecessary as you care to make it. But for people who are active early in the day, I think it's beneficial assuming you choose foods that will fuel your body rather than make you crave junk the rest of the day.

And the meat? Ham, bacon, sausage....high in sodium, high in fat, high in calories. Breakfast tends to be a lose lose situation for Americans who seem to think that breakfast consists of two or three of these elements!

hold on there budy don't you start criticizing my bacon - dems fighting words....

And in additional some of this info is just plain not true. Yes these meats are high in sodium and nitrites so that is a reason ot limit them. There is nothing wrong with fats in moderation and within daily targets. They are not high in calories. That is a myth. 2 slices of cooked bacon is 83 calories with 6 grams of protien. A decent size slice of breakfast ham is 60 calories and 10 grams of protein. Doesn't look high cal to me.

and just don't eat it first thing in the morning..because that is just plain wrong!

Why, exactly, is having two regular slices of bacon, one scrambled egg (easy on the butter for the pan, and no salt added), and two pieces of 100% whole wheat toast "wrong" to have first thing in the morning, if you're hungry and that's what you want for a high-protein filling breakfast? Why would it be better to eat said food in the afternoon? Give me scientific reasoning to back this up, then we'll talk. Right now you're just throwing out your opinion, which doesn't hold a candle to much. If YOU don't want to eat bacon and eggs for breakfast, fine, YOU don't have to!

why is it right to eat first thing in the morning? Where is YOUR scientific reasoning? You just like to wake up and eat first thing in the morning so you feel better, so this is YOUR opinion...

I'm not the one saying that breakfast will make you fat, dear. I don't really give a damn what, or when, or whether people choose to eat breakfast. Because one meal out of the day does NOT mean you're going to put on or lose weight. It's based on your caloric deficit for the ENTIRE day based on your exercise and activity level. So you could eat breakfast and be healthy, or not and be healthy. You're the one trying (and failing) to get people to agree with your misguided logic.

Edit: And in case you missed it, I never eat bacon and eggs for breakfast, and rarely even toast. I have a half cup of granola, a 6 oz lowfat yogurt, and maybe a piece of fruit, and coffee. That is neither unhealthy nor excessive. I am obese, but it has nothing to do with me eating breakfast or not.

if the thread pissed you off so much then maybe you should not have commented on it??? bahhahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Actually, the title was the only part that made me mildly "pissed", because of the hideous grammar. Your post has neither changed my opinion, given me new information, or garnered an emotional response worthy of noting. You mistake my capital letters used for emphasis as implying anger or irritation.

forty four percent of us eat breakfast, yet 2/3's of americans are obese.

Every two people who eat breakfast cause three people to become fat. Sounds legit.

forty four percent of us eat breakfast, yet 2/3's of americans are obese.

Every two people who eat breakfast cause three people to become fat. Sounds legit.

But if I eat breakfast and am fat already, then what? Do I count myself as one of the three people infected by my breakfast consumption?

Infected? Maybe breakfast is what will start the Zombie Apocalypse??????

Someone needs to piss off a moderator to shut this spinning wheels thread down lol.

Caloric surplus. I can put down 6k calories in one meal at breakfast and skip eating the rest of the day and gain weight. It wasn't because breakfast was skipped, it was because she ate extremely caloric dense food. Had she skipped eating all day and then binged on chicken and broccoli do you think the result would be the same? Probably not. Its much easier to hit 2k calories in one sitting with junk food then 2k calories from chicken and broccoli.

You're right, I'm sure the fast food meals added up to way more than 3k calories on average, with the soda and everything. However, when you go the whole day feeling starved because you haven't eaten, you're probably going to be far less likely to want to expend extra effort to prepare something healthy than to grab something convenient and unhealthy. That's the point I was making-- that people who don't eat breakfast can be (notice I said can, not are, because it's not a proven fact and I admit that) at an increased risk to make poor food choices the rest of the day because they get too hungry and cranky and want comfort food. I personally would rather not put myself in that position because I feel like I would make poor choices and rationalize it by saying I skipped breakfast.

But like I said-- eating breakfast is neither right nor wrong for the general populous, because everyone is on a different internal schedule. If you work overnight shifts, "breakfast" is probably your last meal of the day rather than the first! So, simply because I personally think eating breakfast is a good choice doesn't mean I'm arrogant enough to presume it's the only way to eat healthy or have a successful weight-losing diet.

No breakfast for me... More calories for my tasty, tasty steak dinner tonight. :flowerforyou:

Caloric surplus. I can put down 6k calories in one meal at breakfast and skip eating the rest of the day and gain weight. It wasn't because breakfast was skipped, it was because she ate extremely caloric dense food. Had she skipped eating all day and then binged on chicken and broccoli do you think the result would be the same? Probably not. Its much easier to hit 2k calories in one sitting with junk food then 2k calories from chicken and broccoli.

You're right, I'm sure the fast food meals added up to way more than 3k calories on average, with the soda and everything. However, when you go the whole day feeling starved because you haven't eaten, you're probably going to be far less likely to want to expend extra effort to prepare something healthy than to grab something convenient and unhealthy. That's the point I was making-- that people who don't eat breakfast can be (notice I said can, not are, because it's not a proven fact and I admit that) at an increased risk to make poor food choices the rest of the day because they get too hungry and cranky and want comfort food. I personally would rather not put myself in that position because I feel like I would make poor choices and rationalize it by saying I skipped breakfast.

But like I said-- eating breakfast is neither right nor wrong for the general populous, because everyone is on a different internal schedule. If you work overnight shifts, "breakfast" is probably your last meal of the day rather than the first! So, simply because I personally think eating breakfast is a good choice doesn't mean I'm arrogant enough to presume it's the only way to eat healthy or have a successful weight-losing diet.

I would agree. To each their own. I personally found fasting to be a better fit as a have a huge appetite... i used to eat 7 meals a day around 400 calories per meal. 10 minutes later i would still be hungry. I've put myself further in control now by consuming most of the calories in my post workout window. However, and this is solely my own opinion here... i have found it much easier to stay lean through intermittent fasting then when i was eating 6-7 times a day from 5:30 am at breakfast until 10 pm at night.

Ever read through something and feel like your IQ dropped a little by reading it?

Simply now, so I don't hurt the OP, breakfast is often touted as the "most important" meal of the day. It is done so for many reasons. It is the first meal which breaks your fast and so sets the tone of your day (what you're most likely to eat like through the rest of your day), creates enzymes and raises internal body temperature to increase metabolism rates, and provides you your first nutritional fuel for your day. For these reasons, and follow me now, it SHOULD be your healthiest meal of the day.

Skipping having a meal when you get up because of doughnuts and pancakes and sausage and whatnot is ridiculous. It has to do with choices, just like any other meal. You decide what to fuel yourself with. There is nothing wrong with fueling yourself with egg whites and Canadian bacon, or a bowl of oatmeal and an apple, or some strawberries and some yogurt, or whatever other healthy breakfast choices a person makes.

There's nothing wrong with pancakes and sausage either. Each to her own.