Skipping Breakfast (on the reg)

Well the first meal of the day is "breaking the fast" so what name you choose is semantics. I fast from 7pm to 11am usually most days and have black coffee first thing in the morning and nothing else. Some people will try to tell you how important eating on waking is but it doesn't matter; do what works for you.

If not eating until lunch works, keep at it.

I very rarely skip breaksfast. I normally eat a large amount of protein. I seem to be able to go for hours without being hungry. Everyone is different. This is just works for me. If I eat high carb breakfast I'm hungry in a short time.

What currently seems to be working for me is bulletproof coffee. basically, I put 1 tbs coconut oil and 1 tbs unsalted grass-fed butter and this morning I added half a scoop of chocolate protein whey isolate. Then I mix it all with a frother until it's foamy and creamy. It keeps me full until about lunch and it's about the same amount of calories I'd normally eat for breakfast anyway, only with much less annoyance.

"on the Reg" hahaha, let me rephrase my response " aye yo! just do you girl, your on point wit yo goals so don't trip, HOller!"

I don't see a problem with skipping breakfast as long as you're still eating well.

I do wonder what it is you've been eating for breakfast, though, that has you hungry a couple hours later simply because I know I felt that way when I didn't have enough protein in mine.

I do better with a 300-400 calorie breakfast, about two hours after I wake up, but you should do what works best for you.

I rarely eat breakfast as cannot face eating until I have been up for at least a couple of hours. Good to know I am not the only one. I shall continue to save my calories for when I am ready for them

I know there are a million studies saying that you should not skip breakfast, but days when I skip breakfast my overall caloric intake is less and I tend to eat better. Days when I load up on breakfast, my stomach is growling 2 hours later and I tend to eat much more. I've been drinking a big glass of water upon waking and doing warm lemon water "tea" afterwards until lunch (at 12) and that seems to be working for me. Does anyone else "cheat" and blow off breakfast? Or drink tea or juice instead? Please share what's working for you!

Most studies about skipping breakfast are flawed in their design and base conclusions on correlation, not causation. Skipping breakfast is fine - I've done it for 3 years with nothing but success. I even recommend it to my clients some of whom prefer a 24hr fast once or twice a week - leaner individuals prefer daily 16 hr fasts.

The 10 or so months when I went from near 300 pounds down to the 205 range where I have been holding since last summer I almost never ate until noon time. This was also after my daily workout. I was always happy with my work in the gym and by waiting was still able to have some sizable meals the rest of the day. Everyone is different and finding what works is all that matters in the end.

it's fine, you're good. Especially if you're not working out on an empty stomach

i constantly work out on an empty stomach. i love it.

I know there are a million studies saying that you should not skip breakfast

None that show that, under conditions where calories are tracked, it makes any difference to weight loss, assuming total calories and macros are the same as when you do.

Well if you dont like it dont eat it.

I have never been a breakfast eater, but I find as I lose more weight I am actually starving when I wake up. I see this as a postive change because often my nightly binges would cause severe heart burn and I wouldnt want to eat again till later in the day. If this is not the case with you and your just not a big breakie eater well do what works for you.

Although, if you look at the National Weight Loss Registry the registry that tracks successful weight maintainers over years most of them regularly consumed breakfast. May or may not be related but something to consider.

Listen to your body if its not hungry dont eat.

Note my breakfast is simple hard boiled egg, banana, and peanut butter or sometimes hard boiled egg, fruit, and cheese.

Type out regular next time haha. I totally thought that title meant something else.

Exact same for me! If I eat breakfast, it just kickstarts either a day full of hunger, or a day full of food for me. I almost always skip it, and when I eat it it's usually because I force myself, exactly because everybody tells me that eating breakfast is a MUST.
But without breakfast I eat better (less and healthier) and in general feel better