Should I eat breakfast...

I agree, even if you just eat something like a banana or small apple. Even something as simple as 10 grapes count as one serving of fruit. It will just jumpstart your metabolism to stay fired up all day. I start every morning with 8 ounces of water with 1 slice of fresh lemon squeezed in it. That's supposed to be a good fat burner too. But don't force yourself to eat, just keep it light.

you should eat something small at least! fruit, yogurt, toast... something small get that metabolizm going! maybe you should look into meal replacement shakes!

Try making (or buying) a protein shake, even something like Ensure. At least you'll get your nutrients in and get your metabolism revved up for the day.

Most doctors will agree that you should not eat when you're not hungry. If you're not hungry, wait a bit. When you ARE hungry, eat small meals spaced apart by a few hours.

I have taken the "eat when hungry" approach, and it has been fine for me to maintain my weight.

To lose it has meant that I have to watch it a little more, and by making better choices and recording them, I am seeing more of a pattern now - and not planning my foods has helped keep my body guessing, which keeps the metabolism up.

As far as breakfast goes, for years I used to eat as soon as I would get up - big bowls of cereal and milk, but now that I am exercising on an empty stomach first thing and I have other big stuff going on at work, I find that I am more distracted now and eating breakfast isn't really as big a priority as getting out the door.

But I've noticed that because I've been doing this and eating my breakfast hours after getting up, I am getting more tired.

The tiredness has stopped me from exercising due to health reasons, and I have recently gone back to having a banana first thing and I'm feeling a lot more focused and better in myself. It only takes an hour for a banana to move out of your digestive tract, or 20 minutes for other fruit, but it makes all the difference to keeping your metabolism working better.

I've not been logging any of my foods for the past 2 weeks, I have stopped exercising to be able to reclaim some of my core energy, and yet through it all, I have maintained my weight - the only thing that was different was the banana within the hour after getting out of bed.

I'll be returning to exercise next week, but after my run and before I'm out the door, I'll keep having my Banana Smoothie to keep the energy and metabolism up.

Hope it helps,

Kind Regards,

Joy.
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maybe this is you, maybe it isn't...

a lot of people don't feel hungry for breakfast because they ate their largest meal yesterday at dinner.

breakfast as your biggest meal, then lunch as the middle meal, then dinner as the smallest meal is a good strategy for maximum fat burn. This way you aren't going to bed with your largest meal in your stomach.

This is very true. There is a saying that goes: "Eat breakfast like a King, Lunch like a Prince, and dinner like a Pauper."

Great point.

I'm never hungry in the mornings either, but the great benefit that comes from eating breakfast is that it jumpstarts your metabolism for the day. Your body does not start burning calories efficiently until you put some fuel in it in the morning. Try to stomach even just a banana or some nonfat yogurt. Good luck!

Research has shown that people who eat breakfast are much more likely to be in their healthy weight range than those who don't. This could just be because people who eat healthily and take care of themselves tend to eat breakfast (rather than some physical help of actually eating breakfast) but still, it's interesting.

I say yep, eat brekky! I agree that it doesn't have to be much. I also don't think it has to be the second you wake up to make a difference but probably within the first 2 hrs as a rough guideline.