Wake up to the Benefits of Breakfast!

BTW, I did eat breakfast this morning (sometimes I do) and with 2 hours to go before lunch I am feeling very hungry. When I skip it I am usually not hungry. For me personally, there is something to the "once you light the fire you must feed the flames" school of thought.

actually there is not...there is no evidence that eating breakfast first thing in the morning does anything for metabolism, flames, or anything else you want to call it..

How could that be true? Eating causes an increase in metabolism.

If you assume you will eat the same amount of food during the day, whether you eat breakfast or not, then you have the answer to that question, i.e. the same amount of food will have the same effect on your body. The point is that meal timing doesn't matter. I intentionally skip breakfast many days. I cannot consistently keep IF because on legs days and certain other active days, I need to eat either before I work out or simply because I wake up quite hungry. The beauty is that knowing meal timing doesn't matter allows each individual to confidently do what works for him/her and to not eat when he/she is not hungry.

While I agree with your points in this post, it's not the same thing you said in the previous.

"there is no evidence that eating breakfast first thing in the morning does anything for metabolism." is not true

There is no evidence that eating breakfast first thing in the morning does anything more than eating later would, is true.

You seemed to have me confused with someone else as my comment was a clarification of an earlier point that was not made by me. That said, given the context, I thought their point was already quite clear.

yea, that was I ...and what I was saying is that "eating breakfast or skipping breakfast has zero impact on metabolism" ...although, some would argue that skipping breakfast and extending your overnight fast will actually increase metabolism...www.leangains.com

My point is that eating breakfast does impact metabolism. While I did know what you meant, the number of posts about breakfast "jump starting metabolism" would suggest that not everyone on MFP would assume you meant if you eat the same amount of food during the day when you say there is 'no impact'.

no actually it does not ...if Person A eats 500 cals for breakfast and 500 for lunch, then the metabolic increase is based on burning off 1000 calories (500 for breakfast and 500 for lunch)..

Person B skips breakfast and has 1000 cals for lunch ...the metabolic increase is still based on burning off 1000 calories...thus Person A gets no additional benefit for eating breakfast over Person B...

So then, the 500 calorie breakfast did impact metabolism.

The same amount as 500 calories eaten at any other part of the day, but an impact nonetheless.

Copying for use the next time I discuss debating with students. This is a great example of how to embarrass yourself and cause people to stop taking you seriously.

Hey, I'm not the one saying ridiculous things like there is no impact on metabolism if you eat early in the day.

I wake up to late for breakfast op should I panic? Will I lose all my gains?

BTW, I did eat breakfast this morning (sometimes I do) and with 2 hours to go before lunch I am feeling very hungry. When I skip it I am usually not hungry. For me personally, there is something to the "once you light the fire you must feed the flames" school of thought.

actually there is not...there is no evidence that eating breakfast first thing in the morning does anything for metabolism, flames, or anything else you want to call it..

How could that be true? Eating causes an increase in metabolism.

If you assume you will eat the same amount of food during the day, whether you eat breakfast or not, then you have the answer to that question, i.e. the same amount of food will have the same effect on your body. The point is that meal timing doesn't matter. I intentionally skip breakfast many days. I cannot consistently keep IF because on legs days and certain other active days, I need to eat either before I work out or simply because I wake up quite hungry. The beauty is that knowing meal timing doesn't matter allows each individual to confidently do what works for him/her and to not eat when he/she is not hungry.

While I agree with your points in this post, it's not the same thing you said in the previous.

"there is no evidence that eating breakfast first thing in the morning does anything for metabolism." is not true

There is no evidence that eating breakfast first thing in the morning does anything more than eating later would, is true.

You seemed to have me confused with someone else as my comment was a clarification of an earlier point that was not made by me. That said, given the context, I thought their point was already quite clear.

yea, that was I ...and what I was saying is that "eating breakfast or skipping breakfast has zero impact on metabolism" ...although, some would argue that skipping breakfast and extending your overnight fast will actually increase metabolism...www.leangains.com

My point is that eating breakfast does impact metabolism. While I did know what you meant, the number of posts about breakfast "jump starting metabolism" would suggest that not everyone on MFP would assume you meant if you eat the same amount of food during the day when you say there is 'no impact'.

no actually it does not ...if Person A eats 500 cals for breakfast and 500 for lunch, then the metabolic increase is based on burning off 1000 calories (500 for breakfast and 500 for lunch)..

Person B skips breakfast and has 1000 cals for lunch ...the metabolic increase is still based on burning off 1000 calories...thus Person A gets no additional benefit for eating breakfast over Person B...

So then, the 500 calorie breakfast did impact metabolism.

The same amount as 500 calories eaten at any other part of the day, but an impact nonetheless.

You're actually being deliberately obtuse, just plain trolling, or you seriously have difficulty understanding simple concepts..

Look, if I eat 2000 calories for breakfast, it's about a 200 calorie increase because TEF is roughly 10%. If I skip eating breakfast and lunch, and eat a 2000 calorie dinner instead, it's still a 200 calorie boost. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SPECIFIC MEAL YOU EAT. It is 100% solely dependent on the total number of calories consumed. If I eat breakfast only, I get a small boost from it. If I eat lunch only, I get the same boost. If I eat dinner only, I still get the same boost. If I eat breakfast lunch and dinner, I still get the same boost, just divided into 3 smaller boosts. If I only eat lunch and dinner, I still get the same boost, only it's divided into 2 smaller boosts.

The metabolic boost from eating has absolutely nothing to do at all with specifically eating breakfast. It has to do with eating, period. Whenever you choose to eat. It's really not a difficult concept to understand.

I already confronted another post where several people said breakfast is not necessary and I posted over several studies and article by well known doctors that say eating breakfast is very important in weight lost.

Someone writing an article or doing a study would of course only reference the doctors who concur with their viewpoint. If 4 out of 5 doctors agree with them, one still disagrees, and I doubt they will use that doctor's contribution. Studies and articles are slanted in the favor of the author and the author's viewpoint.

I eat breakfast daily...but I usually do it around noon.

*On weekends, take time for a fun and healthful family breakfast to share the details of your busy week.

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I already confronted another post where several people said breakfast is not necessary and I posted over several studies and article by well known doctors that say eating breakfast is very important in weight lost.

Do you have any that show causation rather than correlation, or that are under CR rather than ad lib eating?

Do you have the link to that post?