Does anyone forgo breakfast?

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I do leangains intermittent fasting. I only eat between 12pm-8pm, I do this 5-7 days/week. Good thing my body doesn't know about this "breakfast is the most important meal, or your metabolism will slow down nonsense"

As long as you are still eating a deficit for the day, what does it matter whether you eat more at lunch because you skipped breakfast?

It absolutely doesn't matter if you are making up for a missed meal in another meal, but the point is you're losing the energy you need in the morning by skipping those nutrients!

umm no ...

Again, I skipped breakfast for 8 months and had no issues with energy...I actually found that I had more energy when weight training fasted.....

I agree with you but under different reasoning.

I find the answers more situational than anything. You can still get shredded using mostly imperfect dieting and imperfect exercise. It just wouldn't be optimal. At the same time, I highly doubt those individuals who got shredded did it by any accepted standard of "perfect". There is absolutely nothing wrong with striving for perfection but imperfect methods or results is just human.

I skip breakfast or insist on it depending on my daily plan. I recently skipped a breakfast on a cardio day because....I ran out of milk to go with my cereal (dumb reason). The was was a dangerously energy deprived state (dizzy, unbalanced) for the next several hours even with energy gels. I won't do that again. I find breakfast entirely inapplicable to my weight/body training days.

I skip breakfast on mornings when I'm not hungry. Later, I just end up eating more later (an indirect reason). Consequently, when I do eat a breakfast then I have a tendency to skip/skimp lunch later. Calories/nutrient balance just end up as a wash. Here's yet another catch, though. I sometimes end up with energy issues when I skip breakfast - because I have a tendency to eat a heavier lunch ("binge" I guess).

Nothing close to perfect about any of my habits or my response to those habits. I'm still losing body fat and generating plenty of lean muscle. It works if only that.

I don't entirely buy into the "breakfast effects metabolism" like you but I don't entirely refute it, either. It may be true due to indirect reasons but not for direct reasons. Everyone has an opinion. This gets complicated because too much of the dietary/fitness "science" out there is just more opinion. Too many studies get debunked every day and are replaced with new ones. Studies ≠ Fact.

My personal opinion is that binge eating is probably the main reason not to skip breakfast for the common individual. But just do what delivers the results you want at the end of the day.

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It absolutely doesn't matter if you are making up for a missed meal in another meal, but the point is you're losing the energy you need in the morning by skipping those nutrients!
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Again not true You may feel your losing energy if you skip it, but I Zumba in the mornings before I eat (since I don't eat till afternoon most days) and I feel the same as when I zumba in the evenings after I've eaten. My energy level is the same. So I can workout just as hard and as long on an empty tummy as I can on a full tummy (actually I'm less likely to even leave the house in the evening if I've eaten a large amount before Zumba) I'd much rather have something small to take away the grumbellys(grumbleing belly), go to Zumba then enjoy my supper after Zumba. Seriously after a good workout if you eat something protien filled your body will use it in the best possible ways, which is why weight lifters will drink a protien shake after they workout.

I don't skip breakfast. I always eat something that's high in protein though so it keeps me full until lunch. Usually almonds, a protein bar, or a sandwich thin with peanut butter on it.

I eat breakfast almost every day because I'm more likely to binge for lunch if I don't. Like others said, I don't think it's necessary. Just personal preference.

I like to skip breakfast because it saves the calories for later in the day when I am most likely to get hungry. I typically eat 600 calories for lunch and around 600 for dinner. My goal calorie intake is 2000 right now so I have plenty left over for a snack here and there. It has been working for me. I eat a fiber one bar if I find my self hungry when I wake up. It is only a 120 calories.

Breakfast is a big "bugaboo" for me. I am on summer break (a teacher) and sometimes I don't even get out of bed until after 9am. Then, I take my thyroid meds and am not supposed to eat for least an hour. Therefore, my breakfast often becomes a "brunch." All told - I eat when I am hungry and never stuff myself just to get my calories in. On the downside, I do lose very slowly, but I do not know if it is my eating, my thyroid, menopause - or a combination. I do know that I am happy, even losing slowly and look and feel better than I have in 4 years - so I'll keep on keeping on.

I've been losing at a very steady rate, without eating anything before 11 or 12. I wake up at 3:30 am, have my coffee and start my day. The last thing I want is food.

When I eat breakfast in the morning I feel hungry all day long. So if you don't want breakfast don't force yourself to eat.