The Best Breakfast for Weight Loss

Eh I thought that had been rebuked many times!

I almost always wake up hungry and enjoy breakfast. What keeps me energized and from binging all day is high protein in the morning. This morning I had two large eggs scrambled with a sargento cheese stick, black coffee, and lite wheat bread with a tbsp of natural peanut butter, and trop 50. It was so yummy and like 400 calories with 20+ grams of protein.

That has been debunked. I've always had dinner as my biggest meal and it has never hindered my weight loss. Meal timing is just another gimmick to sell diet books. You can eat before bed, you can eat IN bed and at the end of the day it's all about the deficit you create.

This seems like a recent study in a scientific journal. How could it have been debunked already? It may not have hindered your weight loss, but maybe it will be a good fit for someone else.

That has been debunked. I've always had dinner as my biggest meal and it has never hindered my weight loss. Meal timing is just another gimmick to sell diet books. You can eat before bed, you can eat IN bed and at the end of the day it's all about the deficit you create.

This seems like a recent study in a scientific journal. How could it have been debunked already? It may not have hindered your weight loss, but maybe it will be a good fit for someone else.

It is always an intelligent POV to recognize that not all things work for all people, but something such as the basis of this story undoubtedly works for some.

I find it to be a very smart article to read and I am glad it was shared.

First of all, this very small study doesn't say that their research was carried out in a controlled environment where the test subjects were monitored 24 hours a day and what they ate was prepared for them. Instead, like so many studies they probably relied on the subjects keeping journals and trusted them to be accurate.

Also in the article is says this "But that doesn’t mean that starting your day with a 700-calorie Cronut will automatically help you lose weight. Instead, shoot for a large, balanced meal that’s high in protein—like eggs, yogurt, or lean meat—to fend off hunger."

This quote from the article makes way more sense. The reason that people tend to eat less when they start the day with a hearty breakfast is because they remain satiated longer and are better able to control their calorie intake for the rest of the day.

There are plenty of people who are successful doing all kinds of things, including skipping breakfast entirely.

What bothers me about all of these studies is that they are very rarely conducted on enough subjects and are very rarely done under controlled circumstances so are really more anecdotal then evidence based and they then get published in a magazine as the next best thing. It's not proof of anything.

Everyone has to do what works for them. If eating a big breakfast helps you meet your calorie and macro goals for the day then by all means Eat breakfast like a king and eat dinner like a pauper. Remember that saying?

But, you may go to bed hungry in which case your sleep will most likely not be quality and you'll struggle with sleep deprivation which has been proven to be a contributor to obesity and poor health in general. Your choice. I'm just saying that this tiny study doesn't prove anything.

One of the benefits of starting the morning with the largest calories and then working down is that your digestive system will be working less as you sleep. This helps you to get better rest in the nights. Which helps you feel more energized in the mornings. It has worked well for me in the past, since I work all kinds of crazy shift work.

Actually that's exactly contrary to what a sleep scientist said on NPR this morning. She actually recommends a snack one hour before bedtime to help with better sleep. It has to do with not only not going to bed or waking up hungry but also due to certain chemical receptors that respond to certain foods like bananas, turkey, nuts, etc... Wish I could remember the specifics but I don't.

But, again...if that works for you then that's awesome!

One of the benefits of starting the morning with the largest calories and then working down is that your digestive system will be working less as you sleep. This helps you to get better rest in the nights. Which helps you feel more energized in the mornings. It has worked well for me in the past, since I work all kinds of crazy shift work.

Unless you wake up at 2am ravenous …. :laugh:

Find what works for you and stick with it. There is no single, magic "eat this food at this time" or "x calories at y hours" that will work for everyone.

ETA: I'm automatically suspicious of any "research" report published by popular mainstream media (this link goes to Woman's Health magazine). The are notoriously bad at not fully understanding what they report, and so doing it in misleading ways, or worse, cherry-picking the parts of the study that fit what they want to say and leaving the rest out. I'd be much more interested in reading the actual study. (Thanks, Research Methods 3100 … great course but has changed how I read these magazines entirely)

Read this blog post if you'd like to learn more about how weight loss studies should be conducted. Lots of great, carefully researched articles on this blog.

http://impruvism.com/why-calories-count/

This study isn't just published in some random magazine. It was published in the scientific Israeli journal Obesity, as stated in the first few sentences. The magazine published their own interpretation of the results of the study. You implied that the study relies on anecdotal evidence to draw their conclusions and that the study wasn't well controlled. How did you come to that conclusion? This online magazine article barely touches on how they conducted their study. To find that information out, you would have to read the study itself. Science>broscience.

Because I don't personally believe that following 174 women for 12 weeks is enough to make the claim that you'll lose weight by eating the majority of your calories in the morning. And I also agree with the other poster that publishing these types of things in a woman's magazine does little to legitimize any claims they make. If they had at least provided a reference link to the study, I may have felt it more credible or could at least research it on my own.

This does not work for me. I rarely feel THAT hungry in the morning. I get more hungry in the afternoon or evening. Doesn't work for everyone.

First of all, this very small study doesn't say that their research was carried out in a controlled environment where the test subjects were monitored 24 hours a day and what they ate was prepared for them. Instead, like so many studies they probably relied on the subjects keeping journals and trusted them to be accurate.

Also in the article is says this "But that doesn’t mean that starting your day with a 700-calorie Cronut will automatically help you lose weight. Instead, shoot for a large, balanced meal that’s high in protein—like eggs, yogurt, or lean meat—to fend off hunger."

This quote from the article makes way more sense. The reason that people tend to eat less when they start the day with a hearty breakfast is because they remain satiated longer and are better able to control their calorie intake for the rest of the day.

There are plenty of people who are successful doing all kinds of things, including skipping breakfast entirely.

What bothers me about all of these studies is that they are very rarely conducted on enough subjects and are very rarely done under controlled circumstances so are really more anecdotal then evidence based and they then get published in a magazine as the next best thing. It's not proof of anything.

Everyone has to do what works for them. If eating a big breakfast helps you meet your calorie and macro goals for the day then by all means Eat breakfast like a king and eat dinner like a pauper. Remember that saying?

But, you may go to bed hungry in which case your sleep will most likely not be quality and you'll struggle with sleep deprivation which has been proven to be a contributor to obesity and poor health in general. Your choice. I'm just saying that this tiny study doesn't prove anything.

This study isn't just published in some random magazine. It was published in the scientific Israeli journal Obesity, as stated in the first few sentences. The magazine published their own interpretation of the results of the study. You implied that the study relies on anecdotal evidence to draw their conclusions and that the study wasn't well controlled. How did you come to that conclusion? This online magazine article barely touches on how they conducted their study. To find that information out, you would have to read the study itself. Science>broscience.

Obesity isn't an Israeli journal, the study was conducted by Israeli researchers.

Also, without a link to the study itself, this article is completely meaningless. Also, very small sample size + very short study length = pretty useless for attempting to extrapolate out to the general population.

That has been debunked. I've always had dinner as my biggest meal and it has never hindered my weight loss. Meal timing is just another gimmick to sell diet books. You can eat before bed, you can eat IN bed and at the end of the day it's all about the deficit you create.

This seems like a recent study in a scientific journal. How could it have been debunked already? It may not have hindered your weight loss, but maybe it will be a good fit for someone else.

Not really... Eating big breakfasts, medium lunches and small dinners have been around for decades, if not in the US than in Europe for sure. My mom told me how they use to eat like this all the time.

When I had my biggest meal at breakfast I lost a lot of weight and I attribute it to that.

But now my biggest meal is dinner , and I still lose weight at the same rate.

Is not when you eat your calories but how many of them you have , some people are hungrier in the morning and some are more hungry in then afternoon.

The time you eat your food is not going to change how many calories your body burn.

The eating a big breakfast thing works for some people because some of them like to skip meals during the day and at the end of the day they are starving and want to eat everything.

My sister weighs about 105 pounds and never eats breakfast, eats large dinners. Successfully maintains her lean figure for years.

That has been debunked. I've always had dinner as my biggest meal and it has never hindered my weight loss. Meal timing is just another gimmick to sell diet books. You can eat before bed, you can eat IN bed and at the end of the day it's all about the deficit you create.

This seems like a recent study in a scientific journal. How could it have been debunked already? It may not have hindered your weight loss, but maybe it will be a good fit for someone else.

Not really... Eating big breakfasts, medium lunches and small dinners have been around for decades, if not in the US than in Europe for sure. My mom told me how they use to eat like this all the time.

Do you understand the difference between a scientific study and what people do in real life? Just because people have been practicing something for decades doesn't mean it has been scientifically studied or tested. This magazine article is an interpretation of a scientific study published in a journal. I can't find the journal article now, but I get the feeling it wasn't "decades" ago.

This is like the most frustrating thread ever.