I Can't Eat Breakfast

I didn't eat breakfast before I started MFP. Since I started, I drink a protein shake for breakfast. I wait until I get to work(about 2 hours after I get up) to drink it.

This morning I decided to drink the protien shake after I walk this afternoon. This morning I had a fiber bar and bottle of water. A fiber bar in the morning should help with the constipation problem.

Isn't it bad to skip breakfast?

No.

Unless perhaps not eating breakfast causes you to binge later in the day. But if you are happy sticking to your calorie goal without breakfast then do that.

They say eating breakfast within the first hour of waking up helps get your metabolism going for the day. I hate eating breakfast myself. I found that if I drink a V8 fruit drink - - the hundred calorie cans, and eat a yogurt, I'm good until around lunch time. Maybe try something where you're drinking the calories vs eating them.

They say eating breakfast within the first hour of waking up helps get your metabolism going for the day. I hate eating breakfast myself. I found that if I drink a V8 fruit drink - - the hundred calorie cans, and eat a yogurt, I'm good until around lunch time. Maybe try something where you're drinking the calories vs eating them.

"They" (whoever "they" are) are wrong. When you eat has no effect on metabolism. Your metabolism is always going. If it isn't, you're dead, and you won't be eating breakfast anyway.

You can skip it as long as you're mindful of what you're eating the remainder of the day. I had a personal trainer who told me (I can't eat right away in the morning, so I also end up skipping breakfast) to make smoothies for breakfast and that did work for me. Breakfast is important and skipping it is "bad" because you use that meal to lay the foundation for the rest of the day, so if you miss it, you may overcompensate throughout the day and end up binging.

I actually have the opposite problem. If I don't eat breakfast, then I'm not hungry throughout the day and I cannot eat that much. At the end of the day, I end up in-taking 600-700 calories. This is bad too, right?

Yes. 600-700 calories is way less than you probably should be eating. MFP has a warning message pop up if you eat less than 1200 calories. Either try to get more in later in the day or maybe try eating a small breakfast to get your body used to eating breakfast again.

I didn't eat breakfast for years and when I tried to eat it my stomach just wouldn't feel well. After eating breakfast for a few weeks my body got used to it and I get hungry in the mornings now. I usually eat 2 eggs and a piece of toast these days. When I started eating breakfast again I had cerial.

Try getting to your calorie goal each day by either eating breakfast or eating more later in the day. You don't have to reach the calorie goal every day, but your average calorie intake should be close to it. If you're having trouble meeting your goal still, try eating some peanutbutter or ice cream if you can eat those. They're calorie dense .

The breakfast controversy. lol

Really it does not matter. But if your body is telling you no, then it's no.

I do better when I eat breakfast. I had to start by making smoothies because anything else would make me feel nauseous.

If I skip breakfast I under eat, so I have to have it.

Most important park is to pay attention to your intake. If you can skip it and eat the appropriate number of calories and get your macros and feel full and happy and healthy. Then go on and skip it. If not.. try something small and light or try drinking breakfast instead of eating it. There's a ton of yummy healthy smoothie recipes out there.

I also added apple and peanut butter as a mid morning snack. Light, calorie dense, healthy, satisfying. and it didn't make me so full i'd feel sick.

It's really easy to go back to skipping it and back to under eating, so keep searching until you find what you can tolerate, and eventually your body will adjust and you'll be able to eat a variety of things in the morning.

They say eating breakfast within the first hour of waking up helps get your metabolism going for the day. I hate eating breakfast myself. I found that if I drink a V8 fruit drink - - the hundred calorie cans, and eat a yogurt, I'm good until around lunch time. Maybe try something where you're drinking the calories vs eating them.

Myth, total myth

I cannot eat breakfast before 10am. It leaves me constipated for days and sometimes I cannot physically eat breakfast. It hurts my stomach and I feel like crap the entire day. What can I do?

Eat something at 10:30? Also since you're barely eating at all anyway you should try and eat more calorie dense foods. More Fiber might help the constipation.

Eat if your hungry.................don't eat if your not. Listen to your body.

Some days I barely eat anything because I am not hungry and other days I eat a lot because I am more hungry...........eating and weight loss is not linear..............it all balances out in the end.

I never force myself to eat if I don't feel hungry.