Breakfast Timing

Meal timing is irrelevant. I eat breakfast anywhere from 6am to 11am, some people don't even eat breakfast. It comes down to calories in vs out for weight loss. When you eat is purely based on your personal preference and sustainability.

Meal timing is irrelevant. I eat breakfast anywhere from 6am to 11am, some people don't even eat breakfast. It comes down to calories in vs out for weight loss. When you eat is purely based on your personal preference and sustainability.

This! I wake up at 3 am almost every day, my first meal is usually around 12 or 2 pm, sometimes if I know we're going out to dinner or something else I eat my one and only meal around 5-6 pm. It hasn't impacted my weight loss in any negative way, but it has impacted it in the positive way is it works for me and I can maintain this. This is one of those that you need to figure out what works best for you.

Weight loss won't be affected if you stay within your calorie range to lose but keep in mind that the main reason why it's a good idea to eat within 30 minutes of waking is because the longer you go without food the hungrier you tend to get and you set yourself up to over eat. This isn't the case for everyone, and applies more to people who skip breakfast all together but still applies with timing for a lot of people. I know you asked about only weight loss but as a side note eating within 30 minutes of waking up and regularly throughout the day helps the body function more efficiently from a health stand point. The fact a person is still losing weight is not necessarily indicative of how well the their systems are functioning as a whole. Just something to think about.

I wouldn't be surprised if there's some sort of optimal time for breakfast that boosts something or other but I bet it's so miniscule that in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter.
I think this is true for lots of these types of stories - eating after 5, eating protein before bed, exercise on an empty stomach, eat protein within an hour of exercising etc. I can imagine that they make some sort of tiny difference when measured in detail in a study, but in real life with real people I can't imagine it really makes a difference.

I vote for eating sensible food and watching the calories - the rest I'm not going to obsess over.

I think this is solid advice.

I happen to be a routine/schedule person, therefore I wake up, bathe/get ready and eat breakfast around 7-7:10 every morning. On weekends it's bumped up to 8 or 9 because I sleep later. That is just what works for me though. I never feel hungry until 11:30 when I do this. However if I wait and eat breakfast at 10 am (like on vacation or something) I'll still start wanting lunch at 12 or 1.

I get to work around the same time. I used to eat before I went to work and I would be starving by lunch and found myself snacking more.

I try not to eat breakfast until 9-930 now and find that I eat healthier and snack less.

Meal timing is irrelevant. I eat breakfast anywhere from 6am to 11am, some people don't even eat breakfast. It comes down to calories in vs out for weight loss. When you eat is purely based on your personal preference and sustainability.

^^^This...

Meal timing is irrelevant. I eat breakfast anywhere from 6am to 11am, some people don't even eat breakfast. It comes down to calories in vs out for weight loss. When you eat is purely based on your personal preference and sustainability.

+1

Calories are only part of the picture.

Sure, run a calories deficit long enough and you will lose weight.

But will you KEEP it off long term? Five years out?

Studies show the vast majority of people who just count calories count regain any weight lost within five years- either by going off their diet or just stopping exercise.

So calorie is NOT the answer long-term. It is SHORT-TERM only.

How many people on this board seeking to lose weight are back for another round of weight loss after rebounding from earlier efforts?

Dealing with hunger is the key to permanent weight loss. "Naturally" thin people are not controlled by having an empty stomach- they don't feel the need to fill it up immediately.

Meal timing is VERY relevant if someone wants to REALLY change their lives long-term.

Where are these "studies," please.

Meal timing is irrelevant. I eat breakfast anywhere from 6am to 11am, some people don't even eat breakfast. It comes down to calories in vs out for weight loss. When you eat is purely based on your personal preference and sustainability.

Ditto for me

Meal timing is irrelevant. I eat breakfast anywhere from 6am to 11am, some people don't even eat breakfast. It comes down to calories in vs out for weight loss. When you eat is purely based on your personal preference and sustainability.

+1

Calories are only part of the picture.

Sure, run a calories deficit long enough and you will lose weight.

But will you KEEP it off long term? Five years out?

Studies show the vast majority of people who just count calories count regain any weight lost within five years- either by going off their diet or just stopping exercise.

So calorie is NOT the answer long-term. It is SHORT-TERM only.

How many people on this board seeking to lose weight are back for another round of weight loss after rebounding from earlier efforts?

Dealing with hunger is the key to permanent weight loss. "Naturally" thin people are not controlled by having an empty stomach- they don't feel the need to fill it up immediately.

Meal timing is VERY relevant if someone wants to REALLY change their lives long-term.

You post the most irrelevant information. Any time you're challenged on a topic you just jump ship to another thread... such a joke.

Facts are facts.

BTW I have been posting all along.

I wondered where you straw men guys went to.

OK. Defend breakfast. Where are YOUR facts?

1. You stated no facts. Simply saying studies show without pointing to said studies means nothing. That is as relevant as me saying i created my own study where I ate ice cream every single night and got down to low bodyfat. Therefore, everyone should eat ice cream to get lean.

2. You didn't post right along. The other thread you posted in regarding the neurotic behavior of tracking calories where you asked if people could keep it up... you never responded to again after a handful of people checked back in citing that they have tracked for a period longer than 6 months. Nor did you respond to my question about maintaining a low body fat percentage while simply ball parking your caloric intake and macro breakdown.

What makes you overeat?

Nothing "makes" you overeat. I dont overeat, I know a handful of other people who don't overeat.

I think steve098 has a point (though the "study" linked was simply a review of actual studies, and not one itself). Also, the review seems to indicate that the "diet" mindset (you know, the one where you are more conscious about decisions) is not necessarily the best option. The point steve098 makes, about being able to stick to a long-term plan, should be taken. Without the ability to adhere to a long-term plan, then yes, in today's society, putting the weight back on would be easy.

However, what has not been proven, one way or another, is that breakfast or meal timing is critical to ALL long-term plans. I think the biggest conclusion you can draw from this entire thread is that whatever plan you implement has to be one you can stick to. Otherwise, somewhere down the road you can fail.

But the short answer is there is no reason to eat a morning meal, and several reasons not to.

There may be reasons to eat a morning meal.

Personal preference, dietary adherence, and performance based metrics that may be influenced by precise nutrient timing.

But these metrics will vary heavily from person to person.

Recommending that everyone skips breakfast is equally silly to recommending that everyone eat breakfast.

^^yep. Ignore people telling you to eat or not eat breakfast. Eat your meals in a cadence that allows you better adherence, better energy/performance and best fits your hunger/lifestyle.

I have IBS that is made much worse in the the morning if I eat.
I don't yoyo. I haven't eaten breakfast for years. That works for me.

Which option makes it easier to remain within your calorie goal? That's the only question you have to answer and go from there. :flowerforyou: