Breakfast: Yes or No?

Some people report increased mood and focus when they eat breakfast. Others react the opposite. Some people find that they stay fuller longer when they eat breakfast. Some are hungrier after eating in the morning.

Meal timing will not affect your weight loss. It may affect your gym performance, concentration, and hunger levels throughout the day. Eat it if you want. Skip it if you want.

Some people report increased mood and focus when they eat breakfast. Others react the opposite. Some people find that they stay fuller longer when they eat breakfast. Some are hungrier after eating in the morning.

Meal timing will not affect your weight loss. It may affect your gym performance, concentration, and hunger levels throughout the day. Eat it if you want. Skip it if you want.

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It all depends on how you react to it. I can some days not eat breakfast and I'm great and then others I get hungry and have to eat. I think eating when you are hungry and not eating when you're not hungry is best, however the timing works out for you.

skipping breakfast isn't inherently helpful to weight loss...you have to have a calorie deficit, and MFP gives you that in your calorie goal. So if your calorie goal to lose weight is 1500 calories + exercise then you can pretty much eat them whenever you want and that will be helpful to weight loss.

Personally, I have to have breakfast but it can't be too large...and then from about noon on I'm pretty much eating until around 9:30 or so at night. Meal timing is irrelevant outside of performance goals.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! If anything, you should eat the least at dinner (but obviously no one does that haha)

If you eat in the morning, it kick starts your metabolic rate and therefore helps you burn more calories throughout the day!

no....

Whatever works for you, IMO. I used to never eat breakfast, now I can't imagine skipping it, but I also don't snack until 10pm anymore (typically my last meal is at 6pm)... so I'm typically hungry one hour after I wake up.

It makes me laugh when people say they don't eat breakfast but have a snack at 10pm... either way, it's 14 hours without food, what's the difference again? None. Absolutely doesn't matter when you eat.

I haven't eaten breakfast for years. My body is so used to it that I just can't eat in the AM. I do drink tea, though.

Same here. I've been skipping or delaying breakfast since I was a child, it never affected me in a negative way. I still eat 3 meals a day + snacks, I see no reason to force myself to eat first thing in the morning when I'm not hungry. I'd rather save up those calories for when I actually do want to eat, which is about 2 hours after waking.

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I am doing intermittent fasting atm (or atleast something like it) and it's working great for me. Growing up, it was engrained that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and had to be eaten first thing. I have never been hungry when I wake up, not until 3-4 hours after. When I started on MFP last year, I used to force myself to drink Ensure in the morning just because of this "if you don't eat breakfast, your metabolism slows down". I'm happy I don't have to do that anymore. I eat about 2300 cals these days and get all my meals in, just not at 7AM!

People also say that cardio/performance is poor on an empty stomach and that may be completely legit. I do my lifts and cardio fasted then have my protein source immediately after and continue to eat until 10PM. I have been losing body fat steadily and my moods have been fine.

I think you should do what works for you... if you are like me and feel nauseous at the thought of eating at 7AM, don't. If you feel sluggish without eating, eat. All that matters is that you get your daily cals in.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! If anything, you should eat the least at dinner (but obviously no one does that haha)

If you eat in the morning, it kick starts your metabolic rate and therefore helps you burn more calories throughout the day!

Why do people still think this is true? My boss is seeing a nutritionist who tells him this BS.

Thank you. +1

Some days yes, most days no. I find that I can run better fasted. This is only runs up to 13 miles. For marathons I will always eat light around 3hrs before the race. On the days I do skip, my other meals will be a lot bigger. Everyone's different though.

Some people report increased mood and focus when they eat breakfast. Others react the opposite. Some people find that they stay fuller longer when they eat breakfast. Some are hungrier after eating in the morning.

Meal timing will not affect your weight loss. It may affect your gym performance, concentration, and hunger levels throughout the day. Eat it if you want. Skip it if you want.

So true.

Depending on when my last meal was the night before, I may not be hungry for several hours after getting up. If I plan on doing a morning workout, then the most I'll have is a protein shake (working out after eating makes me queasy). Do what works for you.

I'm really just not that hungry in the mornings, and on rest days don't eat until 11 or 12. On my workout days I'll eat a protein bar or protein shake before going to the gym.

Do what works for you.

Personally I adore breakfast.

Oatmeal, eggs (oh the possibilities), toast, yoghurt, fruit, cereal, sausages, bacon, coffee <333

I would (and sometimes do) eat breakfast for every meal but like everyone else has said it's a personal thing. If you're not hungry in the morning and can go without brekkie then more power to you!

I say eat breakfest. It's actually proven by science that girls who are "skinny" generally eat more breakfest than those who are overweight.
But I know the feeling, it's not easy eating so early in the morning. I basically have to force myself to eat breakfest a bit.

My tip is: make a smoothie.

Just put some proteinpowder, berries, almond milk, banana or whatever fruit you like and blend it Much easier than eating a heavy meal like oats or sandwiches.

Please provide the science for review.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! If anything, you should eat the least at dinner (but obviously no one does that haha)

If you eat in the morning, it kick starts your metabolic rate and therefore helps you burn more calories throughout the day!

Why do people still think this is true? My boss is seeing a nutritionist who tells him this BS.

Personally, I blame the breakfast cereal companies.