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morning hunger

yopeeps025
yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
edited February 22 in Food and Nutrition
Does anyone feel so hungry when they wake up in the morning?

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  • F00LofaT00K
    F00LofaT00K Posts: 688 Member
    Nope, but I usually have some kind of snack right before bed. I do get hungry by 11am (an hour before I clock out for lunch) no matter how much I eat for breakfast. My stomach will always be growling and feel empty by 11am.
  • Lorichr
    Lorichr Posts: 54
    Yup. I try to be done eating right after dinner; which I typically have on the table by 6. So by the time i get up at 5;30 I haven't had anything to eat for nearly 12 hours. I work out then eat breakfast about 6:15-6:30.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    12 hour fast I cannot do that.
  • OmegaAlpha007
    OmegaAlpha007 Posts: 70 Member
    That's when I'm the hungriest :) I eat about 12 oz of chicken and 2 cups of rice :)

    why whats wrong with morning hunger??
  • bridgie101
    bridgie101 Posts: 817 Member
    I didn't used to but I do now. I've trained myself to eat breakfast so my tummy has got used to it.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    Someone tried to say I was become a diabetic by my morning hunger symptoms. I believe and found articles that frequent eating boost metabolism. Being hunger in the morning shows a decent high metabolism.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I'm usually hungry within one hour. Some days I just wake up starving. Typically I don't eat anything after 6pm or earlier, so yeah, after 12-13 hours, I need food.

    A lot of the 'you don't need breakfast' crowd typically eat past 8pm or something... so yeah, less hungry in the morning.
  • mncdk
    mncdk Posts: 30 Member
    Insulin sensitivity is usually strongest in the morning, and one result of an insulin response is often hunger, which is why lots of people experience hunger pretty early after a big breakfast.
  • segovm
    segovm Posts: 512 Member
    I think a lot of us end up killing / ignoring morning hunger with an abundance of coffee in the morning.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    caffeine is good for boost metabolism.
  • localised
    localised Posts: 25
    unless i overate the day before, i also tend to be super hungry upon waking..
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