Magical Breakfast

Conclusion

This dietary study found that overweight or obese women with metabolic syndrome lost weight on a specified controlled diet. They also seemed to have greater improvements in their blood sugar control when their main energy intake was at breakfast, compared with the same diet where the main energy intake was at dinner.
This lends support to the old adage that you should "breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dine like a pauper", as well as the theory that the timing of food intake may be important in people's efforts to lose weight.
This is something that does not have a high profile in current diets and weight loss efforts, which tend to focus on the number of calories consumed overall, irrespective of the time of day people eat their main meal.
Overall, the research was generally good quality, but has some limitations to be aware of.

I disagree, breakfast totally matters--studies have shown that meal skippers have elevated fasting glucose levels and a delayed insulin response — conditions that, if they persist long term, can lead to diabetes.

Here is a link to one study:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17998028&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

I start the day off with a delicious energy packed smooth. It takes 5 minutes to make and curbs my appetite well past lunch time if needed with energy to spare. In a blender add two ripe bananas, 1 T Almond Butter, 3 strawberries, 1 cup milk (soy or any other kind is fine), 2 T 2% Plain yogurt, 1 scoop unflavored protein powder, 2 T flaxseed meal--blend together with ice and enjoy!

You mean the study named....

Impact of reduced meal frequency without caloric restriction on glucose regulation in healthy, normal-weight middle-aged men and women.

Personally I buy nutrition shakes for breakfast that way I know I'm getting nutrients, starting my day off right and am still eating something low-cal/healthy. They're great to literally grab and drink as you walk out the door. On days where I can make a breakfast I opt for oatmeal, or some fruits and veggies, maybe a fried egg if I feel like a treat.

My mother has gone by the eat like a king for breakfast and like a queen for lunch and a pauper for dinner her whole life and has never been over 130 lbs.

Very true.

I was a little confused though that you quoted that article. The main points of the full article was how the mainstream media pulled pieces of the study and misrepresented the study. They also go on to say that there was not enough info to deem the study conclusive. Honestly what I got reading it, seemed like common sense once the medical issues were known but the results (numbers) were over double in the breakfast group and that did shock me. To me this would be the only clue, I would get from this study.

I really did like the stance taken against mainstream media and that the article called them out for false representation of the study. This made the link well worth reading, thanks for posting.

It is the middle of the night here, and I may have read the whole dang thing wrong....if so I will correct my views in the morning, after coffee :drinker:

"If you torture the data long enough, it will confess to anything."

You don't HAVE to eat breakfast if you don't want to, as long as skipping it doenst have you reaching for snacks before lunchtime.

And it does nothing magical with your metabolism either.

Magical breakfast....anything like cinnamon rolls lathered in icing or anything involving peanut butter is about a pixie fart away from blowing my mind.

Meal timing is irrelevant to weight loss and is purely up to the individual in terms of sustainability and adherence to one's diet. Typically things with a decent amount of protein, fiber and fat leave me more sustained longer in terms of meals but again, that's my preference. I don't typically break my fast with anything aside from coffee until about 6 hours after I've woken up